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Comment author: Eliezer_Yudkowsky 02 October 2012 01:03:39AM 1 point [-]

Out of curiosity, what in the 90s compares to Hikaru no Go or Madoka Magica?

Comment author: [deleted] 02 October 2012 03:09:50AM 3 points [-]

Serial Experiments Lain.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 02 October 2012 09:04:21AM *  -1 points [-]

Serial Experiments Lain severely disappointed me. It's nicely creepy and atmospheric but....
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Comment author: gwern 02 October 2012 01:07:27AM 1 point [-]

I don't consider Hikaru no Go to be anything more than a gimmick anime like Moyashimon, so I have no idea for it.

The most obvious counterpart to Madoka would be Evangelion (yeah I know Sailor Moon was airing in the '90s and was more popular and influential than Madoka will ever be, but I think Eva is a better comparison).

Comment author: Jayson_Virissimo 02 October 2012 11:42:01AM *  2 points [-]

Exactly. It doesn't look like I'm going to finish Hikaru no Go by the end of the year, but I finished Serial Experiments Lain (a 90s anime) in less than 3 days.

Comment author: Risto_Saarelma 02 October 2012 11:10:07AM 1 point [-]

Seconding Serial Experiments Lain and Evangelion. Also Cowboy Bebop was in the 90s.

Irresponsible Captain Tylor, Berserk, Excel Saga and Trigun are uneven, but have their moments.

I also have a soft spot for the trashy ultraviolent OVA stuff from the early 90s, like Doomed Megalopolis and AD Police Files, but I'm not sure if it's good in any objective sense.

Comment author: ArisKatsaris 02 October 2012 09:19:41AM *  0 points [-]

Heh... In my myanimelist profile I've only listed three anime series as favourites, and Hikaru no Go and Madoka Magica are two of them.

The third one is "Revolutionary Girl Utena", from the 1990s. I think it's the sort of series that one either loves or hates -- but I loved it.