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May 17, 2020 2:35 PM
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In my case surprisingly that character is not that popular, though it is based on Astroboy. Even after so many years it is very underrated and not all episodes are subbed to English and the few that are are based on the Italian dub.

I am talking about Jetter Mars.




subbed the OP/ED too for those interested. Fortunately in our dub they did not even bother adding a localised OP/ED so we had the original at least.



Though only 6 episodes were shown here, I immediately became connected with that character and his joy and sufferings. Unlike Astro, he was a robot from the beginning and had not a rival like Atlas. This made him more vulnerable since he had no memories or a core that would make him human.
Unfortunately series was scrapped after 27 episodes, though some elements would added to the much better Astro Boy 1980 later on.
After watching the rest of the series, quality starts to drop towards the last episodes with an inconclusive finale too. But first half is very good at least.

Still, after so many years I consider him my favorite anime character of my childhood (though at that time I preferred western cartoon characters) and my opinion has not changed since and I did not regret it for liking him.
May 17, 2020 2:37 PM
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that's actually a great question. I don't think I consciously thought about that as a kid. I think I always liked the villains the most hmm
May 17, 2020 2:40 PM
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Brock from Pokemon, and yeah, he's still my hero.



Cynthia from Pokemon has always been a favourite ever since I was a kid too.


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May 17, 2020 2:44 PM
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hmm.... Ash from pokemon? I remember I cosplayed him as a kid.

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May 17, 2020 2:46 PM
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I like Shin chan from crayon shin-chan.He´s pretty entertaining to watch.
May 17, 2020 2:57 PM
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Wataru from Spirit Hero Wataru
I remember saving up my lunch allowance in as 1st~2nd grader just to get rental subscription to anime videotapes.
There's Doremon too, but he was a manga/comic book chara.
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May 17, 2020 3:02 PM
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Shadow the Hedgehog from Sonic X. He's an interesting character and he's badass.
May 17, 2020 3:06 PM
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The only character I was obsessed with in my childhood was a Pokemon - Entei (from the movie Spell of the Unown: Entei). Fought my cousin till near death because he said Entei wasn't the best Pokemon. Won as always.

I had more favorites in my teen years:
- Lucy (Elfen Lied). I had this picture of her as my userpic on every social media for god knows how long

- Alucard (Hellsing). My first 2d crush
- Mello (Death Note). I also had a crush on him
- Brandon Heat (Gungrave). Again, had a huge crush on him
- Wrath (FMA 2003). I don't remember why I liked him... Probably because of his cute looks

Can't say I like any of them now. Maybe Alucard, he's awesome. I'm also not sure about Gungrave, because I literally don't remember anything about this anime except how the MC's name was pronounced (BURANDON! lol wtf)
May 17, 2020 3:08 PM
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The first anime character that I remember I liked was Virgo Shaka. He's hella strong so of course he piqued my interest as a kid.
When I (re)watched Saint Seiya many years later, actually few years ago, I still liked him. The Gold Saints are my favourite group of character overall and, amongst them, Virgo Shaka is sill the one I like the most.
May 17, 2020 3:12 PM
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I would have to say Usagi and...yes, I still like her a lot. Though there are many characters I like more now.



May 17, 2020 3:14 PM
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Anime wasn't really a thing when I was little... at least not in the mainstream US.
So, I guess going off what few anime I had seen at the time. I'd have to say my favorite anime character, was the giant bugs from Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind. I must have watched that movie 100 times because those bugs were so cool.
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May 17, 2020 3:49 PM
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Okay listen up everyone it's big cringe time alright. Back in 2012-2013 I learn of this thing called anime, by a Youtuber whom I at the time looked up to. He had an ask.fm page for questions, a fair portion of which was anime-related (even though his content has nothing to do w/ it), so he had directed all those questions to his MAL page.

And here I am very perplexed of this new medium. I scavenge his profile to know what's all the fuzz about. And since I was like 12 and very fond of cartoons I decide to give it a shot, looking at the titles he rated 10. Most look mature and heavy but there's this distinct show which is all cutesy that is nonetheless a 10, called Lucky Star. And here I get really creeped out, bc that YT'er is almost in his 30s, and these drawings look like pre-teens. I'm like "Wait is this guy that I admire a fucking pedophile?!" And then I watch it to clear my suspicions. I finish the show absolutely adoring Tsukasa Hiiragi. I mean, it is my first conscious introduction to anime as well as first to moe. Given how much of a moefag I came to be it's only fitting that my first "anime crush" if you will is a high school girl that looks 12 y/o that I'm now too ashamed to admit.
May 17, 2020 3:51 PM
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Kari was my absolute favorite Digimon character as a kid, most of my early internet usernames had Kari in it. I still like her but there are a lot of Digimon characters I like more than her now.
May 17, 2020 3:51 PM
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Gohan... Vegeta was also pretty up there
May 17, 2020 3:56 PM
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I liked Kyoya Tategami from beyblade metal fusion I used to imitate his grunts and Ryuga the main villain because of his abs:) they are still cool today.
May 17, 2020 4:01 PM
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I grew up with Shin-chan, Doraemon & Dragonball Z's regional dub.
I always liked Shin-chan.He was an entertaining character.I still like him.

