Comments on: Is Retro Anime Making a Comeback?

By: Retro Anime? Do I Like It? at AnimeLife

Retro Anime? Do I Like It? at AnimeLife — Sun, 23 Sep 2007 15:06:53 +0000

[...] was going to be a comment on Hung’s recent post about retro anime. It was getting real long so I figure lets make this into a post. So retro anime do I like it? Hung [...]

By: Jade

Jade — Wed, 04 Jul 2007 15:19:10 +0000

I watch most of my anime online and I fell in love with old animes like Trigun and Outlaw star. The two really aren’t my style, but the artwork is more detailed then modern anime and they both were really funny!

By: Arashi

Arashi — Tue, 19 Jun 2007 00:04:28 +0000

I know the feeling. i just finished downloading, and watching, Patlabor 47 eps. And, damn, i can teach a thing or two to the lastest mecha animes !!
And there’s something to be said about clean, simpler graphics ( in this case patlabors mechas) compared to some of latest uber-tech me… er, “things” (ie: Reideen … or better yet: “gigantic formula”).

By: Hazel

Hazel — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:26:32 +0000

I got excited when I looked up some of the anime downloading and realised they were relatively old. It’s a shame about the artwork in the older series, but it’s not going to stop me watching Anime Sanjushi, yay musketeers! I wonder if they’ll release episode 2…ever. :S

By: Seth

Seth — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 20:07:02 +0000

I was really rev’d when IY-F picked up Gokinjou Monogatari (I guess that’s kinda retro), but it seems to have stalled =\

By: Martin

Martin — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:29:38 +0000

It would certainly be good to see older stuff get fansubbed, especially the shows that are so old even the DVD distributors overlook them. My current oldie fave is Future Boy Conan - it was directed by Miyazaki before his feature films made him a household name in the industry but has all of the things that make his work so enjoyable, albeit in a slightly more primitive form. Sadly, it is so old that I doubt it will make it onto UK and US shelves.

Seeing older series fansubbed can only be a good thing - all that’s changed over the years are the art styles and technology involved in the animation and recording. Whether it’s thirty years old or fresh off a TV Tokyo broadcast, the thing that matters most is a good story!

By: KT Kore

KT Kore — Thu, 22 Jun 2006 19:26:25 +0000

Groups like Central Anime, Live-EviL or Anime Classic are my heroes. Older anime may not get the most fanfare, but these groups stick with the series they pick up despite that. Sure, they’re a lot slower than most groups that sub new anime but the important thing is that they’re getting them out. And there are lots of other groups out there picking up more and more older anime. I just love it. It’s a shame old anime doesn’t sell too well here in the United States because I’d love to own a lot of this stuff on DVD.