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Mar 26, 12:12 PM
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For me it was spring 2016, MHA s1 .

I was 9 years old at that time and my cousin was watching this with me.

And thus I started watching anime.

Now watching different animes for almost 8 years.

What about you?

(Pls don't include shows like DBZ, Doraemon, pokemon and kids show) :)
I need somebody who can love me at my worst
No, I'm not perfect, but I hope you see my worth
'Cause it's only you, nobody new, I put you first
And for you, girl, I swear I'll do the worst

If you stay forever, let me hold your hand
I can fill those places in your heart no else can
Let me show you love, oh, I don't pretend, yeah
I'll be right here, baby, you know I'll sink or swim
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Mar 26, 12:13 PM
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Mar 26, 12:14 PM
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@Serafos Also tell me the year you had started watching anime.
I need somebody who can love me at my worst
No, I'm not perfect, but I hope you see my worth
'Cause it's only you, nobody new, I put you first
And for you, girl, I swear I'll do the worst

If you stay forever, let me hold your hand
I can fill those places in your heart no else can
Let me show you love, oh, I don't pretend, yeah
I'll be right here, baby, you know I'll sink or swim
Mar 26, 12:16 PM
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@Serafos Also tell me the year you had started watching anime.
@Pinoffin I wasn't an avid anime watcher until 2019, so I'm going to give you that year.
Mar 26, 12:16 PM
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The Moomins when i was like a toddle or something. So i guess i have technically watched anime for 29 years.
Mar 26, 12:20 PM
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The Moomins when i was like a toddle or something. So i guess i have technically watched anime for 29 years.
@Spunkert Moomins are currently airing in my country and also started airing when I was like 6 in my place. ^_^
I need somebody who can love me at my worst
No, I'm not perfect, but I hope you see my worth
'Cause it's only you, nobody new, I put you first
And for you, girl, I swear I'll do the worst

If you stay forever, let me hold your hand
I can fill those places in your heart no else can
Let me show you love, oh, I don't pretend, yeah
I'll be right here, baby, you know I'll sink or swim
Mar 26, 12:27 PM
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Probably rorouni kenshin in 2004 or 2005. The only thing i remember are the opening and the mc.
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Mar 26, 12:30 PM
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I don't remember my first anime but I remember three of them.
1. Ao no Exorcist
2. Akame ga Kill
3. Attack on Titan
I watched it in 2016.
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Mar 26, 12:31 PM
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Cardcaptor Sakura on TV. Back in 2003.
Mar 26, 12:35 PM

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My first anime was FMA, back in 2006-2007 when it was at a television program in my country. I was just a kid,dind't know what anime was back then.
I remembered some of the name (the alchemist part) in 2013-2014 and that was when I searched it, saw it, and then FMAB.
After that, I started to search for other similar shows and the rest is history :))
Mar 26, 12:41 PM

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It was ether Naruto, Bleach, FNA, Fate/stay night or Gundam Seed as I don't remember exactly which one. This was back in 2003/2004 or later while in high school.
Mar 26, 12:42 PM
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I probably have the weirdest first anime, specially considering my age, my first anime was Absolute Duo when i was 7, at the time, i didn't actually understand the ecchi scenes, and was just watching for the plot, i remember at the time i had finished watching DBZ i just went to the search page, and started seeking anime in a alphabetical order, the first one with a interessing cover, caught my attention, it's crazier how in the same year i also watched Shinmai Maou no Testament
Mar 26, 12:43 PM

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dragon ball z sometime during the early 1990s

yes im a 90s kid
Mar 26, 12:46 PM

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My first was Candy, Candy and it is my favorite also.
Mar 26, 12:47 PM

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Super basic and normie but I believe the first anime I ever watched consciously was Sword Art Online back in 2013. I didn't start watching anime seriously until about 2018-2019.

Before SAO though I had seen Pokémon and Digimon shows as a little kid. I just wasn't aware that I was watching anime at that time and I have no idea when I did watch them. PS2 games were more my speed at the time lol
Mar 26, 12:48 PM

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If we go a talk about time I didn’t know it was Shaman king in 2007 or something but for but for Anime I watched knowing I watched an anime it gonna be Vampire Knight in 2010
Mar 26, 12:51 PM

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As a child, I recall watching a Zorro anime (the spanish one not the one with green hair), a Sleeping Beauty anime, etc.
The only anime of my childhood that I was somewhat into was Sonic X (which I tried to watch again last year but it's pacing was too slow). Oh and Daddy Long Legs.
I recall watching a ton of Hentai and Highschool DxD in 2017.
And in 2021 I tried watching Kill la Kill, which I dropped on like the 6th or 5th episode, and at the same time I watched Konosuba, Redo of Healer, Goblin Slayer, GuP and Welcome to NHK which are the shows that have lead me to my almost 3 year long obsession with anime.
Mar 26, 12:53 PM

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I watched a lot of anime on TV when I was a kid without knowing what it was (I think everyone did), but it was Sailor Moon that was really responsible for getting me "into" anime. That was in 1998, and I was 13. I think it was during the summer, but this was a long time ago, so I don't really remember. Sailor Moon was also my first manga (1999), the first piece of anime merchandise I ever bought (two collectible cards on eBay, in 1999), and even my first subtitled anime (2001).

