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What anime film or series made you a fan of the medium?
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DB only had it's first 13 episodes (basically the Pilaf saga and I believe a censored, episodic version of the first DB movie) dubbed prior to them skipping the rest of the series in favor of DBZ.
DBZ was also cancelled at the end of the Namek saga and then revived by CN.
I watched elfin lied a few years back and liked it a lot. Made me like anime, I guess.
It wasn't until I decided to take a plunge and binge janurary 2014 (35 series in 34 days iirc) that I really really starting liking and getting into the medium.
I think the first couple I watched that month were gurren lagann and say "I love you". Loved both and made me go from liking the medium to loving it.
It wasn't until I decided to take a plunge and binge janurary 2014 (35 series in 34 days iirc) that I really really starting liking and getting into the medium.
I think the first couple I watched that month were gurren lagann and say "I love you". Loved both and made me go from liking the medium to loving it.
BKatastrophe
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Because the dub switched from Ocean to Funimation. So Funi redubbed the Ocean episodes, and then had to wait before they could get the rights to the rest. That's why people always seem to remember the Namek saga like the back of their hand, but the rest is kinda blurry.
John Kowalski
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Last Exile was the one which pushed me to investigate the medium rather than simply accept whatever was being localized at the time.
Robotech got me interested as a kid. Gundam Wing as a teen and then I got into Cowboy Beebop and others but Robotech was my stepping stone.
Fuck, how did I forget Robotech. Loved that shit so much.
Well it's probably the first anime i've watched, even if i had no idea at the time what anime is. I don't know when i started thinking of anime as anime. I guess it was just a smooth transition
You are bad and you should feel bad!
There was a lot of series back in the 80's and early 90's that hooked me, but two of the earliest that really impacted me back in the early 80's and still today i remember fondly are
Mazinger Z
and Remi
Specially the later. I'm in my mid 30's and still get chocked and on the verge of tears every goddamn episode of Remi.
Sup. I mean, that's where i got my internet name, since the late 90's.
Mazinger Z
and Remi
Specially the later. I'm in my mid 30's and still get chocked and on the verge of tears every goddamn episode of Remi.
Sup. I mean, that's where i got my internet name, since the late 90's.
sixteen-bit
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dat Nausicaa
Rhomega Beta
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Sailor Moon
Robotech got me interested as a kid. Gundam Wing as a teen and then I got into Cowboy Beebop and others but Robotech was my stepping stone.
+1 for feeling bad about not including Robotech. Loved that as a kid.
Dragon Ball whas really huge at my country, so everybody watch this cartoons, that make people almost forgot where this anime come from. This is the reason I wouldnt say this wasnt the manga who put me into.
It was Evangelion who put me this hunger of japanese cartoons, Eva was very different of everything I watched before, I had a great time discovering other animes too.
It was Evangelion who put me this hunger of japanese cartoons, Eva was very different of everything I watched before, I had a great time discovering other animes too.
Gentleman Jack
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I think Akira was the first anime film I was exposed to and it requires you to take it seriously considering the extreme violence.
Stereogatari
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Pokemon, since it was the first one I watched when I was a kid.
But the one that actually gave me great respect for the medium and made me look at it in a different way was Planetes which I watched in my late teens. Very mature story telling in that one.
However I've still only ever fully watched 5 anime series', not that much for a self-proclaimed Japanophile.
But the one that actually gave me great respect for the medium and made me look at it in a different way was Planetes which I watched in my late teens. Very mature story telling in that one.
However I've still only ever fully watched 5 anime series', not that much for a self-proclaimed Japanophile.
umop_3pisdn
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Serial Experiments Lain when I was thirteen or so, though I didn't really 'get it' until some time later.
Sparkedglory
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Toonami and dragon ball z. Evangelion helped too.
Sheriff_Battlesnake
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I have extremely vivid memories of scanning the Blockbuster aisles and always picking out of the random anime. I didn't know it was anime, but that's what I was extremely drawn to. I picked up the VHS with the episode of Dragon Ball where they encountered Oolong and watched it on repeat while on a road trip. We had rigged a little CRT in the car, probably so I'd stop babbling so much. I freaking loved it. And seeing DBZ air for the first time year later on Toonami basically caused a melt down. I had forgotten the little treasure until memories flooded back watching Piccolo shoot a hole through Goku.
Those 3:
Yeah, definitely these. For films it would be Akira and some Miyazaki stuff.
arnoldocastillo2003
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Dude you are my twin soul, this exactly happened to me.
L4DANathan
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The original Dragonball was what got me into the medium, then more recently Attack on Titan gave me a renewed interest.
Mass_Pincup
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I don't know which one was actually the first but it would be between, DBZ, GTO, City Hunter, Captain Tsubasa, Pokemon and Spirited Away.
ghostlight_ross
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First three series I watched were Fullmetal Alchemist (original), Samurai Champloo & Macross Zero. I was introduced to the latter two round a friends place and at the same sort of time I started watching Fullmetal Alchemist as I'd heard loads about it on a forum I was on.
From that point I was kind of hooked.
From that point I was kind of hooked.
