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| In the last anime gateaway thread, I had a bit of an argument with a guy about the main source of new anime fans these years and he suggested creating a separate thread just about it to see what other people had to say. Fulfilling his request and directly asking people here: what was the source of your first full-fledged anime? |
RobertBobertJul 25, 2023 11:10 AM
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| Probably the third option but the classmate that recommended me the light novel of Sao doesn’t really watch anime besides a few series. I read the light novel and started watching Sao s1. |
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| Pretty much the third option as it was back in 2004/2005 he lent me burned dvd-r of amines Fate/stay night, Naruto and FMA for my first aniime that are subbed before I released I was watching dubbed anime on TV. |
| I watched my first anime on TV a long time ago. |
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| My cousin introduced me to Yugioh and Beyblade in our childhood. |
 "You fought to the end. You survived. That's why you're here now. I think that's something you should be more proud of." - Vladilena Milizé |
| the last option, it was just destiny basically |
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| Third option. A friend I played games with brought it up and wanted me to try it. And I didn't really mind the idea so I watched (according to his recommendation) Tokyo Ghoul as more or less my first anime. |
| I watched the typical stuff as a kid, Pokemon, Bakugan, Dragonball Z, and what not, but I didn't really get into it until the last half of 2020. I was straight off of an Avatar the Last Airbender high since I finally got to watch it all the through thanks to Netflix, but after watching it like 5 times in a row I wanted something different. I sought out some cartoons, since that's what I thought they were, and ended up watching Naruto which snowballed into some other stuff on Netflix until I branched out to Crunchyroll for more. Basically, my introduction to anime was quite natural thanks to streaming services, and I didn't actually know that anime was getting popular until it started popping up on social media after I started watching Naruto. |
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| I happened to see it airing on TV one day. I went online to try to find out more, learned about "anime," and then started looking for more. So it was pretty much just something I stumbled into by chance. |
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| There was one youtuber I used to watch. On one of his live streams he was talking about anime and his favorite one, which was Sao. I watched the first episode to see what it is, and that's how it went. |
   sos, there's a goddess in disquise |
| Technically the first anime I ever saw was either Pokemon, Yuu-Gi-Ou!, Bakugan, or Beyblade on cable TV. The first anime I watched intentionally in episode order was Dragon Ball, which I got into because my classmates would watched the abridged series by TeamFourStar in the computer lab |
Some of you never watched Bakugan Battle Brawlers on TeleToon in 2008 and it shows. |
RobertBobert said: What was the source for your first anime? this Model Kit, back in the late-Eighties;  which eventually led to This Model Kit, in the mid-Nineties;  which, in turn, finally led to these Videotapes, in the late-Nineties;  sufficient to say; back in the Sweet-Vinyl, Analog days of the 20th Century, progression within an underground fandom, -for a person of middling-to-average means- was, in fact, Slow... and Hard. |
MasterTasukeJul 25, 2023 2:52 PM
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| I was shown Space Battleship Yamato 2199 by my brother. I really liked it, so he then showed me Goblin Slayer. And even though the opening was a little much, I ended up also really liking it. He mentioned he's seen a bit of LOTGH Die Neue Thesis so we then watched that. Again I really liked it, and ranked it over Yamato 2199 and Goblin Slayer. Evangelion was next. It was a different experience, I didn't dislike it but I wouldn't really place it above the others at that time. Finally after those four shows (and a few rewatch's) I finally choose to watch an anime of my own volition and on my own. Fate/Apocrypha. I really liked it and decided to show it to my brother, who had shown me so many cool anime. Showed it to him, he thought it was pretty bad.  |
AnimePedestrianJul 25, 2023 3:13 PM
Sometimes it takes a real man to be best girl. Gilgamesh is also chad.   |
| The "I was looking for content on a topic that interests me and one of these turned out to be an anime" option is the most accurate and fitting here, as I had long been looking for an intense incestuous romance, but the difference is that I, at that time, only focused on first cousin pairings due to circumstances which affected my mindset. And my prejudiced attitude toward anime as an entity at the time would not allow me to dare dream of it possessing such raw beauty and I never thought the whole incest interest/hangup on my part would lead me to wading and then diving so deeply and unreservedly into another world...besides that one itself. |
| Free terrestrial television. We are quite lucky here in the Philippines when I am a kid during the early 2000's, where there is anime in late afternoon and primetime television everyday. It is practically embedded on our age group that we grew up with anime especially during the time when television was still hot. |
rookielazerJul 25, 2023 3:12 PM
| Closest option would be "since childhood" but it's not entirely accurate. "Grew up" watching toonami after school with DBZ, Gundam Wing, and a couple others I can't remember. That didn't last all that long because I got more into gaming than watching tv. It took nostalgia and Dragon Ball Super airing to get me back to the anime world, and then I started taking recommendations from the handful of friends that were into it all along and that snowballed into me being here on an anime message board. |
| First childhood anime, tv or vhs. Outside of that, YouTube. 2008. InuYasha. Latin american dub. 3 parts per episode. 240p. I began watching it after playing an InuYasha flash game. |