At first, it was just like any other random thing I happened to catch on TV, but I enjoyed it so much. After watching it every day for a few weeks (and recording it so I could rewatch it), I went online to find out more about this new show I'd found, and I learned about "anime," which at the time was something I'd never heard of. I knew I wanted to see more, so I quickly started watching as much anime as I could. I never imagined that I'd still be watching anime so many years later, but I still enjoy it so much that I've never even thought of stopping.
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The first Japanese anime I watched in Japanese was the original Dragon Ball series (the one where Goku is a kid). I watched it in both Japanese and English and compared the different scripts since that was the first time I had a DVD of a show that let you switch languages, so it was something I found rather cool as a 13-year-old.
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Mar 26, 1:02 PM

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Technically the first anime I ever watched would be Battle of the Planets and Speed Racer back in the early 80's

But I'm going to say Akira and 1992 because that's when I actually started watching anime because it was anime.
Mar 26, 1:04 PM

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I think I started with Ore Monogatari!! when I started getting into anime in early 2020, but I honestly can't remember. My first anime ever was probably when I went to see Spirited Away at a drive-in theater when it came out.
Mar 26, 1:09 PM
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Attack on Titan in 2014. However, i was watching Yugioh Duel Monsters, Pokemon, Digimon and One Piece when it was airing back in the day but i didn't know what anime was.
Mar 26, 1:15 PM

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Pinoffin said:
What is your first anime and when did you start it?


Technically I have been exposed to Japanese Anime all my life, even when I was a baby since I have partly grew up living in Japan. Most notably before primary school I remember being exposed to stuff like "The Adventures of the Little Prince" on Asahi TV in the early 70s. Though, I mostly remember watching "The Adventures of the Little Prince" on Western TV in the mid 80s on a station called Nickelodeon Along side series like "The Mysterious Cities of Gold".

To be fair, I really didn't start getting interested in Japanese Anime as a medium until my parents took me with them to go see the movie "Project A-Ko" at a local theater in Japan in 1986. Where a short 40 minute Anime called "Departure: Ami, the Last Chapter" played before the main feature.

So If you are excluding kids shows then my 1st Anime was a short film that played before watching the "Project A-ko" movie, revolving around the Character Ami Nonomura linked to what today would be coined as a "Hentai" franchise called "Cream Lemon" since there was really no such thing as "Hentai" when it came to Japanese Anime back in the 80s.
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Mar 26, 1:17 PM
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DBZ, Pokemon, but sometimes even DBZ AND Pokemon. But since it was so long ago, I'm not sure, maybe it was just DBZ and Pokemon
Mar 26, 1:21 PM

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In 2005-2006 I can't tell exactly I've seen Pokemon, Yu gi oh, Naruto and Shaman King on Jetix but I thought back than that it were Polish cartoons cause it was fully dubbed.

In around 2007-2008 for the first time knowing that I am watching anime and I was watching it with subs, was Bleach.
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Pinoffin said:
What is your first anime and when did you start it?


Technically I have been exposed to Japanese Anime all my life, even when I was a baby since I have partly grew up living in Japan. Most notably before primary school I remember being exposed to stuff like "The Adventures of the Little Prince" on Asahi TV in the early 70s. Though, I mostly remember watching "The Adventures of the Little Prince" on Western TV in the mid 80s on a station called Nickelodeon Along side series like "The Mysterious Cities of Gold".

To be fair, I really didn't start getting interested in Japanese Anime as a medium until my parents took me with them to go see the movie "Project A-Ko" at a local theater in Japan in 1986. Where a short 40 minute Anime called "Departure: Ami, the Last Chapter" played before the main feature.

So If you are excluding kids shows then my 1st Anime was a short film that played before watching the "Project A-ko" movie, revolving around the Character Ami Nonomura linked to what today would be coined as a "Hentai" franchise called "Cream Lemon" since there was really no such thing as "Hentai" when it came to Japanese Anime back in the 80s.
@ColourWheel I can't believe someone else actually remembers watching Mysterious Cities of Gold. Made my day
Mar 26, 1:33 PM

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My first anime was Naruto, when it comes to the less mainstream one though my first was Sakura-sou no Pet na Kanojo.
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Mar 26, 1:38 PM
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Lain, last year. I'm still fairly new to anime.
Mar 26, 1:42 PM
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Crayon Shin Chan or Dr.Slump Arare-chan
Dunno which one was first since I was a toddler. 94-95
Mar 26, 2:22 PM

