The Top 10 Best 1980's Mecha Anime Openings [HQ]
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 มี.ค. 2017
- for the record. when I edited this I forgot to include zz gundam op2 which is a masterpiece and should be placed no2. can't change it now, but released updated version below
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This is a personal list of my favourite mecha anime openings from the 1980's. As a top 10 many good ones didn't quite make the cut. Honourable mentions go to; Galvion (1984), Orguss (1983), Xabungle (1982), Mospeada (1983), Ideon (1980), Transformers Victory (1989), Dragonar (2nd OP 1987) and numerous others. (and GoLion) - เพลง
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On Patlabor my heart stopped. Then suddenly started rushing. So many memories.
0:01 Metal Armor Dragonar (1987)
1:35 Hyper Combat Unit Dangaioh (1987)
3:09 Aura Battler Dunbine (1984)
4:44 Aim for the Top! (1988)
6:10 Heavy Metal L-Gaim (1984)
7:46 Patlabor on Television (1989)
9:21 Super Dimensional Cavalry Southern Cross (1984)
10:53 Armored Trooper VOTOMS (1983)
12:28 Dancouga Super Beast Machine God (1985)
13:51 Super Dimensional Fortress Macross (1982)
Mospeada must be in...
Bubblegum Crisis must be there too...
These old animes are pure gold
I have the impression the music was better in the 80‘s LOL
big time
It was.
too much lolis nowadays, 80's music was the best
Yes.
Besser als manches von heute^^
What's most striking to me is how much they _tried_ to create a 3D look, even when none of it was actual 3D. I wouldn't be surprised if 3D letterings and some other easy 3D effects were projected by hand, which would explain the imperfections. Now, we have real 3D, but a lot of the magic was lost.
Beginnings: 0:00 - 1:33 - 3:07 - 4:42 - 6:09 - 7:44 - 9:20 - 10:53 - 12:25 - 13:53.
I remember the time when Dragonar followed ZZ Gundam. Gundam had left such a big impression and was ending (for the moment) with ZZ finishing up.
The soldier armors for the Southern Cross were very nice.
Southern Cross just gets done dirty by everyone always.
After all these years, I still remember the lyrics to Dangaioh. brings me back to the good super robot hero I wanted to be in my youth. XD Too bad mecha anime nowadays can't spark that feeling again as it did back then.
You're only a proper old-timer if you laughingly shout "Sidekick Wave!" whenever Dangaioh is mentioned.
@@CantankerousDave
PSYCHIC WAVE!!!!!!!!!!
Macross HD opening with complete music is STUNNING!!😍🎶
Tks for post this 🤟🏾
It pains me, as an adult, that my sense of responsibility is preventing me from just blazing up and watching all of these series, one after the other.
Watching 100% hand made stuff made me realize how much of a loss is the predominence of CGI. What makes the force and beauty of hand made, is that every frame, every second, someone put his true spirit into his work. It's a heart to heart process, one you can't find or feel with something calculated by a machine.
I think you are mixing up with 3D animation : You should know that it is still the same in TODAY 2D animation. Animators still have to draw carefully EVERY FRAME BY HAND, the difference is they are doing it on a drawing tablet instead of celluloid. So yes they are still putting their heart and spirit into their work. They deserve all our respect.
@@Eric_Malbos Anime looked better,end of.
3d mecha can still look good one day, I believe in it
What I think I miss most is the vibrant colors. You do not get those shades with paintpucket apps on PC even if the lines are hand drawn.
Most noticable on remade 3d Macross opening. Old hand-made OP was so much better!
We just don’t have this kind of beautiful animation anymore. So sad. At least we have this.
If we Figth for it, It will Always Remain no matter what..
It's called preservation, And thats what a select group of us do, We search and collect, For The Archives you see, even if it may seem like something else.
Kuchuku channel cannot win, Kissanime endures.. somehow..The Figth goes on, Tataka!
We still have good animation, just not a lot of mecha.
You left Mospeada, great music also
No gundam? Impossible. Perhaps the archives are incomplete.
On top of that, no Zeta Gundam, OP must of forgotten. How can you forget Quattro Vajeerna... Unbelievable.
I was going to say the same, I was like... where is the token Gundam series. I think this list was made to purposefully exclude Gundam.
Those deserve a list on their own
@@22espec they do have a list of their own.
I am happy they didn't include Gundam.
This is an great list of Mecha Hidden Gems. I haven't heard have of these Shows.
That's what we need in lists such as this.
Fitting that you saved the best for last. I've never heard of the others featured here, but Macross is one of my favorites!
Thanks for the upload. The only one I'm familiar with is the Robotech series and that wasn't until much later in my life. ALL of these intro's look and sound fantastic. Just wish I had known of them back when they were the most popular and relevant.
