What's the oldest anime you like?

[J.B’s rabbit den]

 

[Strategist's iconStrategist]

Probably Speed Racer but the English dub was so cheesy. It was a bit of unintentional comedy. Can't say I liked it but I did watch it on occasion and chuckled at the bad dub.

 

[raiden_dj]

Writing this because I watched Ashita no Joe a few years back and it's a masterpiece, from 1970. I still have to get around to watching the second series which was made 10 years later and finishes the story. Since it's that old, I had issues with the pacing at first - the show just moves slowly, from moment to moment, more like real life than TV, almost. So in the beginning there were parts of the story I was interested in but it was testing my patience. I eventually moved past that and the story just got better and better - this is not your typical boxing anime at all, the plot is raw and harsh and the character's psychology is nuanced and believable.
I never cared for mechas and stuff like that but I started watching the first Gundam from 1979 a while back and it's better than I expected, I should get back to it. Feels like a real story about war and not just big robot suits fighting in the sky.

i was about to answer ashita no joe as well, except i already watched part 2 so i get to post this:

 

[Azazelivae]

Gegege no Kitarou (1968)

I adore Kitarou as a series, despite that i'm gonna be honest, while yes true this series is my favorite even today.

The only thing that i remember about the 1968 version is sadly only one of the episode where they play some sort of Baseball lol.

I don't even remember how the heck i grew up with the 1968 version, i'm not even alive in 1968

 

[PaleFolklore]

Sorry for not sticking to the thread's theme and going for the EXACT oldest anime I enjoy, but I just really felt like I needed to post this:

 

[stealthRUSH]

Ronin Warriors (1988)

 

[OmegaPunch's iconOmegaPunch]

UFO Robot Grendizer. It's the most popular old anime in my country.

 

[Mago]

Ashita no joe is the greatest anime ever imo. Never had issues with the pacing tbh. Oldest anime ive watched I think is Gegege no kitaro.

 

[joshtradamus2020]

Does Voltron from the 80's count?

 

[Heku]

knights of zodiac and mazinger z

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Also bubblegum crisis and record of lodoss war

 

[TotzOnGaming]

Hokuto no Ken
World Theatre Series(Black Brothers, Tom Sawyer and the like)
Golgo 13
Guyver
Dr. Slump
Voltes V
Nadia The Secret of Blue Water
Orphen
Jigoku Sensei Nube
Urusei Yatsura
Ranma
Hajime no Ippo
Dragonball
One Piece
Record of Lodoss War
Gundam U.C.
MS Nadesico
Many more!

 

[Heku]

Hokuto no Ken
World Theatre Series(Black Brothers, Tom Sawyer and the like)
Golgo 13
Guyver
Dr. Slump
Voltes V
Nadia The Secret of Blue Water
Orphen
Jigoku Sensei Nube
Urusei Yatsura
Ranma
Hajime no Ippo
Dragonball
One Piece
Record of Lodoss War
Gundam U.C.
MS Nadesico
Many more!

Nadesico very good and Shaman king

 

[fmsynthetic]

how no one has said VOTOMS

 

[Annohalder17]

Cowboy Bebop.

 

[Heku]

You guys recall the anime series boggie pop phantom?

 

[fmsynthetic]

Cowboy Bebop.

I see a zoomer

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Does Voltron from the 80's count?

probably not unless you've watched Golion, it's like a different show

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To be fair to those of you who can't go earlier than the 90s, I probably like 90s anime best, just aesthetically if nothing else, back before everything was that creepy moe stuff

I don't really even like anime that much lol

 

[Asian girls loverAsian girls lover's icon]

Probably Ranma 1/2, that I'm actually watching. In my life I've seen many anime since early '90 and other from the '80. But those are anime I don't like anymore, like Dragon Ball or Saint Seiya. I wanna try to watch other old anime though, step by step.

 

[Karnik 2.0: reboot]

Here in Italy:
1) Janguru Taitei (1965, "Kymba il Leone Bianco") from the manga by Matsumoto.
2) Genshi Shonen Ryu (1971, " Ryu Ragazzo Delle Caverne"), from the manga by Ishinomori;
3) Majinga Zetto (1972, "Masinger Z") from the manga by Go Nagai;
4) Kurenai Sanshiro (1969, "Judo Boy"), from the manga by Yoshida;
5) Goku no Daiboken (1967, "The Monkey") from the manga by Tezuka;
6) Getta Robo (1972, "Getter Robot") from the manga by Go Nagai;
7) Ashita no Joe (1970, "Rocky Joe") from the manga by Chiba;
8) Babiru Ni-sei (1973, "Babil Junior") from the manga by Yokoyama;
9) Taiga Masuku (1969, "Uomo Tigre") from the manga by Tsuji.

These are my favorites among the oldest ones, but there are many others belonging to my regretted and nostalgic childhood.

 

[glokglakglak]

Lupin III (1971)
it was just aight but i really dig green jacket lupin
and it's even better cos the green jacket made a comeback in the absolute goated movie trilogy, LUPIN THE IIIRD (Jigen Daisuke no Bohyou is still the baddest fuckin ass of anything lupin)

 

[Asian girls loverAsian girls lover's icon]

Lupin III (1971)
it was just aight but i really dig green jacket lupin
and it's even better cos the green jacket made a comeback in the absolute goated movie trilogy, LUPIN THE IIIRD (Jigen Daisuke no Bohyou is still the baddest fuckin ass of anything lupin)

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The best Lupin there is, the first series in the one I like the most.

 

[RomanticAndroidEmuGuy]

City hunter

 

[Cu-Neo]

Dororo from 1969

Also loved the 2019 remake

 

[Prism_Red]

Zambot 3, I still remember the theme song by heart too.
I don't watch a lot of old anime though, majority of it are just mecha genre.

 

[glokglakglak]

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how no one has said VOTOMS

cos unfortunately i watched something older than votoms, and although i do like votoms better, lupin is still technically the older one (main point of the thread) which i simultaneously enjoyed to an extent

thanks for reminding me that i needed to continue it
only finished the original series and didn't watch the ova sequels yet
i really should fix that bad habit of leaving a franchise unfinished for years

 

[TheWanderer]

Ginga Sengoku Gun'yūden Rai