No reason to worry about Classic Anime dying... *_Because even if it does it will be reincarnated as "Isekai Anime."_*

I like how he shows Evangelion when he said *IMPACT*

Gigguk: “no new classic anime being made” Also gigguk now with aot: “we are watching a classic being made”

the fact Aot is still relevant after being on hiatus for 4 years after season one really says a lot. Man I love that show

I feel like one of the major things holding modern anime back is they don't seem to have an ending. They're all adaptations of ongoing manga/light novels/etc so their endings are usually something along the lines of "stay tuned for season 2" or "read the manga to know what happens." Older shows like Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop were so impactful because they told a whole story - their endings have a sense of finality to them, and their protagonists experience an entire character arc throughout the show.

"We used to have filler seaons, now....It feels like we have filler animes" lmfao. Legit laughed.

As someone who grew up on 90's anime, I see a distinct lack of infamy and an excess of sameness. There's a reason why Attack On Titan's, mean spirited shock value alone, is like a breath of nostalgic air. It's infamous and that makes it classic.

Legend of the Galactic Heroes is my favorite work of fiction about an interstellar war ever. I loved it despite a few factors that worked against it, like: the many German character names and the seemingly hundreds of characters were not easy to remember at first, it was more character and less action driven that I was expecting from a "space war" anime, and the classical music score (nice of you to do the same by the way) was not what I was expecting. That said, it still managed to break a large number of my expectations...like there were genuinely good and bad people on both sides of the war. It's way easier to tell a story with a clear bad guy, even if you get people to root for the bad guy...and here the antagonist wasn't as bad as I might expect. It's also rare to see so many background characters get their own arcs so that you can see the effects of the war from so many different perspectives.

"If everything is special, nothing is." - Gigguk

"In a rare occurance though, I would watch an Anime that does something special that would stay in my mind for a very long time even in this climate" *Shows Eromanga Sensei*

Just finished watching Legend of the Galactic Heroes and I came here to say: thank you

I like how the thumbnail shows Fujiwara but the show itself is turning into a classic anime when we look back at it a decade later because of how amazing it has been so far in its 3 seasons

I think you'd be surprised how many old anime "classics" weren't the most popular or most watched of their time, but instead grew more recognized or acclaimed by the wider viewership over time. I think that's the main problem with the thesis of this video, a "classic" won't necessarily be the most popular or watched when they come out.