| Stumbled upon a clip of SAO or something about SAO in ~2014 at some website or Youtube (didn't remember the detail) while i was depressed and was zombie-surfing through the internet to find some way to escape reality. Railgun was one of my first two anime alongside SAO but i didn't remember which was first. Probably it was Railgun but i'm not sure. I might've gotten into Railgun from a Youtube clip of Misaka shooting her railgun with a coin. |
XavionJul 25, 2023 3:33 PM
   To keep learning is wise. To avoid action is fear pretending to be wisdom. |
| My oldest memory of anime is when the Pokemon dub started airing in the States in 1998. I got both Blue and Silver for Christmas a couple years later and the rest is history. |
| Mine would be the second to last. I had just watched Star Wars Episode VII The Force Awakens and found the film very disappointing, I was a massive sci-fi fan at the time and still am and I remember coming home and being like "That was terrible what am I gonna do now?"  So I kind of was at a loss as I began surfing the web for sci-fi stiff to fill the void and stumbled on Star Blazers or as I later learned Space Battleship Yamato as it is known in Japan, I found the English opening from the Star Blazers release and was like that looks sought of cool. I didn't even know it was anime on the account that it was an old 1974 show, with a western theme song. After awhile I find a show called Star Blazers 2199 figuring this was it I sat back and watched.  Only to be blow away by these modern visuals I wasn't expecting a exciting Space Battle at Pluto, a mysterious spaceship in ruins on the seabed of earth and a quest to another galaxy. I realised that this must have been a sought of remake and from their binged the entire season. First night got though the entire first arch of the show, from the Yamato's take off to the Battle near the Star with the Gas Creature. From their I looked up a top ten list and made my way though it, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Mobile Suit Gundam and so on.  More recently I was able to get the complete series of the Space Battleship Yamato Manga by Leiji Matsumoto. and I read though what I guess is the first volume which chronicles the war between Earthlings and Garmillans. To this day remains one of my favourite series.  Still need to get more into the Leijiverse though. |
 This is for you Lady Haman! |
| I found a tape on the mantelpiece. This was back before netsubbing was really a thing and it wasn't easy to watch any anime, so it was a golden opportunity. |
| It was airing on TV, along with cartoons that were not Japanese. That's how I discovered the world of anime as a kid. |
| I lived in a town that was highly populated with Asians. It wasn't uncommon to see anime drawings inside of a mom and pop's store. Many of my friends had channels that featured anime or Japanese shows. Western world was adopting popular anime like Pokemon, Dragonball, and Sailor Moon at the time. Power Rangers and Japanese culture was spreading a lot in the 90s because of Japanese technology. Some channels featured shows Hellsing and even Funimation had their own channel. Then the 2000s came and it was a time of piracy and that's how I really got into anime. I also have Toonami to thank. |
| It wasn't a friend, it was my cousin. We were playing and i noticed this metal box that had a kid with spiky hair on his shelf, i looked inside and saw a bunch of cool looking cards with monsters and asked what they were. He told me it was from a show called Yugioh. Later, i saw the show airing on cartoon network and checked it out myself. And boom, an obsession was born. |
| My waifu is the most wonderful waifu. Mai Valentine. We're freaking out that we're running out of time, but to do what? Should i stop and think of that? Is there something i could do to slow it down? Live in a day for once, instead of watch it sprinting by |
| last option. thank you, cartoon network. |
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| I actually don't remember where I knew SAO or AoT from. I know a friend recommended me K-On, but I watched that after those two. |
"Nobody could laugh at someone who's trying their hardest" -Machio- |
| Watching anime since childhood. Probably I must have watched Dragon Ball Z or Saint Seiya since when I was a toddler. |
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| 1st Anime? Nation broadcasting station broadcast Anime. |
| Have been watching animes since childhood, but didn't know it was a particular media at that time. My first 'anime' anime was recommended by a friend. |
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| i hate to say i was right, but i was right lol |
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| The version "I saw the anime in the newcomer selection" got only one vote. |
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| How about local tv? Honestly i don't really get the definition of "source for first anime" here. A bit unclear. |
| The way you found the first show that you fully and consciously watched as an anime. TRC_Randy said: How about local tv? Honestly i don't really get the definition of "source for first anime" here. A bit unclear. |
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RobertBobert said: The version "I saw the anime in the newcomer selection" got only one vote. the most popular answer is "a friend suggested one to me" that was my entire point. all these other ones are too random and scattered among hundreds of series. but the popular suggestions are consistant. EVEN IF the "suggested by someone" wasn't this popular of an option. satistically, it would still mean general new comer anime are the most common show that get people into anime. although i must say that this pole is near useless to our argument since it doesn't actually answer the main question. but whatever. |
