| I've always watched anime growing up but not much, the occasional episode here and there. But around summer of last year I decided to watch FMA Brotherhood and really loved it. Got a few recommendations of a friend which I watched and I've been hooked ever since. |
| I grew up on shows like yugioh,pokemon and digimon plus shows on toonami around late 1900- early 2000. I also had an uncle that stayed with me who collected DBZ action figures ( unfortunately not figma or pvc figures but the kind you could pick up in an american toy store chain like Toys R US) which I thought was awesome. For a long time I didnt know shows like that were anime. Around middle school I watched AMVs a lot which got me to like bands like linkin park and breakin benjamin ,but also got me interested in the shows that were used in the AMVs. The first show I watched with subs was The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and my fandom just took off from there. |
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| I got into manga (forgot how I discovered it) which led me to knowing anime. But Naruto is one of the first anime that I watched and enjoyed. I did grow up collecting pokemon and yu gi oh cards but I didn't know what the crap anime was at that time haha. |
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| I don't really know how I got into it honestly. I never watched DBZ or Pokemon, but there was always something about it that intrigued me. Maybe it was a forbidden fruit thing, since I wouldn't dare attempt to watch it in mixed company. I had caught one or two blips of things on Toonami, but I really got into it when I got my own laptop and had the privacy to watch it. It was actually one of the first things I did after getting my laptop set up, was go on Hulu Desktop and see what there was. I found the show Gunslinger Girl and have never looked back. |
| I like to thank Mononoke hime for getting me interested in the medium, and Code Geass for making me an addict to it. |
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| The first Anime I ever watched...Would have to be Tenchi Muyo. I still remember running from the bus to my home to catch the next episode. I later on went to watch DBZ and Gundam Wing. Those three had to be the ones that truly got me into Anime. |
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| My beloved TV. |
| Anime God came into my dream and said that I would die if I stopped watching Anime. |
| Well, I grew up watching Pokemon and Sailor Moon, but I was young enough when those were on that I ultimately didn't even realize they were anime. I would have to say that what really got me hooked was when I accidentally watched an episode of Yu Yu Hakusho when it came on Adult Swim. From there I started in on YYH and InuYasha, then I picked up on the anime that was on Toonami, and I've been watching anime ever since. |
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Waruineko said: My beloved TV. If I didn't have TV, I won't even know anything about anime. |
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| at first time I watch anime it's not that curious but.. since last year if I'm not wrong watching one piece from first episode until episode hmm idk i forget.. i want to watch more anime.. like bleach, sket dance, and death note, at the start I think Anime has many episode like one piece, bleach, etc, i just know it it's normally just 12 or 13.. having 25 episode can be called awesome maybe ~sorry for bad english i know about it ~ |
| i knew what manga and anime was back in 2003 but never was interested nevertheless i watched some animes since 1999 but wasn't a fan , until death note appeared , it drove me to watch more and more anime , and for manga that was hokuto no ken and souten no ken ... |
| Was watching TV and watched this show which I liked(it was about gaming) and in this episode they had a special daily theme which was anime and I knew alredy about naruto,pokemon and dragonball but I wasnt that great fan of and actually had almost no idea about anime/manga,and in this show they talked about some of the best anime/manga of all time.Then I saw fullmetal alchemist and from episode 1 I was in love with this show and watched the whole FMA in 1-2 weeks so amazed I was.Then after heard about cowboy bebop and after cowboy bebop I was mind blow I knew after that theres no way back and that anime/manga is for me the best kind of entertainment. |
| It's insane how awesome Fate/Zero is. |
| Well I started watching Toonami when I was like 4 and around 2 years ago I just got tired of rewatching the good ol anime like DBZ, Yu Yu Hakusho, Rurouni Kenshin etc so I starting watching new anime. Btw I still rewatch a lot. I never really got into anime as a whole. Back in like 2007 I was watching Naruto on Toonami and I got tired of waiting every week so I started watching it in Japanese subbed online. Don't give a shit whether or not it's anime. Most anime on my list are old Toonami shows. I've known about anime all along unlike most kids that were Toonami fans but once again I don't give a shit about anime as a whole. My point being once again I DON'T GIVE A SHIT ABOUT ANIME AS A WHOLE. The first anime I completed was probably Dragonball. |
| "I told you. My name's not Kaka anyone." "I am the hope of the universe. I am the answer to all living things that cry out for peace. I am protector of the innocent. I am the light in the darkness. I am truth. Ally to good, nightmare to you!" |
| A friend of mine gave me Dragon ball Z box set, watched it, and here i am. :P |
| Saw the Detective Conan movies air on TV in South Korea, and I had to watch more after coming back to the US. Then I joined a Detective Conan forum, discovered new anime and... yep. |
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| At some point I saw Akira on tv and after looking around learned that Japan has an extensive animation industry and since I like animation in general it was only logical to expand my interest. |
| I watched Hetalia one day because I had nothing better to do, then a friend said I should watch FMA, Death Note and Soul Eater, I finished all 3 in less than a week and now I can't go a day without anime! |
| Never forget! Don't believe in you who believes in me, don't believe in me who believes in you, believe in you...who believes in yourself! |
| I was just bored, and I just felt like to try to watch Dragonball. I watched it, far to fast, and I thought it was a lot of fun. So I thought that I should try to watch some more. Then I watched Naruto. After that I just couldn't stop watch anime. :) |
