What anime post-1999 will become "classic"?

[hikarichan78]

As a variation on the "classic" thread, what anime from 2000 and beyond do you think will become a part of classic anime canon? I'm particularly interested in the last few years, as that's when I started to drop off... do you think some of the biggest shows in recent memory will last, or were they just a passing fad?

I really don't know what to put here since I don't fit into the current demographic. I have series I WANT to put here but I think they would be considered too niche for the current gen.

What do you all think, please share!

My few pics:
Excel Saga
Azumanga Daioh
Fruits Basket
Fullmetal Alchemist
FLCL
Spirited Away

[Nester05]

Yeah, I'm more eager to write about this than Hikarichan's other post. That's probably because I'm a sucker for validation. Anyway, here goes:

Anime:
Haibane Renmei
Last Exile
Gankutsuou
Wolf's Rain
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (both seasons)
Azumanga Daioh
Excel Saga
Honey & Clover
Black Lagoon (1st and 2nd Barrages)
Welcome to the N.H.K.
Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu (a.k.a. Hare & Guu)
Kino's Journey
Planetes
Mushishi

Movies:
Again, anything Ghibli and Miyazaki
Anything by Satoshi Kon (Millenium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika)
GitS: SAC -- Solid State Society
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

OVAs:
FLCL
Read or Die
Macross Zero

[masamune]

Full Metal Alchemist (first series)
Gurren Lagann
Fate/Stay Night
Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
Welcome to the NHK
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo

[dreamer]

Oct 3, 2009 21:17:40 GMT -8 Nester05 said:

Anime:
Haibane Renmei
Last Exile
Gankutsuou
Black Lagoon (1st and 2nd Barrages)
Jungle Wa Itsumo Hale Nochi Guu (a.k.a. Hare & Guu)
Kino's Journey
Planetes

Considering I havent heard of those series, and some of the others arn't very well known either, I wouldnt expect them to become as classic as Bebop or Eva...And isnt GitS 1996 american release?

[neo1337]

I could easily see anything in that list becoming known as a classic since, in my opinion at least, they are all very good animes.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex season one was released in 2002, the second season was released in 2004, and the movie was released in 2006.

[Nester05]

*sheathes sword, holsters gun, extinguishes flame thrower*

Thank you Neo.

I'd also like to say that the idea behind this thread seems to be what series YOU think will be classic. God knows that I don't agree with some of the other series/movies/OVAs that people have mentioned in this thread (and its sister thread), but everyone's entitled to their opinion.

So, Dreamer, what are yours?

[taisou]

I'd have to agree with most of Nester05's post. Of course, I like to divide these things up by decade, and since we are at the end of one, the next ten years may have a different definition of 'classic'. Here's some of my picks:

(Partially shamelessly copied):
Anime:
Haibane Renmei
When They Cry (Higurashi no Naku Koro ni)
Last Exile
Paranoia Agent
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex (both seasons)
Azumanga Daioh
Kino's Journey
Mushishi
Bakemonogatari (Ghostory) <-- (this one's not done yet, but the first 12 eps. are fantastic)
Eureka Seven
Genshiken S1


Movies:
Again, anything Ghibli and Miyazaki
Anything by Satoshi Kon (Millenium Actress, Tokyo Godfathers, Paprika)
The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Cowboy Bebop: The Movie

OVAs:
Voices of a Distant Star
FLCL
Read or Die
Macross Zero

[dreamer]

Oh, I guess I got confused by the wiki on GitS, anime film =/= the anime itself. Already classic, IMO though.

I liked "Place promised in our early days", that was a cute movie.

To me, a classic anime has to be well known and of good caliber. Like in 10 years you'll still hear people talking about it similarly to Eva. I dont know, I'm having a hard time using my brain. I cant even remember half of the anime's I've seen at the moment. I think a lot of Adult Swim anime's will become classics though, since they're practically second to none that air anime in the US and get a lot of viewers.

[gamlin]

I know that among the mecha community these shows are pretty likely to become classics

New Getter Robo
Godannar
Shin Mazinger Z
Mazinkaiser
Code Geass and Gundam Seed, though in trainwreck classic style
maybe Fafner and Eureka Seven

[stubbies]

The first three posts essentially hit on everything I was thinking of so I won't bother copying them. My additions to what's already been said:

Samurai Champloo
Kaiba (within indy circles)
Now and Then Here and There (technically started in 1999 but ended in 2000 so I'm putting it here)
I shudder to think of those Shonen Jump series as becoming "classic", but there's at least one of relative quality I'm willing to put on my list: Death Note
Nana
Nodame Cantabile

I'd also like to echo Kino's Journey and Last Exile, two of my favorites

Personal picks that I WISH would be classics but I don't think they'll ever reach that status:
Ergo Proxy
Dennou Coil
Boogiepop Phantom

That's all I can think of off hand that isn't already here.

[taisou]

'Now and Then Here and There' was really good but very disturbing... and while I think what I may perceive as a classic should be one, with other repetition causes familiarity, forcing itself into the classic category whether it's actually good or not.