My questions are these: 1) What is the first Anime you ever watched (If you've ever watched an anime), 2) How were you introduced to it, and 3) Did it make you want to watch more anime (Why or Why not)?
1) Death Note.
2) I'd been friends with an Albino African American Anime Otaku (no joke) for years, and he'd always tell me about various forms of anime and, after we got to know each other a bit, suggesting ones that I might like, but I've never taken the time to watch any of them because A. I'd always be too busy to sit down and watch an entire series and B. Most of the "good" ones that he describes seemed...well...weird (A notebook that kills people, a ninja in an orange jumpsuit that turns into a group of bikini clad women, cowboys in space, cowboys in space again but with rock music, a rubber band pirate, and countless renditions of giant robots fighting eachother). I finally got some down time though, took his advice, and watched Death Note (The first one he ever suggested to me, and one of two that he spoke of most frequently, the other being Naruto).
3) While I expected it to be entertaining (I knew that no one would watch it if it didn't have some merit) I was surprised and delighted by the deep character development and stunning attention to detail. I still go back and watch some of the more awesome "No ****ing way...!" moments every now and again. Needless to say, it made me want to watch other animes.
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1) Death Note.
2) I'd been friends with an Albino African American Anime Otaku (no joke) for years, and he'd always tell me about various forms of anime and, after we got to know each other a bit, suggesting ones that I might like, but I've never taken the time to watch any of them because A. I'd always be too busy to sit down and watch an entire series and B. Most of the "good" ones that he describes seemed...well...weird (A notebook that kills people, a ninja in an orange jumpsuit that turns into a group of bikini clad women, cowboys in space, cowboys in space again but with rock music, a rubber band pirate, and countless renditions of giant robots fighting eachother). I finally got some down time though, took his advice, and watched Death Note (The first one he ever suggested to me, and one of two that he spoke of most frequently, the other being Naruto).
3) While I expected it to be entertaining (I knew that no one would watch it if it didn't have some merit) I was surprised and delighted by the deep character development and stunning attention to detail. I still go back and watch some of the more awesome "No ****ing way...!" moments every now and again. Needless to say, it made me want to watch other animes.
Note: If this has been done before, please link to the original thread.
