OLD ANIME TO WATCH! - Happy Console Gamer

[@brucecampbellschin8632]

The original Fist of the North Star is my go to anime. Martial Arts anime at it's finest.

[@malango255]

you either bleed to death, become a mindless vegetable or worse. Still own my original VHS copy.

[@shinobiwarrior1000]

omae wa mo shindeiru for the win

[@brucecampbellschin8632]

Body and head explosions, people being sliced to pieces and that's just the good guys.

[@absentiambient]

Aaaaaaatatatatatatata *Tank exploding* aaaaaaaatatatata

[@Ponimaju]

It's badass. Golgo 13 is all right too.

[@skabcat242]

That fight between Chun Li and Vega with KMFDM playing in the background was badass.

[@jaezagordon476]

80s anime I watch:akira(1988) space adventure cobra(1982) fist of the north star(1984)The guyver:bio-booster armor(1989) wicked city (1987) & vampire hunter D(1985) 1980s anime is the best.

[@tomapple64]

the entire Initial D series is one of my favorites, its original run started in 1998 and now and days i can watch the series over and over again and never get bored... fast cars, great characters and great writing :)

[@redsyrup1138]

The best era for anime. Late '70s to mid '90s. Thank you for sharing your favorites. Macross Plus is my favorite OVA.

[@TheCompletionist]

1985 to 1999 is my favorite time frame when it comes to watching anime. Street Fighter II: The Animated Movie. This is literally one of the first anime films I was ever exposed to and I was so excited for it after seeing a preview of it in a video game magazine. This movie was solely responsible for strengthening my interest in anime in the mid 1990's. The Chun Li Vs Vega fight scene is one of my favorite fight scenes in all of anime. Record of Lodoss War. This is such a timeless U.S. Manga Corps release. With an amazing soundtrack and it just caters to your inner drive towards all things mystical/medieval and everything in between. Macross (Robotech). I ws only exposed to the first series. The original macross saga but since I never seen the uncut japanese original, I had to settle for robotech, but I have a huge crush on the voice actress for lisa hayes. I grew up falling in love with that character ever opportunity I had to watch the show. It was literally the first anime i was ever exposed to. A lot of the recommendations are animes that I've never seen before, so I'll have to keep an eye out for them when i find more free time to watch them. I definitely want to keep an eye out for gunbuster because it seems right up my alley for the kind of anime that I like.

[@claudio6650]

Macross is 1982 tho

[@Ryan3d]

"Berserk" without a doubt.

[@montywh]

i remember watching Golden Boy. to elaborate on the first episode, he spent the nights studying BASIC, which was one of the early windows programming languages, but when he gets to the software company, all their programs were done in another language, which he has no clue about. he hadn't seen any of these new functions or what they're supposed to do, so he just fails in front of the girls. but as the show is known for, it's still a really good episode throughout and makes you want to see what happens in the next episodes

[@TransKingFormers]

Vampire Hunter D 1985 film and Bloodlust films,Wicked City,Ronin Warriors,Project Ak-0,Ultimate Hellsing,Tekkaman Blade,and the Brave series which were made in the 90s to replace japanese transformers are some of my favorites that i can recommend

[@roguecactus7]

Vampire Hunter D! Yes!

[@ripxkid]

Vampire Hunter D is one of the best anime ever made, period. Cheers to that!

[@tr1bes]

Patlabor, Dragon Ball Z, Ninja Scroll, Bubblegum Crisis, Lupin the 3rd,

[@NefariousDreary]

Hell Yeah Vampire Hunter D! I love Bloodlust!

[@ryanl.9341]

I sub to your channel for games related content. But....I have watched all your anime vids and love them. I have no interest in anime, have never seen an anime, but have loaded in another tab the Street Fighter 2 Animated Movie (per your recommendation). I mention all this because your passion oozes from the screen and is so sincere and oddly compelling. Great job, appreciate all the entertainment you've provided me thus far!

[@otakudaikun]

I love me some Dirty Pair. Personally the next gen series, Dirty Pair Flash, was what captured my heart. Macross has really changed over the years but I'm a huge fan of Macross Frontier. I'm curious what you think of it and the direction the series has taken. I'm on the verge of making a video of my favorite retro anime. Such an exciting premise. Have you seen the Fatal Fury movie?

