05-01-2003, 06:28 PM
Quote:Originally posted by "sanosuke"
im almost certain that the golden age started with akira and continues until this day.
top 5 (in order of importance)
1. akira - kick started the anime industry big style, internationly as well as in japan
2. ghost in the shell - the first anime to be "truely" appreciated outside of japan by the general public/provided alot to the matrix and modern american action movies
3. spirited away - the first anime to win an oscar, need i say more?
4. neon gensis evangelion - possibley the most popular anime tv series ever, eva sparked a huge amount of controversity with its religious elements and, lets be honest, shit endings. it still hasnt lost its buzz even over 8 years later
5. dragonball/z/gt - this show goes on forever and was probably the first anime tv series of this "golden era" to get played all over the world, even though there are hour long conversations before fights
guess i put in alot more effort than the rest of you guysweatdrop:
Sorry Bro, I can't agree with you on some of this stuff. Akira is not that great. Not only that, it didn't kick start anything. It was popular only because it was the first cartoon in America with some serious edge to it, rather than your run of the mill WB, Disney or MGM kid show. Now let's get things straight, around the time of Akira, the anime industry was is a huge slump in fact the savior for the industry was the despised Bishoujo No Senshi. I'm not going to go on a rant or anything but EVA wasn't that amazing. It averaged something like 7 million viewers in Japan. Whoopie. Dr. Slump frpm the early 80's was averaging something in the range of 37 million. 30 million more viewers is a little bit of a difference. Also Sazae-san(?) reached 1000 episodes (a show starting in the 50's and continuing to this day, now that is amazing and groundbreaking).
I'm suprised Mononoke Hime wasn't mentioned. Not only was it an incredibly done film, it was the highest grossing movie in Japan (or up there in the top 3 spot). That had a huge impact.
Back on topic my thoughts would have to be sometime in the late 70's and into the late 80's.
From the early 70's we get a heavy dosage of syndicated Science Fiction in Macross, Yamato, and Mobile Suit Gundam.
Keep moving along we have Takahashi appearing on TV with some excellent and very popular romance. We get to see my favorites Maison Ikkoku and KOR. The epic Dragon Ball starts. Also the best season (ie first) of Ranma 1/2 is aired in 89/90.
More importantly we start to see a positive shift in genres and sub-genres. First off the beloved Cyber-Punk genre is started, and thriving. BGC (morg hated ^_^) is a popular serialized show.
Likewise series became multi-faceted. Shows like Maison Ikkoku deal with drama, romance, and comedy. Shows start to take more than one path.
Also this is the advent of the now dreaded (well except for me) VCR. The VCR was huge. It changed the anime industry into a whole new direction. There was time to take in order to produce higher quality OAV series. Likewise content could be more "adult".
Thanks to this wonderous machine we saw the amazing, FairUse loved, hentai genre. Cream Lemon and Lolita Complex thrusts (sexual innuendo not picked up on when first typed) new and sexy shows for rapid fans to watch (and well get off to I guess ^_^).
The VHS also brought along the collection idea that Shibo and I are currently working on. Otakus could buy and rewatch their favorite episodes, boosting the industry. It also emphasized not only fandom, but anime as an art form not to be missed.
Who knew that the Pie wanted to type this much? ^_^
Steve