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Anime you watched as a kid doesn't count, and do you think age affects the way we watch Anime?
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Sep 17, 2021 6:28 AM
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When I was about 6 years old, I've seen knights of the zodiac, but I don't remember almost anything, just them climbing stairs.
Sep 17, 2021 6:30 AM
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Agreed, anime you've watched as a kid should not count. Since I highly doubt you watched it all. If you've put that in your list, then your just lying to yourself.

But I was 14, if I remember correctly. A friend recommended me an anime. Obviously, skeptical at first. Elfen Lied didn't seem that nice but got stuck on it and now 17-18 years later, here I am... Holy hell I'm old... Feels like I'd start to cry soon...
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Sep 17, 2021 6:34 AM
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I was 14, and now I'm 23. Time sure flies.
Sep 17, 2021 6:37 AM
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Started at 13 now I'm 26. So basically, i've been a weeb for half my life
Sep 17, 2021 6:39 AM
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If we’re excluding anime I grew up with as a kid such as Pokémon and the like then I started watching anime regularly when I was around 8 years old.
Sep 17, 2021 6:39 AM
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As a kid at 2 yrs of age. I started watching seriously from the age of 9
Sep 17, 2021 6:40 AM
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Between 15 and 16. I started watching. But in 2 year I gave up.
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Sep 17, 2021 6:40 AM
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I was 99 years old if I remember correctly watching Pokemon
Sep 17, 2021 6:43 AM

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Ever since I'm 3 and I count all anime I've finished. The funny thing is that majority of these I've finished during my childhood were more memorable than a decent amount of stuff I've finished 4 or 5 years ago.

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Sep 17, 2021 6:44 AM
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It was last year without kids anime, I was 19.
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Sep 17, 2021 6:44 AM

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i started at like 10 or 11 forgot when tbh
Sep 17, 2021 6:45 AM

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Started watching somewhat regularly from 17,and now it's been three years
Sep 17, 2021 6:47 AM

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I was 18 years old when I saw Digimon Adventure.
Sep 17, 2021 6:48 AM

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At age 15 I watched One Punch Man as my first anime




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Sep 17, 2021 6:52 AM

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barely started watching at 16 during Sophomore year around two years ago
Sep 17, 2021 6:54 AM

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12 years old. I first watched Kuroko No Basket
Sep 17, 2021 6:59 AM

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I was around the age of 17 or 18 when I started to watch Anime.

And no, I don't think age has anything to do with how you watch and enjoy Anime, the only thing that would do anything against how you watch and enjoy Anime. Are the way you are thinking and setting up walls infront of you.

I'm 29, oof. and I enjoy everything a lot of Anime with the age of G is extremly good.
People at young age would never give this shows ago, as they are setting up walls in their head. ( it's not shine, it's no fighting, it's old, it's only female cast, it's not new gen etc etc )


Sep 17, 2021 7:02 AM

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1 yr old. Watching the same DB and Doraemon DvDs 100 times and swapping it with friends
Sep 17, 2021 7:03 AM

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23. I don't have any regrets. I've found some masterpieces in this medium.
Sep 17, 2021 7:13 AM

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I was 12 when I started watching anime.
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Shitty thread title, it should be "At what age did you consciously start watching anime?"
Sep 17, 2021 7:16 AM

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I was 20 years old when I really started watching anime (december 2019), and I think age does affect the way we watch it. For example, kids probably would prefer to watch shounen over drama (not that if you watch shounen you are a kid)

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Sep 17, 2021 7:29 AM
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ibretlik said:
Shitty thread title, it should be "At what age did you consciously start watching anime?"
Pretty much, especially when those watched as a child usually have a domino effect on how we get into the medium.

