Top 12 Ultra Violent 80's And 90's Anime That Broke All The Rules Of Today's Censorship

[@derpderpus6075]

Violent as the titles were, the art style was so unique that you couldn't look away.

[@peterdeak6932]

80's anime is like 80's heavy metal. Wild, unfiltered, passionate and creative.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

Something we could all use today especially on YT in this Super Ultra Mega Weenie Hut Jr's on YT today.

[@lelouch4525]

Ninja scroll is pretty good.

[@peterdeak6932]

@@BlackMoonHowls Time for a revival

[@VixXstazosJOB]

isn't 90's HM the same though?

[@nedbigby9694]

Violence Jack is probably my second hardest fap.

[@BonafideJas]

I remember walking into my dads room and he would be watching some crazy stuff like this. I was immediately interested

[@marysmith2060]

I know the feeling.

[@glizzyman3033]

a true chad

[@ipaddleYOass]

Based dad

[@360entertainment2]

Same, I have a cousin who was like 15 years older than me who I loved hanging out with. He regularly watched crazy stuff like this but he always shooed me away from the crazier stuff but I always found a way to watch!

[@philurbaniak1811]

Me, but with Alien 👍

[@nikkieg6843]

I found genocyber on VHS in the sale bin at Blockbuster in junior high in the early 2000s and knew nothing about it. My mom let me have it after seeing that its marked "suitable for most audiences". My traumatized 12-year-old self cried herself to sleep that night.

[@grifyn882]

who cares ?

[@adriannv2562]

@@grifyn882 me :)

[@fica1137]

​@@grifyn882I care, what are you going to do about it?

[@grifyn882]

@fica1137 give me your adress, i come and i will calm you down, ok

[@devdecker7812]

​@@grifyn882yeah I read that and thought "damn , lol I've been there " I didn't think "who cares" if you go through life thinking like that, you'll be less happy than you otherwise would be . You know, there are alot ways to avoid depression and stuff without drugs . But people get mad at you when you say you can fix it yourself, they say no that's impossible "I'm forced to be depressed by my brain" but then go about life constantly thinking like that. "Who cares" lol damn I'm glad I'm not you . I love life and people and conversation.

[@zacharythompson9791]

This type of Anime needs a comeback.

[@creekandseminole]

No way it'd look like this though. Anime has become so cheap and digital these days. These were all hand drawn cell animated productions. Closest to this old school style would probably be Attack on Titan. That series actually did death and gore pretty good for a modern anime.

[@klaus-bernhardvomend594]

@@creekandseminole But the story draws on and on and is sooo slow. Make it 8 or 10 episodes of an hour.

[@ninacuyi]

Agreed

[@boboboy8189]

this type of anime only can be found as OVA in japan, they never aired any of this on tv. you need to purchased VHS tapes as adult

[@anonisnoone6125]

@@boboboy8189 No wonder they're so dark. That means Japan can still make this type of anime as long as it's on blu-ray only so I don't know y they don't make more of this crazy type of stuff.

[@WarKing77]

I miss this Golden Era of proper adult anime, ahh, the good old days 😢. Used to hold showings of most of these titles at my place in CLNC back in the mid-90s.

[@jon4715]

Golden age of hand-drawn anime, too.

[@loneventhorizon]

Push back on woke culture man

[@derbart1191]

@@loneventhorizon has nothing todo with woke culture, its just sex sells, Fanservice, Isekai, Harem and Ecchi are the reason why Anime is shit since 20 years.

[@XanVicious]

@@derbart1191and the fact nothing is hand drawn anymore, it all feels so soulless. The one series I notice in the most is One Piece. After the timeskip, it becomes soulless.

[@kab1r]

​@@loneventhorizonwe need berserk back

[@thedislikesubstitute4765]

Violence Jack was made before Hokuto No Ken, so there's no way it could be called a "bootleg" Fist of the North Star. If anything, violence jack and Mad Max's influence is what made Hokuto No Ken gain its iconic graphic post-apocalyptic theme.

[@thegeoshow5296]

Yeah for reference violence jack manga was 1973 and fist of North star was published 1983 a full 10 years later.

[@GinraiPrime666]

Go Nagai as a whole was a huge influence on many different shows and manga, Violence Jack especially gets overlooked which is a shame.

[@jpilot07]

I’m pissed jojo made this list before fist of the North Star

[@r2kmoon2]

Of course Houkuto No Ken was influenced by Mad Max. Everyone knows that.

[@neoqwerty]

@@r2kmoon2 I've seen people (MORE THAN ONE which is NUTS) legit tell me that Mad Max was inspired by Hokuto no Ken so not everyone.

[@RickJW-OSM]

Back in the days when they called it 'Japanimation.' Excellent choices; a few more that could've made the list - '8-Man' - 'Mermaid's Tale' - 'Vampire Princess Miyu' - and pretty much anything based on a manga by Go Nagai. Edit : also - 'The Dirty Pair'

[@starcrafter13terran]

Fist of the North Star, Bubblegum Crisis.

[@starcrafter13terran]

Megazone 23

[@starcrafter13terran]

Macross the movie

[@DETRACT0RD00M]

Remember Jin-Roh? Elven Lied?

[@holasjosse]

Armitage III, Venus Wars, Area 88 can be mentioned too

[@damianstarks3338]

80s and 90s anime is forever and a huge/ important part of my childhood.

[@imsentinelprime9279]

Hey black dude, I've seen you in several comment sections.

[@damianstarks3338]

@@imsentinelprime9279 thanks for noticing me.

[@javonjames4573]

I'm black an I love anime!!

[@jenpachi2408]

I'm working on something in the bane of 80s and 90s animation of the past it's a one man animation but i hope anyone can check out the trailer hopefully if it does well i can finish the miniseries

[@damianstarks3338]

@@jenpachi2408 can’t wait to see it.