**Updated per several responses under** 01:01 - Death Note 01:02 - Fairy Gone (2019) 01:03 - Haruhi 01:05 - A Vision of Escaflwone 01:07 - Cowboy Bebop (It's Spike's ship the Swordfish) 01:10 - Evangelion 01:12 - Serial Experiments Lain 01:14 - Gundam (1979) 01:16 - Fullmetal Alchemist (probably) 01:17 - Monster (?) / Black Jack (OVA) (?) 01:18 - Sarazanmai 01:20 - Gunbuster 01:24 - Carole and Tuesday 01:26 - Mob Psycho 100 01:27 - A Place Further than the Universe (Sora Yori) 01:32 - Megalo Box 01:35 - Young Rascal does not Dream of Bunny Girl Senpai (Seishun Buta) 01:37 - SSSS Gridman 01:40 - Devilman: Crybaby 01:42 - Sora Yori 01:44 - Code Geass 01:46 - Ghost in the Shell (one of the TV shows?) 01:49 - Steins;Gate 01:50 - Fate/Stay Night (new) S2 01:52 - My Hero Academia S1 01:54 - Super Dimension Fortress Macross (SDFM) 01:55 - Re:Zero 01:57 - Yu Yu Hakusho 02:00 - Evangelion 02:02 - Legend of the Galactic Heroes (original)? 02:04 - SDFM 02:07 - End of Evangelion? 02:10 - Sailor Moon 02:14 - Puella Magi Madoka Magica 02:16 - Berserk (old) 02:19 - Mononoke Hime 02:27 - Ghost in the Shell (one of the TV shows) 02:30 - FMA (original)? 02:33 - Death Note 02:35 - Cowboy Bebop (?) 02:35 [M] - FMA (original): song "Brothers" 02:36 - Steins;Gate? or Cowboy Bebop? 02:37 - ?? 02:39 - Gundam Zeta 02:42 - SDFM 02:45 - Gundam (1979) 02:46 - Urusei Yatsura / Lum Invader 02:48 - Berserk (old) 02:50 - Utena 02:52 - Sailor Moon 02:56 - Vision of Escaflowne (??) 02:58 - Mazinger from the 70s 03:01 - ?? 03:02 - Lucky Star 03:04 - Escaflowne 03:22 - Utena 03:24 - Sailor Moon 03:27 - End of Eva 03:30 - Gundam Wing 03:33 - Naruto 03:36 - Space Battleship Yamato 03:38 - Mazinger (70s) 03:40 - Lum Invader 03:42 - Gundam (1979) 03:46 - Evangelion (when was this, tho...) 03:47 - Evangelion 03:50 - Akira 03:52 - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 03:54 - Attack on Titan 03:57 - Dragon Ball 03:59 [M] - Gurren Lagann: song OP 04:00 - Gurren Lagann 04:05 - Mazinger 04:08 - Gundam Wing 04:10 - Haruhi 04:11 - Death Note 04:12 - Tatami Galaxy (?) / Life is Short, Walk on Girl (?) 04:14 - Kino's Journey? 04:17 - Interstella 5555: The 5tory of the 5ecret 5tar 5ystem 04:19 - GitS 04:22 - Cowboy Bebop 04:24 - Lain 04:25 - Serial Experiments Lain 04:27 - K-On 04:29 - Fate/Stay Night (original) 04:32 - FMA 04:35 - ?? 04:36 - Elfen Lied 04:39 - Sword Art Online S1 04:56 - Akira 04:57 - Helsing? Utena? 05:01 - Kaguya-sama 05:03 - Mob Psycho 100 05:06 - Sarazanmai 05:07 - Gurren Lagann 05:09 - SSSS Gridman 05:11 - Violet Evergarden 05:14 - Magus' Bride 05:16 - Mob Psycho 100 05:18 - Devilman: Crybaby 05:22 - Megalo Box 05:24 - Made in Abyss 05:26 - RE:Creators (?) 05:32 - Carole and Tuesday; Attack on Titan 05:34 - Isekai Quartet; Sarazanmai; Kimetsu no Yaiba; Fruits Basket; One-punch Man 05:38 - Summer Wars (82% sure that's Kenji) 05:49 - Kaguya-sama 05:50 - Dororo (2019) 05:51 - Gigantor/Tetsujin 28-go 05:53 - Hinamatsuri (probably) 05:56 - Seishun Buta 05:58 - Banana Fish 06:01 - The Magus' Bride 06:06 - RE:Zero 06:08 - I got Reincarnated as a Slime 06:10 - Violet Evergarden 06:12 - Banana Fish 06:14 - Made in Abyss 06:17 - Naruto 06:17 [M] - ?? music 06:19 - Seirei no Moribito (60% sure) 06:24 - The Promised Neverland 06:26 - ?? 06:29 - Mahoutsukai no Yome 06:32 - Dragon Maid 06:34 - Code Geass 06:35 - Gundam (old) 06:37 - Darling in the Franxx 06:38 - Sora Yori 06:58 - RE:Creators 07:02 - Eromanga Sensei 07:05 - Sora Yori (probs) 07:07 - Made in Abyss 07:11 - Grave of the Fireflies (50%) 08:20 - The Rise of the Shield Hero 08:22 - The Promised Neverland 08:25 - Kaguya-sama 08:26 - Mob Psycho 100 (?) 08:32 - My Hero Academia 08:36 - My Hero Academia 08:37 - Sora Yori 08:41 - Darling in the Franxx 08:46 - Dragon Ball? 08:48 - Attack on Titan 08:51 - My Hero Academia 08:55 - Devilman: Crybaby 08:59 - ?? 09:01 - SSSS Gridman 09:02 - Naruto 09:05 - Hunter x Hunter 09:07 - FMA 09:09 - Yu Yu Hakusho 09:12 - Naruto 09:15 - HxH 09:19 - My Hero Academia 09:33 - Made in Abyss 09:35 - ?? 09:36 - RE:Zero 09:38 - Land of the Lustrous 09:41 - Carole and Tuesday 09:45 - Sarazanmai 09:48 - Lain 09:52 - Legend of the Galactic Heroes (original) 11:23 - Kimetsu no Yaiba | everything else around this time is LOGH 11:25 - Gundam Zeta (?) 11:27 - Five Star Stories (?) 11:29 - Gunbuster 11:33 - Gundam 11:34 - Evangelion 11:38 - Hajime no Ippo 11:38 - Hajime no Ippo 11:40 - Mononoke Hime 11:45 - Cowboy Bebop 11:52 - Lain 11:58 - Akira 12:02 - Evangelion 12:07 - The Rise of the Shield Hero (?) 12:09 - Magis' Grandson (?) 12:10 - We Can't Study (Bokutachi wa Benkyou ga Dekinai) 12:11 - Magis' Grandson 12:15 - ?? 12:18 - Gunbuster 12:20 - ?? 12:21 - Lain (?) 12:25 - Magis' Grandson 12:27 - Kono Yo no Hate de Koi wo Utau Shoujo YU-NO 12:30 - Utena 12:32 - GitS original movie (1.0) 12:33 - RE:Zero 12:35 - Your Name (Kimi No Na Wa) 12:38 - End of Eva (OR one of the rebuilds) 12:41 - GitS (TV show) (?) 12:45 - Evangelion 12:47 - Steins;Gate 12:50 - The Promised Neverland 12:52 - Gundam (80s) 12:54 - Lain 12:58 - FMA: B 13:00 - Eureka Seven (!) 13:02 - A Vision of Escaflowne 13:06 - Legend of Galactic Heroes (original) 13:08 - Cowboy Bebop (?)

