She surprise-encounters Seiji in this shop – a moment of serendipity indeed. There she encounters a cat statuette labeled simply ‘The Baron’. She blithely follows the feline, only to find herself at a charming antique store. Her curiosity and spontaneity snag on a cat that she spots during her train commute. Like-mindedness makes Shizuku want to meet Seiji. When she explores the checkout cards on the books she borrows from the local library, Shizuku notices that a boy named Seiji Amasawa is often on them.
Plenty of dark truths rise to the surface in this subtext-rich series that has become a gold standard in Anime.Ī bundle of energy at fourteen years of age, Shizuku Tsukishima enjoys life, especially reading and poetry. When a ‘ghost hacker’ called simply the ‘Puppeteer’ declares themselves, the Major seems to have met a foe he can’t easily bring down. Led by Major Motoko Kusanagi, the Section has its work cut out seeing as they are constantly countering cyber-hackers. Techno-terrorists rose to claim their own digital turfs, adding to Public Security Section 9’s pressures. Implants, robots, a strenuous co-existence with humans, electronic datastream interconnectivity, and people linking up with their ‘ghosts’… Such profound themes were way ahead of their time. A 1995 animated film was first to come on the scene, adapted of course from the original manga. This franchise also boasts multiple movies under its recognizable banner. Let us know in the comments which of these titles made you feel so nostalgic that you wanted to travel back to the 90s if only to see it again as if for the first time.Īction, Mecha, Police, Psychological, Sci-Fi, SeinenĪ futuristic Cyberpunk world existed in the 90s through the “Ghost In The Shell” anime. They’re all great, and there’s more where they came from. This article includes both series as well as movies (OVAs) in the Anime category, and the numbering in no way denotes importance. Let’s get started on the journey of a lifetime and check out ENTOIN’s top-50 old anime from the unforgettable 90s era. When life was simpler and crazier, and we made some of the corniest memories and decisions that are now feeding the meme-monster, which too hatched in the 90s, in a manner of speaking. This article is all about the 90s, those good old times when the digital world was but a budding flower and not the full-grown jungle it has become today. Much like Emmet “Doc” Brown said to Marty McFly when they were in the DeLorean, “Roads? Where we’re going, we don’t need roads.”
Put on your rollerblades and get your MP3 cassette players spooled and ready to play.īecause we’re going to zip-zap-zoop to the 90s.