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The 90s were a golden age for anime, packed with bold stories and unique styles, but not every gem got its due. While Dragon Ball Z and Sailor Moon stole the spotlight, many shows faded into obscurity despite their brilliance.

We’ve ranked 12 overlooked 90s anime, from quirky comedies to epic sagas, that capture the decade’s magic. Here’s why these forgotten series deserve a spot on your watchlist.

12. Kyou Kara Ore Wa!! (1992-1997) Pierrot

Mitsuhashi and Itou, two teens, decide to become delinquents, sparking hilarious fights and rivalries. Its retro art and mix of comedy and heart outshine modern hits like Tokyo Revengers.

The scrappy brawls and vibrant characters scream 90s charm. We love its raw, chaotic energy. Not currently available for streaming.

11. Golden Boy (1995-1996) Appp Company

Kintaro, a wandering dropout, takes odd jobs and wins hearts with his earnest chaos. This six-episode Ova blends raunchy humor with surprising depth.

The official website for the upcoming TV anime adaptation of Uoto's historical manga Orb: On the Movements of the Earth today released a main trailer to announce its premiere date in Japan, October 5, 2024. The anime's first two episodes will broadcast consecutively on Nhk General TV in Japan on the premiere day. And after each episode airs, it will also stream worldwide on Netflix. The clip also features the anime's opening theme song "Kaiju" by Sakanaction and the ending theme song "Aporia" by Yorushika , as well as soundtrack music by Kensuke Ushio ( Chainsaw Man ). In addition to the previously announced Maaya Sakamoto as the protagonist Rafal, Kenjiro Tsuda as Nobak, and Show Hayami as Hubert, three more voice cast members have also been announced — Katsuyuki Konishi (Tengen Uzui in Demon Slayer: Kimetsu no Yaiba ), Yuichi Nakamura (Tatsuya Shiba in The Irregular at Magic High School ), and Saya Hitomi . Konishi will play the role of Oczy,...

EverdreaM , a rock vocal unit consisting of voice actor Misato (Misato Matsuoka) and Hitomi (Hitomi Sekine), has posted a music video for their second CD single song, "Sadame" ( Fate ), on their official YouTube channel . The dramatic tune is now featured as the ending theme for the spring 2024 TV anime Re:Monster . The unit made their CD debut in June 2023 with the five-song mini album "Endless Labyrinth," which contained the opening theme song for the spring 2023 TV anime Rokudo's Bad Girls . Then they released their double A-side first CD single "Jekyll & Hyde/Ao no Genseki" in November of the same year. Each of its title songs were used as the opening and ending themes for the fall 2023 TV anime Berserk of Gluttony , respectively. "The music video for 'Sadame' was created based on the concept of two people who, despite being born weak, face up to the obstacles and threats that stand in their way,...

In January 2011, Puella Magi Madoka Magica aired, displaying the wishes and struggles of Madoka and friends to audiences across the globe. It quickly gained popularity for subverting the usual tropes found in magical girl anime, instead presenting viewers with a deconstruction of the genre that takes the sparkly, hope-filled wishes of teenage girls and twists them into catalysts for pain, suffering, and their eventual demise. Neatly wrapped up in just twelve episodes — not counting the two recap movies, Rebellion or the currently in-production fourth movie, Walpurgisnacht Rising — Puella Magi Madoka Magica's story is tight and highly detailed, leaving little room for error.

Even so, diehard fans have found ways in which some of Puella Magi Madoka Magica's storylines don't make sense. These include certain characters' roles in the story, like Mami not having an official partner despite being the loneliest and most emotionally vulnerable of the Holy Quintet,...

The isekai theme represents one of the more noticeable recent trends in the anime industry, with shows that fall under this category even outnumbering all others during certain seasons. Yet, while titles such as Re:zero -Starting Life in Another World- and KonoSuba: God's Blessing on This Wonderful World! became immensely popular, many others end up being overshadowed, never getting the chance to reach the same heights.

Even beyond the commonly well-liked titles lies a vast trove of diverse stories waiting to be discovered. Some may indeed be uninspired, merely trying to join the trend without adding anything of value, but some take the concept and use it as a way to take their viewers on a genuinely entertaining journey that leverages its premise flawlessly.

Farming Life in Another World

After dying of a terminal illness that left him bedridden in the final years of his life, protagonist Hiraku Machio...

With how many superb shows fall into the genre, ranking the best isekai anime of all time has become quite a difficult task in modern years. Isekai is one of the most popular genres of anime, involving a protagonist from the real world getting transported to an alternate dimension. Despite a large amount of new entries failing to be more than just uninteresting power fantasies, there are a variety of isekai anime that transcend these tired tropes.

The beauty of the isekai genre is that it contains the potential to tell pretty much any type of story imaginable. An isekai anime could be an intense political thriller featuring various fantastical kingdoms vying for world domination, or it could be an absurdist comedy lampooning typical fantasy tropes. This means that a list of the best isekai of all time will encompass a selection of vastly different stories, but this is a...

Takumi Saitoh is a truly unique talent, who, after proving his prowess as an actor (he now has 165 credits to his name) continued in the same level as a director, with his segments in “Folklore” and “Food Lore”, and the features “Blank 13” and “Comply+-ance” being truly top notch. As such, his latest work, “Home Sweet Home”, based on the homonymous 2019 novel by Rinko Kamizu was one of the most anticipated films of the year. Let us see how he fared.

