I’m talking like, Bubblegum Crisis, an Anime that I am somehow aware of but have never watched.
I’ve seen bits and peaces of the stuff that was airing here in the 2000 like; Dragonball, Dragonball Z, Sailor Moon, Big O, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star, Yu Yu Hakusho, Inuyasha, Full Metal Alchemist, Ranma 1/2, Gundam Wing. I have not even begun to touch 1 Peace. Basically, if it was on Toonami, I’ve probably seen some of it.
I feel like there is stuff from the late 80s through the 90s that were popular through the import scenes that I probably never heard of, that everyone who is in that scene knows and loves.
Rose of Versailles is an early and shockingly influential anime about the french revolution that Sailor Moon and Revolutionary Girl Utena shamelessly steal from. the 2000s anime L’Chevalier d’Eon is a homage/prequel to it in many ways.
Oh yeah, Revolutionary Girl Utena is essential watching. Also Code Geass
Rose of Versailles absolutely slaps. I was a little skeptical going in, thinking a 70s anime would feel too dated, but it quickly became one of my favorites.
Written by a communist too, which is part of the reason it goes so hard.
I’m putting them on the list!