Fruity Pebbles, yeah that tracks

Definitely recommend Geats or Zero-One, but since you enjoy Heisei, I'd also recommend Gavv, it shares a lot in common with both the Showa and Heisei eras and feels very much like an appreciation of the legacy of KR

I've got a few that I'd switch between depending on my mood, but this one is pretty high up there:
"If I had a box just for wishes and dreams that had never come true; the box would be empty except for the memory of how they were answered by you" ~ "Time in a Bottle" by Jim Croce

Godzilla was never book smart, he was money smart

Have each character specialize in 2-3 weapons that they switch from hunt to hunt and you'll cover most of the bases, work your way up from something like "There's a Great Jaggi interrupting our supply route" to "There's a Valstrax terrorizing a nearby village" naturally through the series.

I imagine a shonen-esque battle anime where we follow a young hunter joining the guild and working their way up the ladder as they craft new gear and learn new skills (see: hunter arts) and progress through larger and larger threats to their village alongside a cast of 3 supporting characters.

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Monster Hunter, for sure. First discovered it through a friend back in Jr. High, looked way too complex and hard to understand so I ditched it, came back years later and actually devoted brain power to meeting it on its own level and now it's my favorite game franchise probably ever

IT'S DA FRIGGIN BAT!

Definitely worth getting into, especially if you're a fan of the core concept of "secret hero using enemy technology to fight evil organization and protect happiness", the show feels very old school that way, sorta like late Phase 1 Heisei era.

Guys will see this and say, "Hell yeah, Kamen Rider"