>>1691614Urusei Yatsura did pander to otaku, what the fuck are you on about? Urusei Yatsura singlehandedly sparked the whole buying figurines of hot anime girls shtick and really changed the entire anime industry.
It led the way for other 80s moe stuff like Project A-Ko (a slapstick comedy high school magical girl anime), Gunbuster (cute girls riding mechs with shit-tons of fanservice), and even Dragon Half (pic related).
>had more of an overarching plotMost moe anime that don't fall into slice of life have over-arching plots.
>had characters that looked and acted their ageMostly school girls acting like school girls?
