How you got into Anime...

Justinus · newbie! Joined: May 23, 2004 Posts: 17

I first watched anime when I was 2 years old. That anime was Tokimeki Tonight. It was on TV and my sister liked it so much. She dragged me along to watch with her.

twink_83 · newbie! Joined: Jun 12, 2004 Posts: 6

I never realized what Anime was until about 10 years ago. I didn't really distinguish it from other cartoons. Later on did i realize that Astroboy, G-force, candy candy, princess sarah and so many other cartoons i used to watch was actually anime. I started really getting into all the anime craze when i was about 7th grade. It started with Sailormoon and Ranma 1/2 and i used to collect so many cards and other things. I still got em now and it's funny to see them. Razz

Well, now that i've been into anime so long it's really been a good thing. I LOOOOVE anime!!! So people out there just KEEP ON WATCHING!

Hitman_Yosumi · Posted: Sat Jun 12, 2004 6:25 pm Post subject:

lol same here wit da G-Force...that prob was the first anime i ever seen! but prob da first anime that really got me into it was Sailormoon bak when i watched it came on in da mornings when i was in kindergarden!
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Genji · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Apr 04, 2004 Posts: 71

I got into liking anime when I got exposed to Saint Seiya in Chinese dub. I didn't understand it but I like the anime that I got to undrstand some of it. Before that most anime are just Japanese cartoons to me.

My first fave would have to be Macross or basically Robotech Saga because it made all kids imagination come true in some ways. It was even mentioned in a skit in Late Night with Conan O'brien.

And now I am trying to get my hands on Macross Zero, those cg made it all worth the money. Very Happy

dsyf · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: May 08, 2004 Posts: 81

Yea, Robotech!
My first were the giant robot ones, like Mazinger Z, Getta Robo, Grandizer, I still remember the way Grandizer shouts at every weapon he uses, "LIGHTNING THUNDER!!!! RAINBOW BEAM!!!!" Haha. Later I got back into anime after watching akira, Ninja Scroll, DBZ and Guyver, at that time, it was my first exposure to animation which had quite a high level of sex and violence, I was like this is cartoon, coool!!! That rape scene in Ninja Scroll man, it's engraved in my mind!! I was 14 when I saw that...

AkiSakura · newbie! Joined: Jun 13, 2004 Posts: 3 Location: Australia

hmm..I started addicted to anime after one of my friends used my computer and downloaded an episode of Naruto..I watched it and eventually started to download episode by episode..Actually it just recently(early this year) that I got ADDICTED to anime but it feels like ages ago since I watched the first anime because I really spent every second of my leisure time watching all those anime that I missed which is like lots of (25++) anime.. Rolling Eyes

I think Naruto is the best anime at the moment.. cheers..

jessh · newbie! Joined: Jun 14, 2004 Posts: 2

i read comics ... and some of them released anime .... that's how i've got into anime ..

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ceed · Posted: Wed Jun 16, 2004 4:44 am Post subject:

how???
maybe because i play a lot of games then I saw one, megaman on TV i got curious and *boom* it became coco crunch!
BTW, games and anime are somewhat a good combination, but i prefer anime's before games.
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Axem_Titanium · newbie! Joined: May 29, 2004 Posts: 38

I had been exposed to anime before, but the first anime I actually began looking up on the internet and such was Digimon. Everything else cascaded from there.

AnimeFREAK_A_Leak69 · Posted: Sun Jun 20, 2004 11:43 pm Post subject: first got into anime

I first got into anime when sailor moon was out , i fell in love with it , but now i luv sugar its so adorable
and otakon is awesome anime con by the way Very Happy

Surfkidrocker · Conscript Joined: Jun 14, 2004 Posts: 105 Location: USA

The way I got into anime was that I was watching Cartoon Network and saw a cartoon that was far better than anyone that I had seen before. I looked up the name over the net and found that it was an anime. after that I searched any and all information that I can get my hands up on anime. But I'm still new to the anime scene.

bluestorm6 · Conscript Joined: Aug 06, 2002 Posts: 186 Location: Japan

For myself, the first anime I ever saw was Samurai Pizza Cats. Everyday at lunch I would go home and watch it on YTV.
Then I got into DBZ, and went and rented Akira. Akira was what got me hooked. I was something like 12 or 13 at the time of watching the movie... the rental place thought it was just some cartoon so let me get it. haha.

Anyways, I ended up getting referenced to something called "hotline" which was a weird little file transfer program. I started hosting my Ranma for everyone to watch, and downloading more to put on my server.
Everything went downhill from there, where kunekaden and kaiser joined my server, and then I merged with a whole bunch of other great people.
Now, I am a bitch of Anime-Source, because kaiser somehow took over and dominated us all!

An interesting little tidbit I found... the group that made hotline are now a large hosting company!
http://bigredh.com
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Keitarou · Posted: Mon Jun 21, 2004 10:56 am Post subject:

Samurai Pizza Cats was da' bomb! I remember watching those too, on YTV, although I don't really call that my getting into anime because I had no idea at the time that it was even from a different country.

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alwaystomato · newbie! Joined: Jun 21, 2004 Posts: 16

well i am actually kind of a newbie, i got hooked to it starting the second semester of college, a new friend that i made had a great collection of anime, so he showed me his collection and we just started watching, after that i started downloading many anime and also buying manga online and trying to find as much as possible.
well i am still hooked in anime and manga and i will probably be for a while.

well thats my story.

- alwaystomato