What anime introduced you into anime and you knew it was "anime"

read the topic. answer the q. if you were 10, and you saw voltron, but you dind’t know what "anime" is, that don’t count. the only thing i’ll excuse is if you knew it was "diffrent somehow" when you first saw it. i might go with that.

lets all be honest and not speak for other people. for me, it was

robotech/sailor moon/dbz. not in that order. that’s when i realized…hey…this ain’t nothing like johnny quest..hmmm. and then i got blow away and fell in love. ahh..memories. 😀

Actually mostly my friend bought Calvin & Hobbes back then and I read his, occasionally getting one for myself.

I should mention that those comics were the only such comics that I had for years. A running theme in my young life was wanting certain things and having to wait years before I actually got them. I don’t know how normal that was, but I imagine my patience was pretty uncommon. I wanted to import games since my cousin brought some japanese games for the NES in the 80s, but I never got around to doing it until near the end of the 90s… so I mostly just stared at the import shop ads in the backs of magazines. I kept a gamepro or EGM mag from 93 for the entire decade because it had a 40 page import review special section nd I used it to plan most of my early import purchases/roms I looked for.

Also: In my days they called it japanimation… I think!

A soccer one, Tsubasa or something like that

Captain Tsubasa.

I guess I would have to say that my first anime was Sailor Moon? It’s kind of tricky, because I watched it for years before, and I got into anime after I started to get into the Sailor Moon manga. I might have started watching some other shows before I started watching it again. At any rate, the sailor moon manga is one of the big things that got me into anime!

Some of my earlier shows were Slayers, Fushigi Yugi, Ah! Megami Sama, and Nadesico. When I first started watching stuff, it was more "this is a show I have access too" then picking out show that looked good!

This was my little sisters first anime which I gave to her when she was two! Along with Mazinger Z! And she could sing the theme song when she was 3!

good times.

I used to sing it along with my cousins when I was a kid.

But now I forgot how it goes. 🙁

Don’t want to think some crazy hentai my eyes stumbled apon when I was just a wee one was the begining of my anime passion, although it was for other things.

Yes, I’m serious.

Don’t ask, I can’t remember who it was that introduced me to it.

Neon Genesis Evangelion was the first anime I watched when I actually knew that it was originally in another language.

the first anime i watched were sailor moon and card-captor sakura

shade17 is just too young to remember those days. 🙂

booya! that’s how i think of 99.9% of everyone here. lol

Eh?

I thought so, shut the fuck up, the word is acceptable.

does he ever mention hentai? i bet he likes it. 😀

Eh?

I thought so, shut the fuck up, the word is acceptable.
If that’s directed at me, then I thought you should know that I think the word is fine, but a little out of date by now(you never hear people saying Japanimation).

Making sense would be nice.

but when i found out that there was non-perverted stuf out there, the first proper anime movie i saw was Fist of the North Star closely followed by Akira, then Devilman 🙂

To Sam Chan:
Akira, North Star and Devilman is not proper, they’re violent!
And Legend of Overfiend is sick. Women in that anime are only objects of sex.

hahaha

We value grammar here. Please make an effort to seem respectable. Otherwise you’ll get slightly less respect than the average ass hair.

my favorite of now: Naruto

We value grammar here. Please make an effort to seem respectable. Otherwise you’ll get slightly less respect than the average ass hair.

speek fer joo selph ‘ol timer!

sav yer attitoods for un akshual dizcushun!

da kidz jus voiseeng hiss opiniun!
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But the one that got me fully on the anime track was Dominion Tank Police and its my favourite all time anime and manga. That was back in 1996 I think.

However, that was because those were cheap, TV productions. I was introduced to GOOD anime, through the Disney presented Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Spirited Away’ which won the Academy Award for Best Animated Film in 2002.

Recently I saw the also presented by Disney, Hayao Miyazaki’s ‘Howl’s Moving Castle’ which I loved.

I was surprised at my really liking the film, since I’m familiar with American, especially Disney animation. There was huge contrast between that and anime.

What I don’t understand is the meaning of ‘manga’. What does it mean? What difference does it have from anime? How is the word pronounced?

Then I saw Wolf’s Rain. At first I didn’t know it was an anime because the opening scene is almost like a painting. It was beautiful. When the scene changed and the story developed I was hooked. I became an anime junkie.

First anim??? i watched when i knew it was an anim???: Samurai X (age of 11 )

Samurai X was the show that actually got me interested in anime though

Samurai X was the show that actually got me interested in anime though

Dragonball is great, ’cause of the wonderful characters and the humour.