The 80's seems so upbeat and futuristic still. Somehow, even with everything that's been created since then, today just feels like a regression.
The world peaked in the early 2000s
japans tech bubble popped in the mid 90s and the optimism started to die out
People's interest in Sci Fi died down and Japan's reconstruction Era is basically done.
@@peppermillers8361Once Elon Musk builds a powered armor then maybe we see this stuff for real. He has already got the bionic eyeball done. The next step is build Robocop.
@UToobUsername01 that's the last person I want to invest in mecha. In general, I don't think mecha should be real to begin with.
If I were to be re-born again and choose the decade, it'll be the 80's again baby!
If you were born in the 80s you wouldn't remember much of it trust me I was born in 82 80's Baby 90s kids I think you want to be a 70s baby and 80s kid.
@@progressforamerica6883 yep, you're right.
though distribution must be hellish back then
@@GaiRiz According to the top B-level actors from the 80's. Distribution was better for their movies in the 80's than the 90's and prior decades. During the 80's there were quite a few mom and pop video stores back then. Before Block buster bought them all out in the 90's. Then of course we know what happened to block buster.
Hell ya! Way better than any 21st century decade...
Remember when anime characters actually look their age and a bit more real? Me neither, because I was born in the 90s and didn't discover anime till mid 2000s
HAHAHAHA! I grew up with Anime from the 70's and 80's..... It was a totally different beast.... They even loved making dramas in the the 19th Century Europe..... And people loved them!
Did you watch Saint Seiya ? The whole cast is suppose to be 15 or so and Ikki looks like Kenshiro and Saori... does not really have the physic of a 15 yo.
You sound like me lol.
@@alejandromolinacis it me or when anime from this time period went back in time they actually went back in time without some dumb video game thing going on?
Ehhhh, sometimes they look appropriate, sometimes not.
great list, only seen one of these shows, but all the songs are amazing
70s 80s and 90s have the best music and artstyle hands down
The glorious time before the awful high school harem trope. Or, in other words, back when people thought giant robots was the worst trope ever but they didn't know high school harems was coming next...
It wasn't before it. What it was before is people calling a guy having friends who are female a harem.
You do know these shows had their own bad tropes, every anime era has these
I feel you bro... I completely agree :'(
Sounds like you've never heard of Urusei Yatsura
High school harem shows are mostly retreading the same ground, although some take the concept and do great things with it. Almost as if mecha in the 70s and 80s was the exact same...
Zeta OP one is necessary but other than that FUCK YEAH DRAGONAR!!!
Didn't know this animes. Thanks for uploading
so cool...i had forgotten about most of these...the only way to see them bak in the 80s was some dude stationed in Japan video taped them off TV, then sent them home and we rented them at the local comic book shop...no subtitles and all the Japanese ads an commercials included LOL...Anime was got me to learn Japanese ^_^!!..now i bet i can find these remastered and digital with subs too LOL...
great post! thanks for sharing and bringing back the memories of Geppies and Barbarians!!
Where’s my gundam and mospeada? Those ones are amazing!
true that
mospeada is not a true mecha anime
@@ali10833
Bruh
So much nostalgia!!! MUSIC IN THE 80ies were AWESOME!!!
OMG you include patlabor! This show need more love 😢
Using the pachinko OP for Macross was a low blow mate :P
So true, when i saw it for the first time i was hoping that they were going to re-boot the series as they had done with Uchuu Senkan Yamato. i was wrong :(
Macross has a number of sequels as well as different versions/re-edits of the original with different voice actors. Don't know if they did a strict reboot. But there is a TON of macross anime out there.
We have seen the sequels and spin-offs.
We want a RE-BOOT of the original like they did with Uchuu Senkan Yamato. The same story, the same cast just with better visuals and maybe a new story or two.
Anyienk9 I would like to see that. They did a lot of new animation that meshed well with the original for the Panchinko game. I would have like someone to have gone into the original Yamato and just added a few frames and replaced the cells that were obviously scrubbed and reused.
sorry :p
13:52 just so nobody freaks out at how amazing that 1982 animation was here is the ORIGINAL Macross opening side by side with the Blu-Ray box release which is what you are seeing here. Still damn good for 1982. th-cam.com/video/BPWj_4RtKr0/w-d-xo.html
Burning heart~ burning heart~
I love this video. Thank you!!
Oh come on! That's not the original Macross opening!
Yeah, it looks remastered and remade.
@@andrewstill9042 it's the pachinko opening.
Also Aim for the top is not exactly a Mecha anime
@@22espec wtf yes it is
Yeah it new remake or reboot with good 3d graphic now
its suprising that in this list there are no gundams openings here
If I remember correctly, "Burning Love" is the ending of the "Dancougar".
yep, far away is the opening of Dancouga
Indeed, but I think in terms of "theme song", I think the fans all pretty much consider "Burning Love" is the one. Some even consider "Far Away" being out of place with Dancougar, or the OP and ED should have been swapped.