You know what's sadder than classic being forgotten, is knowing that there'll be a time when you'll be remembered for the last time

Attack on Titan in my opinion is a great contender for a classic, being one of the first animes I watched this is a classic in my heart.

Gigguk always explain things way more indepth than any of my college lecturers

"...an anime that does something special and that would stay in my mind for a very long time..." *shows Eromanga sensei*

The sensation of discovering a classic, for me it was watching Monster, Monster is the only show that gave me the same feelings I had when I first discovered FMAB, while still being its own thing. A series which sticked with me even after finishing it, thinking of the ideas around it. A recent series to come close to that is Vinland Saga, but it still needs more seasons to develop its story. On the other hand there is HunterxHunter which was a slow burn, up until the Yorknew city arc it was a shonen and then it became a classic for me.

Thank you, for convincing me to watch Legend of the Galactic Heroes. One of the greatest experiences of my life, and I am grateful to you for introducing me to it. I hope more people get to sit down and live through that honest epic.

"Point #2, impact." **Neon Genesis Evangelion clip** you cheeky bastard.

Here after what he said about Attack on Titan

What annoys me is every damn manga these days is adapted into 24 episode anime, which in most cases is clearly not enough time to tell the story properly...

AOT is obviously the generation defining anime and a modern classic. It'll be remembered up there with the likes of Death Note, LOTGH, Steins Gate and Monster.

There's a big thing on this topic that hasn't been mentioned by this video, or anyone here, and I find that sorta odd. Basically..... What did undeniable classics like Cowboy Bebop, Evangelion, and Serial Experiments Lain all have in common? The kind of anime that stays with you when you saw them? ..... They're all anime originals. Hell lets add more modern ones like Gurren Lagann, Last Exile, Texhnolyze, Code Geass, and Magika Modoka while we're at it. Ghost In The Shell can get away with this too because its source material and Stand Alone Complex are basically two very different universes. Virtually all modern anime today are basically manga and light novel adaptions, die-hard fans know exactly how the story progresses so there's a sizable disconnect between audiences that read the source material and the anime-onlys. Which hampers an anime's staying power the way I see it. Anime originals completely negate that issue and if they're great, everyone watching is equally invested on an episode to episode basis. That's besides the fact there's more new anime that has been coming out *_every single fucking year than there was IN THE ENTIRE DECADE OF THE 1990's._* Oversaturation is real and that's modern anime's biggest obstacle. We could have the next Neon Genesis Evangelion that changes anime for the better but it would hardly matter if people can't tell it apart from the hundreds of other recent anime that are on everyone's backlogs.

This video was secrertly a LoGH review, respect to Gigguk for that.

Legend of the Galactic Heroes will create a void the size of a black hole. It is a timeless masterpiece. This is triple SSS tier.

Just finished LotGH last week and I've literally been struggling to watch several of the newer anime on my list.

Without shows like Cowboy Bebop and Evangelion I would have never become the veteran weeb that i am today

The lack of modern classic anime: -too formulaic and oversaturated for any genre that brings in money. -manga/light novel advertising actively aiming to *not* have a satisfying and impactful conclusion so you buy the source material. -fans that seem to actively hate on series' other people enjoyed, ensuring there is no consesus on what actually is and isn't quality, impactful anime.