[@Jammet]

Maison Ikokku. Orange Road. Touch. That is all.

[@LightSoundGate]

I agree on Golden Boy. You already mentioned Bubblegum Crisis in another video... I also like GTO, Ranma 1/2, Armitage the Third and the regular stuff like NGE, GitS... Thanks for recommending some anime.

[@JazGalaxy]

Ranma 1/2 is my favorite anime of all time and I wish I could recommend it to more people but i just can't because of the culturally adult themes. It's a show that I think is perfect for elementary school or Jr. High kids... except for the parts that are completely inappropriate. And the biggest problem is that the first episode is really the worst offender.

[@brayanargandonaflorentino548]

@@JazGalaxy I have a blast watching Ranma 1/2 on Hulu and thinking about getting on Blu Ray or DVD. I've heard that Ranma 1/2 was very popular in México and I didn't even know about it. I always wanted to see the movie " Ranma 1/2 Big Trouble in Nekonron, China" when I was a kid seeing the trailer after watching the episodes of Pokemon on VHS, but never get the chance finding it on the local video rental store

[@DieRuhe]

8:00 I lost my fucking shit. 10/10

[@retroNES2600]

Mardy Crue I just happened to read your comment right as it happened. His reaction is priceless

[@sabata2]

Well now you have me intrigued... I'll have to check out Gunbuster.

[@trevormcdermal]

YES! Die(+)Busteeer! Die Bustaaaaaaaaaaaaa! I still play the ending theme after a long week of work. And love the opening theme, one of the grooviest openings ever before Space Dandy. On the same level really.

[@MicahBuzanANIMATION]

So many of these I haven't seen. I really need to catch up with my classic anime. I prefer the animation style of Akira and Ghost in the Shell to most stuff coming out today.

[@davidpaulbryant]

I am always disappointed that so few people consider Ghost in the Shell top 10. It is top 3 for me.

[@corpuscallosum5862]

@@davidpaulbryant I think GITS is too complicated for most people :D This anime is more like a philosophical ride and not like a "sit down and enjoy" show. Of course you can enjoy the artstyle and appreciate the story on a superficial level, but this anime isn't a very good "sit down and enjoy" show ^^

[@JimsGameRoom]

I've always loved anime but in recent years started going back and watching what I missed. Ninja Scroll, Spriggan, Perfect Blue and Wicked City are some sweeet movies! Highly Recommended.

[@samikalastaja]

4:48 - the passion kicks in! That is what I love. To see a true feelings shown about the things people love.

[@MabiVSGames]

I've never seen Gun Buster but I got fucking chills when you were explaining that scene.. That's why I love this channel! Taking us back to the past and showing us amazing shit we've probably never seen but should!

[@projectfear22]

21:23 for those who don't want to know more about Gunbuster before watching

[@JRTheKnightwalker]

the Street Fighter II The Animated Movie is available both sub and dub on Crunchyroll

[@xRedx0]

speaking SF2 the movie chun li shower part...

[@pdraggy]

Minmei's shower scene 'quite steamy'

[@brayanargandonaflorentino548]

pdraggy Lynn Minmei is my Lynn Minbae

[@jonathanklein1133]

Ghost in the Shell, Case Closed, Cowboy Bebop, Rurouni Kenshin, Vampire Hunter D

[@johnofthewired]

your enthusiasm is wonderful when you talked about gunbuster! as an old anime fan (38) its good to know people remember the old days

[@olsensth]

I watched Legend of Galactic Heroes (Heldensagen vom Kosmosinsel) recently. Heard a lot good things about it over the years. As a hardcore Sci-Fi fan, it blew my mind really. 100+ episodes, giant space battle with tactics and strategy explained, democracy vs imperialism, no heroes or villains - every chacters is grey. I am so glad I found it.

[@justind4448]

Anyway we can get more anime videos?

[@capcomman1]

Don't forget about Goku's Midnight Eye.That's a great old school anime movie.

[@SuperHighTechGamer]

Dude, you hit it right in the feels with this one. Anime was all about the story-telling and visual concepts for me. I remember telling friends to go see The Matrix back in '99 just to see all the anime influences.

