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

  • nyan@lemmy.cafeEnglish
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    7 hours ago

    Aria was another early work in this area, but I don’t know how much it influenced later shows because this is so not my genre.

    • 柊 つかさ@lemmy.worldEnglish
      1·
      5 hours ago

      I’m not sure either how much ARIA influences later shows either. Apart from Tamayura which is by the same director. ARIA is definitely my favorite though 🥰. I went with Yokohama because it aired much earlier (1998 vs 2005).