Honestly after watching LOGH, it is hard to see a series better than it. And yes It’s my favorite series of all time!

Attack on titan is a future classic, it’s not old enough

Gigguk reminding us again of why anime is so beautiful.

Man... Hearing the "brothers" song from FMA playing in the background brought back memories... I'm not crying... you are...

Man I love Legend of the Galactic Heroes. One of the most epic stories ever written.

"There are no modern classics" The voice in everyone's head: JAEGER!

Social media destroyed the defining of generational music in simple terms. Now everything goes away fast in the wind like a meme dying across a week or a month. This is the same for all.

*Shows us clips of classic anime, doesn't leave a leave a list of said classics to watch or to recommend watching* Why do you like to watch me suffer?

Legend of Galactic Heroes is so amazing that it ruined ALL TV shows for me. Even at the height Game of Thrones mania I kept on thinking how LoGH is better in every way. I have never come across anything that even comes close and I watch a lot of anime

The 3rd impact reference of EVA flew over me

He really made an almost 14 minute video describing Jojo without actually saying jojo. Damn

So what I'm getting from this video is....... I should rewatch Gurren Lagann for this 5th time.

9:30 beautifully said: classics exist because we feel the need to look back. When anime as a genre used to more of a scarcity, well compared to today, due to lack of supply and accessibility, people look back at those good ones. It's the same with movies, to arguably lesser but noticeable extent. "Over-saturation" of shows today is def a good thing on the market and consumers, but it does make the competition more harsh and pressures companies to put revenue above everything else first (RIP Studio Ghibli). The next time we start to have classics might (and hopefully not) be when anime industry starts to fade away from general consumption. I hope that day never comes, and I hope new classics may still arise even in today's saturated market.

Honestly, probably the closest we have to a modern "classic" is JoJo. It has had such a huge prevalence across not just the anime community but across even general audiences in memes and general cultural influence. It has consistently been of very good to outstanding quality and, Part 5 in the states at least, was hugely popular almost off the bat. I get that it might "count less" per se because the manga came out decades ago, but in terms of the 2012-present anime, I think it would fit the definition of a "modern classic".

We've hit the Syndrome Syndrome of anime. If every show is great none of them will be

Not only filler season, but filler anime. Well said.

Yeah "filler anime" feels like a term ive been trying to come up with for years, and one that show real catch on.

why evangelion is influential everyone gets "get in the robot" memes

All I see is people complaining about other people talking about made in abyss

Jojo's will always be a classic, since Araki is a vampire, thus the series will never end

Current anime - always has a swimsuit at the beach episode Evangelion - shinji tries to murder asuka on a beach after humanity has been wiped out

Legends of Galatic heroes is a masterpiece and it surely stands out even after so many years.

"An anime hat will stay in my mind for ever" -Shows Eromanga Sensei

Gigguk: *watches legends of the galactic heroes* Gigguk fans: He has ascended

What makes a classic is literally just good writing. Delivering genuine human emotion and tackling real problems in a story, that is told in a specific persons vision or perspective. Told in a way where it is believable. Not that the anime has to be realistic, but it has to adhere to the rules defined by its own world to make the world believable and make us actually genuinely invested in the story. All of the classics have that. There are some exceptions, but most of these exceptions were memorable because they were genre defining shit no one had ever seen before. Like jojo for example. Anime has turned into its own way of writing, which is probably why it has distanced itself from its audience. You still have some nuggets like terror in resonance or steins gate which I would say is a classic of our time. (Although they're not all the way there, its in the right direction).

im suprised no one in the comments even talked about legend of the galactic heroes

Sees “thick” in character optimization options. Insta-play.

Classic anime may have died, but... _at least classic hentai is still alive_

one of the anime that Ive watched myself that I feel like has a lot of potential to become a classic is Violet Evergarden, for obvious reasons

Damn….. great video. I’m someone who hasn’t wanted anime in a while cause I switched to manga and never looked back but this just gave me a rush of nostalgia and I’m going to watch some anime now.

Every day, Anime Gets Closer and Closer to Hentai. Soon we wont know the diference

It's okay if you forgot what happened in Mob Psycho season 1... Just watch it again! Then go on to season 2. just go watch it seriously. I binged the two seasons in one go recently, I do think Mob Psycho has the potential to be a modern classic. Show itself is fantastic, all it lacks is recognition.

I'm sure Attack on Titan will be regarded as a classic in the future.

