How did you know about Pokemon in the first place?

[fanh]

So how did you first know about Pokemon? By watching the anime? Read the manga? Play the games?

I first knew about Pokemon by watching the anime =D

 

[Glacier]

I first saw it when flicking through channels about 7 years ago and saw the little yellow rat shocking team rocket half to death and it made me laugh so i got myself a GBpocket and yellow and ive loved it ever since.

 

[sandcrawler]

Anime on video. It was what, 2000?

 

[♣Gawain♣]

I knew about pokemon in anime, when this little boy holding some huge rodent with red spots for cheeks electrified the bike of an orange-haired girl. Then when i heard that there is a game for this show, I bought my first Pokemon game: Blue.

 

[CrystalFlow]

The cars were here first, shortly after the anime released, then red/blue came out

 

[BeachBoy]

You know, good question @_@

I believe it was by the advertisements of it, followed by the anime. I got Blue though, the rest is history.

 

[Superjub]

I cant quite remember, I think it was either anime or just saw it in the shops :)
I hate Ash! :(
But I like Red so I bought that first (well blue but then red, its a long story. :) )

 

[starmii3]

I learned about it by seeing the cardgame in action. Then i went home and saw the show. I was addicted, but as everyone else stopped watching/ playing it, i felt i had to also. But now here i am, years later, and im addicted to it :P

 

[THIRTY-SIX]

My younger cousin showed me the game from when he came from the US. He has since then grown out of it though…

 

[EmeraldSky]

Saw an ad in one of my favorite magazines of a bunch of weird creatures about to be caught in a huge net, then saw the bus commercial on TV, got Blue, and the rest is history.

 

[Pookachu]

Ummm, there was this kid in school playing Blue version.

So, I liked it and bought one myself.

 

[skyterra]

Friends of mine were playing it, so I decided to rent gold at blockbuster. Was awesome.

Gold was my first game, Cyndaquil my first Pokemon.

 

[Murasaki]

I noticed the boxes for the Red/Blue versions in a store just before the game was released (the boxes were just some sorta display-type-thingy) and, being the typical 8-year-old girl thought Pikachu was cute so got Red once they were released. Didn't even know what the game involved I just got it because I liked the monsters xD Watched a bit of the anime since that came out around the same time I think... but my interest in that died since it's not very good.

So yeah... games for me.

 

[Nytkoi]

I found it in the games... Pokemon Red...

 

[Kaguya]

I honestly can't remember if I saw the cards or anime first. My first game was Crystal.

 

[Twinx]

The TV show, a younger girl on the bus once told me she liked to watch it and told me it was really cool and that I should watch it.

The first episode I saw was TR's first appearance. I was like "Oh no! Villans!" hehehe

 

[Razer302]

I first learnt about it by watching the anime. I can't remember the first show I saw was around the Pewter Gym.

 

[Suki]

I learnt about it by watching the anime too. I don't remember specifically what the first show I watched was about.

 

[Blargtastic808]

The first time I watched it was on a Japanese channel. It was the episode where all the Pokemon were lost on the island and they had subtitles for them and stuff lol

After that I saw a commercial for Blue version during the commercial break and I was set on having my mom buy it for me. I was 7 lol

 

[Gummy]

It came to me in a dream.

I was flipping through the channels and happened to stop on the channel airing the first episode of Pokemon as soon as it was starting. In other words, it was fate.