\nI just want to say again, I went to college with the anime club that first fansubbed Utena, and it’s been a real pleasurable surprise to see that one be canonized
I don’t think any of the people who worked on the translation were still around, even the grad students, but it was a canonical part of our rotation such that every undergraduate would be exposed to it once
Up there with what, Eva, Cowboy Bebop, Patlabor (!), I bet they’re not still showing Escaflowne
Record of fuckin’ Lodoss War! You know that one was a guy writing up his D&D campaign?
Lodoss being a writeup of a D&D campaign puts it firmly in the tradition of other fantasy media, like Dragonlance or Shannara.
I’m surprised that Eacaflowne didn’t last, actually. It was super-popular in our club community. I guess it was the lack of shipping possibilities (and no outright queerbaiting either).
Actually, you know what else was really well-regarded in our community and has disappeared without a trace? Giant Robo.
The retro one? Yeah, we had that, I get the sense it was really worthwhile in the context of a dense and long-running mecha tradition that wasn’t escaping Eva’s gravity field.
Martian Successor Nadesico still has potential, I think
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