What anime would you use to hook other non anime addicts?

SouchiroRaito · Naginata Ashigaru Joined: Jun 09, 2005 Posts: 448

naruto definately naruto. i already got my cuzin (who is like 18 when he started watching) and my sister's boyfriend (who's 19). Now my cuzin is looking at and watched all sorts of anime, whenever he's bored he sees some but he's crazy to see bleach and naruto.
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mao_kiss20 · newbie! Joined: Oct 09, 2005 Posts: 40

It doesn't matter what anime I choose for them, they get addicted in the end, cause I animate scenes of any anime that I've watch back to life ( of course the interesting parts) and after 2-3 days of startling them with new scenes extracted from the anime or my adorament for the anime, they started to pay attention and I'll just have to rewind it again and they're addicted. Twisted Evil

Yvonne · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 5:20 pm Post subject: hooked

to hook a new anime watcher i would us Outlaw Star. i think outlaw star is a show alot of new animeres(not a word) would like.

WeeBey · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 6:50 pm Post subject:

Good question. I thought about it and I think I've shown Blood:The Last Vampire to the most non-anime watchers. It's short and sweet. I used to show people Ninja Scroll all the time, and the first couple episodes of Neon Genesis are a good way to see if someone would be down with anime too. Recently Ive been blowing peoples minds with Final Fantasy advent Children.
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Lithium2346 · newbie! Joined: Sep 28, 2005 Posts: 28

hmmm, for a first anime, i think i showed some ppl the rurouni kenshin ovas and tehy liked it, dunno if tehy got them into it...

eh, for me, it prob was the dbz, transformers, and saint seiya when i was really young, but i didnt watch any until like the past 2 years, and i started fof with kenshin Very Happy

Trine · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Mar 14, 2005 Posts: 61

Its really based on the type of person but if I were to choose one I would make sure it was a fansub because as we all know the english versions aren't the best to watch.

WeeBey · Posted: Sun Oct 09, 2005 11:00 pm Post subject:

surge13 · Yari Ashigaru Joined: Sep 12, 2005 Posts: 275

i think samurai champloo or cowboy beebop are good series to start off with cuz they have some good action and the story aint bad and cowboy beebop was the anime that got me into anime, not a bad start huh Laughing

Raj · newbie! Joined: Oct 09, 2005 Posts: 6

Honestly I would just say "watch cartoon network sometime" because half the people who get hooked, get hooked by some crappy anime, or some anime thats been crapped on by bad dubbing and bad editing(ie. Naruto). When they get hooked they pretty much fall for a general genre at first until they discover other stuff on their own or via influence. When hooked, they will fall for either All-out-bust-a-nose-bleed-action,Mechs, Sci-fi/Spaceships or ninjas (sadly enough samurai and any other sort of warring characters fall under this as well since most newbs consider them to be the same as ninjas. I don't really know why). The anime that hooked me was Outlaw Star. And yeah, it was the sci-fi aspect of it that did it. Spaceships. Sorry if this sounds downplayed, but from my experience this holds true. Just watch whatever the hell is on CN tonight. Accept for Bobobobo-Bobo-Bobobo, which is a horrible version of Excel Saga with even worse voice acting (Personal oppinion here).

Bowser · Posted: Mon Oct 10, 2005 5:11 am Post subject:

NGE is a good start, it has great charecters; giant mechas; and a realy cool plot.

cooldak · newbie! Joined: Sep 16, 2005 Posts: 26

i would show them anruto and rurouni kenshin

Tatty · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Jun 28, 2005 Posts: 52

Heh. I got quite a lot of people hooked with Azumanga Daioh alone. Rolling Eyes

Was able to find a dvd with chinese subs fortunately since my godmother and the kids aren't that good with english. Failed to get my godfather hooked though. My colleagues have the dvd now. Wonder how far is this addiction going to spread. Twisted Evil

Still working on getting the girls hooked. Going to try using Yakitate Japan! Don't have chobits with me right now if not I would have tried that instead. Progress so far is still at 0%... Crying or Very sad

Ryto · newbie! Joined: Oct 01, 2005 Posts: 27

Either Naruto, Inuyasha, or DBZ. (DBZ is the one that got me going)

Fofo · newbie! Joined: Sep 22, 2005 Posts: 19

naruto

DanLee · Heimin (Commoner) Joined: Oct 11, 2005 Posts: 51

I use Gantz, GTO, and PeaceMaker Kurogane