What anime got you into anime?
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I've only really been 'into' anime for a few months now. Of course I watched pokemon and yu-gi-oh and the like when I was very young, but the first real anime I watched knowing it was anime was Fairy Tail. Sadly I didn't like it that much and gave on anime until recently someone told me to watch Elfen Lied. I loved that show despite it's brevity. After that I started looking for things that might be similarly to my liking and started watching Death Note followed by Darker than Black(my favourite so far). Thats my anime life-story, still looking for more things to watch.
Of course I watched things like Pokémon and DBZ as a kid, even unknowingly saw some of the more adult ones, like Ghost in the Shell.
What actually got me into it was Naruto though, yeah, you can say that's not an option but that's the way it went. A friend of mine was watching it subbed and I started downloading them too (I was like 15-16 then). Despite what anyone says, I still think the first parts of that series were pretty damn well done, especially for kids.
After that I made rather quick progression, moving on to things like Elfen Lied, Gantz, Evangelion and Ergo Proxy right away.
My brother had already gotten me into very gritty realistic western comics from an early age however, so it was kind of logical for me to make the step to animation and manga.
What actually got me into it was Naruto though, yeah, you can say that's not an option but that's the way it went. A friend of mine was watching it subbed and I started downloading them too (I was like 15-16 then). Despite what anyone says, I still think the first parts of that series were pretty damn well done, especially for kids.
After that I made rather quick progression, moving on to things like Elfen Lied, Gantz, Evangelion and Ergo Proxy right away.
My brother had already gotten me into very gritty realistic western comics from an early age however, so it was kind of logical for me to make the step to animation and manga.
I watched Pokemon back in the day, but I guess it didn't really come across as "anime" to me, you know. Even when I watched stuff like Rurouni Kenshin and cyborg 009, they didn't come across as anime, but were just "cartoons" to me. It wasn't until I watched Naruto and Neon Genesis Evangelion at a very impressionable age (12 or 13 or so) that I recognized that anime was a thing made by Japanese people and translated into english sometime. Even then I was really just as Naruto fan for a long peroid until the end of high school.
I didn't get into my current anime fandom phase (where I keep up with news and watch a variety of shows) until early 2011 when I was just getting out of highschool and began watching internet reviews by JesuOtaku. I had plenty of time over my Gap Year to watch so I watched a fuck ton of stuff, starting with Baccano!, the first anime I ever bought the DVDs for.
I didn't get into my current anime fandom phase (where I keep up with news and watch a variety of shows) until early 2011 when I was just getting out of highschool and began watching internet reviews by JesuOtaku. I had plenty of time over my Gap Year to watch so I watched a fuck ton of stuff, starting with Baccano!, the first anime I ever bought the DVDs for.
Hard to say really. I mean the first anime I've watched was Laputa: Castle in the Sky when it air on TV and the other early animes I've watched was Samurai Pizza Cat, Robotech and Guyver.
I suppose it was the Tooami and CNX (channel) era that truly got me into anime like Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star and a few other animes that was airing at that time (Nadesico).
I suppose it was the Tooami and CNX (channel) era that truly got me into anime like Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star and a few other animes that was airing at that time (Nadesico).
I suppose if we were to leave out shows like Pokemon and Dragonball Z the show that got me into anime was Metropolis and Ravemaster.
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OT: For me it was indeed DBZ. It was quite literally a gateway anime for me since I used to watch it on Toonami waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay back in the day. And what else played on Toonami? Why, Cowboy Bebop (which I imagine will be an anime spoken of frequently in this thread). I came for the DBZ, stayed for the Bebop. Technically speaking, though, it was Bebop that officially made me an "anime fan". Yet I would have never discovered its greatness were it not for DBZ bringing me to the party in the first place, so to be fair I have to give credit where it's due and say that DBZ was the anime that (quite literally) got me into anime.
Honestly for me, it was back in the late 90's..or maybe very early 2000's when they had Dragonball Z and Outlaw Star back to back on Toonami. I remember getting home from school, doing whatever it was I did as a kid, then cooking a pizza and watching both with my dad. Good times!
For me it was back at the beginning of the eighties, with Space Captain Harlock and, slightly later, Space Battleship Yamato. Those two shows got me hooked while I was still pretty young, and then Macross several years later sealed the deal.
...Yes, I'm old.
...Yes, I'm old.
I watched DBZ, G Gundam, Bobobo-bobo-bobo,and FLCL. I think when I witnessed different genres of anime I began to take interest in it. Then I watch outlaw star, zatch bell, MAR, and cardcaptor sakura to satisfy my need even more. But after my experience with it, I tend to complain whenever spongebob is on tv I always thought to myself instinctively "You know whats better than spongebob? anime^_^"
Sadly, Inuyasha. This was because a friend was showing off anime at our highschool's Game Club. The concepts of mythological feudal Japan was extremely cool and new to me, because almost all of our American mythology is based off of christian and Greek myths. I tried watching some of the show last year or so, and it was unbearable.