I re-watched some of the classic Gundam series about a year ago. It is shocking to see how many parallels exist to modern day polotics and a cultural obsession with technology. If the series was largely earth bound and looked deeper into industry it wold have predicted the future in almost every possible way.

Sad Trigun wasn't included in any of the clips for examples of classics.

We all know the real new classic: *BAD CGI*

Love the Dvorak New World Symphony in the background! Such a fun piece to play

“There’s nothing that really sticks out to me that we could call a modern classic” Attack on Titan would like to know your location

When the comments are only Made in Abyss shoutout *Im so proud of this community*

It ain't dead..... *If you go back to watch it again*

havent watched anime in 3 months so seeing snippets of every anime i watched in a single video makes me feel nostalgic on an existential level

" we used to complain about filler episodes, now we have filler anime" BIG FACTSS

Let's be real. The real reason Gigguk made this video was because he's firmly in post logh slump and realizes that everyone was right, nothing will ever be as good again.

Made in abyss and houseki no kuni have a deep place in my heart and I do hope they are remembered for their greatness

the Mob Psycho shoutout had me soooo hyped for Season 3 !!!!

oh god ive been watching these vids for awhile now and trying to remember what song is playing in the background and after all this time i just remembered its Dino's theme in banana fish

Congrats on Trending! Also so many Made in Abyss comments :o

Hayao Miyazaki has criticized the modern anime industry as being overly dominated by otaku culture. And to an extent I agree. The imperative to create underage female characters that appeal to fanboys who want to collect as much of their "waifu's" merch has taken over much of the industry's attention. There's some really good shows these days, but SO much of the anime industry is preoccupied in churning out hollow content trying to appeal to the trashiest aspects of otaku culture. And nearly all modern anime have an almost entirely high school age cast. It didn't used to be that way in the past. Having a cast of diverse ages and backgrounds I think can add so much to a story, and help a show connect with a broader demographic.

hey what was that music that played during the space anime segment? it sounds like the best song asl has ever used for it's starcraft games O: .... also starting off the video showing deathnote is also a very good sign of quality for the video

i've only watched like 2 animes and probably won't watch many more but these kinds of videos, especially from you, are just really interesting even though i only actually know about 1 or 2 series you're talking about

Literally this entire comments section : MADE IN ABYSS THOUGH.

"you can edit all the important things eye color hair style and YEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHH"

What is that lullaby song that plays right before 5 mins? It sounds cap familiar

winter 2021: Redo of Healer

10:00 is that Symphony No. 9 in E Minor "From the New world"? What a banger

out goes the days of old anime, in comes the age of anime memes

What is the song playing at 4:39. Sounds way too familiar.

WHAT IS THE SONG THAT STARTS AT 4:23?? I can't remember which anime its from but its giving me intense nostalgia. Someone please help I NEED to know

My friend do not forget... Cory will always be in the house.

"Watch the classics" said by the guy who hasn't even see fmab yet

"Anime won't be the same once you watched Legend of the Galactic Heroes" - Facts

11:45 that tune still gives me chills ❤️

All those anime game advertisements by youtubers start with some variation of "this game has one of the most [various positive adjectives] combat systems I've ever/recently seen" without fail. It's hilarious.

"Modern classic" nowdays is measured by the ammount of memes it produces. So yes, Konosuba is a modern classic.

What was the song plying through the first section? I recognize it but idr where from it's driving me nuts

Love the use of Wo Qui Non Coin at the start. One of my favorite tracks from Cowboy bebop

In 2001, we watched Cowboy Bebop. In 2011, we watched Hunter x Hunter. In 2014, we watched Mankitsu Happening. In 2017, we watched Pingu In The City. Now, we're watching Teacher Hentai. God bless Japan!

I just think it's too early to think about classics of the past few years yet. For example, I would be very surprised if Mob Psycho 100 and Made in Abyss aren't considered a classic in years to come. It doesn't matter if they're not finished. That doesn't stop us from considering stuff like Spice & Wolf a classic. You do make some good points about how dense the anime world is becoming so it gets harder and harder to watch stuff from the past and keep up. Movies and books are like that too. Anime is joining them now.

Awesome video! Nice content. Totally agreed with your statements in this one!

I just watched LoGH and yeaa... That's f*cking great! It really is a level no other anime came close to and it's sad that almost none of new anime-watchers know about anime that literally is the definition of CLASSIC... Thanks for the video)