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Aug 3, 2022 9:14 PM
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For me, yeah. Death Note, Attack on Titan, and A Silent Voice are still very good series and I hold them in high regard. Wby?
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Aug 3, 2022 9:31 PM
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Dragon Ball Z, Yu Yu Hakusho, Rurouni Kenshin, Fullmetal Alchemist, Cowboy Bebop...yep, still love 'em!
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Why yes, I still enjoy Fairy Tail, I'm on my 11th re-watch right now.
Aug 3, 2022 10:00 PM
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Still love Great Pretender, Beastars, and Hunter x Hunter a lot and consider Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Black Lagoon, and One Punch Man to be good. Don't know how I feel about Afro Samurai.
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Aug 3, 2022 10:51 PM
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Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Pokémon and Yugioh. All classics. Still rewatch to this day
Aug 3, 2022 10:54 PM
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The anime I started with are all popular anime otherwise they have no business being aired on TV so yeah, they are not bad.


Aug 4, 2022 12:52 AM
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I rated Elfenlied 9/10 back then and would now probably rate it a low 8/10. I still like pretty much all anime I watched as a kid but more for nostalgia reason.
Aug 4, 2022 1:04 AM
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excluding things i saw on TV as a kid like pokemon, ashamed to admit highschool of the dead being one of the first I've seen since it does not hold up at all lmfao
although One punch man, Jojo, Trigun still go really well it's fun to think back on when I was watching them at the same time with friends years ago
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Aug 4, 2022 1:07 AM

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Naruto/Inuyasha for me. Yes, especially the latter
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Aug 4, 2022 1:12 AM

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I mean my starter animes were Neon Genesis Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop thanks to Toonami and adult swim, so yes, if anything I've enjoyed them more and more as I've gotten older.
Aug 4, 2022 1:18 AM

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Not anymore, but they're formative experiences that helped flourish my passion for anime.
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I think I started the descent to degeneracy when I saw a friend put up cool FLCL avatars and such, and boy do I still love that show.
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Aug 4, 2022 3:15 AM

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sullix said:
Not anymore, but they're formative experiences that helped flourish my passion for anime.


What were your starter anime though?
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Aug 4, 2022 6:31 AM

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Well my starter was my first anime which is Bleach and for me it is still top 1 anime for me, for the time as I expect that TYBW (2nd season) will reach the first place when it will be finished.
Aug 4, 2022 6:40 AM

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it was the promised neverland. i suppose it was alright for a beginner.
Aug 4, 2022 6:41 AM

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Zettaiken said:
Well my starter was my first anime which is Bleach and for me it is still top 1 anime for me, for the time as I expect that TYBW (2nd season) will reach the first place when it will be finished.


I'm nobody to judge but I heard a lot of people being disappointed over the Bleach ending since it was rushed and wasn't concluded properly due to the author receiving a notice from Jump to abruptly end it due to dropping sales. Idk if it's really that bad or if it's just an exaggeration
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"Everything I've witnessed... This whole system you have built has always rejected me. Now I'm ready to reject it. That's why I destroy. That's why I took this power for myself. Simple enough, yeah? I don't care if you don't understand... That's what makes us... Heroes and Villains."
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Aug 4, 2022 6:41 AM

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thekillingjar said:
it was the promised neverland. i suppose it was alright for a beginner.


Yeah S1 is a great start until you get to S2... 😥
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"Everything I've witnessed... This whole system you have built has always rejected me. Now I'm ready to reject it. That's why I destroy. That's why I took this power for myself. Simple enough, yeah? I don't care if you don't understand... That's what makes us... Heroes and Villains."
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Aug 4, 2022 6:43 AM

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struggler_sensei said:
I mean my starter animes were Neon Genesis Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop thanks to Toonami and adult swim, so yes, if anything I've enjoyed them more and more as I've gotten older.


