remember when no one knew what anime was
either do we but the theories do what I
don’t know welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
of the top 10 anime series of the pre 9
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’ll be looking
at those shows we stumbled upon by
accident unaware that they weren’t
American cartoons
we’ll be basing our picks on Japanese
release dates since many series before
the 1990s didn’t make it to the US until
well after laserdisc and Atari our
uniforms in action again show us where
those lions are number 10 macro aka Robo
tech in the year 1999 high above macros
island in the South Pacific
the phenomenal event occurred in the
skies which altered the course of human
history what starts with humanity
discovering an abandoned alien spaceship
developed into a story that covers three
generations three devastating wars and
one legendary mecha series that
continues even to this day like most of
the anime we enjoy back in the day we
had no idea how much editing went on
behind the scenes as when it reached
American shores it was repackaged as
Robo tech it’s not
it almost seems as if they don’t realize
we’re holding back really all of our
voices this was more than just name
changes in unaired episode this anime is
actually three series rolled into one
super dimension fortress Makarov super
dimension cavalry Southern Cross and
Genesis climber Masada
so any Puritan will tell you the
original source is definitely the best
version I have to admit those guys are
pretty good not as good as me of course
number nine thanks see ya a prime
example of why we’re going off the
Japanese release date this gem of a
series didn’t make it to the US until
2003 and no surprise it was heavily
edited
[Applause]
but we guess it was interesting to hear
a cover of Iran as the opening theme hi
[Music]
Coutinho a retro covers besides this
anime is heavily inspired by Greek
mythology with five mystical warriors
defending the reincarnation of Athena in
her quest to protect the earth from
other Olympian gone it looks like you
won’t be able to go back to Japan unless
you beat Cena
[Music]
it’s the perfect classic anime series
with a team of five protecting humanity
with their fifth in the pinch of cosmic
power naturally
number eight rows of best.i huh if
you’re a fan of works like revolutionary
girl antenna and Misha Betty Bale you’re
probably familiar with this series
already taking place before and during
the French Revolution we’re introduced
to Oscar class blood – Josh I a woman
who was raised as a man guild and
dancing horsemanship
and medieval combat Oscar he’s unlike
any other woman at the time period
something she initially doesn’t like but
I continued cutting as deterring
progresses she come to accept herself
and realizes how much she’s needed while
anime fans today are used to strong
female lead at the time this was a
refreshing change of pace
[Music]
number seven Fist of the North Star
god bless the 80s Brett’s
unapologetically buff hero our good
friend Ken Shiro personifies this trend
perfectly it is larger than life build
and ability to pop through the potent
heads just his fingertips he’s just a
man trekking through the desert who just
so happens to be trained in a deadly
fighting technique soon we learn that
he’s trying to rescue his fiancee from a
former friend which leads to several
brutal battles that make your body aches
just thinking about
[Music]
number six gun buster
[Music]
[Applause]
get in the damn robot Shinji I’m sorry
we’re getting this confused with another
series 5 beloved director TV ohno so
this series is nothing like a vow what
with its giant robots impending
apocalypse at the hands of mysterious
creatures and teenagers being trained to
face impossible situations that will
probably emotionally scar them for life
yeah don’t let the cute girls and bounce
the opening fool you things get pretty
intense pretty quickly
[Music]
okay well I guess it’s a little like Ava
but a lot more hot-blooded
and Ava was kind enough to be longer
than just six episode number five
grandma’s house I’m grandma so tell me
about Tommy school of anything-goes
martial arts air oh my back
isn’t it a drag when you take a dip in
some cursed Springs and end up turning
you into whatever ground in them before
you got there what Santa Robin you are
you did not my old man’s a panda well
this begins the story of Ranma a boy who
turns into a girl with just a simple
dash of cold water I guess your jig is
up you must know my secret by now we
suppose it could be worked since his
father turns into a panda right the
whole thing’s not needless to say run
less involuntary transformation comes a
lot of problems that make for a quirky
fun series has become a staple in anime
history
[Music]
number four Astro Boy you know that
anime aesthetic evolve in youth 15
you can thank this iconic series for
that great long someone got together
that was mighty close the plot is pretty
standard with our cute robot being
created to replace dr. 10-month deceased
none unsurprising to no one who was
familiar with this kind of story Master
Oh is able to fuse human emotion and
he’s super strong too
[Music]
and it’s impressive that it aired on
network television in the u.s. sure it