[@WMJSpeedruns]

Thanks so much for recommending Galaxy Express 999. I watched the original TV series after an earlier recommendation in the last year and loved every minute of it, all 113 episodes :). It really makes you think of what it means to be human and all the implications mechanizing your body could have. It's full of really touching sidestories of people living on all sorts of planets in often trying circumstances. Highly recommended.

[@hitachicordoba]

The OG anime Feels Train- what a journey!

[@FinalBaton]

I love gunbuster so much! It's one of my very favourite OVA for sure. I have the US Renditions vhs tapes in clamshells cases :) as well as other US Renditions releases on vhs : Appleseed, Black Magic M-66, Dangaioh. (BTW it be a good episode theme I think if you were to focus on a particular North American early anime distributor and it's output, story, reputation, etc. like US Renditions or of course, AnimEigo). The trope of them aging a couple of minutes while flying at the speed of light, while people on earth age for dozens of years i nthe same timespan, is used really well.

[@machetesaint2355]

cowboy bebop changes lives

[@arthurmorgan8991]

Had time off, so I watched 7 episodes within the past few hours. This show is timeless and hits all the marks. Can't say enough good about it.

[@jonhufford6980]

Yes, gunbuster is very much Anno’s rookie card on his way to evangelion. Quite brilliant. Recently as an adult I rewatched the entire Maison Ikkoku and I got quite a bit more from it. By the end I was so attached to the characters that ending the series was very bittersweet. This would be a good way to introduce a girlfriend into anime imo. It’s very centered in reality and just makes you feel like you’re in Japan with them, kind of like an animated Ozu film. KOR is another romcom but with some supernatural elements. Both great shows from the other end of the spectrum from giant robot stuff.

[@Profoundemonium]

Never seen Otaku no Video but it sounds exactly like a more recent series called Genshiken. I'll have to check it out!

[@abandoned-tech]

Hey, John, I was just rewatching this one and if you happen to see these comments on the older vids, I strongly recommend you check out Frieren: Beyond the Journey's End. It's a currently running TV series, heavy D&D vibes, but it approaches the passage of time and friends and experiences in a way I hadn't seen previously in anime. As a fellow older gamer who still keeps the joy of the past alive, I can say it really struck me in a unique way.

[@musashi876]

I love anime and I love hearing you talking about it. Great video Johnny.

[@RemySoujirou]

It should be no surprise that many of the anime that you have such fond memories of share one name in common -- Gainax. From Royal Space Force: The Wings of Honneamise and Gunbuster, to Otaku no Video and Evangelion, virtually everything this anime studio touched was golden. I dare say they are similar to a Studio Ghibli in the sense that when you watch a production from Gainax, chances are it's going to be great! Nice trip down memory lane. I actually remember all of the anime you mentioned. ^^

[@argylega]

Great list! Some of my personal old-school favs are Macross Plus, Bubblegum Crisis (which I know you've talked about at length before), The Vision of Escaflowne and Cardcaptor Sakura. Yeah, Cardcaptor is pretty "cutesy" but it's just SO good! :)

[@what9681]

Black Magic M-66 has to be the most underrated old-school anime ever.

[@Cavetreasure]

Fun Fact: The composer of Wings of Honneamise composed the music for The Revenant as well as doing the start up tune for the Sega Dreamcast. :)

[@CarloNassar]

Fist of the North Star Sailor Moon (Viz dub, not DiC dub even though the DiC dub has cool music) Akira Ghost in the Shell Castle in the Sky Lupin III media Megazone 23 Dragon Ball Z others

[@Heathboy420]

Akira is my favorite movie of all time.

[@rdrouynriv]

my recommendations are Akira, Battle Angel Alita, Ghost in a Shell, Macross Plus, Perfect Blue, Ninja Scroll, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Teknoman/Tekkaman blade, Samurai X/Rurouni Kenshin, Gundam Wing, Princess Mononoke. I also used to love the Ranma 1/2 comic.

[@evil_tree]

Remember having to get my parents written consent for me to rent a copy of street fighter 2 anime on VHS.

[@luffyorzoro9242]

4 years old... respect

[@LightFykki]

Always glad to hear your recommendations for some classic anime! It might sound ironic, but come as a breath of fresh air after many of the newer ones

[@marshalsea000]

Damn, this has been a real delight. From a fellow betamax watcher back in the day - this was a real trip down memory lane. Stumbled here from Megazone 23...

