| From checking bonus questions, I see that all my students' gateway genre is almost always action. Especially with some action titles like SAO, AoT and OPman reaching mainstream status. Looking back, action is also my first streamed anime(DtB). While I'm sure it isn't 100% the case, anyone here who started with another genre? Are you one of the rare gems who started with SoL? So, is action your gateway genre? In streaming, not TV, because dragonball. And while we're at it, how do you feel about your gateway genre (especially to those with action/ecchi)? Do you still prefer it, or have your preferrences changed? |
| Yes action was my gateway the thing i watched was death note while i admit its more of a thriller it still has its fair of action, how do i feel about it now ? Now while i think its a great series im dissapointed by the drop in quality in the second half, due to the death of you know who, and the ending was meh |
| anime is already common in my country long before those action shounen hype... the first anime i remeber watch is ninja hattori, crayon shinchan, chibi maruko-chan, doraemon, hutch the honeybee, jungle taitei, ETC.. if anything, it would be comedy.. but yes.. there is some action on it.. |
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| Yep. Wasn't exactly my first anime, but my gateway was Naruto. Pretty typical. Then moved on to Bleach and Death Note. My memory's pretty fuzzy from there on. |
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| Yeah, my first anime were the "big 3" back in 2009. Nowadays I don't really care too much for pure action as much as I do for other genres, though I still enjoy watching some action shows. It's a great way to get someone into the anime medium, or any medium for that matter. |
| My first two anime were Hamtaro (SoL) and Spirited Away (adventure/supernatural). My cousin tried to get me into anime with SAO and Code Geass (both action), but I wasn't really hooked until I watched Toradora (romance/SoL). In general I don't tend to like action stuff especially if they're done poorly. I will watch action anime every now and then, but it's not the main genre I watch. Someone said that FMA stuck out in my favourites list, but although it's considered a battle shounen the philosophy and characters were very interesting and the fighting was well done when it was the focus, but it wasn't the most important part of the anime. The story was more focused on adventure, which is more interesting than just action. If you look at the first 12 anime I completed you'll notice that after the two my cousin recommended they were pretty much all SoL with the one exception of Madoka. |
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| SOL was my gateaway genre. The first anime I ever watched was Haruhi and I knew this was what I was looking for. I enjoy some Action anime, of course. I'm primarily interested in character interaction though. |
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| I started anime with a long-running shoujo anime and to this day I still watch shoujo anime (I'm actually in the seinen demographic, though). I'm even fansubbing an anime adapted from a manga that was from the same magazine as my first anime. |
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| Action and comedy were the main genres I saw at first but it was comedy that made me start watching anime online. |
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zal said: Action and comedy were the main genres I saw at first but it was comedy that made me start watching anime online. Similar situation here, but only ecchi and comedy hooked me up |
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| I do remember a friend on Maplestory way back in middle school properly introducing me into anime, but I can't exactly remember what it was I watched. Shakugan no Shana, Hayate no Gotoku or Karin. I was a casual watcher at the time though, and it wasn't until freshman year of highschool where a few friends were talking about Naruto that it sorta got solidified, so I'm not exactly sure which would be considered the gateway. Of course, no childhood anime count since I doubt most of us even knew what anime was at the time. |
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| Well my gateway was SAO and that's action, so I guess so. It's definitely one of my favorite genres. |
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| Honestly, if I had known that CGDCT existed before I wouldn't have waited so long before getting into anime. I had heard about anime on the internet ever since I was 12 or so, but I associated it with things like Naruto and One Piece which look boring to me. It wasn't until I started watching anime based on where people's waifus were from that I really got into the medium. |
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| mine is ecchi tbh. then as i went deep more into more anime, i found action and got addicted to it. so maybe both ? |
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| Action/comedy was my first one and action is often a fallback when I kind of drift out of anime because of other stuff On a side note: Sao is action? :O |
| Madoka was what got me to start watching anime. Sorta. I avoided a lot of the things I watch now because people kept throwing around “otaku pandering” and I thought it meant series that had a lot of fanservice shots. Watching K-On convinced me otherwise and I started to watch things that I wouldn't have considered before then. Now it’s 5 years later and my favourite anime is something that people deride as an otaku pandering Madoka ripoff. Full circle. |
| Yeah, I started off with Soul Eater, then moved onto Angel Beats (not really action) and then onto Noragami. |
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| I got into anime through Higurashi no Naku Koro ni and watched Chuunibyou shortly after. Really wish there was more good thriller/horror anime, but nothing, except maybe Shiki, ever came close. That's why I'm a bit disappointed with Mayoiga turning out to be a comedy. At least good romcoms aren't that hard to find. |
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| Since action is certainly epic to see. |
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| No, Ghibli movies were my gateway, but I did watch more action oreinted shows when I still new to anime. |
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| I started to watch anime in the late nineties when I was a child with dragon ball , but my real anime gateway was NGE around 2007-2008, everything starts from here |
| My gateway were Mobile Suit Gundam Seed. Action Mecha and a bit of romance. I did watched DB before that but never that interested in anime. |
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| i'd rather say adventure was the main genre of pokemon, digimon and slayers so my answer is no even for streaming.. fewer than half of my first 10 series were action; i started with the psychological shit |
