Lucky Star and K-on for CGDCT

Evangelion for meta-commentary and deconstruction, to the point that future works that qualify often get called the “Evangelion of <genre>”

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and Attack on Titan for battle shounen

Bocchi the Rock for girls band anime, specifically

Lupin III: The Castle of Cagliostro for pretty much all of Ghibli

Akira for 90s anime

  • Unboxious@ani.socialEnglish
    3·
    1 day ago

    I’m aware that it wasn’t the first but there’s no denying that SAO kicked off a big trend.

    Also .hack//SIGN was boring af; only part worthwhile was the soundtrack.

    • nyan@lemmy.cafeEnglish
      2·
      23 hours ago

      .hack//SIGN did not age well. It got some decently positive reviews when it first aired, but was just about unwatchable when I rewatched it ten years later. But yeah, the soundtrack (early Yuki Kajiura) was always the best part.