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10 Lost Anime Gems from the 90s That Are Too Twisted for Mainstream

Marvelous Anime

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Hey folks! Looks like you just made it in time for a brand new Marvelous Anime Video. Beneath the surface of Dragon Ball Z battles and Sailor Moon transformations pulsed a stranger, darker current. This was the era when creators, free from modern market algorithms and corporate filters, pushed boundaries into the surreal, the violent, and the deeply psychological. While some of these more graphic works did catch the attention of the mainstream audience, it was only natural that others, for many reasons, would never quite receive the same level of adulation as their contemporaries.

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@Lydecker88 8 months ago (edited)

Timestamps for video
0:52 - Pet Shop of Horrors: 1999
3:09 - Key: The Metal Idol, 1994-1997
5:55 - Renz 1991
7:44 - Dark Side Blues, 1994
9:52 - Angel Cop, 1989
12:40 - Bio Hunter, 1995
15:24 - Blackmagic M66, 1987
17:15 - Blue Seed, 1994-1995 (TV + OVA)
19:32 - The Soul Taker, 2001
21:20 - Crying Freeman, 1988

@Whocoulditbe88 10 months ago

Modern anime can never capture that atmospheric unsettling dread quite like the 90s style.

@besaidknight 10 months ago

I love that there are "Banned" 90's anime, it really lets you know how far todays audience has degenerated... 😂

@l33t007 10 months ago (edited)

#1: Pet Shop of Horror's
#2: Key The Metal Idol(1994-1997)
#3: Roujin Z( 1991)
#4: Darkside Blue(1994)

@NexNavarus 8 months ago

I miss the old animation style. The 90s weren't afraid to have everything drowning in shadow to set a scene. Nowadays it feels like every anime is so "bright" visually. No dark corners, nighttime seems like a dimmer day

@DIRT813 9 months ago

That small section of videos in Blockbuster video and West Coast video stores I wasn't suppose to see as a kid but did.

@DanielleWillis-d1y 7 months ago

Urotskidojji was actually my introduction to anime as a whole in the early 90s

@brushfire248100 9 months ago

Almost all of these premiered on SciFi Channel in the prime time. On the Their anime weeks in July on the late 90's . Not to mention the Sunday morning and afternoon 😅

@l33t007 10 months ago

I absolutely love Pet Shop of Horrors and have collected every bit of anime, manga, and merch I can.
Alot ppl give up way too soon to realize the multiple subplots the are woven thru the story.
The 2 ML leads have a real organic Chemistry and the monents of comedy help kup the story from devolving into a really dark show.

@AVClarke 10 months ago (edited)

23:27 : "The anime our list today aren't mere products of entertainment, but reflections of a rapidly modernizing Japan at the time, and its population which was dealing with issues like digitization, alienation, and anxiety." I'm pretty sure Japan is still dealing with these issues, today.

@40BlocksUnder 10 months ago

Roujin Z is literally 90's flavor of the MedBed conspiracy theory as an anime.

@MtMade 9 months ago

cybercity oedo 808 while short is really good

@jetbarber1329 10 months ago

People nowadays would call this stuff edgy and cringe. Damn I miss this stuff

@zabiisuto 10 months ago

Random fact: You can watch Key the Metal Idol on Prime and Crunchyroll, but there is still no real way to watch Lain except downloading from internet archive (which actually is a really nostalgic way to watch the series IMO).