Home Sweet Home is screening at New York Asian Film Festival

Living in the harsh winter of Nagano, Kenji Kiyosawa, a sports instructor, is tired of being cold along with his wife, Hitomi, and newborn. As such, when he stumbles upon a company that manufactures pre-built houses that implement a technology that can warm the whole establishment with a single air-conditioner, his enthusiasm is unprecedented, as much as for his wife.

Takeshi Kushida's debut, “Woman of the Photographs” was one of the best films of 2020. Three years later, the director returns with “My Mother's Eyes” , a film that also deals with the concept of ‘seeing', but on a whole different level.

My Mother's Eyes is screening at Skip City International D-Cinema Festival

Hitomi and her daughter Eri are cellists. The two seem to have a rather loving relationship, to the point of codependency on occasion. As the latter, however, seems to become more rebellious, a certain level of tension arises between them. One fateful night, after a magnificent duet at Eri's school concert, they are involved in a major car accident (?), from which they emerge badly injured. Hitomi loses her eyesight and Eri is paralyzed from the neck down. In her desperation, Hitomi stumbles upon a new, still experimental contact lens device invented by Dr. Tomio Miike, which will restore her vision,...

Satomi is a girl in trouble, since her indecisiveness has actually materialized in the forms of two instances of herself, white-clad Joy who is always good to her and there in the good times, and black-clad Sorrow, who is always awful to her and there in the bad times. Satomi essentially just exists in her life, having a boyfriend who seems to ignore her completely, while in her line of work, she cannot stand up neither to the company she works nor to her colleague, being pushed over from both. One day, her brother Toshiya returns home after 10 years, although now she is a girl named Hinata. Her appearance forces Satomi to rethink her whole life.

Necessary and Unnecessary is screening at Japan FilmFest Hamburg

Hitomi's in-betweenness is highlighted in an amusing fashion by Tomoichiro Setsuda, by presenting her two instances, essentially signifying that she has both bad and good in her,...

In the mid-2000s, one of the main selling points in mainstream horror was the so-called Torture Porn scene. Emphasizing extreme violence, brutality, and relentless torture and suffering from its victims at the expense of traditional suspense and chills, the scene had a massive amount of mainstream appeal thanks to films like “Saw,” “Hostel,” “Wolf Creek,” and “The Collector” among others bringing about massive financial gain and audience acceptance which brought about numerous attempts throughout the world. After the Japanese effort “Grotesque” started the Asian countries jumping on the trend, Taiwanese director Kevin Ko tackled the genre with his debut feature “Invitation Only” which is now available on physical media from Unearthed Films.

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Attending a lavish party, driver Wade (Ray Chang) is informed by his boss President Yang (Jerry Chih) that his presence there is intended to be on...

Call Me Chihiro is a movie directed by Rikiya Imaizumi starring Kasumi Arimura. With Lily Franky and Jun Fubuki. It is based on a manga by Hiroyuki Yasuda.

This movie seeks enchanting the viewer with the always charming presence of Kasumi Arimura in a movie created for her in which she manages to bring that “special touch” of special manga by Hiroyuki Yasuda.

Movie Review Call Me Chihiro (2023)

This movie is all about taking its time in order to describe the characters and the situations, the inner world and, above all, that poetic world that extends itself beyond the narrative, which is apparently simple and even uncomplicated if considered from a classic way, but is essentially paused and reflective, a very beautiful movie.

Call Me Chihiro is, above all a movie in which the lead character knows how to seduce the viewer and displays herself exactly as she is: this...

The world of stuntmen has always been a captivating one, even if, for the sake of the “legacy” of the movie stars these people double, their work is left in the background. Despite the fact, movies such as “The Stunt Woman” and “Uzumasa Limelight” explore the lives of these individuals and their role within the industry in the most captivating way. “Lone Wolf” (aka The Last Stunt Man” as its title is Japan) moves in the same direction, although focusing more on a fictional dramatic story than their work in the industry.

After his father, a stuntman, died during a stunt, Akira moved to LA with his mother. Growing up, he became a professional motocross racer, participating in the National Motocross Championship. When his mother dies, however, he decides to leave everything behind and return to Japan, to seek revenge against Gou, who, in his knowledge, was responsible for his father’s death.

[February 15, 2023 — Tokyo, Japan] Mangamo, the mobile manga subscription app that gives readers unlimited access to hundreds of titles from Japanese publishers, announced the acquisition of Killing Bites, Papa and Daddy’s Home Cooking, and The Force Of The Fox.

Releasing February 15 – Killings Bites is written by Shinya Murata and illustrated by Kazuasa Sumita. The action, fantasy series received an anime adaptation in 2018 produced by animation studio Liden Films:

Nomoto, a dull young man, is taken to a junkyard by a mysterious girl named Hitomi. In this place for the forsaken, a gruesome battle takes place. The opponents are “Brutes”, hybrids with the mind of men and the strength of beasts. Fangs clash with fangs; desire, madness and ferocity mix together. And the name of this battle is “Killing Bites”!

Releasing February 22 – Papa and Daddy’s Home Cooking is written by Yuu Toyota and explores a heart-touching, slice-of-life series:

Sengoku, a chiropractor,...