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Feb 8, 2021 7:38 PM
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♡How old were you when you watched your first ever anime?♡

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Feb 8, 2021 7:44 PM
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I've been told that I started watching anime since I was 3. The first anime I watched was Dragon Ball Z through Cartoon Network. But obviously since I was pretty young, my memories of it aren't that vivid. I attribute watching Naruto as to how I got addicted to battle shounen/ action anime. I watched that when I was 6.
Feb 8, 2021 7:45 PM
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i was 11. i just turned 14, and BETTT im still here
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Feb 8, 2021 7:47 PM
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dbz all the way for me don't know exactly how young i was but i watched dbz , pokemon really religiously as a kid not knowing they were anime at the time later on i watched doraemon ,then one piece nd so forth
Feb 8, 2021 7:49 PM
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Well, it depends on what "start" you're talking about. I was first introduced to anime like One Piece when I was very young, but I was more of a casual fan. I only really started watching anime 3 years ago and took ratings and stuff seriously.
Feb 8, 2021 7:50 PM
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I'd guess it would probably be 6 years old to my early estimate watching bionix on ytv.

Feb 8, 2021 7:51 PM
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Around 2008 or so, when I was 13 or 14. Watched Final Fantasy Advent Children (didn't know what anime was) and then watched Death Note, Monster, and Darker than Black shortly after.

But I had seen things like Beyblade on TV randomly when I was much younger, but I'm not counting that.

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Feb 8, 2021 7:52 PM
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At the age of eleven I was binging Naruto and being the average narutard.


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Feb 8, 2021 7:52 PM
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In like Elementary school I would watch shows like Bakugan and Deltora Quest before the bus came. Then around when I was 12-13 o so, I found out that those were anime, and I started branching out.

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Feb 8, 2021 7:54 PM

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Holy sh*t op is super young what's she doing in a site like this.

Anyways I watch anime since I was very young and I don't even remember which title was my first. So if I were to count since I was aware of what was an anime, I was 11 years old.
Feb 8, 2021 7:54 PM

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i think when i was about 12, can't remember.
Feb 8, 2021 7:54 PM

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3-5. I grew up with anime like Doraemon and started before I can even remember. It was honestly forever ago.



Feb 8, 2021 7:55 PM

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Started at 19. Not sure what that says about me. Kind of sad I never grew up with Dragonball or anything though.
Feb 8, 2021 7:56 PM

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7, i got scared and had nightmares from spirited away
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Feb 8, 2021 7:57 PM

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All I know is I was a weirdo who was more into Megaman NT Warrior than more popular stuff like Pokemon. I don't quite remember when that started airing where I live though...

I didn't really start getting into anime until I saw the dub for FMA 03. That I'm 100% sure of.
Feb 8, 2021 8:19 PM
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detective conan, naruto and one piece and HxH on tv when i was 6 or 7
Feb 8, 2021 8:21 PM
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I guess when I was 5, my first anime were Cardcaptor Sakura and Doraemon.



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Feb 8, 2021 8:26 PM

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I first watched anime when I was 13 years old. There was a trailer from Animax that caught my attention and decides to watch more anime as more trailer come by every month.
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Feb 8, 2021 8:32 PM

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I know for a fact that I followed Card Captor Sakura when I was in grade 3, by then I knew what anime was. I've watched other stuff like Digimon Adventure, Doraemon and Captain Tsubasa way before that, but wasn't aware that it was Japanese animation.. so I voted 6-8
Feb 8, 2021 8:35 PM
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Technically watched DBZ when I was around 7 on TV, or maybe 4 if Pokemon counts, but it wasn't until I was like 11 did I actively get into anime and started with Mirai Nikki. 5 year later and yep still here.
Feb 8, 2021 8:38 PM

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8 maybe. First watched that dragon Ball z thing.
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Feb 8, 2021 8:41 PM

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I watch anime when i was 8 years old, i remember back then my sister boyfriend invite me to watch Sword Art Online at first I'm kinda not interested but when i watch it I'm kinda amazed i don't know why i enjoyed it, i can't explained it why and that's the beginning i started to watch anime. LMAO






Feb 8, 2021 8:48 PM
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30. I watched one episode of Attack on Titan. I took a day, and then I binged the rest and began the journey.
Feb 8, 2021 8:52 PM

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if you include pokemon (some ppl call it a cartoon) probably since i was 3-4
Feb 8, 2021 8:54 PM

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Sometime in elementary school. And it was Yugioh. Looking back at it, Yugi is a pretty overrated player LOL. Gets saved by plot, "I have to believe in the heart of the cards."
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Probably around 7 or 8, though I didn't know that things like Taro the Dragon Boy, Mouse and His Child, and Sherlock Hound were from Japan at all. It wasn't until about 10 years later that I saw Sailor Moon as the first "anime I knew was anime."

