What anime got you into anime?
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I Watched yugioh and pokemon as a child but I really didn't see them as anime but just like every other cartoon out there. It really wasn't until toonami came along that I started to watch them more, I started watching One piece (4kids dub) naruto and bobobo every week and was really into it.
Few years later I discovered the funimation dub of one piece and started watching that again. It was then that I saw anime as a whole new thing and discovered other anime. I started watching those and then here I am now. Granted I don't really watch anime anymore outside of one piece but I do have times where I indulge in it for awhile.
Few years later I discovered the funimation dub of one piece and started watching that again. It was then that I saw anime as a whole new thing and discovered other anime. I started watching those and then here I am now. Granted I don't really watch anime anymore outside of one piece but I do have times where I indulge in it for awhile.
An odd combination of the English version of Star Musketeer Bismarck a.k.a. Saber Rider and the Star Sheriffs, Robotech, Sailor Moon and "Warriors of the Wind", a butchered version of Hayao Miyazaki's "Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind".
I've seen alot of anime and enjoyed it before that point but the offset point from when i REALLY got into it was when i watched Soul Eater.
then came Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood and it kinda snowballed from there.
Noteworthy ones i also watched before the offsetpoint were Shaman King,Beyblade,Medabots & Hamtaro because they happend to be on regular schedulded tv programming in the netherlands.
then came Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood and it kinda snowballed from there.
Noteworthy ones i also watched before the offsetpoint were Shaman King,Beyblade,Medabots & Hamtaro because they happend to be on regular schedulded tv programming in the netherlands.
It took me a long while to get into anime since there was always something that would turn me from it like a terrible dub or the general stupidity of the show. There were so many terrible anime in my pre-teen and teenage years I turned up my nose to it when I got older.
Watching some Inuyasha late one night and then finding Princess Monokee finally got me considering to watch it again. After that came Cowboy Bebop, Berserk and many more.
Watching some Inuyasha late one night and then finding Princess Monokee finally got me considering to watch it again. After that came Cowboy Bebop, Berserk and many more.
My first brush with anime was nearly my last. I brought home a movie called Wicked City that an anime obsessed friend said he thought was good. At the time I worked at a video rental place, and the owner let us take movies home for free for the night. The main character was cool, and I loved his gun that threw him across the room every time he fired it. But the rest of the story was basically tentacle rape porn, and I just was turned off of anime for quite a while.
But I was working for a different video store later, a national franchise this time, but the manager (who had owned the old store I had worked at) still let us take movies home at night. And I decided to give t.v. style anime a try (thinking there would probably be less tentacle rape allowed on television.) So I started watching an anime called Blue Seed. It was an older animation style (kind of a hannabarbara-ish feel to it) and it was a slow starter. But it hooked me, it just took a while. I'v seen much better since, but I've always had a soft spot for Blue Seed.
But I was working for a different video store later, a national franchise this time, but the manager (who had owned the old store I had worked at) still let us take movies home at night. And I decided to give t.v. style anime a try (thinking there would probably be less tentacle rape allowed on television.) So I started watching an anime called Blue Seed. It was an older animation style (kind of a hannabarbara-ish feel to it) and it was a slow starter. But it hooked me, it just took a while. I'v seen much better since, but I've always had a soft spot for Blue Seed.
Believe it was either Cardcaptor Sakura or Dragonball Z. I remember being big into both of those shows as a boy.
Also, pretty sure I was in the group of kids that preferred Digimon to Pokemon, even though the trading card game for Pokemon was a pretty big deal in the later years of primary school (to the point where they were eventually banned, after kids would lose or damage their charizard shinies and cry about it, haha).
Also, pretty sure I was in the group of kids that preferred Digimon to Pokemon, even though the trading card game for Pokemon was a pretty big deal in the later years of primary school (to the point where they were eventually banned, after kids would lose or damage their charizard shinies and cry about it, haha).
If you wanna be technical, it was Digimon when I was like 5. But really, it was Bleach. I remember my dad took me and a few friends to see memories of nobody in theaters and I fell in love. Something about it got me hooked, I can't really say.
I watched Akira and Ghost in the Shell back in college and while bloody excellent they didn't draw me into anime as such. Then someone pushed me into watching Gurren Lagann and I was hooked (cosplayed as Kamina two weeks ago at the London comic-con). Now I'm on Trigun & Cowboy Bebop, with Steins;Gate and Avatar (TLA) waiting for me. I'm also probably going to get hold of JoJo's Bizarre Adventure at some point, since that has been recommended by multiple people.
The first anime I watched was Pokemon but at the time I didn't know what anime was so I just saw it like any other western cartoon. the anime I watched knowing it was anime was possibly Naruto(the japanese version with subtitles back when it first start), as at the time my friends and I were watching a load of different ones at once; Love Hina and Green Green were two of them (My friend's older cousin lent him a bunch of pirated discs with a load of random stuff.)