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APolygons2 said: LOL what? No, not popular. It is in second place and is about the same "I accidentally got on the show and started watching it." The most popular "I watched anime since childhood and eventually matured for conscious viewing." There are twice as many votes as in the second and third places taken. Also at a solid fourth place is "I searched for content and found an anime on this topic". However, if you literally say "even if I was wrong, then I'm right," then ...RobertBobert said: The version "I saw the anime in the newcomer selection" got only one vote. the most popular answer is "a friend suggested one to me" that was my entire point. all these other ones are too random and scattered among hundreds of series. but the popular suggestions are consistant. EVEN IF the "suggested by someone" wasn't this popular of an option. satistically, it would still mean general new comer anime are the most common show that get people into anime. although i must say that this pole is near useless to our argument since it doesn't actually answer the main question. but whatever. |
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RobertBobert said: APolygons2 said: LOL what? No, not popular. It is in second place and is about the same "I accidentally got on the show and started watching it." The most popular "I watched anime since childhood and eventually matured for conscious viewing." There are twice as many votes as in the second and third places taken. Also at a solid fourth place is "I searched for content and found an anime on this topic". However, if you literally say "even if I was wrong, then I'm right," then ...the most popular answer is "a friend suggested one to me" that was my entire point. all these other ones are too random and scattered among hundreds of series. but the popular suggestions are consistant. EVEN IF the "suggested by someone" wasn't this popular of an option. satistically, it would still mean general new comer anime are the most common show that get people into anime. although i must say that this pole is near useless to our argument since it doesn't actually answer the main question. but whatever. you don't get what i am saying. you are debating a point that is not at all what i am arguing. first of all, i said "these days". so i'm not counting the childhood option. second. my point is that, a random show that you watch is different for everyone. yours is what slayers? mine was freezing. neither of these are common first shows. they are specific to us. even if 80% of the community started with a "random show they found by accident" that 80% would be split across too many series, for any single one of those shows to get more people into anime, than the shows from "anime starter pack" like aot or death note. |
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RobertBobert said: right so iirc it was a MAL article. I was looking for more mystery anime thanks to Detective Conan and Gosick became the first series of this "anime" thing i sat down watching from start to finish.The way you found the first show that you fully and consciously watched as an anime. |
APolygons2 said: The main topic of our argument was my claim that most people watched the first conscious anime either by accidental exposure to anime or by watching random anime as a child, versus your claim that most people now watch anime due to anime recommendations for beginners, because people know what is anime and looking for the tops of the best anime for beginners in advance. The survey also showed that the main recommendations come from anime-watching friends who were not motivated by you, while the majority started watching anime either through searching for topics of interest, or thanks to shows they accidentally found. Watching anime since childhood is subjective, since we don't know how many people who voted started watching anime recently, but the largest is expected. One way or another, you can relate to the advice of a friend in any way, but this is clearly not something that "found recommendations for beginners." Judging by the poll, people generally trust random experience more than other people's recommendations.RobertBobert said: LOL what? No, not popular. It is in second place and is about the same "I accidentally got on the show and started watching it." The most popular "I watched anime since childhood and eventually matured for conscious viewing." There are twice as many votes as in the second and third places taken. Also at a solid fourth place is "I searched for content and found an anime on this topic". However, if you literally say "even if I was wrong, then I'm right," then ... you don't get what i am saying. you are debating a point that is not at all what i am arguing. first of all, i said "these days". so i'm not counting the childhood option. second. my point is that, a random show that you watch is different for everyone. yours is what slayers? mine was freezing. neither of these are common first shows. they are specific to us. even if 80% of the community started with a "random show they found by accident" that 80% would be split across too many series, for any single one of those shows to get more people into anime, that the shows from "anime starter pack". |
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TRC_Randy said: But how did you watch Conan and Gosick?RobertBobert said: right so iirc it was a MAL article. I was looking for more mystery anime thanks to Detective Conan and Gosick became the first series of this "anime" thing i sat down watching from start to finish.The way you found the first show that you fully and consciously watched as an anime. |
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RobertBobert said: APolygons2 said: The main topic of our argument was my claim that most people watched the first conscious anime either by accidental exposure to anime or by watching random anime as a child, versus your claim that most people now watch anime due to anime recommendations for beginners, because people know what is anime and looking for the tops of the best anime for beginners in advance. The survey also showed that the main recommendations come from anime-watching friends who were not motivated by you, while the majority started watching anime either through searching for topics of interest, or thanks to shows they accidentally found. Watching anime since childhood is subjective, since we don't know how many people who voted started watching anime recently, but the largest is expected. One way or another, you can relate to the advice of a friend in any way, but this is clearly not something that "found recommendations for