[@LinktheSamoyed]

I remember as a 12 year old casually slipping in Wicked City to the pile of VHS tapes my parents were renting out on our weekly trip to video store. Because it was a cartoon in the early 90s they didn't even notice the hard R rating. I certainly learned things that day my friends when the spider demon woman made an appearance.

[@Scooby-bf4bp]

Haha.. I rented out Akira for free from the library when I was with my heavily religious grandparents. Didnt raise any eye brows.

[@rab1df0x]

1:10 Angel cop 2:51 wicked city 4:41 Demon City Shinjuku 5:52 Golgo13: the professional 7:42 Kite (dont watch uncensored) 8:55 Genocyber 10:47 Devilman: the birth 12:11 Violence Jack 14:30 Ninja Scroll 15:42 Apocalypse zero 17:23 Fist of the North Star 18:50 Mad Bull 44 21:10 crying freeman 22:40 Legend of the overfiend 23:56 Black Magic M66 25:15 Akira 26:42 vampire hunter D 28:24 MD Geist 30:28 BAOH: the visitor 32:24 Goku Midnight Eye 33:35 Jojos Bizarre Adventure 35:57 Cyber City oedo 808 37:04 Biohunter 38:48 Battle Royal High School

[@zakboelema6941]

Lifesaver

[@rab1df0x]

@@zakboelema6941 welcome king

[@thewolf01x95]

No guyver? L

[@danielpineda7711]

Really surprised Guyver is not on here.

[@danielpineda7711]

Or berserk

[@cynfaelalek-walker7003]

I'm surprised Berserk didn't make it.

[@KingMarkus222]

(Nostalgic sigh) they don’t make em like this anymore, god I miss those days

[@PEEERRRR]

Tell me about it brother. Ninja scroll at 13yo.....Best ever

[@KingMarkus222]

@@PEEERRRR 😫 brother I had a chance long ago to get my hands on a vhs at back when but I just didn’t have the money or knew how popular it was, I was thinking I could come back and it would still be there, I still regret to this day

[@PEEERRRR]

@KingMarkus22 my friend has the dumbest luck ever. He has almost every "manga entertainment" imported. It's crazy. Ghost in the shell, street fighter series, ninja scroll

[@KingMarkus222]

@@PEEERRRR dude i know what you mean, I had a friend way back who had a older brother who could get you anything I think he worked at a blockbuster or some other video store, dude had an entire library book shelf of videos it was Insane! Must of had a copy of every movie that came threw that shop ever!

[@PEEERRRR]

@@KingMarkus222 I really do miss the days where Friday night you go to the video store with your best friends rent a game/movie and kill that whole weekend with zero sleep

[@PROBLUM79]

Ninja scroll is an absolutely epic anime... it has it all... great characters... great villians...amazing action and an amazing love story in which she can never fall in love because of her poisonous touch... i would love if someone made a live action ninja scroll

[@HelzHeli313]

Man with the Iron Fist kinda had characters in there based on that anime

[@lmoore3rd]

Vampire Hunter D was one of the first anime's I ever asked my parent's for on VHS when I was about 12 in the early 90's. I had cool parents, they had no idea what it was about either. 😀

[@TheAyme83]

I met Yoshitaka Amano, when I was a teenager in an exhibition. It was a great honor and a nice memory. (He is also the character designer of the first Final fantasy video games)

[@_Mr.Black_]

I never would have started watching anime if it wasn't for vampire hunter d. KZbin recommended the full movie to me years ago. Thanks KZbin. My favorite anime to this day.

[@CarlosPerez-wf9gv]

Imagine that all my passwords start with Dhampir×××××

[@mcnubins]

Vampire Hunter D was my first thing I recognized as Anime I came across when I was young. Was at a friends house and it was on one of those old satellite channels (the sats that were the size of pools back in the 80s) and it was only broadcast in Japanese. Prior to that there was Americanized Voltron, Tranzor Z and Macross but they were heavily edited and poorly translated.

[@mickeyromeo]

vampire hunter d's anime came out in 2000 so i exposed you, liar

[@fs9553]

I remembered seeing Akira on TV uncut when it was just out and seriously my mind was blown. Was, is and will always be one of the greatest anime's ever created. Let alone showing generations of animators on how everything is done effectively. If you ever want to be in any form of animation then this is a must see

[@aleceiffel9499]

Yes and the manga is absolutely worth reading, even more so after having seen the anime as it covers the whole story, which is much more extensive than in the anime whose only real flaw in my eyes is that it doesn't last long enough to tell the whole plot.

[@Jubanen12]

first time I saw akira in any medium was when I just happened to borrow it from my local small town library, manga that is... I was, needles to say, absolutely blown away.

[@memaimu]

Fellow Saturday Anime chad.

[@grifyn882]

who cares ?

[@aleceiffel9499]

@@grifyn882 Ur mom ?

[@lordbacon4972]

Ninja Scroll is one of my favorite anime, many newer anime to this day still cannot even compare or come close to it's brilliance.

[@mikemoore5270]

Yes, it’s one of the greats.

[@izidororaziel4918]

So damn Good

[@FABRIZZLE]

“I hate those that think so little of their own self worth” is such a memorable line in that movie. Jubei is forever solidified as one of the most iconic ninja to appear in video media.

[@GatsuKS]

Yes, absolutely fantastic. I'm sure gonna rewatch it many times. Also Street Fighter 2 the animated movie.

[@genin69]

NS is amazing bur Akira is by far the most amazing anime ever made

[@cleangoblin2021]

Kite was freaking hentai

[@billyboy8534]

Another great, violent anime from the early 90's is Iria: The Animation. It's basically about a female bounty hunter trying to track down an nearly unstoppable alien killing machine who killed her brother.

[@hailmammonmoments7568]

Amazing how easy and difficult it is to find HD versions of these masterpieces. Btw the OG Battle Angel belongs on this list.

