Twilight Q

If there's any person who defined the archetypal 80s anime character art style, Akemi Takada would be a strong contender. Debuting in the industry as a guest character designer for Ippatsu Kanta-kun, Takada would be assigned as the main character designer only a year later for the sequel of Science Ninja Team Gatchaman, a show she was a fan of during her university years. After four years of working for Tatsunoko, Takada went freelance and truly hit her stride with her involvement in the adaptation of Urusei Yatsura, adapting Rumiko Takahashi's art style to an anime format (she was responsible for turning Lum's rainbow-colored hair into the trademark teal it is known today). Takada would later work on another Takahashi adaptation, taking after Yuuji Moriyama stepped down from the character designer role in Episode 28 of Maison Ikkoku.

Takada has a quite interesting evolution in her art style over the years. One way of comparison is through how different her character design of Lum looked from Episode 1 in contrast to her appearance in the later episodes of the series. Over time Takada's style would get more individuality, her characters more model-like, their eyes getting softer and gentler, their fashion sense more pronounced and elegant. This is most evident in her character designs for Kimagure Orange Road in 1987, which can be considered a culmination of her style and possesses many of the features that her characters have had ever since.

Like other interest stacks I have created, the following list is a selection of her most important works in chronological order. She is one of my favorite character designers ever, so I hope you consider checking them out. Or at least buy one of her artbooks.

Halcyon Realms's La Madonna artbook review - http://halcyonrealms.com/anime/la-madonna-takada-akemi-art-book-review/
Character design sheets for Maison Ikkoku - https://www.catsuka.com/gengal/artworks//maison_ikkoku
Lum's character design + a podcast about Urusei Yatsura in the thread - https://twitter.com/bunnycartoon/status/1260227769298026503

After watching just about all of the OVAs released in the 1980s, these are the ones I rated 6, meaning I consider them to be decent.

The new anime release format that appeared in the mid-80s brought new opportunities for studios and various works began to be released on videotapes. Some of them were frankly terrible, but some became classics with a recognizable style and aesthetics. I bring to your attention works worth viewing.

The criteria this time is no criteria. This is the final list in my Obscurities series. If there is any criteria, it's that I think you should watch these despite their quality, popularity, or even my rating, because you should see 'em. There's some good, some bad, and some real head-scratchers in here. It's mixed bag time in here!

Ascend: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9816
Return to the surface: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9517

Tags: Old, Obscure, Oldtaku, Retro, Underrated, Hidden Gems

Mamoru Oshii is a popular creator and has been involved in several anime in both major and minor roles.

This stack is intended as a guide to specifically just his own creative works, all anime listed here were either directed by Oshii or created by him.

Entries not directed by Oshii have a note explaining his involvement.

Anime I have seen in vaporwave/future funk videos or thumbnails


Nothing after 2005

These are films that may appeal to an otaku with an ENFJ or INFJ-type personality.

Not including films. The seasons added are subjectively the best to me. These are not in order.

An anthology series is a television or film series that presents a different story and or a different set of characters. They make these switches in each episode, season, segment, or short, as determined by the creators.

This Interest Stack is directly inspired by Digibro's "250 Anime Recommendations". Everything listed here is directly taken from the original video.
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The reason to create this stack was to not make anyone sit through a 6-Hour long video.
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This is the continuation of Part 2 of the 250 Anime recommendations list (Separated in parts because of MAL's 50 entries per list limit).
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In the words of Digibro herself: "I'm also going to state how much i recommend these show's, So the minimum will be a light recommendation meaning something that i dont necessarily think is amazing but its worth checking out if you're bored, Not all of these are gonna be like 10/10 classics. Some of these are gonna be like OK shows that are just worth checking out. Maybe you'll like it more than i did."
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* = Light recommendation
** = Medium recommendation
*** = Strong recommendation
**** = MUST-WATCH

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Here are how these anime are categorized (In Order)

SLICE-OF-LIFE/IYASHIKEI: Tamako Market - Yokohama Shopping Log

SPORTS: Baby Steps - Saki

ACTION/ADVENTURE: Baccano! - Zetsuen no Tempest

ALL-AGES ADVENTURE: Cardcaptor Sakura - Princess Tutu

SCI-FI/CYBERPUNK/FANTASY: Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex - Utawarerumono

MECHA: Code Geass - Giant Robo the Animation: The Day The Earth Stood Still (Continued in Part 4)
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Links to other parts:

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34482

Part 2: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34485

Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34486

Part 4: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34488

Part 5: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/34488

Mostly includes OVAs and Movies.

Part 1 here : https://myanimelist.net/stacks/37307

Absolute vibes.

💫 Discover more 𝓐𝓔𝓢𝓣𝓗𝓔𝓣𝓘𝓒 anime! 💫
Intro: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/41050
1980-1984: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60965
1985:1989: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/56117
1990-1994: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/60972
1995-1999: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/53730

I am attempting to curate the definitive catalog of THE most 𝓐𝓔𝓢𝓣𝓗𝓔𝓣𝓘𝓒 anime, found exclusively between the 80s and 90s!

Many millennials, Gen Z, or younger experience a 'longing' (often known as "anemoia") for the pre-internet world, when VHS tapes enveloped film in a comforting saturation, when stereos emitted synthpop, and when the warm sun caused the rippling seas to glisten just that much more.

This Interest Stack is curated to support members in finding entries which share highly specific or niche interests: that is: 80s-90s anime that boast a retro "aesthetic" prowess: an art style or color palette that evoke "vibes", "atmosphere", "ambiance", or "nostalgia".

These anime are brimming with screenshotable frames and GIF-worthy animations to suit any YouTube lo-fi mixtape, playlist of beats to study to, Pinterest feeds, or cater to anyone's longing for an ethereal bygone era.

Suggestions welcomed!

1990s, 1990's, 90s, 90's

1980s, 1980's, 80s, 80's

P.S. I really tried not to use the word "vaporwave". But yeah. That's pretty much what this stack is.

“Looking at still images from the blu-ray of this anime makes me want to cry. People throw around the word ‘aesthetic’—they throw is around a LOT—especially when talking about old anime on VHS; but, I have never seen Shounan Bakusouzoku talked about.” — Kenny Lauderdale

Some times a person have to stop sharing a rare/old anime with very few seeds and ask himself: what about the next person?

This is far from complete. I will be lazy updating this list ngl. Open comments and DMs.


Not listed on MAL/couldn't find:

Tatsumi (2011)

Tired of adaptions, reboots, and remakes in your sci-fi anime? Frustrated that MAL doesn't allow you to filter by source material? Well, this list has you covered.

For the sake of including as much as I could, I've only listed one entry from each franchise/series (generally the first installment). Some entries have a manga that came out shortly before they premiered, but those aren't really adaptions since the production of the anime predates creation of the manga.

Part 2:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46791

Part 3:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46796

Part 4:
https://myanimelist.net/stacks/46816

A little something for the spooky season.

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/57297
Part 3: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/61468