@@MarineRX179 Far Away isn't really that out of place considering Laura was the one who sang it , and the depth of Shapiro and Sara's long distance feelings for each other far apart.
15:50 Imagine trying to save your ship and these giant letters are scrolling across em saying WARNING
80s anime just hits different.
Macross was amazing.
The one anime that looked way ahead of its time and used technology way ahead of its time.
I'm sure everyone who watched this intro for the first time was like "oh who is the singing girl?"
Nice video. Thanks for the flashback.
That's the remade OP they did for the Pinball Machine a few years back IIRC.
Macross invented idols
The Technology that was used is still para para, But it doesnt exist anymore in todays world, and cannot be recreated, Thats why preservation is imperative, when these shows are even hard to come by in nihon. You wouldnt trash a Rembrandt would you? In Louvren they preserve actively, they have agents that search and to find Everything,
But legislators said in our age that Neither the Archives or the work of art had a place or rigth to exist in our Louvren. Thats why we were quite Flamished when we understood they tried and did create Sotocrushretro stream. When the Whole Archive was there, But we will never yield to mankinds deniers of belief and higher ideals: Never! May death take us before we yield to the tyranny of massdestruction by the commonlot of Legislators: The Crown has the power and will to act over the tribunals that sought to use our birthrigth and divine authority for their crimes and theft against man. We will enleash such terrible vengeance! That Generations Yet Unborn! Will Cry Out in Anguish!!
VOTOMS is da bomb!!!!
80s mechs have the best overall appearance. They actually look like things the military would have built if they were real.
Holy shit, I had never heard the L-Gaim theme. That was so rad, I need to go check out the show now!
nice recopilation video, what version of macross was thata? a remake?
dunbine and L gaim same singer. very good singer
How can you not love GUNBUSTER!?
I used to have Gunbuster on VHS, haven't seen or heard it in awhile now
This Animation Quality is LEGENDARY!
Pedazos de piezas musicales, enserio que buenas canciones, lastima que ahora las canciones no trasmiten nada como estas piezas.
maybe not high rush like today but most of it fits the theme. good work mate.
If not for the anniversary remake of the Macross opening. Which is okay because the music is the same but the animation is all new. But all great choices.
My only objection was that they remade the opening but kept pretty much of the old character designs instead of using the ones from the movie, Misa's hair for example looks so antiquated :/
I believe that was the point. It's an homage more than a remake. If that were the case then they would have used a different version of the song as well, with a different singer.
macross gundam mospeada
Yeah I was all, "what the hell is wrong.with your Macross opening" I'm not against all CG in anime, but it's so dumb and jarring to go from early 80s cell animation to whenever it was made CG animation. Not to mention the loss of the dynamism of the original
Well, the movie is a stand alone, it´s a re-telling of the series where the destruction of Earth have already happen. So not using the movie appearances is the right choice since that opening is for the series.
the girls just out of this world beautiful , thanks for upload
I swear I thought I was looking at Zeta GUNDAM at 6:12. The 1st two characters look similar to Camile and Jered.
It's normal L-gaim and Zeta gundam share the same team and Zeta gudam started his airing one week after L-gaim finale
The Macross opening in HD.....beautiful! Wish all of them were in HD.
1:44 that gave me goosebumps. TH-cam finally recommended something good.
Thanks!!
All targeted as my ought to see
OUTSTANDING !
Ah, back when anime was still good!😔
Their still good, but the problem some are CGI, and some don't have better storylines like 80s and 90s Anime once had.
@@dekulevi936 It's rarely good, literally 90% anime thats released these days is creepy jailbait crap, all of them with the same plot but altered in a slightly different way.
@@AcherRollz With lots of fan service and echi scenes.
@@AcherRollz I'd say it's more like 60% creepy bullshit
Yay! My list got longer!
The Patlabor opening is one of my favorite songs of all time, let alone my favorite anime opening.
So stoked Dragonar made the cut!
5:37 The famous Gainax Bounce
ohh the feels, listening to the theme of aura battler dinbine still gives si the shiver^^
I never even heard some animé in this video.Glad I watched this.
The hair styles are amazing.
Girls from Dragonar were the most beautiful of all Anime. Just like real girls in 80's. Natural. Delicate. Perfect.
The Macross remastered opening is great. Thank you!!!!
5:25 to 5:34 I'm in love with this moment
Good choice using the newly animated Macross opening instead of the original 80s opening. It's still Macross and while not the original, it's even cooler than we remember it being!
Nostalgia
Aim For the Top Looks like a great anime; I should check it out soon. I have not seen it but the girls in the intro looked tough, fierce, strong, brave, independent, loyal, flexible, fast, great fighters, and tech savy.