[@jordanl8603]

Violence Jack is a sequel to Devilman. At the end it is revealed that the soul of Devilman was fragmented with Jack being created from one of the fragments.

[@humandarion]

Oh shit is that so ?!

[@JurriaanWittenberg]

Great list with a number of classics of their time, thanks for the revived memories! But no way is Akira more violent than Urotsokidoi. And if Akira is on it, I'd say that Ghost in the Shell is more violent as well.

[@BlackElon1]

God I miss anime like this... 80s and 90s was a good time to be a kid

[@langbo9999]

Even early 2000 got some brutal animation.

[@WhatWillYouFind]

Vampire Hunter D has stood up the test of time as a surreal and amazing example of an era of animation. To this day I still remember watching both films, what a ride they were

[@fko3143]

Vampire hunter D and Akira two classics that I rewatch every year.

[@mackinmall]

bloodlust is such a good looking anime.

[@80sMoviesRule1]

I really miss this type of anime. Don’t get me wrong I’m a fan of all the heavy hitters nowadays. Though I miss the bloody horror of these gems.

[@themudstar4999]

@WhiteLichMage coomer

[@neoqwerty]

@WhiteLichMage You sound like you need the Dororo remake in your life. Not in-your-face horror but the existential dread is... pretty strong. And the yokai lords are terrifying in their demeanor and inspire the worst in the humans who worship them.

[@vanhattfield8292]

@@neoqwerty Good recommendation.👍

[@amazingsparckman]

you missed a ton even more horrible animes AHAHAHAHAHA like i am taking sick shtt lol

[@panamera53]

I couldn't find a list of the animes as a reference, but they're is none or no timestamps. I don't have the timestamps, but here is the list -Angel Cop -Wick City (1987) -Demon City Shinzuku -Golgo 13: The Professional -Kite (1998) -Genocyber -Devilman The Birth -Violence Jack (1986-1990) -Ninja Scroll -Apocalypse Zero -Fist of the North Star (1986) -Mad Bull 34 -Crying Freeman -Legend of the Overfiend -Black Magic M-66 (1987) -Akira (1988) -Vampire Hunter D -Soukihei MD Geist -BAOH: The Visitor -Goku Midnight Eye -Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (1983) -Cyber City Oedo 808 (1990-1991) -Bio hunter (1995) -Battle Royal High school

[@MisterCatMan]

Ninja scroll has it all. Best anime movie ive ever seen

[@celestialki]

Almost all of these anime’s where apart of my childhood. I was completed enthralled by the art the captivating stories the fan service, action/gore etc… this is literally the 🥇 GOLDEN 🥇 age of anime and it’s so sad most new weebs no nothing of these titles and how far the medium can actually go

[@andrew-rn9ui]

Instead of gatekeeping and making fun of the "new weebs" try to share these gems with the younger generation 🤷‍♂️ but without shitting on them , be friendly and don't bring an elitist I'm older I've seen it all attitude to the table and you might get a shit ton of new watchers into all these masterpieces and have new insights to talk about these stories with

[@Shadow_Sonata]

@@andrew-rn9ui There is a reason for gatekeeping fandoms. Whenever the "wider audience" is brought in, it first starts with the 'normies' who want everything simplified and dumbed down to their level (two dimensional characters, simple storylines, the same tropes repeated over and over). After that, the 'activists' follow. The terminally online and perpetually offended who want every thing censored down to toddler friendly levels and made a platform for their agendas. Afterwards, they move on to the next victim. Too many fandoms, franchises and genres have fallen to the influx of 'new fans" who ended up turning them into toxic social and political waste dumps. Asking a few questions or looking into social media posts for things like "current thing" and political emojis , buzzwords or tags can tell the difference between someone who would be a true fan and enjoy something they might never have discovered on their own, or a parasite that will destroy what you love and seek out the next host.

[@ironmongol75]

@@andrew-rn9ui Valid point, however I've also read comments from the younger generation of anime fans who seem disturbed and horrified by the extremities of 80s/ 90s animation. I was personally eager AF to see what visual horrors I'd be exposed to next as an anime viewer in the 90s 🤣🤣

[@andrew-rn9ui]

@Sid Knee yeah old anime is pretty grim compared to the bright colorful battle animes of today 😅 pretty sure most Gen z kids would have ptsd if they watched the 1997 Berserk series 😂😂 but fuck it'll toughen em up maybe 😅 Kinda weird how younger generations are bothered by graphic violence but are learning about sex and gender in preschool smh 🤦‍♂️

[@ironmongol75]

@@andrew-rn9ui Urotsukidoji seems to specifically be a trigger point for outrage! Such a good OVA!

[@iamkang]

Are there a sites where I can watch these anime’s?

[@saiberunato]

I remember Megazone 23 Part 2 had some of the most shocking graphic violence I have ever seen in anime. Alien metallic tentacles impaling and ripping people apart, eyeballs popping out. Huge amounts of blood and gore everywhere. Shocked the crap out of me as a youngster.

[@YangMaven]

I remember seeing MegaZone 23 and once you saw the twist; it reminded me of the Star Trek TOS "For the World Is Hollow and I Have Touched the Sky." So many thing I liked about it; including the way they almost forced a sequel. One of my first Anime's series that instilled a deep love of the genre.

[@saiberunato]

@@YangMaven The ending scene depicting the complete, utter destruction of Megazone 23 while Eve Tokimatsuri performs her swan song, "Himitsu Kudasai" was done like a music video. It was one of the most mesmerizing scenes I have ever seen... anywhere!!! I replayed it over and over again so many times I lost count!

[@YangMaven]

@@saiberunato A beautifully song. Reminded me of the Min-mei Song from the end of the Macross Do you Remeber Love? I ended up getting the soundtracks for all three MegaZone's (didn't understand the lyrics, but the music rocked!). While Eve isn't the first AI in anime; she might be anime's first AI influencer/diva/entertainer; decades before vocaloids. (No Joke -she was a literal Influencer) in addition to be a cyberpunk Lady of the Lake). I really wish I could ask the Wachowskis if MegaZone 23 Inspired the Matrix films.