I also had hots for Future Trunks.I thought he was hella cool.But watching super ruined his character for me or my childhood expectations.
May 17, 2020 4:05 PM
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Shin-chan... Here in the Netherlands the serie was cancelled because parents complained that it was not appropriate for children. Fuck man they ruined my childhood.
May 17, 2020 4:45 PM
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As a child, I liked

Mewtwo (Pokemon)
Machinedramon/Greymon S1 lineage (Digimon)
Scourge aka Black Convoy (Transformers:Car Robots)
Mr. Referee (Medabots)
Kaiba (Yu-Gi-Oh)
Metaknight (Kirby Right Back at Ya) ...(didn't like Kirby in this version despite liking Kirby in the games)
Kevin Mask and Kintaro (Kinnikuman II)

I don't like them as much as I did back then, but I still do over any character in their respective series
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I used to be obsessed with Detective Conan, and thus ended up loving the trio of Shinichi, Heiji, and Kaito. They all seemed very cool back then. Sadly as I grew older, my focus shifted towards how well they're written rather than how cool they are. So yeah I no longer feel very fond of them. As is the case with Detective Conan overall as a series.
May 17, 2020 5:03 PM
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The childhood anime I remember best is Digimon and Tailmon was my first furry experience and holds a place in my heart to this day.
May 17, 2020 5:07 PM
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Pharaoh from Yu-Gi-Oh, or Sasuke from Naruto.

I liked the edgier characters in whatever kids anime I could watch on Cartoon Network or whatever tv station. I wanted to be like them. Ah, the memories.

Still kind of holds true, but characters like Sasuke I started to see as more rude and immature instead of cool, calm and quiet like i did initially.

Characters like Itachi, or Naofumi from shield hero are my tops now, whether they're written good or not. It's just what i'm into.
May 17, 2020 5:10 PM
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Bergkamp said:
Shin-chan... Here in the Netherlands the serie was cancelled because parents complained that it was not appropriate for children. Fuck man they ruined my childhood.


So retarded, all of that but now their grandchildren watch Enzo Knol's nude ass. This is why people like @Seiya are harmful to society.
May 17, 2020 5:21 PM
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Shinchan.....I grew up watching Shinchan & I still love to watch Shinchan every now & then
May 18, 2020 3:46 AM
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Inuyasha and Shinichi Kudou lmao. Now I don't have any strong feelings towards them anymore.
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May 18, 2020 4:08 AM
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Back then my focus was not on the characters but I think I used to like Kankichi Ryoutsu from kochikame.

May 18, 2020 4:18 AM
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Goemon Ishikawa, he was cool af back then and he sure as hell still is.
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May 18, 2020 4:28 AM
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I liked doraemon very much when I was small but not now.

But I still like creatures known as Pokemon


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May 18, 2020 4:42 AM
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That kid Kai from Beyblade. I thought he was cool or something.
May 18, 2020 4:42 AM
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Probably Sonic from Sonic X. I have mixed feelings nowadays about Sonic.
May 18, 2020 5:07 AM
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Itachi and I still like him
Kaiba (Yu-Gi-oh) was cool then
May 18, 2020 5:13 AM
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I was Goku trash, not so much these days



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May 18, 2020 5:16 AM
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My Favourite Childhood characters were Goku, Doraemon, Shin-chan, i Still like them.
May 18, 2020 6:34 AM
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Ash Ketchum - I was a huge fangirl, now I'm not even interested, neither in Ash nor in Pokemon

Sakura Kinomoto and Yue - Still love them to this day.

Black Jack - still like him

Edward Elric - kind of still like him, I lost interest in the series as a whole after watching FMAB, used to love FMA.

Shibuya Yuuri - Meh, this guy needs to learn a little more about his own hypocritical "justice" although I still use him as my avatar out of (a bad) habit.

I also liked Wolfram when I watched kkm as a 10 year old but almost 14 years later this boy has worked his way up to the very top of my most hated list, I was totally disgusted by his behavior when I read the manga and LNs.
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May 18, 2020 6:45 AM
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When I was a kid, I used to watch Doraemon on TV. Till this day, I still like this robot cat.
May 18, 2020 10:08 PM
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Monkey D Luffy. I am an elementary kid when I started to love Luffy and I still love him now even as an adult. His influence in my life is meaningful. He’s my hero and inspiration.




May 22, 2020 7:57 PM
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it was goku and i was mad about him however now i still like him but not like before
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May 22, 2020 8:01 PM
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Mine was Tyson from Beyblade. He disliked losing which I related to a lot. He was hot headed and very blunt which I thought was cool. I still like him now though some of those traits are not good to have irl.
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rohan121 said:
Mine was Tyson from Beyblade. He disliked losing which I related to a lot. He was hot headed and very blunt which I thought was cool.
Ahh, I remember that. I used to really dig that rivalry between Tyson and Kai
May 23, 2020 12:44 AM
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Ren from Shaman King. I still like him, I guess. Even though I don't really give a shit about Shaman King or Shonen anime anymore.
May 23, 2020 12:50 AM
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sesshomaru and, kikyo, yes i still love them.
May 23, 2020 2:36 AM
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Kona (Pure-tou no Nakama-tachi)
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May 23, 2020 2:42 AM
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Rock Lee. When he dropped those weights it was over, instant favourite, he's still my favourite over a decade later. Before him it was probably Vegeta.
May 23, 2020 3:29 AM
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Probably kiteretsu or perman. I also liked shinchan and lucky man a lot.
May 23, 2020 3:50 AM
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Gohan. Nowadays he is my number 1 most disappointing character. All for some Goku fan service.


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