[@InducedPhobia]

Berserk, Rurouni Kenshin Trust x Betrayal, Ashita no Joe, Cowboy Bebop, and NGE. Top 5 must watch pre-2000 anime.

[@Jeffmetal42]

Vampire Hunter D was the first anime I ever watched and became obsessed with the genre for a long time after. Was weird when I first saw it, not the movie, but the time it was on. It was super early (maybe 5am?) on Saturday morning, playing on the SciFi channel, watched it before I had to go play a football in 5th grade. Had a friend who was really big into anime and he took me down the rabbit hole after that. Got Akira that Christmas on VHS, my parents didn't really care bout the mature content, they knew I was smart enough to separate fiction from reality. Still say, even though it is really short, that Vampire Hunter D is my favorite, for many reasons, but mainly because it was my first real exposure to anime.

[@littlecouchgames2239]

DVD was the end of anime for me. The 2 I wound up getting (Akira and 3x3 eyes I think) had new dubs and I couldn't stand them. I still have all my vhs in storage though.

[@VigorForce]

Nice recommendations, Johnny. You pretty much listed all the major ones everyone should watch. I also would like to recommend Slayers, one of my favorite anime that was adapted from a fantasy light novel series (a thing that's way too common nowadays but most of them aren't nearly as good as Slayers tbh). Revolutionary Girl Utena is also pretty great.

[@siertes]

Glad to see some Slayers love in the comments!

[@theobscurestash6537]

Your taste in anime to me is impeccable! You truly speak for me with all of your fantastic old school anime recommendations. My first experience with GE 999 is very similar, the first time I ever saw it was on the Sci-Fi channel late at night, and I was and still am enthralled with Leiji Matsumoto's work! Anything from the Urban Vision license is always classic. I was introduced to anime through Wicked City of all anime to see first. I saw it on HBO very late at night when I was a child...almost scarred me, lol. Golden Boy is one of the anime I always shared with everyone who wasn't familiar with it, and holds a special place for me and my friends.

[@shintatakumi9483]

I always love your anime recommendations Johnny, i grew up in the 90's so there's a lot of 80s anime i still have to watch. Thanks to you i got introduced to so many great animes like Macross and project Ako! Gonna watch everything you mention that i still haven't watched. Btw do you ever watched Urusei Yatsura? its a really good episodic comedy series similar to Gintama, they do parodies of many old school animes and many of the staff also worked on project Ako.

[@tknjin]

original saint seiya, flame of recca, betterman, ninja scroll, grave of the fireflies, Z gundam, Zenki, Nadia the secret of the blue water, blue gender, magic knight rayearth are definitely some of my favorites in terms of 80s and 90s anime and anime movies.

[@JackBrice6]

been on a happy console gamer marathon, just to realise you lived in yorkshire!! whereabouts did you live? its where im from and currently live (have lived all my life)

[@HappyConsoleGamer]

Wakefield on Dewsbury road :)

[@chrisbullock6477]

+HappyConsoleGamer MACROSS PLUS has some of the best hand drawn jet dog fights ever in anime as wel

[@chrisbullock6477]

+HappyConsoleGamer riding bean Johnny!

[@BarnabyGamesDesign]

I live in Wakefield not too far from there! Weird coincidence! I moved here last year for work. :D

[@JackBrice6]

I'm in good old doncaster!

[@nathanpratt4312]

Excellent title recommendations. I have especially loved watching the Gundam shows. 0080, 0083, and 08MS Team were great short running shows. I have to agree that Goldenboy is still one of the funniest OVA shows I have seen. I usually recommend it. If you are not a fan of ecchi humor, you might want to skip this title. Thanks for showing more of your anime collection.

[@Imoenn]

Some HIGHLY recommend Slayers, which is a DnD/Comedy and it's HUGE there are 5 seasons and 4 movies.

[@zakuguriin4521]

Some of my personal favorites were Ghost in the Shell, Char's Counterattack, Campus Inspector Hikaruon, Harmageddon, Megami Tensei, Urusei Yatsura and Kimagure Orange Road.

[@jamesdwhite873]

Record of Lodoss War is a classic. I saw Crunchyroll got Street Fighter II: The Animated movie in dub and sub.

