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A classic animated work with decades of history, despite its age, has always been admired by anime enthusiasts for its outstanding artistry and profound influence, and it remains popular to this day. However, contemporary viewers often feel slightly uncomfortable revisiting these immortal classics due to the unique artistic style, music, dialogue, and story elements of the time, and may even find themselves feeling a bit out of place.
Recently, Japanese netizens have been discussing a popular animation that was released in 1992, “Sailor Moon,” where a particular scene especially reminds viewers that this is a classic old animation. Let’s take a closer look at what kind of scene this is.
When a netizen said: “I felt deeply when I saw this scene; indeed, ‘Sailor Moon’ is an old anime…”
A Japanese netizen with the nickname “クロス” shared a scene from the popular 1992 adapted anime ‘Sailor Moon,’ featuring the protagonist Usagi Tsukino holding a classic “3.5-inch floppy disk,” which resonated with many netizens.
This scene appears in episode 8 of “Sailor Mercury,” titled “Is the Genius Girl a Demon? The Terrifying Brainwashing Cram School.” The plot describes how the cram school Ami attends seems to use a special method to improve students’ grades, and this special method is actually a brainwashing software…
The disk in Little Rabbit’s hand is the brainwashing software that Ami obtained from the cram school.
Many netizens expressed nostalgia for 3.5-inch floppy disks upon seeing this scene, while young anime fans claimed they have never seen such a thing in their lifetime!
Meanwhile, netizens shared other examples of animation that evoke a sense of nostalgia for the era…
Check out ‘G Gundam’ and ‘Male Dormitory’.
It’s surprising that Electric Light Man Goryt has a plot where the demon king actually runs into a disk…
Although the setting of ‘Gundam Wing’ is in the distant future…
Seeing similar scenes in ‘Steins;Gate’ also made me feel deeply about this classic work.
In the anime ‘Detective Conan’, only one year has passed, and mobile phones have evolved from flip phones to smartphones.
I also felt deeply when I read Akamatsu Ken’s ‘Computer Lover’s Dream’… the protagonist originally wanted to buy 50 disks, but the seller recommended a 200MB hard drive for 60,000 yen (laughs).
Now in ‘Doraemon,’ we can even see the existence of smartphones.
I have remade this scene based on a modern context.
It’s hard to imagine that 30 years ago, the storage capacity of what was considered cutting-edge technology at that size was only one millionth of what today’s fingernail-sized chips can hold.
Just seeing a foldable phone instantly gives me a strong sense of nostalgia.
