I have been watching anime since 20 years ago i was maybe only around 2-3 yrs old with Doraemon, Mahoujin Guru Guru, pokemon and the Ghibli Movies, in cantonese dub. I really started getting into anime around 2011-2012, and i was only in 5th grade by then.
And as an american born Hong Kong person, I grew up calling Doraemon as either Dora-A-mon, or Ding Dong, anyone who is a Hong Kong person will relate. and I grew up with the Kelly Chen version of the original Doraemon no Uta song, which is just titled Doraemon. link to the song is below this paragraph
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zOF6dhNv_Pg&pp=ygUTa2VsbHkgY2hlbiBkb3JhZW1vbg%3D%3D
another fact about doraemon's popularity in HK, is nearly identical to the popularity of Doraemon in Japan, we even have Doraemon themed chinese new year red envolopes
Pokemon, the first exposure to pokemon I ever had was also in cantonese dub, and its the first ever pikachu short, Pikachu's Summer Vacation or Pikachu no Natsuyasumi, the cantonese dubs never used the 4kids localized version of various anime that aired in america at the time they use the same version as the original japanese, but in the original series pokemon they just use a cantonese version of the Mezase Pokemon Master opening, and for the ending themes they are banger songs in cantonese especially the Mewtwo Strikes back movie in cantonese dub. but after the original series they only changed the voices and that is it, the openings and ending themes are still japanese. and the cantonese dubs are pretty damn good too.
My first "anime" anime I watched was still before I knew what anime was, when I was in 3rd grade my mom showed me Yumeiro Patissiere in japanese and chinese subs(though I can't really read chinese aside from the basic level ones), and I loved it(and i am a male by the way), and even now I rewatch it occasionally, although my mom only seen the first 4 episodes, I'm the one who completed the series, and even bought some Yumeiro Patissiere mangas as well.
When I truly got into anime, when I was just getting started with middle school my first anime was A little Snow Fairy Sugar/ Chicshana Yukitsukai Sugar in dubbed(which I recently rewatched it in both subbed and RAW and gave a way higher rating than when i first watched it). and the first subbed anime i watched when I was truly getting into anime was Aoki Ume's Hidamari Sketch, which then also led me to discovering Madoka Magica and the whole entire magazine franchise the mangas of both series were serialized in, Manga Time Kirara.
Now my anime taste is way too high to the point that Japan is the only place for me to buy anime merch, because non of the animes that mainstream in america and other countries outside of east asia suits my taste anymore. |