[@TheLiquidusnake]

Happy Console Gamer has to get the recent rerelease of the Street Fighter II movie by Discoteck. It's truly the most uncut version and the visuals are remastered it looks much better than the older Uncut Uncensored Unleashed edition

[@ilnonvivo]

i grew up with 70s/80s mecha anime like Go Nagai's Mazinger series, Daltanias/Daltanious, Daitarn 3, Voltes V, Jeeg and so many others.. in my country(Italy) this series are very mainstream popular since 70s and 80s. Also series like Lupin III, Hokuto no Ken, Heidi, Saint Seya, The Rose of Versailles/Lady Oscar, Tiger Mask, Tatsunoko's series (there are so many..) Rumiko Takahashi's works like Ranma ½, Maison Ikkoku and Lum/Lamù..and of course Leiji Matsumoto's works. This animes are part of the childhood of almost everybody for sure here in Italy. I'm sorry for my bad english LOL

[@tommaydag420]

I remember finding that Macross set at a con one year and scooping it up immediately, i think the year or two after we got the DUB, lol only series i've bought more than once. A note on DYRL I'm pretty sure it's supposed to canonically be a movie about Space War 1 within the Macross universe itself, which is why things happen a bit differently and the suits and valkyries are all more ' modern ' than they would have been.

[@seal3081]

So far my favourite old school anime is Hajime No Ippo. It always makes me cry for some reason when it's a boxing anime. And the opening of it is still my fav.

[@ShadowW0lf1]

I would love to see a part 2 to this.

[@TBustah]

I'll go a bit obscure: "Mirai Keisatsu Urashiman". It's virtually unknown in the west (at least in North America, but there was a German and a French dub), but apparently was a huge hit in Japan, dunno why they didn't continue it (a second season was planned, though). In a nutshell, it's about a guy that gets sent decades into the future. He has no idea who he was before, and is being pursued by a criminal organization called Necrime for some unknown reason. He eventually becomes a cop, and he and his friends have to deal with the gang, often in exotic locations. It's kind of like a more family-friendly the 80s "Lupin the 3rd" series, if Lupin wasn't as smart and on the other side of the law (Necrime is usually after some macguffin, and the art style is pretty similar), and the whole thing was set in what Tokyo might look like in BTTF2's version of 2015. I watched the Anime-Classics fansub of it years ago (they did the whole series), but apparently, the first 26 episodes are available on Hulu now if you want to check it out.

[@DragonDM369]

Just finished my first gundam model about 30 mins ago....was a different experience....i got two more to build later today :)

[@ArtofWEZ]

Royale Space Force and Macross is amazing and that gunbuster ending is just perfect

[@amphitheatre]

also the guy that runs The Best Page in the Universe got his name from that MADOX anime :p

[@bobsamurai]

war in the pocket and 8th ms team were amazing, two of the best mech anime

[@djrice1988]

you sir have done what others have failed to do . you made me feel old as dirt

[@robertdouth8979]

Record of Lodoss War was one of my favorite games on the dreamcast, so I'm going to check that one out for sure.

[@benkenobi6582]

that moment you realize cowboy bebop is almost 20 years old.......

[@SunjaySmith]

I recently finished watching Gurren Lagan on Netflix it was fun.

[@TheJOBeffect]

"The guys who did the Matrix...or... now they're women... because, yeah." - lol, my favourite Johnny quote.

[@joe6699]

Been watching a lot of your old episodes love it I have never seen them before

[@mattilib1]

thanks so much for the recommendations. you already blew my mind with bubblegum crisis, 999, project Eden and MZ23 from the last anime video. would also highly recommend votoms and Layzner original TV series.

[@JacobFortnerisZeroCool]

I fucking love Golden Boy!

[@DSan-kl2yc]

Jacob Fortner stay away from the manga.

[@ChainsOfVillainy]

I own most of these, and I have to say, nothing rounds an old school collection out better than having MD Geist and Mad Bull 34 with it.

[@Henjo29]

The biggest for me (besides your mentions) would be: Ninja Scroll, Akira, Tank Police, Vampire hunter D, Ys OVA, Lensman, Odin: Photon Space Sailor Starlight, Ranma, Ruronin Kenshin. Who could forget these classics?

