Argent
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You can definitely see how Batman Beyond took a lot of inspiration from the Batman cartoon.
It truly helps you make the jump form the more Noir original batman to the cyberpunk world of batman beyond.
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80's/90's carton appreciation thread
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You can definitely see how Batman Beyond took a lot of inspiration from the Batman cartoon.
It truly helps you make the jump form the more Noir original batman to the cyberpunk world of batman beyond.
Terthna
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(Not the version I actually watched back them, but I'll be damned before I'll acknowledge the butchered dub version exists again.)
(Side note: why is it so impossible to find the Record of Lodoss War opening on Youtube? I have to make due with the opening to the Sega CD game, which is as close to the original thing as I could scrounge up.)
So yeah, fantasy and magical girl anime were my things when I was a kid.
X-Men, Spiderman, and Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles were my favorite shows as a kid. I was at the right age for Batman, but I never seemed to have the right channels growing up to be able to watch it. I liked GI Joe and Transformers when I was younger, and had a lot of those toys as a really young kid. I'm starting to wonder if Lady Jaye gave me my affinity for short-haired tomboys, though. 
She was great but I always had a thing for Covergirl.X-Men, Spiderman, and Teenaged Mutant Ninja Turtles were my favorite shows as a kid. I was at the right age for Batman, but I never seemed to have the right channels growing up to be able to watch it. I liked GI Joe and Transformers when I was younger, and had a lot of those toys as a really young kid. I'm starting to wonder if Lady Jaye gave me my affinity for short-haired tomboys, though.
But I would never NTR the Patron Saint of all US Navy Sailors Shipwreck.
Another series that I just remembered, "The Magican". It's basically a wizard working as a magican in a futuristic city, fighting crime, corruption, and conspirancies.
Jaenera Targaryen
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The Real Adventures of Johnny Quest; I used to rush home after school just to catch the latest episodes.
Terthna
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Found it!
I obsessed for years over this anime, long before I ever had the chance to watch it. I must have hunted down every screenshot and RealMedia clip there was on the internet, before my local Suncoast started carrying anime, and I got my hands on VHS copies of the entire OVA series.
I obsessed for years over this anime, long before I ever had the chance to watch it. I must have hunted down every screenshot and RealMedia clip there was on the internet, before my local Suncoast started carrying anime, and I got my hands on VHS copies of the entire OVA series.
Jaenera Targaryen
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Yes, I believe that was the case. I...don't really remember much, I was still a kid at the time, but at the very least, I'm sure I was shocked, frustrated, and of course, angry on coming home and finding it over.
Anyway...
...Zeta and Double Zeta in DVD form (but released in 1985 and 1986 respectively) were among the first Gundam series I ever watched, and while Double Zeta doesn't really get serious until the latter half, Zeta remains the gold standard for Gundam in general, dated animation my ass.
ShadowLord
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edgeworthy
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Eyes of the hawk, strength of the bear, speed of the puma ... and a talking horse!
PsihoKekec
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It looks like some guys are remastering the BattleTech cartoon.
Jaenera Targaryen
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Huh...I wonder I never put it forward before: Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Romance of the Three Kingdoms meets the Napoleonic Wars and World War I, before reimagined in space.
I enjoy this show, among other things because it doesn't treat Democracy as this holy unassailable institution that all civilizations MUST implement.
Jaenera Targaryen
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Yup; you have to give it to Yoshiki Tanaka and even the Japanese in general for being able to ask the questions - if through a fictional work - that's since become taboo/politically-incorrect to ask in the West. Which is more in the right, a corrupt autocracy or a corrupt democracy? A functional autocracy or a corrupt democracy? And if the people choose to submit to an autocratic ruler over participating in a democratic system, then what?
What should the defenders of democracy do, when they face a citizen army led by an autocratic visionary?
Anyway...tax: Macross 7, the last truly great Macross production. A bit heavy when it comes to stock animation, and there's less focus on the romance compared to the original SDF Macross, but unlike Frontier or Delta, it doesn't need to resort to tits and/or moe to get an audience. It just has to double down on the music, which IMVHO is the best ever produced for the Macross franchise.
It certainly goes to show that Japan understands the Power of Rock.
Wow, I never saw any of these, but you reminded me of another, obscure series.
Apparently it wasn't good and it lasted only one short season, but the creepy opening and ominous music stayed with me.
Terthna
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I call that more hilarious than creepy; that opening was just... bad.
...I'll let myself out.
Bear Ribs
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Anybody remember Xyber 9?
The titular Xyber was played by none other than René Auberjonois (Constable Odo) and had a lot of his dry sense of humor bleed through. One thing I recall standing out in the show was that they were fairly clear that blowing up the bad guy didn't actually do anything to solve their problems, another warlord would just take his place. They were very much in an age of lost technology and the victories that the show celebrated were things like getting a hydroelectric plant running or recovering genetically engineered crops that could grow in a desert. Even Xyber 9 itself was useless as a weapon (though the MC using the most powerful computer in the world as a hammer/spear/prybar was a running gag) but rather it's power was in that Xyber 9 could hack any computer and recover any lost data so long as the system was even remotely intact.
Show had some pretty nice 'mechs in it.
The titular Xyber was played by none other than René Auberjonois (Constable Odo) and had a lot of his dry sense of humor bleed through. One thing I recall standing out in the show was that they were fairly clear that blowing up the bad guy didn't actually do anything to solve their problems, another warlord would just take his place. They were very much in an age of lost technology and the victories that the show celebrated were things like getting a hydroelectric plant running or recovering genetically engineered crops that could grow in a desert. Even Xyber 9 itself was useless as a weapon (though the MC using the most powerful computer in the world as a hammer/spear/prybar was a running gag) but rather it's power was in that Xyber 9 could hack any computer and recover any lost data so long as the system was even remotely intact.
Show had some pretty nice 'mechs in it.
Ash's Boomstick
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Growing up I found few if anyone I knew knew of the same ones I did, but fortunately these days its been easier to find those who did these are just a few of the ones I remember, I have more if people want me to post them.