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Jun 9, 2022 12:43 PM

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Dec 2019
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Started watching when I created my account lol
Jun 9, 2022 12:44 PM
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Nov 2018
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I've been watching Anime since I was a kid. I only discovered MAL in my Highschool years, but I only made an account in my senior years. It was getting difficult to track the series I'm following so I made one. lol
Jun 9, 2022 1:02 PM

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May 2020
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I suppose 4 years before making the account
Jun 9, 2022 1:13 PM

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Apr 2016
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About two years and half. Started watching anime by late 2013 and created my MAL account in April 2016.
Jun 9, 2022 1:24 PM

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Feb 2021
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For about 7 years, I think. I watched before school, but didn't know it was anime at that time of course.
Jun 9, 2022 3:07 PM

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May 2022
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When I was a kid of course with the reruns of the dubbed shounens that were made in the 90s/00s, then for a long time I didnt watch any, started again in highschool as a result of being a loner, joined this site just a year ago at the age of 23 in the hopefully later half of my college time. So I watched probably like 8 years (without gaps) anime before joining.

Wished I would have joined however much earlier because the anime I watched in 1 year since joining (this is an alt-my orig is banned) is a lot more than all the stuff I watched before, also the joy of being a seasonal watcher is a pleasure I wish I had found earlier.
Jun 9, 2022 3:20 PM

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Jul 2015
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I started watching anime in 2008 and joined MAL in 2015, so 7 years. I used to keep a physical list lol.
Jun 9, 2022 3:25 PM

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Apr 2015
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I got into anime in 2010 actually, started off rewatching Yu Gi Oh GX on hulu, then watched Soul Eater for the first time - watched Death Note and I was hooked for life. Found myanimelist from watching an old podcast called Podtaku, and the rest is history.
Jun 9, 2022 3:34 PM

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May 2021
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I got interested in anime by December 2019, so it was after 17 months.


Jun 9, 2022 3:41 PM

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Sep 2008
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Seen my first anime about 30 years ago with a couple Macross episodes hacked up to make Robotech.

Didn't become a full-blown fan until a decade later in 2002. So would be 20 years in this instance.
Jun 9, 2022 3:51 PM

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Dec 2012
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I was a fan for 16 years before I made an account here. I've been watching anime for 26 years.
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Jun 9, 2022 3:55 PM

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Nov 2019
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I started watching anime actively in 2017 so it took me roughly two years before I created an account here.


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Jun 9, 2022 3:59 PM
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Jul 2018
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I started watching anime as a kid, but got more into manga in 2010 followed by a five year hiatus from 2015-2020.
Jun 9, 2022 4:02 PM

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Sep 2020
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I started watching anime in 2015 and I created an account in 2020 so 5 years more or less.


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Jun 9, 2022 4:20 PM

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May 2021
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I started watching anime around september 2020. So more or less 8 months
Jun 9, 2022 4:37 PM

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Jun 2022
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Hmmm, about four months? I'm new to the game. This is a wonderful site, though, it's been instrumental in feeding my new hobby. Hope to enjoy many years of anime and manga alongside you all!
Jun 9, 2022 4:45 PM

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Oct 2016
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About 10 years. It took me a while to find this site. I'm still adding old watches OTL
Jun 11, 2022 5:05 AM

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Oct 2011
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Says I joined this site in 2011. I don't even recall making this profile my first time. I felt like I've been here longer. But I've been watching aniime since the 90s. So at least 10+ years before joining MAL I've been watching anime. 20+ years in total.
Jun 11, 2022 5:08 AM

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Feb 2021
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It didn't go long... just a couple of months before I stumbled upon this site. Signed up (I am not the best at keeping track of things, and MAL allows this, so perfect) thinking I would probably watch a few more Anime's then leave this medium... getting close to two years since that happened.

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Jun 11, 2022 6:30 AM
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Dec 2015
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7-8 years before I've created my Mal account, which is why in databases or any archives or whatever you'd might see that at first day I've added around 100-150 titles x).
Jun 11, 2022 8:03 AM
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Dec 2020
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i dont really know. maybe a few months before? i heard about MAL pretty soon in my "anime career"
Jun 11, 2022 3:33 PM
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Aug 2021
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I guess I'm pretty sure it was a year ago or a year and a half ago.
Jun 11, 2022 3:44 PM

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Jun 2016
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10 yrs probably. i don't really know it just naturally happened
Jun 11, 2022 3:53 PM

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Oct 2013
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I didn't exist before I made an account. Started watching immediately out of the womb.

But yeah, since early 2000's, maybe around 8 years before I subjected myself to MAL. I was always keeping some sort of list before then, but it was a pain to keep up with.
Jun 11, 2022 4:00 PM
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Oct 2019
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I starting “officially” watching anime when I was 13-ish, and I got MAL when I was 16 sooo three years! And now I’m 19 soooo three years since then :P
Jun 11, 2022 4:02 PM
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I didn't exist before I made an account. Started watching immediately out of the womb.

But yeah, since early 2000's, maybe around 8 years before I subjected myself to MAL. I was always keeping some sort of list before then, but it was a pain to keep up with.[/quot
FanofAction said:
I didn't exist before I made an account. Started watching immediately out of the womb.

LMAO
Jun 11, 2022 5:35 PM

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May 2021
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5 years
Why is discussion even made I can't get the letter limit with just a number and year
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Jun 11, 2022 7:50 PM

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Oct 2020
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For about 2 years from the moment i watch anime regularly.

Jun 11, 2022 9:52 PM

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May 2022
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I created my account a few weeks after I started watching anime recently.
Jun 11, 2022 10:05 PM

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Aug 2016
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After about 2-3 weeks I think. I've always been kind of obsessed with lists, so this was perfect. Was only on my fourth show at the time.
Jun 12, 2022 7:43 AM

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May 2021
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I started watching towards the end of 2020 and then created a MAL account few months later to replace the anime "list" I had made in Google Docs.




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