Anime/Manga What got you into anime?
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theclaw
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The early Pokemon episodes. In particular the original characterization of Misty. I knew little of the Johto episodes, or their ill-advised efforts to soften her up, until years later.
My two cents? I disagree with driving too big a wedge between western and eastern animation. I'd always loved cartoons influenced by (TMNT) or adapted from (Mario) Japanese material, long before ever realizing there was a such thing as television in Japan.
My two cents? I disagree with driving too big a wedge between western and eastern animation. I'd always loved cartoons influenced by (TMNT) or adapted from (Mario) Japanese material, long before ever realizing there was a such thing as television in Japan.
Pretty much this, but I started using Crunchyroll from the very start. Many of my favorite anime I started there. Then I started watching anime youtubers and there it goes my free time.
Zankew
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One Piece.
Its my most favorite anime and thats what got me into anime (and manga) it also inspired me to draw anime characters (i used to suck at art but now i draw really cool; especially manga)
Its my most favorite anime and thats what got me into anime (and manga) it also inspired me to draw anime characters (i used to suck at art but now i draw really cool; especially manga)
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Haha, same! I think I even said in this thread forever ago that another PCer spammed me until I agreed to watch One Piece. Still watch it to this day! :)
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yeah. kinda same with me. my friends used to talk bout one piece but i didnt understand a thing. i thought they were talking cr*p.
later i started reading the manga and i fell in love with it. i learned a lesson too~
never underestimate your friends' gossip (lmao)
tonylee123321
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i was so small i dont remember my first anime
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Detective Conan , if Dragon Ball and Sailer Moon dont count.
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I'd say Death Note, I used to watch a reaction channel and he talked about Death Note a lot, so I thought I'd try it out. I loved it and I've been watching anime ever since.
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I've been watching Pokemon anime for as long as I can remember, but I never had any interest to try other ones until... Okamiden on the DS I'd say? It's not even an anime, but it got me interested in Japanese culture. A year or 2 later there was this guy in my wind orchestra that was reading Naruto during the break (he was on the Chunnin exam arc - Naruto VS Kiba iirc) and I thought "This looks neat!" So I started reading and that's where it all began.
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Back in the 90s, Syfy (or Sci-fi Channel as it was called at the time) would show an anime movie every Saturday. I don't remember what prompted me to start watching those other than "huh, those look interesting" since the whole draw they had for it was "cartoons from Japan!!", but some of those movies were the first times I watched anime knowing that it was anime. I had seen other series before that, but didn't realize they had come from elsewhere. I guess after discovering those movies, and then trying to find other anime to watch (very scant offering in my area at the time)...that's what got me into liking it.
Sailor Moon was my first love. Grew up watching the American version and had quite the collection growing up. But when I really got into anime was when my friends in the 5th grade forced me to watch Neon Genesis Evangelion on Adult Swim at a sleep over after her parents went to sleep. After watching some of that, I immediately fell in love. Went home and tried to figure out how I could watch the entire series. NGE will always be my favorite anime because of this.
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Sailor Moon was my introduction to anime, but I didn't go full otaku until college.
Imagine. I was a freshman in college, and could, for the first time, pull all-nighters without drawing the ire of my parents. Looking for something to watch late night in my dorm room, I stumbled upon Adult Swim back when nightly anime blocks were a thing. The big shows at the time were the first FMA, Case Closed, Cowboy Bebop, Inuyasha, and others. Those were my "gateway drugs," so to speak.
From then on, the rest, as they say, is history. I began to research and look around, and find more romance and slice of life shows that Adult Swim didn't show, and that's when things really took off.
Imagine. I was a freshman in college, and could, for the first time, pull all-nighters without drawing the ire of my parents. Looking for something to watch late night in my dorm room, I stumbled upon Adult Swim back when nightly anime blocks were a thing. The big shows at the time were the first FMA, Case Closed, Cowboy Bebop, Inuyasha, and others. Those were my "gateway drugs," so to speak.
From then on, the rest, as they say, is history. I began to research and look around, and find more romance and slice of life shows that Adult Swim didn't show, and that's when things really took off.