80's style manga FTW.

Just added Kimba, Mazinger and Ghost Hound tags. I think that notes will be more convenient, though.

I filled in the notes for the 70s/80s, but I'm not sure what show is represented in the bottom row of the 90s column. My first guess was Revolutionary Girl Utena, but that doesn't seem to fit.

The art style looks kinda like Escaflowne. My only other guess would be Cowboy Bebop (Vicious?).

It's from Cowboy Bebop, but the character is Grencia from the Jupiter Jazz episodes.

I like how the series for all the eras are huge iconic shows until 2000's has... Ghost Hound and Kamichu? And deliberately bad pictures from them to.

It's more subtle than the usual 4chan trolls, I'll give it that.

It's hard to admit, but I think 'Naruto' is the most iconic anime of the '00s

GitS SAC, Nanoha, Clannad, Pretty Cure would be better indications of anime trends.

Kamichu was actually pretty good.

headache16 said:
Kamichu was actually pretty good.

Aye. Still, slice of life titles such as Kamichu!, Aria, and Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou were nowhere close to being as popular as some of the other titles previously mentioned.

Dragonball ought to be among the 80s series.

RedRadish said:
Dragonball ought to be among the 80s series.

Actually this should've been about the mainstream of anime they show the biggest infulential changes through the timeline.

I'd probably swap Dragonball or in for Cowboy Bebop. Also swap Nanoha for Kamichu, then have it switch positions with Haruhi so Nanoha follows the Gundam chain.

Tack on a fifth line to; Himitsu no Akko-chan, Cutie Honey, Creamy Mami, Sailormoon, PreCure

I'd never even heard of Ghost Hound until looking at this image...

Interesting, in any case.

moogle said:
It's hard to admit, but I think 'Narutard' is the most iconic anime of the '00s

It's also one of the worst anime, which is one example why anime isn't anything special anymore.
Anime was at its prime in the 80s and 90s.
Now in the "'00s", anime for the most part is terrible. Sure, there's a few diamonds in the rough, but it's mostly been a crappy decade for anime.
Anime has lost the sparkle it had in previous decades.

Ehh... I'm still an anime fan, but I can't stand how stupid most anime are these days.

00's needs more Cromartie High School

Needs more Elfen Lied and Death Note.

Im suprised no one has mentioned Gankutsuo: The Count of Monte Cristo yet

They mostly showed the B/W 60's shows... aww, there were great other examples. I'd like to make a compendium of Japanese animation since 1919 with examples every decade ending with the ninth year... of course, that would be conclusive of not any actual television serials until the late 50s.