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Feb 8, 2021 8:55 PM
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I don't care whether what i watched in childhood were anime or not. They're just childhood memories. The proper first anime that i watched is Dragon Ball (1986) when i was 16 years old. Now i am 18 years old.
Feb 8, 2021 8:56 PM
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I probably started watching before even 3 years old, I live in SE Asia and anime is as common as Cartoons here. The earliest anime I remember watching are Ranma1/2, Doraemon, and Midori no Makibao
Feb 8, 2021 8:57 PM

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About 6, starting with Pokemon, DBZ, Hamtaro, and Yugioh.

I don't have DBZ started in my list though just bc I haven't watched in so long and forgot pretty much everything, so I'm going to restart it :' )
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Feb 8, 2021 8:59 PM

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around 4-5, I' grow up with Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters
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Feb 8, 2021 9:05 PM
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First time is when i was 4 and it was Doraemon, it was airing everywhere in Southeast Asia, but i REALLY got into anime when i was 13 back in 8th grade because my japanese teacher showed a really beautiful anime in class.
Feb 8, 2021 9:09 PM
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6 years old and my sister introduced me to touhou, then Blackrock shooter

it was a mistake to introduce me to anime, since im now basically one of the biggest Weeb with a tiny bit of degeneracy at my school
Feb 8, 2021 9:46 PM

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Actual first, I guess around 3 because all the best cartoons on TV were anime. More mature anime, and the time I was told it was called anime, around 21.
Feb 8, 2021 10:07 PM

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Started watching Naruto back on TV when I was in grade 8, and officially realized what an "anime" was when I watched Toradora the next year in grade 9.
Feb 8, 2021 10:13 PM

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♡ i started around 14 or 15 years old ♡
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Considering I remember watching uncut Silver Fang being my first traumatic memory, probably pretty young.
I might have already watched Pokemon and Digimon at that point though, can't remember
Feb 8, 2021 10:25 PM
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I used to watch a lot of Crayon Shin-chan and Doraemon as a kid. Does it count?
Feb 8, 2021 10:29 PM

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When I was 5-6 and it was either DBZ, Digimon, Yugioh, Pokemon or Beyblade, I don't remember which one I watched first.
Feb 8, 2021 10:36 PM
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Was watching Yu-Gi-Oh GX at 10 in 2007.
Feb 8, 2021 10:40 PM

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I was like 5-6 years old when I watched random 1-2 eps of pokemon (didn't knew it was anime back then), but never really got into medium untill I was 18, when I watched Death Note.
Feb 9, 2021 12:30 AM
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I can't remember clearly, I'm guessing I started to become aware of it around 7. I remember my cousins watching Bleach and Hitman Reborn back in the days, so I also watched it. Surely even younger since I watched a lot of shows like Pokemon and Doraemon with my brother.
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I voted based on when I first actually watched it. I was aware of it and saw a couple episodes before that but I never really was watching it or seeking it out back then.
Feb 9, 2021 12:35 AM
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I was about 10 when I almost consistently started watching Dragon Ball Z but then I realised I can't be asked to wake up at 6am for Dragon Ball Z on TV so I stopped
Feb 9, 2021 12:39 AM
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I was probably 3 or 4 years old when I first watched Doraemon & Crayon Shin-chan, but I didn't know what anime was back then so I don't think it counts.

I watched my "first" anime when I was 11.
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Feb 9, 2021 1:13 AM
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Started watching Dragonball Z which used to air in Cartoon Network when I was around 9.
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6 if you count Pokemon (Pokemon Advanced specifically) though at the time I didn't realize it was foreign animation. 10 when I actually realized all of this was from Japan and started getting more into manga and anime that weren't toy tie ins. 2008/2009 is around when i watched DB/DBZ for the first time.
Feb 9, 2021 1:32 AM

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started watching pokemon when I was about 11, watched some Ghibli before though. Started again when I was 13 and went back during quarantine
Feb 9, 2021 8:08 AM

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about 3-5, i grew up watching animes like muka muka paradise, shoukoujo sara, hantarou, etc. but then for some reason in 4th-6th grade, i started disliking anime and thought it was ugly and didn’t like ppl with anime icons but oh boy how the tables have turned on that one lmaoooo
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I started watching Doraemon and Shinchan I guess when i was around 3?I don't remember.

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I was like 12 kind of when anime started to become main stream where I live in the late 90's... Otherwise there were no anime programs prevalent when I was younger and not many people had computers or internet either. So I started with Toonami....like Gundam Wing, Ronin Warriors, Sailor moon etc.
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