1980's
The first iteration of an ongoing mecha series about war, love, politics, and most importantly, culture.
What is Macross?
The author of this beloved manga recently died before getting to finish his dark revenge fantasy.
What is Berserk?
A naked women brutally murders the people who imprison her with her invisible hands before promptly forgetting everything due to being shot. Also a dog dies.
What is Elfen Lied?
A reverse-isekai where characters from all kinds of series battle one another as they grapple with the newfound knowledge of being fiction and their desire to force positive change onto their series in this commentary on the process of making creative works.
What is Re:Creators?
This anime about conquering depression and overcoming loss is known for having an excellent production for most of its run time, before totally flopping its final episode and subsequent OVA conclusion.
What is Wonder Egg Priority?
A movie set during World War 2 following two siblings whose parents died as they starve to death in a city being incendiary bombed by the United States.
What is Hotaru no Haka (Grave of the Fireflies)?
A psychedelic movie about paranoia and dissociative identity where the fetishization of idols causes the main character to be stalked.
What is Perfect Blue?
The pink-haired tsundere bullied at magic school for being bad at magic summons an average Japanese guy that she inevitable falls in love with alongside the rest of the female cast.
What is Zero no Tsukaima (The Familiar of Zero)?
A Studio Trigger production about teenagers and their feelings.
What is Kiznaiver?
A time-traveling robot uses the power of song and combat programming to prevent the destruction of humanity by corrupt AI through the alteration of core historical moments.
What is Vivy: Fluorite Eye's Song?
The adaptation of the manga by Akira Toriyama before the creation of Dragon Ball about the comedy antics of an android girl.
What is Dr. Slump: Arale-chan?
From the director of Neon Genesis Evangelion is an adaptation of a RomCom manga depicting the almost immediate relationship of two very successful high schoolers.
What is Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou (His and Her Circumstances)?
A war photographer gets caught up in a plot to end capitalism after discovering a cult that gives super powers to people that are reflections of their fetishes.
What is Speed Grapher?
A project revolving around the creation of one story component per month, with a very distinct visual aesthetic.
What is Katanagatari?
The only way to prevent rust from eating everything in this post-apocalypse is by shooting mushroom arrows from atop giant crabs while avoiding gun hippos.
What is Sabukui Bisco?
In a Mad Max setting, an ultra buff martial artist goes on a quest to rescue his lover and get revenge, causing people to explode in the process.
What is Hokuto no Ken (Fist of the North Star)?
This manga OVA adaptation, detailing a medieval war epic following its titular prince struggling to achieve a nobler (better) society, received a 2015 TV remake.
What is Arslan Senki (The Heroic Legend of Arslan)?
Instead of the 3rd Reich, the global threat is aliens, and to fight them off the world deploys a unit of flying young girls in swimsuits with guns that can use magic.
What is Strike Witches?
A dark medieval political fantasy drama revolving around the relationship and conflict between its two main characters, the king going down a dark path, and the talented magician who is a target of genocide and is accompanied by a blonde swordswoman.
What is Densetsu no Yuusha no Densetsu (Legend of the Legendary Heroes)?
A father and his genius daughter travel through an underground labyrinth inside a custom digging robot in search of the planet's surface.
What is Sakugan?
A pair of femme fatale members of the World Welfare Association work as mercenaries and cause significant collateral damage as they fumble their way through doing their jobs.
What is Dirty Pair?
A swordsman and a sorceress accidentally embark on an quest with the world at stake after stumbling across a mighty magical artifact in this multi-installment fantasy adventure series.
What is Slayers?
The Italian government uses brainwashed young girls as assassins, and they imprint upon their handlers.
What is Gunslinger Girl?
There are three different races of humanity across different dimensions, created, separated, and targeted by God, who is an incel, and must be killed through the power of song and homosexuality.
What is Cross Ange: Tenshi to Ryuu no Rondo (Cross Ange: Rondo of Angel and Dragon)?
A trio of young adults, a graffiti artist, a government employee, and a guy with blue hair, are given special powers by their dead friend that they learn to use to prevent disasters about to happen.
What is Tokyo 24-ku (Tokyo 24th Ward)?