One of the best anime of all time (even today) came out of the 90s in Berserk and most of the trope characters in this show came from much earlier anime like Grendizer in the 70s, and Dragonball, Yamato, Macross and Robotech in the 80s. The setting may have changed, but the story has not and in terms of plot and character development, Fushigi Yuugi does a very poor job. Still its not the worst I have ever seen. Tenjou Tenge and Mad Bull are probably up there as the worst of all time for me.