You definitely should check it out, it's one of my all time favorites from the '90s when we were getting a flood of anime coming from several different distributors. It's a great story, great animation with character designs by Haruhiko Mikimoto of Macross fame. Just so you're aware, there is a bit of fan service in the first couple of episodes, a bit of boob jiggle and bare breasts but that's only in the first couple of episodes or so and there's no more afterwards or if there is it's tone down greatly.
Another thing about Gunbuster to be aware of is that it's not an entirely serious anime, it gets a bit over the top at times with old anime tropes but that's because its, in a way, a tribute show where they pay homage to old animes of the past. The main character, Noriko, is shown to be something of an otaku although it doesn't play a rolei n the show
Riceball01 It was the breakout series for Studio Gainax, if I'm not mistaken...
L-Gaim's opening is still probably my favorite from back then. Giant Gorg is also up there. And the Lensman TV series.
Thank you, i was scrolling through the comments to find the name of this anime!
Wow... the great technology that have making the SDF Macross opening in 1982... is amazing...almost like...30 years ahead of his time...
:V
Here's the original version... with english subs:
th-cam.com/video/P-r4wx5ZYHI/w-d-xo.html
@@MegaroadProducciones welp, original looks million times better.
MECH ANIME GREAT AGAIN!
nice
The gearshift in the Dragonar opening, though, every time...
Hits different.
That was awesome! 👍🤖💙💙💙💙
Wow! Gunbuster and Macross were both in the 80s? Watched them as a kid in the late 90s and it felt like they were brand new to me. Haha!
Nice Music, The Macross Opening is probably the hottest ever besides MD Goust
(leans in and whisper) pst hey you missing something. wheres zeta hm? did that macross extended theme block out the op or what?
Good stuff, but I'm surprised you didn't include Zeta Gundam's second opening theme.
Em pensar q em 1980 os japoneses ja tinham essa visão de tecnologia.Impressionante!
Gosto tudo q é Mecha anime.
Me gusta tu selección de temas, para mi el podio lo forman 1-Macross, 2-PatLabor, 3-GunBuster. * * *
I like your video & music selection, for me the winners that deserves the podium are: 1-Macross, 2-PatLabor, 3-GunBuster. =D
what a wonderful 80's
The music, The, Anime, and The Mechs idk what it is, but the 80s and 90s for Anime was the best.... OK early 2000a had some great ones.
In my opinion I like the quality of animation and music back then ;)
I never knew Japan had this many Mecha shows outside Super Robo Taisen.
In Super Robo Taisen, pretty much a majority came from these 80's robot shows. Especially when it comes to Super-mecha types, Real types are more for gundams.
SRT (or Super Robo War) is a game genre compilation of these.
All of those what's makes me love anime. Modern anime just not same.
Gunbuster just hits differrent man, such a great show.
The only Top 10 that I've ever agreed with.
Lived in Japan from 1985-1990. Very good times indeed!
There was only one of these shows I'd never heard of before. I love 80's mecha anime. They're super stylish in a lot of ways. By the way, where are the Macross scenes from? (They're obviously not from the original show.)
DAN-GA-I-OOOOOH!!! My first exposure to that pure, uncut anime!
I might be late to say this, but wasn't that 1982 Macross opening footage from videogame series from a later date?
I can feel the passion of the artists in these anime. Unlike anime in these 2010+ era, soooooooo generic
both of those are very very average shows
i know the feeling
Anime became more of a business now in Japan. unlike back in the 80's.
abcmaya It was a massive business in the 80's, both natively and as a source of outsourcing for American and European productions.
I love the gymnastics-style of drawing girls' bodies at 1:45 - 2:00
This was mostly video rental joint stuff back in the day, am I right? Almost none of this was on American broadcast TV.
Half of these never even made it over
A lot of them did, but were redubbed in English and had the name and story changed completely. So you probably wouldn’t recognize them right away. I saw quite a few of these on different cable channels on Saturday mornings.
I remember an old, old performance of Pee Wee Herman where he showed a Spanish language dubbed anime that was hyper violent, suggesting there's a lot of anime that never makes it to the US.
More didnt make it over than did. The ones that did were chopped to bits or combined with other series. Weird stuff.
Animes have a lot of sex and violence. American TV management doesn't want to that go on. That may be why Starblazers went on at 6 am in 1979.
Aberturas maravilhosas. Lindas musicas
Every time...I Am here, again ---,@
I miss the 80s soo much.
the openings are fantastic, I want to watch all the anime's. i was born too late 🤣
The handrawn robots from these 80s cartoons look better than any of the 3d they use for vehicles in modern anime.
I really miss old anime lol
Ginga senpuu braiger !!!!!! 1981 😲😲😲!! Exelente video 💪💪