I recently finished Eva 3.0+1.0 and boy I'm glad that I didn't stop with the series after the Episode 25 and 26 mindfuck.
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"Everything I've witnessed... This whole system you have built has always rejected me. Now I'm ready to reject it. That's why I destroy. That's why I took this power for myself. Simple enough, yeah? I don't care if you don't understand... That's what makes us... Heroes and Villains."
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Aug 4, 2022 6:46 AM

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I started with series like Sao, Oreimo, Date a live, Mirai nikki, etc, and I still enjoy most of them very much.
Aug 4, 2022 7:02 AM

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Hmm

yes, a little bit.

I totally started with Sailor Moon and DBZ way back and hold them in high regards! Inuyasha I still do too, tbh.
Aug 4, 2022 7:08 AM

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DeonX said:
struggler_sensei said:
I mean my starter animes were Neon Genesis Evangelion and Cowboy Bebop thanks to Toonami and adult swim, so yes, if anything I've enjoyed them more and more as I've gotten older.


I recently finished Eva 3.0+1.0 and boy I'm glad that I didn't stop with the series after the Episode 25 and 26 mindfuck.
after watching 3.0+1.0 I was just like "good for you Anno, I'm glad you are doing better" it was such a nice completion to the entirety of evangelion.
Aug 4, 2022 7:14 AM
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my starter anime was Dragon Ball and Sailor Moon and i think they are still good
Aug 4, 2022 7:20 AM
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The first I ever watched was Saint Seiya, and I still think it's fun. Definitely not as good as I thought it was, but hey it's enjoyable enough.
Aug 4, 2022 7:20 AM

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struggler_sensei said:
DeonX said:


I recently finished Eva 3.0+1.0 and boy I'm glad that I didn't stop with the series after the Episode 25 and 26 mindfuck.
after watching 3.0+1.0 I was just like "good for you Anno, I'm glad you are doing better" it was such a nice completion to the entirety of evangelion.


If End of Evangelion is depression, then 3.0+1.0 is a free therapy session
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Aug 4, 2022 7:21 AM

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I started with 3 anime. Attack on Titan, Konosuba and Girls und Panzer. The first two are still amazing. The last one has destroyed entirely my anime taste. It's trash, but I enjoy it.
Aug 4, 2022 7:25 AM

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DeonX said:
struggler_sensei said:
after watching 3.0+1.0 I was just like "good for you Anno, I'm glad you are doing better" it was such a nice completion to the entirety of evangelion.


If End of Evangelion is depression, then 3.0+1.0 is a free therapy session
no joke I left that movie feeling so optimistic.
Aug 4, 2022 7:29 AM

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I started with 3 anime. Attack on Titan, Konosuba and Girls und Panzer. The first two are still amazing. The last one has destroyed entirely my anime taste. It's trash, but I enjoy it.


so it has become your guilty pleasure anime lol
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Aug 4, 2022 7:49 AM

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DeonX said:
KrisVil said:
I started with 3 anime. Attack on Titan, Konosuba and Girls und Panzer. The first two are still amazing. The last one has destroyed entirely my anime taste. It's trash, but I enjoy it.


so it has become your guilty pleasure anime lol


Yeah, when a history nerd finds an anime with historical facts in it, that's what happens. Its story is crap and the character development is just dumb. Even when I thought it wouldn't get any worse, it was announced that <<Girls und Panzer is rated as the anime with the worst fandom according to a Crunchyroll list>>. The GuP community and the anime itself will not die. Throw them rocks and set them on fire, the anime is still going on a decade later.
Aug 4, 2022 8:02 AM

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My first show was My Hero Academia (if you don't count half of Castle in the Sky when I was a kid). It's one of the few shows I keep re-watching since the earlier seasons really are great. I even enjoyed season 4 despite what a lot of people say about it. Season 5 definitely faltered a bit and the manga was better, but I'll keep watching it since the franchise as a whole is fantastic. Definitely lives up to how I felt when I first saw it.
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My first show was My Hero Academia (if you don't count half of Castle in the Sky when I was a kid). It's one of the few shows I keep re-watching since the earlier seasons really are great. I even enjoyed season 4 despite what a lot of people say about it. Season 5 definitely faltered a bit and the manga was better, but I'll keep watching it since the franchise as a whole is fantastic. Definitely lives up to how I felt when I first saw it.