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I watched pokemon and stuff as a kid but i dont really count that. I watched Kill la Kill sometime in 2016-2017, been watching anime ever since.
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Mar 26, 2:48 PM

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Besides Pokémon as a kid, I started watching anime seriously in 2021 after witnessing the brilliance of Evangelion. Couldn’t be happier with the journey!
Mar 26, 2:50 PM

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The one that started me to watch anime regularly, especially the seasonals, was Kobato in 2009.
Mar 26, 3:23 PM
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Childhood:
- Beyblade: Metal Series
- Yugioh series, most dominantly ZEXAL

Early years:
- Kaichou wa Maid-sama!
- SAO
- Erased
- Toradora

Very casual years:
- AoT
- Horimiya
- MHA

2023-present:
- 86 Eighty-Six
- Skip to Loafer (first seasonal)
- Sora yori mo Tooi Basho



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Mar 26, 3:24 PM

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Growing up, I watched a lot of anime on television, mostly kids shows, but the ones I remember watching the most were Initial D, Gundam Seed, Flame of Recca, Slam dunk and Yuyu Hakusho. I remember watching One Piece as a child, but I didn't enjoy the goofiness of the character, so I always switched the channel to other anime that were airing at the time.
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1st anime I watched in Japanese was the original Macross. When I bought the dvd when it cam out.
Mar 26, 3:44 PM

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I don't really remember specifically but it was when Cartoon Network started airing their Toonami Block of anime in the late 90's. It was probably Sailor Moon when I was 12. This is when I first knew what anime was which was. When i was a child I used to watch Voltron but I was too young to even remember much about it or even know what it was.
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mine was Star Blazers back in 1978. I was in middle school and had no idea "anime" was a thing. Much later I watched Uchuu Senkan Yamato in sub.
Mar 26, 4:34 PM
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bleach, about a year ago. in autumn 2023: made in abyss, one piece. and since i am binging one after another, like catching up
Mar 26, 4:41 PM
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It was either 2018-19. My brother loved anime and I hated it with a passion, because I was like 14 or something and I heard it was cringe. I was (and still am) really into movies and so my brother made a deal that he'd watch my movies if he got to show me anime. I saw Spirited Away and liked it so I agreed (that was technically the first I watched but I consider movies (and Ghibli) to be different). The first one he showed me was Demon Slayer and then he showed me Toradora. The rest was up to me and I hate my brother for what he did to me.
Mar 26, 4:44 PM
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I believe my first was My Neighbor Totoro when it was first released by 20th Century Fox in 1994.
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What is your first anime and when did you start it?



SUPER-DIMENSIONAL FORTRESS MACROSS... by proxy of it's mid-80's US/WORLD Localization, "ROBOTECH"


a Nephew got me started by Happenstance when i was a young boy... giving me this transformable model kit
of the principal poster boy Mecha from the series;





half a dozen years on, - in my middle-teens -
my dad got me this smaller-scale, non-transformable model of the same Mecha, in one of it's three transformation modes;




in 1996, i began to find dual-episode ROBOTECH VHS Cassettes at my local mall's "SUNCOAST VIDEO"




in the same year, i found my very first Anime Magazine at SUNCOAST...
which piqued my interest so hard that it was a one-way road to OTAKUdom for me from thence onward;



Mar 26, 7:04 PM

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Back when Nisekoi was airing, so 2013? My first anime are:
-Nisekoi
-Sword Art Online
-Attack on Titan
-K-On
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Mar 26, 7:08 PM

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Sword Art Online in 2012. I remember being so hyped to watch it as I didn't know what to expect. So many good animes were being aired at that time as well.
Mar 26, 7:14 PM
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Kids beyblade around 2000 with digimon.
Real start 2012 with Fmab.
Mar 26, 7:23 PM

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First anime ever? DBZ Kai for sure, when it aired on Nick in the late 2000s - early 2010s (RIP Toriyama, btw)

But the first anime I sat down and watched would have to be That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime when it was still airing in late 2018. Still a great anime today, super excited for season 4!
Mar 26, 7:38 PM

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Dragon Ball in 2014. And then Death Note.

Mar 26, 7:41 PM

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The earliest anime I remember watching was Attack on Titan in spring 2013 when it came out. I was 9 years old at the time.
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Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters back in the early 2000s. Then Sonic X, InuYasha, and Death Note.
Mar 26, 8:50 PM
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Would say pokemon but dont want that included

so Id say Inuyashiki, watched it like 8/9 years ago didnt even know it was an anime until recently lmao
First anime I knew was an anime when I started watching was Cowboy Bebop and that got me into anime



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First one I deliberately watched as anime after learning what anime even is, was 「Slayers」in 2003.

First ones I remember watching without knowing they were anime are 「Ninja Senshi Tobikage」,「Robin Hood no Daibouken」and「Shirayuki Hime no Densetsu」
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