[@saiberunato]

@@YangMaven Yeah, the Megazone 23 music was fantastic, particularly Part 2, but Part 3 was pretty good too. The Japanese voice of Eve who did the singing for Parts 1 and 2, Kumi Miyasato was only 16 when she landed the role. The level of maturity in her singing voice was astounding. Shame she couldn't reprise her role for Part 3. BTW, I too loved the ending scene for Macross: Do You Remember Love? It too was done like a music video. I remember also replaying it over and over again, being captivated by it. There's just something about beautiful idol girls, great pop music, and cataclysmic scenes of destruction all blending together...

[@weshouser821]

3x3 eyes was crazy I never hear anyone talk about that one. I watched like all of these when I was a kid lol probably why I'm all fucked up. The art in these shows is just crazy though and I actually like the older art style a lot better than most of today's art styles.

[@drithien5284]

Ninja Scroll is such a masterpiece; tightly scripted, superbly directed, with bewilderingly amazing fight scenes, and big, detailed characters and scenery. A feast for the eyes. It's a shame nothing like it has ever come out since; especially from Kawajiri himself.

[@EternalRoman]

The video Narrator failed to mention that Violence Jack IS THE SEQUEL to DevilMan, as Violence Jack is the Reincarnation of Akira Fudo. SPOILER ALERT: The ending of DevilMan (No matter the version cause they all end the same way) causes the birth of Violence Jack's world with Akira waking up as Jack with amnesia. Both DevilMan and Violence Jack were created by Go Nagai, The creator of the GrandFather of all Mecha, Mazinger Z, Then Great Mazinger, Koutetsu Jeeg, GaiKing, Grandeiser and Cutey Honey (Honey Flash) among other titles and stories. As for BAOH, there is an actual Manga from the 80s and 90s that goes deeper into the characters and their thoughts and emotions. Indeed the Manga is as harsh as the Anime with the deaths of background characters to the point that a mother and her child are offed by a big Mutant Mandrill enemy that is hunting BAOH and the girl. The mother and child were simple bystanders, and the monster threatened Ikuro into fighting going with him, by killing the pair, which of course prompted a fight. Never read the rest of the story as it was many issues but the gist was similar as to the Chronos corporation in the Guyver Manga with the company that created BAOH, with many mutants and enemies hunting Ikuro and the girl and even attacking them in public places during the daylight, with people as victims.

[@furukawastudios]

I remember BAOH 😄

[@EternalRoman]

@@furukawastudios I had to look the Manga up again, this time online and I found a site where I just finished reading all 10 chapters. The Anime is a heavily condensed story and it after finishing the Manga now I understand why there is barely any emotional expressions on the Anime and it is indeed because they tried to cram all 10 chapters into it, leaving a whole lot of characters and story out. It was a serialized Manga that started in 1984...similar to Guyver too in that sense, only that BAOH ended and Guyver is still running. Hope Guyver ends soon to avoid a BERSERK fiasco LOL 🤣

[@furukawastudios]

@@EternalRoman I actually have both volumes of the Devilman Manga sitting on my shelf! (Highly recommend, btw!) 😄

[@EternalRoman]

@@furukawastudios That is so cool. I love old Manga stories. Did you ever pick up Violence Jack to continue the story?

[@femtoeclipse860]

Go Nagai is my hero i grew up in the 1990s and all his mecha anime are at the top of my list. It was the coolest thing talking to my uncles when I was teenager about Jeeg and Gaiking and they knew exactly what I was talking about Go Nagai is an all time great.

[@dominica4799]

people are flakes now

[@borgstod]

Cyber City Oedo City has to be one of the greatest Cyberpunk Anime ever made despite its 3 episode run. The English Music Soundtrack is fantastic, and it's a shame due to various Production disputes; it has never been made available on DVD or Bluray.

[@JimBrodie]

The UK OST for it was much better than the OG Japanese one. The dubbing was fucking awful though tbf.

[@mikegonzalez1821]

Don't forget "Bubblegum Crisis!" That was an excellent cyberpunk anime as well.

[@Phunku]

AD police the side story of bubblegum was really good too and only 3 episodes.

[@SplendidXShot]

But it IS available on DVD at least (don't know about bluray). I bought it a few years ago in a three piece set with Wicked City and Demon City Shinyuku. Till now one of my favorites. :)

[@DirtyMardi]

”What’s that saying? To make a mistake is human, but to really fuck things up, you need a computer. Ain’t that right, chiphead?” One of the best deliveries that really encapsulates the dystopian gang violence themes so prevalent in media from the late 70’s to mid 90’s. It’s not a masterpiece of the Akira calibre, but still very cool.

[@cs_mansion5480]

Video says its about violence but whines about speech/dialogue and themes. Just for non soy viewers: "Waaah anti semitism" 1.30 20.11 "Waaah offensive, stereotypes, police bad, prostitution good(you're meant to say 'sex work' right?) " 33.43 dialogue , not violence

[@tasseiviews2947]

Ninja Scroll focuses more on style than on substance? That's ridiculous to me, that is at the start I felt the same but by the end it really grabbed me emotionally. Its' story is what I'll always remember most.

[@j.2512]

the style is the substance. Pseuds will never get it, they judge visual mediums on literary terms which is backwards

[@tasseiviews2947]

@@j.2512 So you're also saying there's no story except you're framing it positively?

[@DanPlaysGames17]

Going to assume Tekken was inspired by Battle Royal High School

[@blackdragon6]

Soon as i saw the topic i *KNEW* what the anime titles would be. I miss 80's and 90's anime 😭😭😭

[@anatoly_trifonov]

No "Kite" mentioned? C'mon! 1998. Seek for uncensored version, and thank me later.