I still remember, it was one time I stayed over at a friends house and we first watched Ronin Warriors and then Dragon Ball Z. When I went home the next day I was pretty much on a mission to find the channel that those shows were on, and from there I've been watching anime pretty much from then on til now.
Didn't even know anime existed until my college roommate introduced me to Trinity Blood. God that was such a stupidly awesome show. Not the best by a long shot, but it's still got a special place in my heart. I started looking for more after that because it scratched an action/fantasy/sci-fi itch in a way that western shows simply didn't. Since then my tastes have branched out a bit, but I still prefer that sort of show over all others.
Erhm..... I am not sure if I want to be 100% honest on this one.
I wouldn't exactly label myself as an "anime fan" as I am not THAT into it, but I have seen a few series over the years.
I would like to say that my first was The Boondocks, but that's not exactly anime now is it?
Back when I was about 14 I had a guy in my class that was really good at drawing manga, it got me sort of interested but never really cought on until later. Thing was, and is, that I never really cared much for what the story was, or who the characters were or anything like that. I watch them almost exclusivly because I really, really like the manga/anime style of drawing.
I don't know exactly what it is, but it just feels so clean, so I tend to lean towards series that are drawn well.
So I guess the first time I thought to myself "wow this is really well drawn" must have been Bible Black (don't judge).
If that does not qualify, then I have to say either Full Metal Alchemist or Ghost in a Shell.
I wouldn't exactly label myself as an "anime fan" as I am not THAT into it, but I have seen a few series over the years.
I would like to say that my first was The Boondocks, but that's not exactly anime now is it?
Back when I was about 14 I had a guy in my class that was really good at drawing manga, it got me sort of interested but never really cought on until later. Thing was, and is, that I never really cared much for what the story was, or who the characters were or anything like that. I watch them almost exclusivly because I really, really like the manga/anime style of drawing.
I don't know exactly what it is, but it just feels so clean, so I tend to lean towards series that are drawn well.
So I guess the first time I thought to myself "wow this is really well drawn" must have been Bible Black (don't judge).
If that does not qualify, then I have to say either Full Metal Alchemist or Ghost in a Shell.
While I did watch Pokémon, Yu-Gi-Oh and DBZ as a child, the first anime that got me thinking "I want to watch more anime" was Death Note. I liked the feeling of it not just being a cartoon while keeping this dark fantasy element. Although it's been several months (or even years) since I've last finished a series I'd say that that feeling has remained the same for me. Titles like Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop, Spice & Wolf, etc have all stuck with me for that reason.
Whilst the first anime that I saw was DBZ, until recently I have not been appreciating anime. Then out of Curiosity I began to watch two particular anime. The two anime that got me into the genre are "Trigun" featuring Vash the Stampede, and, this is embarrassing, "Girls Bravo".
My first experience with anime was of course, like tons of other people, watching Pokemon and all those kinds of shows on TV when I was little but it never really pushed me further into the medium, after outgrowing those shows I actually picked up a rather negative opinion of anime for a short while, can't really remember why but I just flat out didn't like it.
Ended up making friends with an anime fanatic at high school and during one of our LAN weekends I spotted a show called Afro Samurai on his computer, being a big fan of samurais and swords and Sam Jackson, I thought "what the heck, lets give this a go" and ended up loving it. I remember still not liking the more "Japanese" anime after Afro but was very much looking for more anime to watch that resembles it, finally bit the bullet and gave the dubbed version of Bleach a go, initially disliked it but it really grew on me and next thing I know I was watching the dubs of Naruto, ended up running out of dubbed episodes to watch and moved on to subs, hated it at first but it grew on me as well. Finally moved to Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and that was basically the series that solidified my love for anime, been watching shows ever since.
Ended up making friends with an anime fanatic at high school and during one of our LAN weekends I spotted a show called Afro Samurai on his computer, being a big fan of samurais and swords and Sam Jackson, I thought "what the heck, lets give this a go" and ended up loving it. I remember still not liking the more "Japanese" anime after Afro but was very much looking for more anime to watch that resembles it, finally bit the bullet and gave the dubbed version of Bleach a go, initially disliked it but it really grew on me and next thing I know I was watching the dubs of Naruto, ended up running out of dubbed episodes to watch and moved on to subs, hated it at first but it grew on me as well. Finally moved to Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood and that was basically the series that solidified my love for anime, been watching shows ever since.