beginners." Judging by the poll, people generally trust random experience more than other people's recommendations.you don't get what i am saying. you are debating a point that is not at all what i am arguing. first of all, i said "these days". so i'm not counting the childhood option. second. my point is that, a random show that you watch is different for everyone. yours is what slayers? mine was freezing. neither of these are common first shows. they are specific to us. even if 80% of the community started with a "random show they found by accident" that 80% would be split across too many series, for any single one of those shows to get more people into anime, that the shows from "anime starter pack". thats where you are wrong, i was never arguing that. from the very start i was saying show like "death note, one punch man or aot" are the most popular shows that get people into anime. you can go check from the start. this is what i have been saying this entire time. |
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APolygons2 said: That was the essence of our argument. The shows mentioned only served as a trigger as at the beginning of the sitcom episode, since I said that these shows are too classic for today's viewers, maybe with the exception of Aot. To which you replied that people will still start with the classics, since this is what they recommend the most. In this context, I can still partially agree, since the metaphysical "friend" will most likely actually recommend one of the classic shows.RobertBobert said: The main topic of our argument was my claim that most people watched the first conscious anime either by accidental exposure to anime or by watching random anime as a child, versus your claim that most people now watch anime due to anime recommendations for beginners, because people know what is anime and looking for the tops of the best anime for beginners in advance. The survey also showed that the main recommendations come from anime-watching friends who were not motivated by you, while the majority started watching anime either through searching for topics of interest, or thanks to shows they accidentally found. Watching anime since childhood is subjective, since we don't know how many people who voted started watching anime recently, but the largest is expected. One way or another, you can relate to the advice of a friend in any way, but this is clearly not something that "found recommendations for beginners." Judging by the poll, people generally trust random experience more than other people's recommendations. thats where you are wrong, i was never arguing that. from the very start i was saying show like "death note, one punch man or aot" are the most popular shows that get people into anime. you can go check from the start. this is what i have been saying this entire time. |
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RobertBobert said: HAHA. I became a pirate ofc. With DC i first watched it on tv in childhood days but idk what "anime" was.TRC_Randy said: But how did you watch Conan and Gosick?right so iirc it was a MAL article. I was looking for more mystery anime thanks to Detective Conan and Gosick became the first series of this "anime" thing i sat down watching from start to finish. |
TRC_Randy said: That is, you innocently watched them on TV, and then, when you increased your knowledge, you decided to search for anime purposefully, using shows and topics that you liked as a guide?RobertBobert said: HAHA. I became a pirate ofc. With DC i first watched it on tv in childhood days but idk what "anime" was.But how did you watch Conan and Gosick? |
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RobertBobert said: well you could say that yeah. A mishmash of the bottom two choices i'd say.TRC_Randy said: That is, you innocently watched them on TV, and then, when you increased your knowledge, you decided to search for anime purposefully, using shows and topics that you liked as a guide?HAHA. I became a pirate ofc. With DC i first watched it on tv in childhood days but idk what "anime" was. |
RobertBobert said: APolygons2 said: That was the essence of our argument. The shows mentioned only served as a trigger as at the beginning of the sitcom episode, since I said that these shows are too classic for today's viewers, maybe with the exception of Aot. To which you replied that people will still start with the classics, since this is what they recommend the most. In this context, I can still partially agree, since the metaphysical "friend" will most likely actually recommend one of the classic shows.thats where you are wrong, i was never arguing that. from the very start i was saying show like "death note, one punch man or aot" are the most popular shows that get people into anime. you can go check from the start. this is what i have been saying this entire time. yes, but the misuderstanding is where you were talking about "every show that you find accidently" vs "every classic suggestion" while i was talking about "what singular shows get the most number of people into anime." |
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APolygons2 said: Well, it would be a lie to deny that people often recommend the classics first, but nevertheless, I still insist that the most prominent in anime media will continue to be the most recent and hyped. For example, I'm sure that those who started watching Gundam now will most likely do it through G-Witch, even if there are many disappointed fans around you who advise you to watch only UC.RobertBobert said: That was the essence of our argument. The shows mentioned only served as a trigger as at the beginning of the sitcom episode, since I said that these shows are too classic for today's viewers, maybe with the exception of Aot. To which you replied that people will still start with the classics, since this is what they recommend the most. In this context, I can still partially agree, since the metaphysical "friend" will most likely actually recommend one of the classic shows. yes, but the misuderstanding is where you were talking about "every show that you find accidently" vs "every classic suggestion" while i was talking about "what singular shows get the most number of people into anime." |
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