[@0AFonseca]

Wtf? No Berserk? LMAO

[@gary-no9cp]

berserk is 90's

[@mathieudoucet1446]

Berserk is very mild

[@rBAZOOKAPOLAKKE]

@@mathieudoucet1446i guess u watched the anime and didnt read the manga.. after the eclipse is when the real trouble starts

[@mykelgatson5934]

@@gary-no9cptitle literally says 80’s AND 90’s

[@sillyyup4425]

@@rBAZOOKAPOLAKKEtbf this is an anime list not manga

[@joegiles7785]

I watched all, but one of these. I enjoyed them, especially since I could "turn my brain off" and not be a critic. Did you notice Demon City Shinjuku was playing on the TV in Johnny Mnemonic? When Keanu Reeve's character Johnny was getting the data downloaded into the brain, the opening fight of the anime was playing.

[@rachel-x6j8x]

My fav of all time ,fist of north star

[@paulforder591]

Hand--drawn ultra--violent anime of the 80s and 90s you just don't see anymore. I can still recall seeing Urotsuki Doji on VHS in '93: it was intense big time, the transformation, tentacle rape, and fight scenes. It left me shaken. Brutal stuff indeed, some of which I used to rent from my local video store and grew up with back then. I think some of the directors were trying to convey the idea about what makes a character violent, and to make the viewers think. 😱🙀🙀🤞🤞

[@fmartin59]

I fell asleep from that movie. Very cheap Animation. Very boring dialogue and forgettable story. I’ve no clue why anyone would watch it.

[@paulforder591]

@@fmartin59 Very few of the producers had read, or had any knowledge of the original manga by Toshio Maeda, so it was, to all intents and purposes, an adaptation of it. They may have taken liberties with the story line. 😰

[@tunabiscuit]

Im right there with ya. Picked up Urotsukidoji on VHS at Hero Con in Charlotte in 93. Took it home and watched it with my buddy. By the end of it we were just like, wtf did we just watch?

[@GrandmasterDevo]

@@tunabiscuit Crap. That's what you watched.

[@xFuzzyxPicklesx]

@@fmartin59 you wouldnt know art if it slapped you in the face with its penis arm

[@Red-Eyez420gaming]

It all makes sense now...mad bull is the training video US cops are shown at the police academy😂

[@bjamiork]

Blows my mind that Wicked City was released the year I was born. I grew up on this shit, thanks to my dad lol. Ninja Scroll, The Guyver, M.D. Geist, Fist of the Northstar, Golgo 13, Akira, Lily C.A.T., etc...these were literally the first anime I ever watched back when I was 10 or 11. Forever grateful for his work buddy bootlegging these films onto VHS for us to watch XD I still remember how hyped my dad was when he was first explaining "Japanimation" to me and my brother!

[@oldguy9051]

Awesome dad!

[@mahalaps3]

First anime I'd ever seen was Fist of the North Star. Stumbled across it while channel surfing on the old school big satellite dish. It was on a channel called Network 1. Left an impression.

[@TheStormglass]

It's a bit of an interesting fact that these are under the influence of the American splatter movies of the 80's Japanese rental video market. A young Japanese artist saw them at the time and thought, "If it's a video, it's okay to depict things like this without being restricted by broadcasting." And they created this kind of animation as an animation project for video distribution and age-restricted movies, not for TV broadcasting. It is very strange that they were imported to the United States in the form of underground distribution and shocked young people as a work that broke the "animation restrictions" of America (or Western Europe).

[@j.2512]

In latam a lot of these gory adult ovas were in fact broadcasted on TV by Locomotion. It was a cable channel that played all the top tier anime gems of the 80s and 90s up to the mid 00s where it ended. Akira, Gits, Evangelion, along with dozens of shows and ovas all played there.

[@小渕恵ニ-h7k]

80年代以降の日本のアクションやSF漫画はドラゴンボールや北斗の拳、AKIRAでさえもアメリカ、カナダ、オーストラリア映画の影響を受けてます 言い方を変えればアイデアを盗んでいます スラッシャーホラー以外にも Superman : 1978 , Madmax : 1979 , Scanners : 1981 , The Thing : 1982 etc… これらの作品たちから多大な影響を受けています

[@vanhattfield8292]

@@小渕恵ニ-h7k It is good that influence for such things goes in both directions.

[@user-ke8td6pl2l]

@@小渕恵ニ-h7k 侍、忍者、刀、時代劇、貞子、JRPG、メトロイドヴァニア、ソウルライクetc 海外がリスペクトをもって模倣してくれるなら日本人なら嬉しいけどね

[@ルパン四世-l1h]

@@小渕恵ニ-h7k 刀、時代劇、貞子、JRPG、ソウルライクetc 海外がリスペクトをもって影響を受けてくれるなら日本人なら嬉しいけどね

[@survivor93100]

80, 90s was the best period of japan's anime ever 🎉

[@OGHiddenpaw]

Yep, this is what got me into anime.

[@I-hear-voices]

Bubblegum Crisis got me into anime. That and the followup AD Police. The later is violent as hell.

[@javonjames4573]

This is what got me into anime as well

[@sapien82]

I wish they would remaster some of these classics, a side note Black Magic the manga was first published in 1983 the year before terminator came out in 1984 , maybe cameron was a shirow masamune fan, but hey wouldn't be the first time Hollywood ripped a Japanese sci fi story but then apparently he stole from the outer limits , so was Masamune a outer limits fan .

[@herbg4866]

I love how they’re almost all on KZbin 😂

[@bekzodakhmedov9466]

Ninja Scroll is easily the best anime of all time

[@lovetownsend]

My dad is a punk rocker and showed me Ninja Scroll at 12 by accident. Movie was his roommates who wasn't home and he was like "You love cartoons, try this." and walked back in during the rape scene lol he proceeded to stop the movie and switch it out for a zombie flick about zombie slaves on a plantation coming for revenge. That movie was so B-rated I can't even find it on internet

[@Zeitgeist6]

22:42 Actually Legend Of The Overfiend is part 1 of the Urotsukidoji franchise. It was followed by Legend Of The Demon Womb, Return Of The Overfiend, Inferno Road and The Final Chapter. I wish they're release a proper hi-def and uncensored remaster of the entire series.