might be a bit dated okay super dated
but there’s a reason why Astro Boy was
the first popular anime theory but do
you say now as go boy huh
[Music]
number three Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam we
can’t possibly do a fest of the pre 90s
list without including some Gundam
action this thing’s so powerful I could
destroy the gun and mark two with a
single shot taking place eight years
after Mobile Suit Gundam fishery focuses
on a rebel group as they try to defeat
an elite task force of the Earth
Federation called the Titan our lead
character Camille finds himself in the
middle of the conflict because of his
parents time to the Federation and
because he punches aboard Jerrod in the
face for making fun of his name as you
story progresses you need characters
from both sides of the battle which
shows us the full scale of the war and
it truly is hell
[Music]
number two dragon ball before things got
over 9000 Goku was just a boy living in
the woods with his most prized
possession his grandfather’s four star
Dragon Balls after meeting a girl named
Bulma Goku embarked on an adventure
where most of his future allies try to
kick his ass but one after another his
enemies well even found time to make
some new friends along the way
considering the popularity of the
franchise now it’s hard to believe that
it struggled in the US with the 1980s
dubbed never being released to the
public and the 1990 dub being cancelled
due to low ratings oh it can’t be true
it can’t
fortunately we all know that Goku was
destined for greatness even when he was
just a child
[Music]
before we get to our number one pick
let’s add these classics to our watch
later list
[Music]
oh you wanna say we’re leaving Mother
Earth to save the human race
ha
number one legend of the Galactic Heroes
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
based on the science fiction novels by
Yoshiki Tanaka this anime tells the
story of battle between the Galactic
Empire and the free planets alliance it
was I told him hey okay we watch the
development and growth of two men
reinhard von Moen Graham of the Galactic
Empire and yang Wenli of the free
planets Alliance the series shows each
of their stories which makes you
understand where both are coming from in
their goals and ideals it’s not just the
battles that make this series memorable
it’s the participants of the war and the
hard realities that are presented
throughout whatever I go you Naruto
close to me I talk about is a super blue
meanie who made buns I sure won’t be
able to do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
either do we but the theories do what I
don’t know welcome to watchmojo.com and
today we’ll be counting down our picks
of the top 10 anime series of the pre 9
before we begin we publish new videos
every day
so be sure to subscribe for more great
content for this list we’ll be looking
at those shows we stumbled upon by
accident unaware that they weren’t
American cartoons
we’ll be basing our picks on Japanese
release dates since many series before
the 1990s didn’t make it to the US until
well after laserdisc and Atari our
uniforms in action again show us where
those lions are number 10 macro aka Robo
tech in the year 1999 high above macros
island in the South Pacific
the phenomenal event occurred in the
skies which altered the course of human
history what starts with humanity
discovering an abandoned alien spaceship
developed into a story that covers three
generations three devastating wars and
one legendary mecha series that
continues even to this day like most of
the anime we enjoy back in the day we
had no idea how much editing went on
behind the scenes as when it reached
American shores it was repackaged as
Robo tech it’s not
it almost seems as if they don’t realize
we’re holding back really all of our
voices this was more than just name
changes in unaired episode this anime is
actually three series rolled into one
super dimension fortress Makarov super
dimension cavalry Southern Cross and
Genesis climber Masada
so any Puritan will tell you the
original source is definitely the best
version I have to admit those guys are
pretty good not as good as me of course
number nine thanks see ya a prime
example of why we’re going off the
Japanese release date this gem of a
series didn’t make it to the US until
2003 and no surprise it was heavily
edited
[Applause]
but we guess it was interesting to hear
a cover of Iran as the opening theme hi
[Music]
Coutinho a retro covers besides this
anime is heavily inspired by Greek
mythology with five mystical warriors
defending the reincarnation of Athena in
her quest to protect the earth from
other Olympian gone it looks like you
won’t be able to go back to Japan unless
you beat Cena
[Music]
it’s the perfect classic anime series
with a team of five protecting humanity
with their fifth in the pinch of cosmic
power naturally
number eight rows of best.i huh if
you’re a fan of works like revolutionary
girl antenna and Misha Betty Bale you’re
probably familiar with this series
already taking place before and during
the French Revolution we’re introduced
to Oscar class blood – Josh I a woman
who was raised as a man guild and
dancing horsemanship
and medieval combat Oscar he’s unlike
any other woman at the time period
