>>2621 Imo The real golden age would be about 1997-2007, since most of the best made shows fit into this 10 year period. Obviously good stuff existed before this time, but instead of a show just looking good or having a good story but looked like crap you had it good all around with the effort to make it so. Probably the best time to get into anime wouldve been the early 2000s since from a variety pov you had so much to choose from i cant imagine not finding something from this time you couldnt like or appeal to you, access to stuff you never wouldve otherwise thanks to fansubbing significantly improving with the internet as well and the community wasnt full of shitheads complaining about what offends them to influence future work.

>>2621 The 80s for creativity. The 90s for improvements. Everything after that is objectively shit.

2007-2013 the shortest timespan I can think of.

>>2622 I would agree with the idea of both good stories and good aesthetic + animation showing for a good "golden age". 2007 is a respectable cut-off date but I don't think I could cut it off that early since that would exclude things like Hunter x Hunter 2011, Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood, Steins;Gate, later seasons of Ippo and Kaiji, Spice and Wolf, Kill la Kill, most of Hellsing Ultimate, Bakemonogatari, Clannad Afterstory, and various other big heavy hitters. 97 is a respectable cut-off date since it includes things like Initial D, Evangelion, and Berserk in it, I like it. Also the space western big 3 (though I didn't really care much for them personally, but I intend to go back to Trigun and give it another try sometime; Outlaw Star I'm probably gonna just save for a while later) >Probably the best time to get into anime wouldve been the early 2000s since from a variety pov you had so much to choose from i cant imagine not finding something from this time you couldnt like or appeal to you, access to stuff you never wouldve otherwise thanks to fansubbing significantly improving with the internet as well Indeed, the variety was impressive and there was a lot of heart and soul around the people who enjoyed it and recognized the medium as something special. >and the community wasnt full of shitheads complaining about what offends them to influence future work. The community was indeed better back then, but it was still full of shitheads of a different type. For whatever reason a lot of the anime community was desperate to shit on shounen and look "mature" to the film/TV crowd. >>2630 Interesting choice, as above I like the cut-off dates at 2007 (Code Geass, Death Note, Gurren Lagann, Dennou Coil, Kaiji S1, Nodame Cantabile) since a lot of incredible anime came during that time period, and there were some years afterwards that included a lot; see my above post since that includes a lot. But the 2000s was some pretty crazy shit too, like Hajime no Ippo, Monster, Great Teacher Onizuka, Yakitate!!, FMA 03, Elfen Lied, Gungrave, Azumanga Daioh, F/SN and a lot of the best of the Big 3's parts.

>>2636 Wait disregard that part about Eva, apparently that was 95-96

>>2621 1984-1994 Saying anything later exposes yourself as a zoomer. Anime objectively got worse after the mid 90s. Lower budgets = lower quality animation, writing, and acting. There’s a reason why Akira 1988 is still the gold standard for japanimation

>>2658 > Saying anything later exposes yourself as a zoomer Why would anything but that timeframe imply being a zoomer? As explained above the overall quality of anime and animation vastly improved during the mid 90s to the late 2000s. Standards were set by movies like akira, down to ovas like ninja scroll and then down to tv anime like eva which then became the standard. From then on you could get tv anime with movie quality animation and production. The golden age would be the most accessible, highest variety with the highest standards.

>>2636 The cutoff doesn't have to be "when no more good things got made", it's a general line in the sand where good series stopped being plentiful and you had to scrounge. For example, people usually list seasons 3-10 as the "golden age" of The Simpsons. Does season 11 have good episodes? Absolutely. But as you get out to the 15th season or so, the ratio goes from "every episode is gold" to "man, there was only a couple funny ones this year". It can work in both directions, too. There's definitely some quality stuff from the late 80's through the late 90's, but not as much as '97-'04. It's not about quantity, it's about ratio.

>>2708 That's kind of what I was going for with my original OP, but There's plenty of "good" things being made generally in recent years, but I consider the "golden age" to be a time of the "consistent peaks". A golden age shouldn't only be about ratio of good works imo (though I agree with the principle and incorporate it), it should also be about the quality of the works being noticeably higher, as in great works, not just "good". For example, if I had to compare with numbers, I have never seen as many works I'd consider as 9s and 10s (as in, great to masterpiece levels) as I did in that period of time. That doesn't mean there weren't great works before that point, or some after that point, you're right. My general opinion is: The 90s had a few greats, but not as many as the 2000-2016 period imo (though I might be willing to give a few years to catch some of the late 90s). Same for the 80s and 70s. Post-2016 there are some impressive works and sequels that I have enjoyed greatly, but very few that reaches the peaks of that time yet, and a lot of stories are only just beginning too. There's a few anime in those periods of time overall that reach the peaks to be among my favorites, but not many, and not enough to justify including them without being too broad imo, comparatively there was a scarcity of greatness.

>>2664 >standards of animation improved Lmao “uggh ink on cel das sum ol’-ass boomer sheeit fr fr no cap”

>>2712 Are you saying they didnt?

>>2712 >>2717

>>2725 This image is so dishonest i had to bump this thread because of it.

>>3332 I think that's a tongue-in-cheek shitpost anon.