2010s have penguindrum and shinsekai yori, so
>>2818527142050s
>>281852714Everything made after the 1910s is garbage made for children.
70s, less competition and the ideas were pioneering and fresh
2010s The first half before the Isekaislop boom>animators finally perfected digital >extremely varied in genres >GOOD experimentation (especially from Trigger)>the highest number of hit series remembered to this day
>>281852789>the highest number of hit series remembered to this dayonly true for westerners, and only because simulcasts made anime dramatically more accessible, paving the way for the current era of western-conscious slop that takes itself too seriously
2000s
>>281852714The decade that you're living in because you get to watch stuff from every previous decade.
>>281852714Easily 2000s. Naruto One piece and bleach are simply peak anime. We even still have generals tyah dominate /a/. Shits just too good
>>281852965being popular among third world manchildren does not make something good
>>2818527141990's easily
>>281852744Based knower
2000s because I am a millennial and my favorite band is Green Day
>>281852789Predominantly digital production discredits the 2010s as a whole, it's got to be either the 80s or 00s
>>281853785
>>281852714No point asking this question on /a/, the majority of posters here have barely seen any anime at all. Ask a fag about the 70s and the most they'll have seen is two episodes of Gundam.
>>281853785>still frames + panning shots ≠ animationMight as well be looking at pretty paintings.
>>281852714As a whole I'd say 70s for series and 80s for films even if the best early Toei films mog everything.
>>28185271420s > 10s > 00s > 90s > 80sAs you can see anime only ever get better.
>>281852789The trouble with saying the 2010s was "perfecting digital" is the 10's have a bunch of tablet usage, where that was quite rare in the 00's. The 00's are really where pencil/paper > scanned into the computer as a way of doing things peaks. And when /a/ throws around "digital" I think they still think of paper animation composited together on a computer, even though a pure paper genga as a workflow is all but extinct these days. >>281854129There's more to the art on a screen than sakuga vomited up on it which is then shaken violently.
>>281852714The best was 1940s-1950sThe best season was Fall 1941
>>281852741Both series are dogshit. Horrible post.
>>281852714It's close between 80s, 90s, and 00s. 80s had the best animation quality but the unique otaku identity didn't really ingratiate itself until the moe boom in the 90s.>>281852789Early 2010s was really good. Anime hasn't been the same for me since 2015.
>>281854709Rather have meme yutapon cubes than pay for coloured manga frames with a shitty violin ost.
>>281852714I'd say it was tie between the 80s and 90s, I just liked the more casual fanservice they had, now most anime is heavily censored when it comes to fanservice unless it is a hardcore ecchi, the more casual stuff got lost
>>2818527142000s > 1980s > 1990s/2010s > 2020s > 1970s > the rest
>>2818527142000s>90s>2010s>2020s>80s>70s>60s2000s:>There was much more variety than in the 90s and 2010s. There was more experimentation and risk in psychological and philosophical anime proposals>There was still a market for OVAs to sustain auteur anime>There was no need to keep the US market happy with self-censorship>Animation had improved and digital was combined but mostly everything was still hand-drawn>There was more access to anime thanks to the internet>There were forums in which to chat about your favorite anime>Fansubs put cultural explanatory notes to understand the cultural context and words that only exist in Japanese>Lolis and pantsus were allowed>There were no anime youtubers telling you what you should feel when watching anime>Anime was not yet mainstream>Ippo and Baki taught us how to fight>We could reach the city with no people dancing a pas de deux>We realized that the empire of Britannia could be defeated without black suits, notebooks, jutsus or servants>Misaki knocked on our door to give us hope>Haruhi brought us the true religion>Kaiji taught us to gamble our lives>Yui made it clear to us that fun things are fun>We learned that Band-Aids could be used as underwear and that keeping objects at the same temperature is a very useful power>Nipah, uguu, desu and more desu>Great openings and endings desuhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SB1NGyWxvlAhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ghBr02fhlro
>>281853877ugh so trveIs there nowhere on the internet to talk with japanese animation history scholars such as myself?
>>2818527142070s
>>281852714It was the 90s. There was something for everyone, the writing was better and the art was at its peak. Maybe the animation wasn't as dynamic as in these days, but everything else more than made up for it.
Best years for anime:>1984-1989Continuing the sci fi boom, high quality OVAs and movies are made, expanding into the adult market, huge leap forward in animation quality occurs right around this time>1995-2001Post-Eva boom generates lots of otaku-centric and experimental anime. Years 2002-2005 also have some good shows but I have to cut this one right around where cel animation was phased out.>2006-2012Peak digital animation era. Lots of classics and international successes. 2013 and 2014 are also worthy of mention but I cut this one off early because of SAO and Jojo's which ushered in some of the worst trends of the 2010's. Also the 1 cour format really became standard around this time, as the industry moves towards pursuing quantity over quality at every opportunity.
>>281857679>the animation wasn't as dynamic as in these daysThat only applies to the top 5 shounen series, everything else is dry, bland, cheap-looking shovelware garbage. I used to be a defender of moeshit and slice of life, but then slice of life became the norm and moeshit became vtubers. And the typical harem comedy of 2013 looked loads better than what you have today. The bar for quality just got lower and lower over the last decade.And the "dynamic" animation of today is a mixed bag, honestly more bad than good. You're able to cram more individual cuts by different animators into a single minute of animation because the industry is so spread out among thousands of freelancers. But this makes action scenes feel disjointed, like a showcase of random animators with different styles, instead of an actual scene crafted by a specific team in-house. And the kind of unique animation styles you're able to pull off with 3D backgrounds and digital effects are cool but they've gotten to be way too flashy. Wan Piss is the biggest offender. Gone are the days of BONES and Sunrise where you could get action scenes that have good animation AND good coreography. It's like everyone forgot how to storyboard. Theoretically you could do it but without the flashy VFX spam it won't trend on twxtter.Overall I agree with you, nothing beats the good quality cel animation of the 90s. Just had to sperg a little bit.
>>281852789lmao
>>281852714The '90s obviously. It's called the golden age of anime for a reason. It's been a steady decline ever since and now anime is dead.