something she initially doesn’t like but
I continued cutting as deterring
progresses she come to accept herself
and realizes how much she’s needed while
anime fans today are used to strong
female lead at the time this was a
refreshing change of pace
[Music]
number seven Fist of the North Star
god bless the 80s Brett’s
unapologetically buff hero our good
friend Ken Shiro personifies this trend
perfectly it is larger than life build
and ability to pop through the potent
heads just his fingertips he’s just a
man trekking through the desert who just
so happens to be trained in a deadly
fighting technique soon we learn that
he’s trying to rescue his fiancee from a
former friend which leads to several
brutal battles that make your body aches
just thinking about
[Music]
number six gun buster
[Music]
[Applause]
get in the damn robot Shinji I’m sorry
we’re getting this confused with another
series 5 beloved director TV ohno so
this series is nothing like a vow what
with its giant robots impending
apocalypse at the hands of mysterious
creatures and teenagers being trained to
face impossible situations that will
probably emotionally scar them for life
yeah don’t let the cute girls and bounce
the opening fool you things get pretty
intense pretty quickly
[Music]
okay well I guess it’s a little like Ava
but a lot more hot-blooded
and Ava was kind enough to be longer
than just six episode number five
grandma’s house I’m grandma so tell me
about Tommy school of anything-goes
martial arts air oh my back
isn’t it a drag when you take a dip in
some cursed Springs and end up turning
you into whatever ground in them before
you got there what Santa Robin you are
you did not my old man’s a panda well
this begins the story of Ranma a boy who
turns into a girl with just a simple
dash of cold water I guess your jig is
up you must know my secret by now we
suppose it could be worked since his
father turns into a panda right the
whole thing’s not needless to say run
less involuntary transformation comes a
lot of problems that make for a quirky
fun series has become a staple in anime
history
[Music]
number four Astro Boy you know that
anime aesthetic evolve in youth 15
you can thank this iconic series for
that great long someone got together
that was mighty close the plot is pretty
standard with our cute robot being
created to replace dr. 10-month deceased
none unsurprising to no one who was
familiar with this kind of story Master
Oh is able to fuse human emotion and
he’s super strong too
[Music]
and it’s impressive that it aired on
network television in the u.s. sure it
might be a bit dated okay super dated
but there’s a reason why Astro Boy was
the first popular anime theory but do
you say now as go boy huh
[Music]
number three Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam we
can’t possibly do a fest of the pre 90s
list without including some Gundam
action this thing’s so powerful I could
destroy the gun and mark two with a
single shot taking place eight years
after Mobile Suit Gundam fishery focuses
on a rebel group as they try to defeat
an elite task force of the Earth
Federation called the Titan our lead
character Camille finds himself in the
middle of the conflict because of his
parents time to the Federation and
because he punches aboard Jerrod in the
face for making fun of his name as you
story progresses you need characters
from both sides of the battle which
shows us the full scale of the war and
it truly is hell
[Music]
number two dragon ball before things got
over 9000 Goku was just a boy living in
the woods with his most prized
possession his grandfather’s four star
Dragon Balls after meeting a girl named
Bulma Goku embarked on an adventure
where most of his future allies try to
kick his ass but one after another his
enemies well even found time to make
some new friends along the way
considering the popularity of the
franchise now it’s hard to believe that
it struggled in the US with the 1980s
dubbed never being released to the
public and the 1990 dub being cancelled
due to low ratings oh it can’t be true
it can’t
fortunately we all know that Goku was
destined for greatness even when he was
just a child
[Music]
before we get to our number one pick
let’s add these classics to our watch
later list
[Music]
oh you wanna say we’re leaving Mother
Earth to save the human race
ha
number one legend of the Galactic Heroes
[Music]
[Applause]
[Music]
based on the science fiction novels by
Yoshiki Tanaka this anime tells the
story of battle between the Galactic
Empire and the free planets alliance it
was I told him hey okay we watch the
development and growth of two men
reinhard von Moen Graham of the Galactic
Empire and yang Wenli of the free
planets Alliance the series shows each
of their stories which makes you
understand where both are coming from in
their goals and ideals it’s not just the
battles that make this series memorable
it’s the participants of the war and the
hard realities that are presented
throughout whatever I go you Naruto
close to me I talk about is a super blue
meanie who made buns I sure won’t be
able to do you agree with our picks
check out these other great clips from
WatchMojo and subscribe for new videos
every day
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