Tom Nook
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Robotech got me interested as a kid. Gundam Wing as a teen and then I got into Cowboy Beebop and others but Robotech was my stepping stone.
Robotech for me too. As a kid I wasn't aware it was an "anime" but an awesome cartoon. Sailor Moon was first show I know it was called anime.
Agent_ShortBus
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My older brother introduced me to Dragon Ball, then the Ghost in the Shell movie back when I was like 9 or 10. Then I stumbled upon Gundam on cartoon network while watching DBZ. Lastly I decided to watch Evangelion on adult swim. That's when I knew I liked watching Anime more than whatever show was on TV.
SirRyanOfSmeg
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Pokemon, DBZ and Outlaw Star. I remember staying up late when I was 11 or so to watch some Anime on Toonami. Good times.
I've never heard of Kenshin, I''ll have to check it out some time.
I've never heard of Kenshin, I''ll have to check it out some time.
Well I used to stop at my friends house on the way home after school and we would watch Toonami. Dragonball Z, Ronin Warriors, Sailor Moon but I didn't really understand or like it at the time tbh.
It wasn't until the Toonami Midnight Run and Adult Swim that I really started watching myself every night. Stuff like Outlaw Star, Tenchi Muyo, Big O, Cowboy Bebop *cough* Inuyasha *cough*. I also bought Ninja Scroll and a random DVD of Berserk from a video store around that time and those blew my mind. lol
It wasn't until the Toonami Midnight Run and Adult Swim that I really started watching myself every night. Stuff like Outlaw Star, Tenchi Muyo, Big O, Cowboy Bebop *cough* Inuyasha *cough*. I also bought Ninja Scroll and a random DVD of Berserk from a video store around that time and those blew my mind. lol
K-ON!!
Upon watching this for the first time I was filled with "awe" it really opened up the possibilities of the medium for me. The quality of the character animation, it's production values, the in-depth characterization, and how it managed to be more than a show about 'cute girls doing fun things" with the amount of pouring emotion that was reflected in those last few episodes. I gotta admit it moved me. What a great series.
Upon watching this for the first time I was filled with "awe" it really opened up the possibilities of the medium for me. The quality of the character animation, it's production values, the in-depth characterization, and how it managed to be more than a show about 'cute girls doing fun things" with the amount of pouring emotion that was reflected in those last few episodes. I gotta admit it moved me. What a great series.
Zantetsuken
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I happened to see Akira on SciFi a long time ago. Some time later Ronin Warriors and DBZ on Toonami really jump started it
O glorious 80s!
- Dragon Ball
- Cat's Eyes
- Fist of the North Star
But the shit was Saint Seiya. I mean, this theme got me hype every time.
- Dragon Ball
- Cat's Eyes
- Fist of the North Star
But the shit was Saint Seiya. I mean, this theme got me hype every time.
Pokemon was my first but I didn't really know what anime is at that point.
I then watched .hack//Legend of Twilight in 2007 (I think) which I enjoyed but it wasn't until 2009 when I watched Shakugan no Shana -> Lucky Star -> Haruhi -> K-ON which got me super into anime. I'd already started learning Japanese by this point so that was cool finding I had more interests.
I then watched .hack//Legend of Twilight in 2007 (I think) which I enjoyed but it wasn't until 2009 when I watched Shakugan no Shana -> Lucky Star -> Haruhi -> K-ON which got me super into anime. I'd already started learning Japanese by this point so that was cool finding I had more interests.
Nikodemos
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Ctrl-F "Saber Rider": no results.
Da shit?
Though to be honest, I watched a lot of anime and anime-style cartoons back 20-something years ago since they were a new thing on post-Commie TV.
More recently, I watched Paprika, liked it and started looking for more. It led to me discovering my... appreciation for ecchi. :|
Da shit?
Though to be honest, I watched a lot of anime and anime-style cartoons back 20-something years ago since they were a new thing on post-Commie TV.
More recently, I watched Paprika, liked it and started looking for more. It led to me discovering my... appreciation for ecchi. :|
I remember first being exposed to anime when I was a child when I saw Sailor Moon once, I was taken aback at how pretty and different it looked compared the standard stuff I watched like Bugs Bunny. It was gorgeous and I still remember it now.
Like a lot of boys I watched Pokemon and Digimon when I was 10/11 but it didn't set me off on the anime trail. It wasn't until I was 16, I for some reason I saw Chobits and pretty much fell in love with it. It was my gateway anime and since then I've gotten into more and more stuff over the years.
Just gotta to say, eight years on I still love Chobits. When I started working, I imported the complete series on blu ray. Heck after I started typing out this post, I got decided to rewatch it again, its on the background as I type.
Like a lot of boys I watched Pokemon and Digimon when I was 10/11 but it didn't set me off on the anime trail. It wasn't until I was 16, I for some reason I saw Chobits and pretty much fell in love with it. It was my gateway anime and since then I've gotten into more and more stuff over the years.
Just gotta to say, eight years on I still love Chobits. When I started working, I imported the complete series on blu ray. Heck after I started typing out this post, I got decided to rewatch it again, its on the background as I type.
Just take it with you.
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This, and the Galaxy Express 999 movie.
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