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
    9·
    3 days ago

    Unfortunately I can’t think of any anime that really feel like they’re taking inspiration from Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood. Can you give any examples?

    It feels like Sword Art Online and Rising of the Shield Hero sure got a lot of imitators though!

    • kahjtheundedicated@lemmy.worldEnglish
      5·
      3 days ago

      There were a lot of “stuck in a game” anime well before SAO. Log horizon came a few years before [2 years after…]. .hack//SIGN about 10 years prior. And hell, Digimon came even before that.

      • Unique_Emerald_Sol_I@ani.socialEnglish
        4·
        3 days ago

        I don’t think Digimon quite occupies the same sphere – it’s like comparing Chronicles of Narnia to Ready Player One.

        I’m not even sure how to rate the multiple .hack// series here because they were really experimental (one branch leaving half of its story in PS2 games) and AFAIK nobody was directly copying them. Meanwhile, after SAO…

      • Unboxious@ani.socialEnglish
        3·
        3 days 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·
          2 days 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.

    • molave@reddthat.comOPEnglish
      2·
      3 days ago

      I might be partially wrong about the battle shounen. I could argue more strongly that FMAB (and DBZ Kai) set the tone for future manga-faithful remakes (Fruits Basket 2019, Rurouni Kenshin 2023, Ranma and Urusei remakes, etc.)

      I forgot about how SAO became the blueprint for modern isekai 😂

      • Unboxious@ani.socialEnglish
        3·
        3 days ago

        Not just SAO! I called out Rising of the Shield Hero because unfortunately it popularized the trope where an isekai protag goes and buys some slaves.

        • Hetare King@piefed.socialEnglish
          3·
          2 days ago

          Isekai is a genre where every little gimmick from a work that gets a bit popular immediately becomes a micro-trend. The main character is an old guy! And he reincarnates into some weird thing that might not even be a life form! And he has cheat skills! And he got kicked out of the hero’s party! And he’s a villainess!

          So a lot of works would have to be considered blueprints by that standard, I think.