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Cult classic anime series, The Big O, premiered 20 years ago this month. 1 / 10

The series can be summed up as Batman meets Blade Runner with giant robots. 2 / 10

Close similarities between Bruce Wayne and The Big O's Roger Smith are deliberate... 3 / 10

... As the studio behind The Big O also worked on Batman: The Animated Series. 4 / 10

Like Cowboy Bebop, The Big O draws influences from the past to create a distinctive future... 5 / 10

... From film noir to classic sci-fi and early mecha anime like Gigantor. 6 / 10

The series wasn't well received in Japan but was saved from cancelation by American fans. 7 / 10

Like Evangelion, its existential ending proved divisive. 8 / 10

But, there's plenty of style to make up for its flawed substance two decades on. 9 / 10