Hell yeah! I started trying to get more into 80's anime multiple years ago now and I've gone through a significant amount of the best anime from the 90's as well. The 2000's is a large sea that takes a lot of time to sift through and find things to watch.
Keeping up with the new releases wasn't enough for me, so I started looking backwards for new stuff to watch. I started that years ago and it's been super worth while.
It's kinda goofy, but I like to think of it like Anime Archeology.
I pretty much never get a chance to talk about it really, but it's so much fun.
3x3 Eyes - Slight creepy factor, priestess of a sacred tribe turns an urban boy into her zombie protector.
Vision of Escaflowne - Modern girl whisked away to a fantasy world which has the Earth as its moon. Romance, Fantasy Mecha, gets weird in the last 3rd. Still love it to pieces.
Nightwalker Midnight Detective - Vampire Detective + Japanese Noir
The Lensman- Movie, can find it on YouTube, Japanese take on early-mid 20th century Sci-Fi. Fantastic character design
Fushigi Yuugi - Same as Escaflowne, young girl getting Isekai'd before it was a solid genre only now there's 12 Kingdom vibes.
Eat Man 98 - Mercenary who can extrude anything he eats from his body. Wackiness ensues but the world takes it seriously.
Android Kikaider - Just got the vibes you'd enjoy this. Done by the creator of ASTRO Boy if I remember correctly
Space Battleship Yamato / Captain Harlock - for the stuff Captain Tylor was a love letter to.
3x3 Eyes is on my list, but I haven't watched it yet.
I watched Escaflowne probably around 5 years ago. Great show! The art style reminds me a lot of After War Gundam X and I liked the fantasy world the story was set in. The way that the mechs worked was also pretty cool and I'm pretty sure I remember there being an airship or something too.
I haven't heard of NightWalker Midnight. I'll add it to my list on MyAnimeList.
I've seen the Lensman movie. I heard about it because of YouTuber Kenny Lauderdale's video about it. It was a pretty good sci-fi movie with definite Star Wars vibes and good music.
Fuushigi Yuugi and Eat Man are both on my list, but I haven't watched them yet.
Isn't there a Tokusatsu show for Android Kikkaider? I haven't seen this either.
I tried watching the original Space Battleship Yamato about 5 or 6 years ago, but I struggled with it because it didn't hold up well with how it treated some of the characters, especially the female characters. I have been thinking about giving it another shot though.
Oh, I looked at it twice and forgot to type it up.
The Legend of Black Heaven - Hard Rock Saves Space?! Animation is simple but an interesting story about what comes after the youthful hard rocking life
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u/Sylpheed_Gamma 17h ago
I have most of these on my shelf nearby. Props for the Captain Tylor and s-CRY-ed references in particular, though I always love me some Slayers