[@exnihilio89]

Ninja scroll is will always be my favorite.

[@mrdreloaded4049]

It's definitely in my top 5! When I rented it, I thought it was going to be a rip-off of the Samurai Showdown game that was out at the time - I was extremely wrong thank goodness!

[@IstvanThree]

Good, good to see Urotsuki Doji being marked "most watched" - immediately came to mind together with Ninja Scroll. One cannot overstate how uncommon (this kind of) Anime was back then, and what a pain in the ass it was to get your hands on these VHS´! I still have Urotsuki Doji on Video CD in unspeakable bad quality 😄

[@rivariola]

These types shows conveyed what violence truly is capable of , nowadays a lot of animes use violence as their main premise , but they dont really do a good job of portraying what it causes to their victims , wether they are innocent or guilty, people just like to see a person grab a sword or a gun and annihilate everyone in a room in less than a second while laughing manically or just acting apatethic and stoic while he/she does it, as if the act of butchering people is something awesome or cool , and THEN once they are done they never show you the consequences ,usually you see a white background with a black silhouette of the guy being split in half or being decapitated, but on these shows they show you ABSOLUBTELY EVERYTHING, with exquisite and grotesque detail , and let me ask you , is it pretty?, is it cool and fun? , hell no , of course it isnt , (well for me at least), and i think thats exactly the point, to show that violence isnt something to be taken lightly and that if you are willing to employ it be ready to dirty your hands.

[@dustin6225]

And as a teenager in the 90s I had nearly all of these on VHS, and they cost no small amount of money either. The only place we had that sold Anime was a local comic shop that had to special order them for customers. I remember spending $50 or more on copies of Wicked City, Ninja Scroll and Legend of the Overfiend. Fun fact: LotO nearly caused the comic shop owner to stop offering Anime altogether. He already only did it begrudgingly since, despite having many perverted comics in his store, there was apparently something about Anime that just rubbed him the wrong way.

[@Vespyr_]

Because it turned him on, and he didn't like that part of himself. Usually the source of these discomforts. People don't like looking inside themselves when they assume they know what they'll find before hand, just to discover what a mess we all really are.

[@SquareNoggin]

Or - maybe he's just a normal adult who felt uncomfortable about selling such depraved content to teenagers?

[@dustin6225]

@@SquareNoggin or maybe your reply is dumb and useless due to the fact that I mentioned in my reply that he had shelves full of depraved comics? Learn to read the whole comment before making a fool of yourself.

[@dck6546]

Yeah, I remember those days. Having to seek out fan subtitled svhs rips of stuff that wasn't released in the US, like Shadow Skill, from people on IRC. It was rewarding in a sense, but things are definitely easier now that broadband internet is available at home!

[@XanVicious]

@@dck6546I always wondered how anime fans used to get their hands on stuff back in the day, I’m old enough to know how easy we have it now but I have always wondered lol.

[@afrikasmith1049]

I find it funny that people have a problem with gore and sexual violence being depicted in Anime even though the real world is pretty violent.

[@patrickhaffey2181]

Fist of the North Star. How could you leave that one out? The best exploding bodies cartoon ever. Unless you aren't counting chinese anime.

[@iamkang]

Any Chinese suggestions?

[@patrickhaffey2181]

@@iamkang 🤔 hm to be honest Fist of the North Star is the only one I know 😂 now I'm gonna have to investigate.

[@patrickhaffey2181]

@@iamkang I searched a little and it turns out Fist of the North Star is Japanese. I think the story takes place in China or something. I thought I knew something lol

[@YourBoyWang]

I alway think Wicked City is the reason we have MiB trilogy and the Noisy Cricket gun in MiB is based of his weapon also.

[@saiberunato]

Glad I'm not the only one who noticed the similarities. I've been saying that for many years!

[@Anonym-yr4qn]

I don't know why, but edgy old school animation like that has a special place in my heart. I generally absolutely adore the retro aspect of popculture and i think it should make a comeback. (FC3 Blood Dragon was awesome, for example) Another great example would be the hotline miami series. They just perfectly encaptured the substance of productions like these here. Just beautiful. Also reminds me of how incredibly happy i was, when i got myself Duke Nukem 3D about a month ago and was just absolutely in awe, about every little detail of the first level. ...Especially since this game was so ahead of it's time. Even compared to games like COD nowadays. It's just something that gives you the impression, it has a soul. ...Maybe that's why i like these hand drawn animations so much. They just appear so much more personal, which is something that modern hi-fi productions rarely come across as. Like... When i've rewatced the first couple episodes of spongebob season one, i came to notice and appreciate all of these beautiful details, like subtle dark humor, a little quote or joke in the newspapers someone's reading, the fact that many plot points and characters probably have been inspired by real life examples and experiences and all the amazing jokes that someone visibly put energy in, in order to make them as good as possible. (Especially considering that a couple seconds to boost that joke with a fitting animation, that only goes for a couple seconds or less, probably took many hours to make. It is effort for sure, but it doesn't remain unnoticed.) It is a red line of quality and it makes the big differences by small things done right.

[@BlackMoonHowls]

Totally dude.

[@mykemac8068]

Right on brethren.

[@HOORAY4BOOTAY5]

Watched some of these violent ones as a kid, so I must say this is where my love for violent animes came from.

