90s UK anime fan, getting back into it after a break

Mr_Nice_Username

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Hi all! New member here, 41 year old guy, UK anime fan since 1994. Drifted away from anime in the late 2000s for no reason other than life getting in the way - and now trying to make up for lost time again.

My favourites are anything with a silly absurd sense of humour (Bobobo, Excel Saga, Slayers), stylish masterpieces (Lain, Cyber City, Paranoia Agent), 90s classics (Dominion Tank Police, Project A-Ko), and anything related to time travel (Steins;Gate, Your Name, Erased). Lol it was difficult keeping the list as short as that! i want to add Utena, Kare Kano, Giant Robo, Death Note, Blue Giant... okay, I'll stop now.

Music is my other love. Trying to get back into J-Rock. Big fan of X Japan, Gackt, Malice Mizer. I'd love to know about any modern equivalents. Lol if I listed my fave Western bands then it'd stretch a mile, but my top 5 listened to this year are Genesis, Porcupine Tree, Royksopp, All About Eve, and Anathema.

I can only speak about 200 words of Japanese, but I enjoy trying to phonetically memorise Japanese songs to sing at karaoke. Well, you've got to have a hobby, haven't you?

I love chatting with folks all over the world. Nice to meet you all!
 
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Tank Police!!? :oops: That's super cool anime. It's one of my favourites from 90s and 80s years, together with Riding Bean, Gundam and Alice In Cyberland.

Have a nice time here, Mr, and make a lot of new friends!
 
Tank Police!!? :oops: That's super cool anime. It's one of my favourites from 90s and 80s years, together with Riding Bean, Gundam and Alice In Cyberland.

Have a nice time here, Mr, and make a lot of new friends!
Hello! I rewatched it recently, and I was happy that I still enjoyed it. You never know how these things will hold up. I enjoyed how over the top it was - like how a new rookie cop takes barely one episode to become totally corrupted by the system.

It's also a rare anime where I much prefer the soundtrack that they made for the Western market. Same with Cyber City Oedo 808.
 
I rewatched it recently, and I was happy that I still enjoyed it.
I understand. Old animes never stop being interesting, unlike the new ones that are coming. For the new animes, the manga artists have no idea how to make a good story that catches people's interest.
It's also a rare anime where I much prefer the soundtrack that they made for the Western market.
I like the soundtracks from absolutely every anime, because I don't look specifically on this, I look on the story, animation, voice actors, etc.
 
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