Serial Experiments Lain severely disappointed me. It’s nicely creepy and atmospheric but.... (rot13) vg’f ernyyl n fgnaqneq “punatryvat” fgbel—ohg vafgrnq bs snvevrf naq zntvpny jbeyqf naq punatryvat puvyqera, jr unir cebtenzf naq gur Vagrearg naq cebtenzf orpbzvat syrfu.
Gur fpvrapr-svpgvba ryrzragf srry whfg pbfzrgvp punatrf jura gur pber bs gur fgbel vf cher snvel-gnyr… N tevz snvel-gnyr gb or fher, ohg n snvel-gnyr abarguryrff.
I don’t consider Hikaru no Go to be anything more than a gimmick anime like Moyashimon, so I have no idea for it.
The most obvious counterpart to Madoka would be Evangelion (yeah I know Sailor Moon was airing in the ’90s and was more popular and influential than Madoka will ever be, but I think Eva is a better comparison).
Seconding Serial Experiments Lain and Evangelion. Also Cowboy Bebop was in the 90s.
Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Berserk, Excel Saga and Trigun are uneven, but have their moments.
I also have a soft spot for the trashy ultraviolent OVA stuff from the early 90s, like Doomed Megalopolis and AD Police Files, but I’m not sure if it’s good in any objective sense.
That was explanation or elaboration, not evidence. I was going to just leave “they sucked” as a bare assertion rather than get into an anime slapfight on LessWrong. If you link me to your anime blog I will be happy to take it up in the comments section there, though.
Anime technology has advanced, yes, but I don’t know how you go from that to ‘all my examples sucked’.
Out of curiosity, what in the 90s compares to Hikaru no Go or Madoka Magica?
Serial Experiments Lain.
Serial Experiments Lain severely disappointed me. It’s nicely creepy and atmospheric but....
(rot13) vg’f ernyyl n fgnaqneq “punatryvat” fgbel—ohg vafgrnq bs snvevrf naq zntvpny jbeyqf naq punatryvat puvyqera, jr unir cebtenzf naq gur Vagrearg naq cebtenzf orpbzvat syrfu.
Gur fpvrapr-svpgvba ryrzragf srry whfg pbfzrgvp punatrf jura gur pber bs gur fgbel vf cher snvel-gnyr… N tevz snvel-gnyr gb or fher, ohg n snvel-gnyr abarguryrff.
I don’t consider Hikaru no Go to be anything more than a gimmick anime like Moyashimon, so I have no idea for it.
The most obvious counterpart to Madoka would be Evangelion (yeah I know Sailor Moon was airing in the ’90s and was more popular and influential than Madoka will ever be, but I think Eva is a better comparison).
Exactly. It doesn’t look like I’m going to finish Hikaru no Go by the end of the year, but I finished Serial Experiments Lain (a 90s anime) in less than 3 days.
Seconding Serial Experiments Lain and Evangelion. Also Cowboy Bebop was in the 90s.
Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Berserk, Excel Saga and Trigun are uneven, but have their moments.
I also have a soft spot for the trashy ultraviolent OVA stuff from the early 90s, like Doomed Megalopolis and AD Police Files, but I’m not sure if it’s good in any objective sense.
Heh… In my myanimelist profile I’ve only listed three anime series as favourites, and Hikaru no Go and Madoka Magica are two of them.
The third one is “Revolutionary Girl Utena”, from the 1990s. I think it’s the sort of series that one either loves or hates—but I loved it.
That was explanation or elaboration, not evidence. I was going to just leave “they sucked” as a bare assertion rather than get into an anime slapfight on LessWrong. If you link me to your anime blog I will be happy to take it up in the comments section there, though.
Alas, I have no anime blog!