Bruh S4 gets too much hate. I think S4 was on par with S2 if not better. S3 Kamino incident arc was the only good one IMO. S5 was very badly adapted. S6 gonna be peak mha (manga experience 😎🤙)
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Aug 4, 2022 8:17 AM

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I consider my starter anime to be the best one I have ever watched
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I re-read Fruits Basket about 2 years ago and it’s still fantastic. So some of them still do.
Aug 4, 2022 8:24 AM

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My first "real" anime was Lucky Star and Shugo Chara, and I consider them to be great classics. Interesting that my taste in anime hasn't really changed all this time.
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Zettaiken said:
Well my starter was my first anime which is Bleach and for me it is still top 1 anime for me, for the time as I expect that TYBW (2nd season) will reach the first place when it will be finished.


I'm nobody to judge but I heard a lot of people being disappointed over the Bleach ending since it was rushed and wasn't concluded properly due to the author receiving a notice from Jump to abruptly end it due to dropping sales. Idk if it's really that bad or if it's just an exaggeration


Yes it was, unfortunately his vision was not executed as he was rushed by studio, aswell as there were some negative health condition which he had so alot of fights were made offscreen (which are supposed to be expanded in anime so his vision of true ending and whole arc might come to reality), some stuff were added without foreshadowing, without even hinting or telling the audience that something like that exist or is possible before it was used for battle.

In addition to that there is a fun fact [for first arc] that Kubo wanted to make a chapters introducing deeply every single character who were in class together with Ichigo in highschool but (don't remember if it was a studio or editor) someone told him to better not do that.
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Aug 4, 2022 8:57 AM

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For me it was two romance anime that I still enjoy a lot -Kaichou wa Maid-sama and Wotakoi: Love is Hard for Otaku- so yes for sure <3
Aug 4, 2022 9:02 AM

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My starters were deathnote and Tokyo Ghoul. And, I liked the TG anime(yes, the whole anime) but the manga is what made it my fav. As for deathnote, I still consider it as good

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Dragon Ball, I consider meh now. Back in the day, it was good but now it is average.

Neon Genesis Evangelion, when I first watched it was confusing for me, but now I consider it a good one to watch.
Aug 4, 2022 9:08 AM

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I loved Naruto 10 years ago and I love Naruto now, nothing's really changed I guess.

Aug 4, 2022 9:14 AM

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I know they are anime too, but I put them in a different kind of category, so I want to leave out shows like Mitsubachi Maya no Bouken or Alps no Shoujo Heidi, because they don't really get someone into anime. I still consider Alps no Shoujo Heidi as good, but it's a kids show (I never liked the first one with the bees though).

For me it's Sailor Moon, Digimon and Dragon Ball (Classic) and yes I still hold them dear. I still get goosebumps when I hear the openings for Digimon and I still collect Dragon Ball stuff and recently I thought about buying Sailor Moon manga.
Aug 4, 2022 9:17 AM

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Toradora/Clannad, I believe, was my starter, so both are still good.
Aug 4, 2022 9:19 AM

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My starter anime were FLCL, Spirited Away, Fullmetal Alchemist, and Paranoia Agent, so yes.
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Why yes, I still enjoy Fairy Tail, I'm on my 11th re-watch right now.


I would love to carve out time for at least one rewatch of Fairy Tail
Aug 4, 2022 9:28 AM

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My first anime are Doraemon, Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z. I say yes for Doraemon and Dragon Ball. I still love Dragon Ball Z but.. I admit that I don't enjoy them much now because of drag out fight scenes.
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yes, and I was lucky after watching your name movie I found mal and started looking for new I watched animes that are top on the list so yeah those anime made me go deep into this world
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My starters were Cardcaptor Sakura and Pokemon, I still love Cardcaptor Sakura, as for Pokemon tried to re-watch it but couldn't go beyond the first episode but it did it's job for the 8 year old me so it's all good.

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5 years ago I watched hellsing ultimate and till this day I still enjoy it.
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My Starter Was Death Note, Still My 3rd Favourite Of All Time
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