> It does seem that even though anime is more popular than ever, there is not so many modern anime classics. Isn't "modern anime classics" a bit of a oxymoron?

> It does seem that even though anime is more popular than ever, there is not so many modern anime classics. Isn't "modern anime classics" a bit of a oxymoron? Things generally don't become classics until a while after. Lots of examples of things not really being in the mind of the mainstream until it long died.