| Well besides Pokemon/Dragonball, Cartoon network AU over 10 years ago used to have anime blocks with Gundam Wing and adult swim with evangelion, gasaraki, bebop, etc. so yeah being a pre-teen with not much of a curfew. |
| When I saw Detective Conan on TV, I got hooked. But the first anime that I really really loved was School Rumble. :D |
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| Well I watched the Dragonball and Sailor Moon Series when I was younger and then I didn't start watching anime again until I watched Anohana in late 2011. Then I started to watch more and more and I'm still watching some older series that I've missed. |
| I grew up watching Ghibli films; Castle In The Sky, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, etc. I've always liked shows like Pokemon and Yugioh as a kid, so from there I branched off onto One Piece, Zatch Bell and Naruto. In like 4th or 5th grade I remember collecting Naruto trading cards (I was a Pokemon/Yugioh card fanatic by this point). Then about a year ago me and my friend played Naruto Clash of Ninja for the Gamecube on a whim and we got really pumped about it, trying to remember the characters and storyline. After that, we both went on to watch episode after episode. (Typical Naruto gateway) And now I'm here. Never got back into One Piece though.. |
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| First conscious of anime when I was 8, after seeing Princess Mononoke. Of course I saw DBZ, Pokemon, Sailor Moon and the like but they were cartoons to me. I loved Princess Mononoke and the mature storyline. Saw Spirited Away at 12 years old, loved it. Watched Love Hina and Please Teacher at 13, it was entertaining but still kinda put me off anime. Was bored one day at 15, was fed up with Runescape so I went back to the site I saw Love Hina and Please Teacher on and asked people in the chat on the site what to watch. Someone recommended Death Note, and well I never went back again. Loved the music, the story, everything. And now I have seen many more awesome and tantalising shows. Ah, I really do love this medium. |
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| Friend got me watching Bleach, then i took it from there. |
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| Inuyasha got me into anime. I remember I was like 10 and I remembered about that anime and I tried to find it online because I felt like watching it. After I watched Inuyasha, I didn't know what to do so I thought of Naruto which was another anime from my childhood. I watched Naruto after and I began to love those too. After somehow I grew to love anime. GO ANIME |
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| You might want to refrain from posting coloured text because it might make you look like a total boor and draw attention to the mistakes you make. |
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| Started with bleach |
| "Currently playing the Game of of Life" Poppin Pills is All We Know - Antidote |
| Peer influences in real life. |
| Shakugan no Shana ^^ |
| Recommendations from people irl and the internet. |
| Just like any other show. To me anime is just like shows on TV only difference is in the visual presentation. |
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| Watched Pokemon, Digimon, Dragonball, DBZ, DBGT, and Gundam Wing as a kid. When Naruto was popular I looked into it and watched it a bit. Also watched Death Note, Code Geass, and some of One Piece out of pure coincidence of stumbling upon them and trying them off whim. I watched Toonami on occasion as I grew up and caught bits and pieces of various animes. Eventually, this last summer, I decided to try some animes I hadn't seen and got a lot more into than before. Basically, I think of anime as like any other TV. Never thought of it as inherently children's shows, or something bad. I like anime because I like entertainment. Being drawn doesn't make the characters and stories any less compelling. |
| Watched Dragonball and Z when I was a kid. Also watched Pokemon Digimon, and Yu GI Oh. I later watched the Bionix block on a channel called YTV which included Gundam Seed, One piece, Naruto, Bleach, Zatch Bell, and Death Note. If it wasn't for that time block I would have never gotten into anime. |
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| My friend used to talk about Bleach with another friend. I used to say Bleach sucked and stuff. They told me why don't I actually just give it a try instead of judging it so I did. One day I picked up both the Bleach manga and Yatsubo! Then I started watching Bleach and I regretted saying all that. xD |
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| My cousin was watching an anime and I decided to give it a try. Got hooked right away. |
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| I got hooked to Yu Gi Oh (the original series) while watching it on TV. |
| Proud founder of the 20+ virgins club. Please visit my manga blog for manga updates and more! Mup da doo didda po mo muhfuggen bix nood ^ Need someone who can translate this. Pm me pls. |
| The first time I've ever watched anime was whenever I was 6, and it happened to be Sailor Moon. I think at the age of 10, I started to watch things like Digimon, Cardcaptors, and Dragonball Z (anime that aired on tv) Until a few weeks ago, I used to watch only stuff that came on tv but I drifted out of that phase and watch more unknown anime. |
| I started watching Dragon Ball Z on saturday mornings... Then came across some other anime movies like Ninja Scroll and Street Fighter II and Macross.... Eventually looked for anime here and there and got into it more and more over the years. |
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| When I was a kid to late teens, anime in the Philippines was huge. It was practically a second Japan when it comes to anime watching. Broadcast television showed then every morning and afternoon plus two cable channels are running it 24/7. It was just omnipresent at those times so I wasn't able to avoid it. xD |
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| Watched DBZ, sailor moon, etc. though the fact that it was japanese animation didn't "click" at the time. The first anime I watched consciously of the fact that it was anime, was gundam seed and initial D. |
| "There are no wrong turnings. Only paths we had not known we were meant to walk." - Tigana "The genius of Guilty Crown is that they made a show so stupid and illogical that it's almost impossible to criticize properly. I don't even know where to start." - Sleeplesstown |
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