[@jeromethiel4323]

One of my fondest memories of Anime Conventions, was when a good friend of mine and I were in a video room, and Baoh was showing. There was a scene where a dog was in a cage and one of the military people asked "is that the baoh?" And i said to my friend, "no, that is the bow wow." We got kicked out for laughing too loudly. Good times, good times... ^-^

[@xavengerrrconnerhodge6565]

I know it sounds stupid but what's the anime from the thumbnail? I couldn't seem to find it in the video a I've been looking for it for a while plz someone help

[@MisaelCedillos1]

Angel Cop (1989)

[@TBoneTony]

This is what makes Anime the way it is. Sometimes brutal and sensual, but this is the reason why so many young adults love this stuff when they become old enough to truly appreciate it.

[@TheFruitofTruth]

Surprised Blue Gender wasn’t in this list it was insane

[@terranceaddison4599]

That was hard to sit through but it was captivating enough for me to ride with it and see where it goes

[@davidwood8439]

This is the anime i grew up on! In the very early 90's in Australia there was two companies that made it their mission to have a solid section in most video shops in the country, Kiseki and Manga. We got a majority of the anime on this list, it was such a thrill to see these back then as we only had 5 channels on free to air tv which were all very bland. I cant watch modern anime these days unless its about adults with the exception of a few like Full Metal Alchemist as im in my 40s now, occasionally ill find one like Monster that i like, i still love the whole aesthetic of anime though. In every city in our country there would be an anime shop which rented out bootlegs of the American titles from companies like US Manga Corps, Pioneer etc so i would dubb them via the old 2 VCR trick! Thats where i found anime like Record of Loddoss War, Video Girl AI and DNA2, they had a lot of H titles too. The one i used to go to all the time was called A-Zone is Brisbanes Fortitude Valley, it was there as early as i remember around 94 and was there until i think around 2012!

[@dashdeception]

the first time I saw Devilman: The Birth I felt like I was losing my mind it was really shocking to me even though I had already seen some animes that were kind of in this wheelhouse, the first part of Genocyber has some really twisted stuff

[@b0gster]

"Easy to make and cheap to produce" - are you high? This level of animation is lightyears ahead of every modern cartoon and anime.

[@shannon6417]

Ninja scrolls was my first

[@jeebay5188]

Checks off every one I have on the list. Holy Pokemon! I’ve collected them all, many including a Blu-ray. Edit: honorable mentions. Lily Cat, Call me Tonight, and Dark Cat.

[@fslayer1290]

The fact that Apocalypse Zero made this list warms my heart. It’s one of my favorites but is absolutely disgusting and disturbing. 🥰

[@cbrunnkvist]

This is an amazing list. Very good selection, added a couple of titles I haven't watched to my ever-growing anime-to-watch-list :) and I take it that the first 12 are the Top 12 and the other 12 are "worthy mentions"

[@zachary7573]

Ive seen most of these but I think Genocyber takes the prize for the most brutal over the top violence. Can’t believe I watched something that violent back when I was still a kid lol.

[@will-love-lvx]

Dude, Urotsukidoji Perfect Collection! Poor Walt Disney rollin' in his frozen grave.

[@zachary7573]

@@will-love-lvx Yeah Urotsukidoji is definitely is the most depraved Anime I've seen. I've only seen it once a long time ago though so I may have to give it a rewatch soon :)

[@will-love-lvx]

@@zachary7573 I actually wrote a review for it that was published in a Magazine! Haha. The only time I'm published for an article and it's Urotsukidoji! Definitely worth revisiting as it's a classic of depravity at this point. Much like the film "Cannibal Holocaust". I think I'm getting old, the last hardcore thing I watched was Berserk.

[@zachary7573]

@@will-love-lvx that’s pretty wild lol. Yeah wish they would make more Animes like still. There are a few good ones but not as many as in the 80s and 90s.

[@will-love-lvx]

@@zachary7573 Right?! I agree. Those were the golden ages as far as Anime. There's some decent stuff these days but nothing like when Anime first started breaking here in the states. I'm happy it sort of became mainstream but it doesn't have the same feel as it did back then. It was super underground. Just like the import gaming scene. Yea, the world moves on though. Luckily we have those classic AMV's to remind us of those days. Great stuff all around.

[@TheStowAway594]

I already watched all these when I was like 10. I remember my dad walked in while me and my friends were watching Ninja Scroll. It was the part where the rock guy is drinking blood from a severed arm, my dad was like wtf are you watching, he made us go outside and play. I ended up watching the rest later that night, if he only knew how crazy some of those old anime got lol.

[@GrandmasterDevo]

Angel Cop: I LOVE this OVA, it's one of my all-time favourites. Fun fact: Manga edited the UK release so that one particularly gruesome death in the first episode and a rapey scene in the fourth are removed. Also, the dub criticism isn't regarding translation quality but the sheer amount of swearing, which is just utterly hilarious, I find! Wicked City: I only watched this one for the first time a few years ago. If I had seen this when I was younger, I might have a greater appreciation for it now. But as it stands, I'm not that keen on the story and that pervy old man is just annoying and cringey. Demon City Shinjuku: Even though this is regarded as the worse between it and Wicked City, I actually prefer this one. Probably because I saw it long before I saw Wicked. Golgo 13: You got the synopsis wrong, Golgo is actually being hunted by the oil tycoon as revenge for killing his son. But other than that, great description, and it's a bloody good film overall. GenoCyber: "Not for the weak of heart" is the understatement of the year. The level of detail they put into the violence and body horror is truly sickening. Don't get me wrong, I like this series (except for the last two episodes) but it is batshit insane and quite possibly the most gruesome anime ever made. Devilman: *WHY GOOOOOOOOOOOOD!!!???!!* This has one of the funniest English dubs I've ever heard! XD Violence Jack: Another contender for the most hilarious English dub, with all the over-the-top excessive swearing that entails. Urotsukidoji: Okay, allow me to amend my GenoCyber comment. It's the most gruesome anime ever... that I actually enjoy watching. I cannot say I enjoyed the two Overfiend films I've seen, primarily due to the awful, AWFUL soundtrack and dubbing, but many of the violent+sexual scenes left a bad taste in my mouth. Akira: Like you said, this movie's story is convoluted and I had a difficult time following it, so despite being labelled as a classic, I really didn't like it. :(

[@bevrosity]

urotsukidoji's soundtrack may be bad, but some of its sound clips made la sexorcisto pretty cool!