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BeBackinaSec said: From checking bonus questions, I see that all my students' gateway genre is almost always action. While I'm sure it isn't 100% the case, anyone here who started with another genre? And while we're at it, how do you feel about your gateway genre (especially to those with action/ecchi)? Do you still prefer it, or have your preferrences changed? My gateway anime was Cardcaptor Sakura. It has a lot of genres listed, but is best described as a magical girl anime. I don't watch magical girl anime all that often, but I guess I've seen most of those that are intended for creepy adult men like me - Nanoha, Sympogear, Vividred... and liked them, so I guess I still like the genre. Of the "genres" listed on MAL for CCS, I still like Adventure, Magic, Fantasy and Comedy. I tend to dislike shoujo, because I'm quite far from the target audience. Of the "genres" not listed on MAL, CCS is famous for its lolis, which I still like. And some measure of cute girls doing cute things, which I still like too. |
| Romantic comedies, slice-of-lifes, cute girls. Zulhelmi said: Maybe when you're still 13.Since action is certainly epic to see. |
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| Ecchi harem comedies are what got me really interested in watching more anime. |
| Yes. The obvious being DBZ, Natuto, Bleach and One Piece thought I never liked One Piece. And they are so mainstream at the time I didn't consider them anime. My first "real" anime was Death Note followed by Deadman Wonderland. Surprisingly, the show started to air on Adult Swim right after I finished it |
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| My first was actually Stein;sGate, so more SciFi/thirller than action. I'm not really the biggest action fan, so that's probably why. |
| I started my anime craze with Yu-Gi-Oh! GX, so... |
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Shinji said: Romantic comedies, slice-of-lifes, cute girls. Zulhelmi said: Maybe when you're still 13.Since action is certainly epic to see. I've seen many older people still love watching an epic action though their interest maybe a bit differ than the youngsters nowadays. Also, stood up an epic action wasn't that bad. |
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ConnorEP said: Yes action was my gateway the thing i watched was death note while i admit its more of a thriller it still has its fair of action, how do i feel about it now ? Now while i think its a great series im dissapointed by the drop in quality in the second half, due to the death of you know who, and the ending was meh Word for word. Bat after that I pretty much immediately switched to romance for some reason.. My next 4 anime were Bokura wa minna kawaisou, Sakurasou, Nichijou, B Gata H Kei & Toradora. It took me a while before I got into action anime.. |
| my experience with action anime was supposed to be a one-at-a-time deal; that i only watched some anime and liked other things instead. and then SoL and cute girls happened, and it was impossible to turn back. so i guess i can say action anime did get me into the medium. |
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| Nope, the genre that got me into anime was mahou shoujo. The problem with that genre is that it's often aimed at children, or just rather childish in nature, and not really that enjoyable for me. Then again, this made shows like Madoka Magica and Yuuki Yuuna all the better, given that they are somewhat more adult-oriented in nature. However, since I got into anime, I noticed that my taste changed to slice of life, 'feel good' shows, featuring cute girls and which are almost always comedic in nature. In fact, I'm not really all that much into action shows in the first place. There have been shows with plenty of action that I liked (SAO, AoT, etc.), but overall, action is not my go-to genre, and probably never will be. |
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| Seems like most people either started with action or SoL. I'm in the latter group. My first anime was Lucky Star, followed up with Haruhi and K-on. And to this day I like stuff with SoL and comedy the most. I couldn't really get into action at the beginning. Now I do watch action but its not my favorite. |
| Inuyasha was the anime that cemented my interest in anime, so I guess the answer would be yes. |
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| Yeah my gateway anime were stuff life Attack on Titan, Ghost in the Shell, Cowboy Bebop etc. Back when I started watching anime about two years ago I still thought slice of life and CGTCT were garbo but look at me now! Nichijou, Joshiraku and Girls und Panzer are in my favourites. |
| It was for me. As a kid, I watched the likes of Dragon Ball Z, Shaman King, Pokémon, Digimon, Zoids, etc. Action and adventure went hand in hand with each other. When I started getting back into anime as a 20 year old, it was primarily the action-oriented anime that I started with, too. Shingeki no Kyojin being the first one to bring me back to anime. I suppose with how popular action is in the west, it makes sense for it to be one of the primary genres to draw people in. As it stands though, action probably wouldn't be my go-to recommendation for those looking to get into anime. When thinking of my friends, most of them don't tend to look at action as a primary favourite. That's not to say that they dislike them, but they would definitely prefer other things. I guess it would still work, to a certain degree, as a gateway anime, but there are better things to start them off on. I suppose this is also a product of their age - since my friends and I are no longer kids, are interests are broader than that of simple action and fighting and explosions and the like. |
 It's an entirely different kind of flying, altogether! It's an entirely different kind of flying. |
| At first yeah, i just wanted soem badass action anime and started with AoT and then Naruto, Bleach, Deadman wonderland, Elfen Lied, Darker than Black etc ... and then, i tried Angel Beats. |
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| Even though there were lot of another genre anime apart from action one that I watched when I was a kid, when back then I still categorized them simply as cartoon but they were not really the source of my interest and I easily just skipped watching them when it was airing. I couldn't do that when it comes to Dragon Ball, or Digimon which are technically have action in its contents. And FMA:B was the one which brought me back after long years didn't follow anime anymore, So the answer for me is yes. |
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| I would say yes,,,, it's a battle *harem* too. To Aru Majutsu no Index is my gateway anime... |
| Welp not rly I like action but the gerne for me is the Psychological one or even a well made drama. |
| A Story will always come to it's end. The thing is, will you move on after it's over? |
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