What show would you describe as a 'timeless classic'? Which are the series that you would recommend to everyone you meet as 'must-see's?
Perhaps the more pressing concern is whether or not these exist.
There is an apparent consensus in the anime community nowadays that the 'Golden Age', as it were, has been and gone. That the works of the past - everyone's favourites from the late 90s - aren't going to be readily surpassed by anything being produced now or in the foreseeable future. As such a certain attitude has arisen, akin to a form of cultural elitism, in which "You can't call yourself a fan of anime unless you've seen......" crops up far too often. Speaking as someone who's arrived late to the party, so it would seem, I have to tear this ridiculous viewpoint asunder.