[@getschwifty9531]

20:32 Man, this channel comes off very milquetoast and ignorant here. New York was called Fear City during the late 70s because of how dangerous the city was. Japan was obviously being hyperbolic but not wrong about new york being dangerous.

[@riskybitness]

This is the kind of stuff that fascinated us back in the early to mid 1990s. We thought it was all insanely violent. I didn't even know anime for all ages existed. In subsequent decades, anime has become much more familiar, but back then it was steeped in mystery and seeing extreme anime movies like this only added to that mystique.

[@QuattroSG]

A bunch of these have been on mainstream Western streaming services in the past, I've seen a lot of these for the first time between 2009-2013, a lot of them on netflix!

[@phubans]

Pretty much everything in this video has been among my favorite anime since the 90s. This is the kind of stuff that introduced me to anime back then and set the standards for what anime should be, which is probably why it's been so hard for me to get into most modern anime because it's so removed from this gritty yet beautifully hand-rendered style and dark, atmospheric themes. Hell, I even did a cosplay of Golgo 13 at the last anime con I went to, and I was happily surprised by how many people recognized it. There's a few others that you missed that are probably worth mentioning here. My recommendations are Curse of the Yoma, Midori, Rumiko Takahashi's Mermaid Saga OVAs, Kimera, and The Curse of Kazuo Umezu. And while not exactly violent, I think that Angel's Egg, Neo Tokyo, and Robot Carnival are worthy adjacent titles in terms of their art and style.

[@TheBurrito171]

Don't forget Memories!

[@tdsdave]

Doomed Megalopolis was a notable absence on the list , the English dub was terrible though, much better subtitled.

[@Void_Out]

You say it like all anime in the 80s/90s was the same genre.

[@TheBurrito171]

@@Void_Out To be fair, anime now is much more uniform

[@phubans]

@@tdsdave Doomed Megalopolis is a fantastic OVA. I am a bit bummed that the recent blu ray release wasn't much more than a DVD port.

[@davidgarner7948]

I cut my anime teeth on fist of the North Star, vampire hunter D, ninja scroll and Akira back in the late 80s early 90s

[@geardog24]

Thank you for mentioning Apocalypse Zero. That series doesn't get enough recognition.

[@AtheosATFive]

All of this shit was sold openly Is in many media stores. You could be there picking up the limited edition korn album that just came out. Then walk over and go hey I'll take this here DVD of LA blue girl.

[@KC_Smooth]

I’ll never forget watching most of these as a kid. The nostalgia hits hard watching this video.

[@Lois-gy5gp]

Wicked city got me started I’m 56 2024 love 80s plus anime ❤

[@fightrudyfight5799]

I loved renting most of these from Blockbuster and making myself VHS copies. Buying them in small obscure shops in flea markets was also a feeling you won’t get anymore.

[@mksolid82]

I’ve seen most of the anime on this list and most of them can be tolerated. But GENOCYBER is the most tasteless, vile, and disgusting anime you will ever see. It’s so malevolent and merciless. There are scenes of children being brutally murdered and ripped apart. One scene depicts a small child being murdered with knives by a gang of bullies. It’s horrific and serves no purpose as a film. The film should just be buried forever. It’s that bad.

[@mrdreloaded4049]

I've been watching anime since the 70s (before it was even called "anime" and starting with Science Ninja Team Gatchaman/Battle of the Planets) and I will say that the Fist of the NorthStar movie, Vampire Hunter D and Akira were the first three anime that I purchased (from Suncoast Video) with my own money and they also kickstarted my fondness of the genre! I really miss the 80s - mid-90s anime as it wasn't tainted by western ideologies/limitations and the creators were allowed to do whatever they wanted no matter what graphic or insane thought they decided to put into their stories! We need this to make a comeback, but sadly, the powers-that-be will not allow creators to have the same free reign they had back then.....

[@danielsalem7624]

These are the core animes i had grown up with. Not these crappy magical academy highschool love teen thrash animes from today. I miss these cool ones.

[@JUYAN16]

Anime in 90's and 80's is still the best

[@Madogen]

Genocyber was intense. I remember destroying the VHS after watching it. Took me a long time to get over it, way too much for a young teen 😅

[@diazostreta4473]

Kite was an awesome story that deserves more love. Physical media sales allowed for some creative and mind-blowing endeavors in anime

[@D0S81]

these were the kinds of anime they would put on TV here in the UK on Channel 4 at like 1am back in the 90's. as a tween back that used to draw, i loved it because i would get so much inspiration to draw cool gory pictures for my friends. a lot of artists goes through a gore phase i think. or even just dark phases in general not necessarily gore. but yeah. these were a big part of my formative years, and i miss them a lot. especially the eng dubs that would have them swear constantly for no reason. lol. it was fvcking great when your a kid thats not really meant to see this stuff

[@ArcanePath360]

I still have the VHS of Vampire Hunter D. I saw it so many times. This and Fist of the North Star, Legend of the Overfiend (sadly I lost the tape) and the sequel which wasn't as good, and Ninja Scroll were my go to movies to watch over and over (and of course Akira which I recorded from the TV). It was a great time when you could buy these tapes in HMV, Virgin Records etc. Many would not be sold today.

[@juanf5391]

Did any one here grow up watching these anime on the IFC channel from 1998-2002?

[@CaptainXJ]

"todays censorship". Shame how far we have regressed with censorship.

[@SpongeBob_912]

Part 6 of the modern jjba also had some pretty nasty body horror like foo fighters.

[@TheSoulCrisis]

LOVE old school horror and action-heavy anime flicks and shows alike! OG media in general, nice video.