Playing by the thread's rules though and not counting those I viewed on Toonami, probably 11 or 12. As for the question on whether it has an effect on how we view anime, not at all. Plenty of the series or general premises of those I viewed when young are ones I either have disdain or indifference towards now and I don't look for pure entertainment as I did as a child. What age one started is irrelevant compared to how they progressed from there.
Sep 17, 2021 7:31 AM

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I started watching seriously when I was 15. Yes, age does affect how we watch anime like some animes are more relatble/hit harder at an older age.
Sep 17, 2021 7:36 AM

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6 years old. saw videos of lucky star on the internet and it ruined my life forever. almost 16 years old and its only gotten worse
Sep 17, 2021 9:18 AM

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At the age of 5, I remember watching Cardcaptor Sakura on CN with my elder sister.

Sep 17, 2021 9:25 AM
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Started when I was 9 and I don't think my experience with anime really changed that much throughout the years, though I might definitely see it change when I get way older like in my late 30s maybe.
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started with one piece and detective conan i was 5 yo watching it with my 13 yo brother
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Sep 17, 2021 9:29 AM

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I started it not long time ago, I was 14 back then.
Sep 17, 2021 9:30 AM
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When i was 17/18 years old, so not that long ago


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Sep 17, 2021 9:33 AM
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when I was around 8 I started with Pokemon. Then in 2013 when I was either 9 or 10 I began watching other animes like Naruto!
Sep 17, 2021 9:33 AM
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when I was around 8 I started with Pokemon. Then in 2013 when I was either 9 or 10 I began watching other animes like Naruto!
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when I was around 8 I started with Pokemon. Then in 2013 when I was either 9 or 10 I began watching other animes like Naruto!
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Not counting stuff I watched on TV as a kid, I was 13-14 when I started actively watching anime. I'm 36 now.
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About 15 or 16. I'm 26 now. Can't really remember how I got into it, exactly. I think I didn't even know what it was, but ended up trying it on Netflix. Can't even remember what my very first anime was....my memory sucks.
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Sep 17, 2021 9:42 AM

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Well I watched a few as a kid but only completed Digimon, then when I was ten i bought DBZ on dvds and I don't remember if I was eleven or twelve when I watched InuYasha on YouTube.
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17 years old, just six months ago, so kinda old?
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I started watching anime at the age of 14 and now I turned 15 soooooo... I am new to anime
Sep 17, 2021 9:50 AM

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Started watching at 21 years old, a year and a couple months ago, when the pandemic broke out 😄
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Sep 17, 2021 9:51 AM

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17 years old.

Yep, started watching anime as a daily entertainment for about 2 years ago, with Angel Beats! as my starting point. Found it by seeing it's AMV on insta.



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11. My first anime was SAO. I loved the fuck out of it but when i watched more anime anfd gained a taste, i think it is cringe. But it is still special in a way.
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I’ve seen some Ghibli movies over the years and watched a bit of Pokémon with some friends in college but otherwise nothing. Until 6 months ago when I decided to watch Attack On Titan and became fully obsessed with anime to an insane degree and have watched nothing but anime every spare moment since then.

I’m 41.

If you’d told me a year ago I’d become obsessed with anime I’d have thought you were crazy, but here we are. Some people have weird mid-life crises I suppose. I really regret sleeping on anime all these years. It’s absolutely amazing and I’m loving every minute of it!
Sep 17, 2021 10:20 AM

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I'm a bit of a late bloomer. Started watching anime at 21-22, i'm 30 now.
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12-13... Started with Dragon Ball, Inuyasha, Detective Conan and Yu-yu-hakusho. I should go back and start them from the beginning for nostalgia.
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Sep 17, 2021 11:03 AM

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I started when I was 13 years old. but does it really matter though? Even an adult can start watching anime without being bullied or discriminated for their age. :/

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Sep 17, 2021 11:07 AM
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11,12 i think. It was omamori himari btw. I was the model student in the eyes of everyone, but just a horny ass kid on the inside.

Sep 17, 2021 11:12 AM

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I was 16 when I first started watching anime (also when I joined MAL). I'm now 19.
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Started watching anime at 18. Now I'm here, 9 years later.
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Dude, I was a kid, I have no idea lmao.
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