I guess Digimon when I was like 5 but I didn't really like it. It was just better then the made for kids Star Trek knockoff that shared the time slot.
First anime property to really appeal to me was 'Tail Concerto' on PS1.
First anime property to really appeal to me was 'Tail Concerto' on PS1.
The first anime that really got me into anime for a long while was Rurouni Kenshin when it aired on Toonami. Then I watched the uncut version a few years later. It was a great look into Meiji era Japan, and was a relatively grounded series about a warrior trying to put down the weapon for good. It also had a sense of humor about it. After that, I really indulged.
But then I stopped for a long while. Attack on Titan I found to be overrated, I hated Sword Art Online, and anything else people recommended made me want to punch them for it. But, if there had to be a second coming for my return to anime so to speak, I would say Blue Exorcist is doing it for me.
But then I stopped for a long while. Attack on Titan I found to be overrated, I hated Sword Art Online, and anything else people recommended made me want to punch them for it. But, if there had to be a second coming for my return to anime so to speak, I would say Blue Exorcist is doing it for me.
When I moved for the first time, we had different TV channels (1999 cable TV) and saw Pokemon for the first time. The movies got me more interested, then I got into Dragonball Z and I didn't get past that stage for a few years, that show was the szchit for the 90s kids my age back in middle school.
After watching a few of the Miyazaki movies and watching toonami for a few years, my gf told me I should check out a show called Bleach. This was in 2006, and I fell in love it after seeing some of the later episodes on adult swim months later in a log cabin up in Big Bear. After that, I went home and binge watched the show, close to 10 episodes a day by the time summer hit and damn was it hot, no AC so it was about 95 degrees in my room for most of the day, but I didn't care! The show was amazing! Especially when comparing it to american television. I only liked a few american tv shows, and I still get really picky about what I watch. Anime is only limited by the artist's style and tools, the story and script, while live action tv shows need a lot more funding to be good quality, so often the special effects are terrible and the acting is cheesy. As much as I got into anime, I never wanted to go to an anime convention.
Anyways Bleach got me really into anime. I think the best anime I've seen were so good, I can't stomach the low quality stuff that plagues the industry, so the list of acceptable series has really thinned out.
After watching a few of the Miyazaki movies and watching toonami for a few years, my gf told me I should check out a show called Bleach. This was in 2006, and I fell in love it after seeing some of the later episodes on adult swim months later in a log cabin up in Big Bear. After that, I went home and binge watched the show, close to 10 episodes a day by the time summer hit and damn was it hot, no AC so it was about 95 degrees in my room for most of the day, but I didn't care! The show was amazing! Especially when comparing it to american television. I only liked a few american tv shows, and I still get really picky about what I watch. Anime is only limited by the artist's style and tools, the story and script, while live action tv shows need a lot more funding to be good quality, so often the special effects are terrible and the acting is cheesy. As much as I got into anime, I never wanted to go to an anime convention.
Anyways Bleach got me really into anime. I think the best anime I've seen were so good, I can't stomach the low quality stuff that plagues the industry, so the list of acceptable series has really thinned out.
Given that I am not as deep into anime as many others may be. . . .my original exposure was Saturday morning Japanese import cartoons. But the first anime I every watched that let me know it could be interesting was Akira.
After that, my attention was caught by a few: the Americanized Robotech and similar. But it was the ones that explored interesting ideas that have always kept me coming back. Ghost in the Shell and other more mature conceptualized anime have always been my favorite.
After that, my attention was caught by a few: the Americanized Robotech and similar. But it was the ones that explored interesting ideas that have always kept me coming back. Ghost in the Shell and other more mature conceptualized anime have always been my favorite.
Excluding the kids-stuff (which I got really quite into, especially Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon and a bit of Beyblades) the first anime I saw as 'something actually different to western animation' was Love Hina in the early 2000s, when my sister was rather into it - it was alright, but not quite my cup of tea. The first 'proper anime' I saw and enjoyed was Chrono Crusade, after seeing the first episode on a DVD included in a PC magazine.
Why would you be embarrassed about that? That show was awesome.pixiejedi said:
It's like the only anime romcom where the protagonist isn't some sensitive boy, but a badass with a goatee. It was a rather blatant way for the author to put himself in the story, but still... Harima Kenji is the man!
Fullmetal Alchemist (the original series), I mean I had watched plenty of anime before, Dragonball Z, Gundam, Pokemon, YuGiOh, Sailor Moon etc. but Fullmetal Alchemist was the show that really got me into it. I loved everything about it, the art style, the story, the effects, the detective work. It was an anime that definitely changed my life. It made me want to research more shows like it and when it ended I was honestly just heartbroken. I needed something to fill the void when it was gone and as cool as the action and everything was it wasn't a show that you could just watch again for the same experience, because you knew what was going to happen next. So yeah, Fullmetal Alchemist, still by far one of my favorite shows of all time.