[@scratchpoint]

I would also recommend Iria Zeiram: The Animation. Have you seen it?

[@kaitanz297]

I was about to comment on this but then I saw yours. Glad I'm not the only one to recommend Iria.

[@scratchpoint]

Kaitanz29 It's one of my favorites that often seems to be overlooked.

[@erikkenrick5791]

+Scratch Point yup thats in my top 5 for sure!

[@erikkenrick5791]

+Erik Kenrick I wish there was more of it though

[@mattclark7240]

Love it (0:

[@Henjo29]

Awesome video. It brought back a lot of memories. BTW it's called "Galaxy Express three nine." Japanese can be a bit odd when making titles in English. lol

[@RodanChi]

LOL You just ran through 98% of the anime that I grew up with, good times! Awesome choices.

[@markplott4820]

My favorite anime ( in no particular order )Macross DYRL, Macross TV, the original Orguss TV, Southern Cross, Mospeada, Captain Harlock TV, Space Battleship Yamato, GX 999, queen melenia, space Cobra, Galvion, Riding Bean, Bubblegum crisis TV, Bubblegum crash, Devil Hunter Yokko, Airbats, you are under arrest, Patlabor, Char's Counterattack (Gundam), GattaiGer, Gatachaman, THE ULTIMATE TEACHER, Dragon Quest TV, Transformers Victory, Dorvack, SPT Lezyner,

[@jeffreycompton9827]

It is like you went through my VHS and DVD shelf.

[@tehr0x]

I was a spectrum geek back in the 80's, no anime here (UK). Even so, your enthusiasm sells me every time 10/10

[@carmilladracul3488]

Otaku No Video, Record of Lodoss War, Gundam 0080, and Gunbuster are some of my favorites! I'll have to check out the others.

[@voltz15]

I have a library with a TON of anime. Currently going through the Slayers movies and will start with both series.

[@samikalastaja]

25:35 - don't be sorry, this was awesome video with interesting selection of anime. I'm the same age as you and can relate to your experiences.

[@jayreynolds7787]

It upsets me so much you don't do anymore anime episodes, I watch them all multiple times!

[@MrSuckeragi]

thanks for sharing these, a list in description would be nice :) gotta find these somehow

[@Pandakids09]

I’ve been meaning to go watch a late of older anime and this fills the bill! I’ve watch maybe 2 of all these anime’s

[@benkenobi6582]

Record of Lodoss War was brilliant

[@daganmoriarty1973]

Absolutely! It's sadly really overlooked... I think it's my favorite depiction of the fantasy genre ever, SO good! :)

[@raikiri23]

The One Year War Gundam OVAs are great choices. You might also want to check out Gundam 00. It's a recent series with good animation that requires no previous knowledge. It's also full length, 2 25 episode seasons.

[@XFreedomPrimeX]

my top absolute favorite gundam animes are the exact ones you recommended. good shit bro. stardust memory is fantastic.

[@onatw]

thanks, really impressive that you have all these old school anime.

[@shenron02]

My anime i was into was: Dragon Ball, Guyver, Fist of the North star, Astroboy, Akira, Gundam Wing, Perfect Blue, The Wonderful Wizard of OZ by Cinar

[@sufamidan1006]

Gunbuster was my joy as a kid. Back in the UK anime never really started to get popular until the turn of the Millennium and I would have such a hard time finding people who shared my interests. At the time I felt really lonely but in hindsight those moments were special to me, they made me feel like anime and videogames were my special little thing. Nowadays anime and games are about as mainstream as it gets and I kinda hate it. Everything feels oversaturated and cheapened. I realise I sound selfish and I would agree with that.

[@blurayich]

old school anime is where its at man

[@jankmedia1985]

I remember seeing the SFII anime movie on Sci-Fi channel or something, they used to have Saturday Anime back when it first launched. I haven't looked it up and I haven't seen the movie in years but I feel like KORN and Alice in Chains had songs in the movie? Been meaning to rewatch it for years now.

[@flautsta]

thank you man, i've been looking for a video like this, keep up greetings from uruguay

[@EyesOfTheInternet]

Help me find good anime: The only Anime I have liked are Ronin Warriors and Gundam series Gundam Wing, etc. What would you recommend for me to watch?