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Now that we’ve entered the Heisei era, we’re picking up the nostalgic anime from the 1990s, a time of transition into the Heisei era.
We’re bringing you a selection of 30 of the most popular anime that were a part of our youth for the Araphores!
Samurai Pizza Cats
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It is an original anime produced by Tatsunoko Productions and aired from February 1990 to February 1991 in the Tuesday evening slot of the TV Tokyo affiliate.
Set in the near future city “Edropolis”, it is a robot action series in which animal-like androids “Animaloids” play an active role in order to protect the peace of Edropolis.
The anime has a strong comedic atmosphere and was popular among children.
Nadia of the Mysterious Sea
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Original animation aired on NHK’s Friday Golden slot from April 1990 to April 1991.
It is a science fiction adventure film set in the ocean, directed by Anno Hideaki and produced by the staff who later worked on Eva.
Various essences of EVA can be seen in the film, such as the tantrum-prone but cute heroine and traumatic scenes.
Goldfish alert!
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It is an anime based on a girls’ manga serialized in Nakayoshi, which was aired from January 1991 to February 1992 in the Saturday golden frame of TV Asahi series.
It is an everyday story set in a school, and uses a lot of deformed and small characters.
It is said to be the first anime that drew a large sweat mark and exaggerated it, and it is actually an important anime in history.
The Blu-ray box will be released in April 2020.
Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon
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It is an anime based on the manga series Nakayoshi, which was aired from March 1992 to February 1997 in the Saturday Golden slot of TV Asahi series.
It is a transformation heroine fantasy that depicts the struggles and daily life of girls who are transformed into Sailor Soldiers of the solar system planets.
The anime has a bright style for children that eliminates the darker aspects of the original story as much as possible, and the “moon is replaced by I’ll spank you! As a result of putting the phrase “I’m not a fan of this” in front of the audience, sales of character products have exceeded 100 billion yen, and other phenomenal It became a success.
After 2010, new works such as “Sailor Moon Crystal” and “Sailor Moon Eternal” have been produced, and it is still popular to this day.
Tropical Boy Papuwa
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An animation based on a shonen manga serialized in the monthly Shonen Gan Gan Gan series, which was aired in the Saturday Golden frame of the TV Asahi series from October 1992 to October 1993.
It is an absurd and surrealistic gag work that takes place on the Papuwa Island where all the strange animals live.
It is the first of the gan gan gan works that have produced many animated works since the first issue.
Yu Yuu Hakusho
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An animation based on the weekly Shonen Jump manga series, which aired from October 1992 to January 1995 in the Saturday evening slot of the Fuji Television Network.
It is a battle action story about the hero Urameshi Yusuke, who died at a young age, and the bizarre fates of the humans and monsters who had a relationship with him.
It is one of the three main pillars of the Golden Age of JUMP, as it should be known, and the ratings were strong.
Irresponsible Captain Tyler
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It is an anime based on the light novel series “The Most Irresponsible Man in the Universe”, which aired from January to July 1993 in the Monday evening slot of the TV Tokyo affiliate.
The main character, Capt. Justy Ueki Tyler, who joined the military because he wanted to have an easy life, became the captain of the Destroyer Soyokaze in the blink of an eye, and continues to march forward with his luck and personality while surrounded by female crew members.
The style of this story is very similar to the current mainstream of “Let’s Become a Novelist”.
SLAM DUNK
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An anime based on the manga serialized in JUMP that was aired on TV Asahi’s Saturday Golden Frame from October 1993 to March 1996.
A red-haired delinquent student, Sakuragi Hanamichi, encounters basketball and achieves remarkable growth through his many experiences and efforts.
Both of the anime’s theme songs were huge hits, but the ratings fell slightly in the second half, and the most acclaimed game against Sanno was never filmed.
marmalade boy
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The anime was broadcast from March 1994 to September 1995 in the Sunday morning 8:30am slot on the TV Asahi series, and was based on a girls’ manga serialized in Ribon.
This time slot is a traditional Toei Animation slot that has been airing since 1984, and after the Bikkuriman series, it had been airing works for boys, but after the success of this work, it was called the “trendy anime slot” and for a while it began to air anime for girls in a higher age group.
The content of the series is a somewhat twisted love story about the romance between Koishikawa Miki and Matsuura Yuu, whose parents have exchanged partners and remarried.
Slightly underdeveloped children at the time looked forward to this sludgy romance anime on Sunday mornings.
Mobile Butohden G Gundam
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The first in the Gundam Heisei Trilogy, aired in the Friday evening slot of the TV Asahi series from April 1994 to March 1995.
It is different from the previous series in that it is set in the “Gundam Fight”, a universe-wide martial arts tournament held once every four years as a proxy war between space colonies.
For this reason, it received a tremendous amount of bad press at first, but it gradually gained popularity, especially among children, and was praised as a work that greatly expanded the possibilities of Gundam.
In NHK’s “All Gundam Greatest Vote 40th” in 2018, it ranked eighth overall, the highest of any Gundam series from the 1990s.