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The weird thing is that Evangelion and Lain (and other stuff like them) came out in the early 2000s, and really fit that era. Steins;Gate came out in 2011, but

The weird thing is that Evangelion and Lain (and other stuff like them) came out in the early 2000s, and really fit that era. Steins;Gate came out in 2011, but feels like an early 2000s anime, in both visual style, writing, mood etc. I suppose that's somewhat fitting given the content of the show though.

LiquidSky 6y ago
>The weird thing is that Evangelion and Lain (and other stuff like them) came out in the early 2000s, Evangelion came out in 1995, Lain came out in 1998.
throwaway17_17 6y ago
Just a nitpick, but Neon Genesis Evangelion came out in 1995 and Lain in 1998. They do tend to be representative of their period, i.e. 90’s tv anime productions. The early 2000’s where characterized primarily by the Big 3 Shonen Jump titles (Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece).
- astrange 6y ago
  > The early 2000’s where characterized primarily by the Big 3 Shonen Jump titles (Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece). This category only exists in the minds of Westerners who were pirating shonen manga at the time. It's not the most popular anime in Japan at any point. It's also funny Bleach made this list since it was frankly terribly written and not as popular as the other two. The author had no control over his story and would try to get out of plot holes by introducing another 20 characters every so often (he liked designing them but not writing them). And for some reason his main strength was fashion but then he moved the plot to a world where everyone wears the same plain black and white robes.
  - perardi 6y ago
    Hey, lets introduce a group, the Quincy, that spends quite a lot of the first part of the series proclaiming they proudly use bows and not swords. And then let’s finish the series by having their king, and all his powerful vassals, very blatantly fight only using swords. Very consistent.
    - Jtsummers 6y ago
      First season: We can't fly normally, we need a special device in order to fly. Every season after that: Somehow we're all flying and floating in the air but we won't discuss how. I found it became much more enjoyable when I decided to "finish" it (after ignoring it for a while) by watching every 5th episode. It was very rare that I missed any story elements because half of each episode was a recap of the recap of the recap from several episodes prior. Stupid completionist tendencies.
      - PixelOfDeath 6y ago
        The kind of anime that needs a compressed version, where all the relevant parts of 189* episodes are cut down without all the fillers to 10 minutes max...
  - anthk 6y ago
    >Westerners Avoid placing Americans as "westerners", because we the Europeans already finished Dragon Ball by 1994 for sure.
    - astrange 6y ago
      But what were you pirating in 2003?
      - anthk 6y ago
        One Piece maybe, but I had the manga readily available in Spain as early as 1997-8. Translated, not pirated.
meowface 6y ago
Yeah, I think that's part of why it's such a highly-acclaimed series. It's one of the few newer (despite being a decade old...) anime that really felt a lot like the original things that got me and so many others interested in anime ages ago. Hopefully there'll be more like that on the horizon. Maybe we're only going to get 1 - 3 per decade, though.

LiquidSky 6y ago

>The weird thing is that Evangelion and Lain (and other stuff like them) came out in the early 2000s, Evangelion came out in 1995, Lain came out in 1998.

throwaway17_17 6y ago

Just a nitpick, but Neon Genesis Evangelion came out in 1995 and Lain in 1998. They do tend to be representative of their period, i.e. 90’s tv anime productions. The early 2000’s where characterized primarily by the Big 3 Shonen Jump titles (Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece).

astrange 6y ago
> The early 2000’s where characterized primarily by the Big 3 Shonen Jump titles (Bleach, Naruto, and One Piece). This category only exists in the minds of Westerners who were pirating shonen manga at the time. It's not the most popular anime in Japan at any point. It's also funny Bleach made this list since it was frankly terribly written and not as popular as the other two. The author had no control over his story and would try to get out of plot holes by introducing another 20 characters every so often (he liked designing them but not writing them). And for some reason his main strength was fashion but then he moved the plot to a world where everyone wears the same plain black and white robes.
- perardi 6y ago
  Hey, lets introduce a group, the Quincy, that spends quite a lot of the first part of the series proclaiming they proudly use bows and not swords. And then let’s finish the series by having their king, and all his powerful vassals, very blatantly fight only using swords. Very consistent.
  - Jtsummers 6y ago
    First season: We can't fly normally, we need a special device in order to fly. Every season after that: Somehow we're all flying and floating in the air but we won't discuss how. I found it became much more enjoyable when I decided to "finish" it (after ignoring it for a while) by watching every 5th episode. It was very rare that I missed any story elements because half of each episode was a recap of the recap of the recap from several episodes prior. Stupid completionist tendencies.
    - PixelOfDeath 6y ago
      The kind of anime that needs a compressed version, where all the relevant parts of 189* episodes are cut down without all the fillers to 10 minutes max...
- anthk 6y ago
  >Westerners Avoid placing Americans as "westerners", because we the Europeans already finished Dragon Ball by 1994 for sure.
  - astrange 6y ago
    But what were you pirating in 2003?
    - anthk 6y ago
      One Piece maybe, but I had the manga readily available in Spain as early as 1997-8. Translated, not pirated.

meowface 6y ago

Yeah, I think that's part of why it's such a highly-acclaimed series. It's one of the few newer (despite being a decade old...) anime that really felt a lot like the original things that got me and so many others interested in anime ages ago. Hopefully there'll be more like that on the horizon. Maybe we're only going to get 1 - 3 per decade, though.