Monthly Marathon: Christmas Time Old School December 24 to 27

[chii]

***CLOSED

Welcome to the annual Christmas Time Monthly Marathon! This Christmas we shall be looking at some great older anime! It's time to remember those blasts from the past series and get back to your inner child.

When?
December 24 to 27.

Why?
Who doesn't like to think about their past anime. What first got them started on this magical journey. This marathon we shall take a look at some of those titles that make us remember where it all began. While your very first anime might not be on this list, (everything is older than 2000), there's plenty of titles that you should check out to see what all those older folks always talk about when they reminisce.

Recommendations: Please add Recommendations for these series once you've watched them! Every single recommendation made helps out the thousands of people who use the database each month to find new stuff to watch. Everyone who participates in this Monthly Marathon should add recommendations for other series they think a person would like, if they can think of any.

User Reviews: User reviews don't have to be many paragraphs, or even have good English. They can be as little as a single paragraph just to explain what you thought of the series and any extra tips for the reader. The longer and more detailed the better, of course.

How?
Just choose a series from the list, movie or OVA and watch it! Post how many episodes you watched if you didn't complete or started off at a certain episode. Counting will go as follows:

1 Episode = 1 point
1 OVA = 2 points
1 Movie = 3 points
Recommendation / User Review = .5 points
Bonus 5 points if you completely finish a series

Prizes for doing a Monthly Marathon:

1. One lucky person with the most Points will get a badge to parade around Anime-Planet!
2. Company while you marathon the shows with fellow Anime-Planet members
3. Hours of anime added to your watched list
4. Knowing you have helped out the site by adding more content to it
5. TACO Points for TACO members

Allowed Series

Longest
Urusei Yatsura (195 eps) - Thread Participating:
Touch (101 eps) - Thread Participating:
Fushigi Yugi: The Mysterious Play (52 eps) - Thread Participating:
Magic Knight Rayearth (49 eps) - Thread Participating:
Mobile Suit Gundam Wing (49 eps) - Thread Participating:
Captain Harlock (42 eps) - Thread Participating:
Space Runaway Ideon (39 eps) - Thread Participating:
Brother, Dear Brother (39 eps) - Thread Participating:

Long
Escaflowne (26 eps) - Thread Participating:
Dirty Pair (24 eps) - Thread Participating:
Slayers (26 eps) - Thread Participating:
Outlaw Star(26 eps) - Thread Participating:
Martian Successor Nadesico (26 eps) - Thread Participating:
Trigun (26 eps) - Thread Participating:

Short

DNA² (12 eps) - Thread Participating:
Those Who Hunt Elves (12 eps) - Thread Participating:
Don't Leave Me Alone Daisy (12 eps) - Thread Participating:
Serial Experiments Lain (13 eps) - Thread Participating:
Generator Gawl (12 eps) - Thread Participating:
Haunted Junction (12 eps) - Thread Participating:

OVA’s
All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku (Ova) - Thread Participating:
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket (Ova) - Thread Participating:
Video Girl Ai (Ova) - Thread Participating:
Earthian (Ova) - Thread Participating:
Bubblegum Crisis (Ova) - Thread Participating:
Record of Lodoss War (Ova) - Thread Participating:
Tenchi Muyo (Ova) - Thread Participating:
3 x 3 Eyes (Ova) - Thread Participating:

Movies
Kiki's Delivery Service (Movie) - Thread Participating:
Laputa: Castle in the Sky (Movie) - Thread Participating:
Spring and Chaos (Movie) - Thread Participating:
Gauche the Cellist (Movie) - Thread Participating:
Night on the Galactic Railroad (Movie) - Thread Participating:
Wings of Honneamise (Movie) - Thread Participating:
Akira (Movie) - Thread Participating:
Sirius no Densetsu (Movie) - Thread Participating:
Unico (Movie) - Thread Participating:
Mouse and His Child (Movie) - Thread Participating:

Bonus Titles:
Tokyo Godfathers (Movie) - Thread Participating:
Super Old Shorts (1928-1933) Click here for eligible titles. Click here to get them.

*The shorts above will be worth .5 points per short. Only the first 2 files in that package are on Anime-Planet so ONLY those are worth the points.
*All relations are also valid for points.
*Series that are 12-13 episodes in length are mostly a 2000+ thing. I suppose we can thank Lain for taking anime into this direction. So this is why some of these titles are probably not even popular among old school fans.

Totals:

Just how oldschool are you?

wolfangel87 190.5
Raspberries 167
eaper 120.5
Kittyemperor 119
LinkSword 103
Quizap 91
ludithor 59
captaincrunch 51
RisikaFox 38
Marius2000 34
AirCommodore 33
SabakunoYana 33
scizorg45 31
HasseRovdjur 22
LLORAtheLLAMA 6
Menchi 5
Tsukie 4

[LinkSword]

For now I'll sign up for:

-Fushigi Yuugi
-Escaflowne
-Outlaw Star
-Zeta Gundam
-3x3 Eyes
-Record of Lodoss War
-Kikki's Delivery Service
-Akira (it's about time I watched it...)
-Wings of Honneamise

Are old relations allowed? For example, I've been meaning to watch Zeta Gundam, so this would be a good incentive.
Too bad I watched all the ''Super Old Shorts'' except for two of them when I was on a kick. =(

[KiraRin]

Best of luck to everyone participating, I'll probably be too hungover to join in :p

And Fushigi Yugi? Really? You have a sadistic streak Chii :p


H.

[Kenikki]

I'll probably be watching close to zero anime during those dates. But I could rewatch Tokyo Godfathers for a third time. Would that count? :P

[chii]

Originally Posted by LinkSword

Are old relations allowed? For example, I've been meaning to watch Zeta Gundam, so this would be a good incentive.

I'll say sure in this case cause any gundam watched is a good thing hehe I just didn't want to put a random UC title that is in the middish of it's relations ^_^

Originally Posted by KiraRin

Fushigi Yugi? Really? You have a sadistic streak Chii :p

If anything people will be happy to have the badge XD

Originally Posted by Kenikki

I'll probably be watching close to zero anime during those dates. But I could rewatch Tokyo Godfathers for a third time. Would that count? :P

Yup it counts. It's a special mention cause it wouldn't be Christmas anime without that title honestly!

[AirCommodore]

Sign me up for:
Laputa
Spring and Chaos
Gauche the Cellist
Night on the Galactic Railroad
Sirius no Densetsu
possibly Unico
and Serial Experiments Lain and Brother, Dear Brother, provided I have time to watch a not-movie.

[captaincrunch]

Damnit, I'm watching Trigun right now :(

[chii]

stall it a week ;)

[captaincrunch]

Originally Posted by chii

stall it a week ;)

Guess that's what I'll do then :)

I'll watch Trigun, Escaflowne, and Outlaw Star

[HasseRovdjur]

Sign me up for:

Escaflowne
Akira
Tokyo Godfathers
Laputa: Castle in the Sky