Hikyou Tanken Fam & Ihrlie

Here's a bunch of goodies lacking love, many of which are obscure, others just underappreciated. Almost all of them lean more towards being lighthearted, cute and silly. (Not necessarily all at once.) Lots of adventure, too! Keep in mind that they're not all "must-see", but this should still be a great source for finding something new and enjoyable.

A non-curated roster of High Fantasy works.

High Fantasy is a subgenre of Fantasy focusing on entirely original worlds and histories, as opposed to Low Fantasy, where the magical and/or supernatural instead intrude upon the Earth that we know. Note that the term "High" does not mean this subgenre is of inherently greater quality than the other, though of course many have identified such a coincidental trend.

It is a common misconception that High Fantasy and Low Fantasy instead refer to the level to which magic and all it entails are integrated into the world, with those where said elements are abundant being "High" and if rare then "Low." This is, however, completely incorrect, as the distinction is actually in how removed the world is from our own.

There is, naturally, a spectrum between the subgenres, rather than a clear-cut line. Isekai, for instance, is somewhere in the middle, as though works of that genre typically involve a completely fictional setting, the real world is still relevant. For that reason, no Isekai appear on this list, thankfully.

Because of the popularity of what was mentioned above, High Fantasy is in something of a state of decline. Note that the majority of entries shown are from before the turn of the century. Care has been taken, however, to include more recent examples, few though there are.

Sequels, remakes, spinoffs and the like are omitted for brevity.

I remember going to the video store, browsing the shelves, and picking out a movie based on the box art alone. I'd look at the front, I'd look at the back, and more often than not I'd put it back on the shelf. Occasionally there'd be something like Ghost in the Shell or Ninja Scroll, and I knew I just had to rent it, or more accurately get my parents to rent it.

This isn't just a list of movies that were available on VHS at my local video store, this is also a list of movies that I would have rented had they been there. They have box art and synopsis appeal, regardless of the reality contained within.

This is my virtual VHS store, where we say Japanimation and we don't stock TV shows unless they're only a few episodes long. I hope you like violence and nudity. Things here also generally skew older, keeping with the VHS theme.

This is the good stuff list. If you want the bad stuff list, go here: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/9520

Tags: Old, Oldtaku, Retro, Violent, 1980s, 1990s

Retro high fantasy, medieval fantasy and DnD lookalikes. Isekai included. No hentai included.
For more retro high fantasy including stuff made in the 2000s, check this chart:
https://www.edison23.net/dir/ar/img/fantasy.jpg

Part 1: https://myanimelist.net/stacks/3798

Enjoy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6QIba2hUjw

Anime featured in this video - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akOSeXLtIWo

Personal list of stuff to watch to get that 90s fantasy adventuring vibe. Break!! RPG is a TTRPG inspired by fantasy anime and JRPGs. Some entries might be from the 80s or 00s, because I'm a maverick.

Between 1996 and 2003, KTEH, the PBS affiliate for San Jose, California (i.e., the Silicon Valley), aired some anime on Sunday nights (and Thursday nights until 1999) as part of a sci-fi block that they usually paired with British/BBC-licensed sci-fi that many PBS stations across the country normally aired (e.g., Doctor Who, Red Dwarf, The Prisoner). As far as I'm aware, they were the only PBS station to air anime. And yes, this means that those who lived in the Silicon Valley got to watch Serial Experiments Lain and Sesame Street on the same channel.

Except for Robotech, which had aired in syndication since the mid-1980s, I believe all of these shows made their American TV premieres on KTEH. Some would go on to eventually air on national channels: Neon Genesis Evangelion and Tenchi Muyo! on Cartoon Network / Toonami / Adult Swim, and Lain on TechTV / G4 off the top of my head. But many others, afaik, only aired on stateside TV on this channel. These shows were often pretty costly to license from Japan, and by the time Toonami rose in the early 2000s, KTEH struggled to maintain their edge. Alas, anime on the station was no more after 2003. But this remains an utterly fascinating relic of the earlier days of anime fandom in the States.

Shows are listed in the order that they premiered on KTEH. Reddit user moncayk1 compiled a list of every known anime broadcast on KTEH, via newspaper, message board, and channel schedule archives. Credit goes to them for being the basis of this stack, and the full list can be found here:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1epXzGk_irPn8wRwy0mMn5MQUbSErGxFbEkJ08V61vOU/edit?usp=sharing