Dragonball Z….hm…

– Villain A comes up.
– Goodguys fight him.
– Villain A becomes stronger.
– Goodguys find a way to beat Villain A, but they fuck it up.
– One of the good guys die.
– Villain B becomes herassed by Villain A.
– The goodguy get revived.
– One of the two villains becomes the strongest villain ever.
– Ultimate Villain guy kills more goodguys.
– Ultimate Villain gets killed fairly easily.
– All dead goodguys get revived.

Dragonball Z….hm…

– Villain A comes up.
– Goodguys fight him.
– Villain A becomes stronger.
– Goodguys find a way to beat Villain A, but they fuck it up.
– One of the good guys die.
– Villain B becomes herassed by Villain A.
– The goodguy get revived.
– One of the two villains becomes the strongest villain ever.
– Ultimate Villain guy kills more goodguys.
– Ultimate Villain gets killed fairly easily.
– All dead goodguys get revived.

Exactly! the Buu saga and the Freeza saga were basically the same.

And then effing Cartoon Network kept reseting the series right as they got to the end:(

Goku is pretty damn cool though

um…no i’m 100% right on this one, they restarted the series on me. This was long ago though during the Buu saga though, not recently

they go episode, 290, 291, 292 or whatever number they are, and they show the very last one, and THEN, they restart again. what your saying that i’m trying to correct is that they restart SKIPPING THE ENDING. that’s the point i’m not agreeing with.

Dragonball Z….hm…

– Villain A comes up.
– Goodguys fight him.
– Villain A becomes stronger.
– Goodguys find a way to beat Villain A, but they fuck it up.
– One of the good guys die.
– Villain B becomes herassed by Villain A.
– The goodguy get revived.
– One of the two villains becomes the strongest villain ever.
– Ultimate Villain guy kills more goodguys.
– Ultimate Villain gets killed fairly easily.
– All dead goodguys get revived.

Yeah lol, that show was just like that…reviving and dying again.

But when ii younger id watch pokemon. DBZ if the cable aloud it. and Yu Yu Hakashu sounds familar but i forget.

bigredone

Now I’m a fan of the Anime genre.

Um… i think it was with Digimon for me. Maybe DBZ i think, but Digimon cemented if DBZ didn’t.

I was also watching Card Captor Sakura on TV when I bought those DVDs and talked about it with a friend. I think it was then that I discovered it was called anime. And pretty soon I started leeching it. I think the first anime I’ve leeched was Naruto.

And look at me today. I’ve watched 250+ complete series and have no social life. A life well lived I’ll say.

The first anime I ever watched when I knew about anime would be either Guyver or Vampire Hunter D

I watched Pokemon before that, but I don’t think I ever made the connection.

Ofcourse, I didn’t know any of these were anime until I discovered the "internet". 😀

But the series that really hooked me in otaku-land was Rouroni Kenshin.

Teknoman. Still a classic.

InuYasha was the first series I watched that made me naturally think, "Oh! THIS is anime!" And of course, it still remains my favorite series!

I’ve seen a couple of anime before FF:U, like Doramon, and others I dont remember the name of..
but FF:U did I watch with the intention of watching anime. Sadly, I worshipped this anime for a long time after, even its a sucky anime.

a great anime…

Genshiken

Tho the fisrt anime I saw (don’t remember actually knowing what it was) was Astro Boy. Don’t like it now lol, but NGE is what got me obsessed.

I also don’t remember not knowing what anime is, strange…

I think my first exposure to anime and knowing that it was such was Pokemon. Then Digimon, and then Outlaw Star.

However, the first one – which I realised was anime – was Vampire Hunter D.

Then my area got Cartoon Network and thats when i really started to see more anime. programs like Voltron, Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo, Dragon Ball Z, Gundam Wing, and Ronin Warriors.

Hmm that’s a good point there. Though, as far as I know, it’s not a film that’s generally classified as being anime, I’ve never been quite sure as to why it shouldn’t be – although I’m sure there’s a good reason for that.

Anyway, the anime that got me hooked was Yakitate!! Japan. Previous to Yakitate!! Japan, I couldn’t really get into anime for several reasons, one being that I had only ever heard about the ones that focus on grandiose fighting scenes. I’m really not into that type of anime, although I will put up with it if it’s good for the plot.

Yakitate!! Japan. Funny, funny show.

Some of the staff who worked on The Last Unicorn later went on to work for Studio Ghibli, so maybe that’s how the person who suggested that got confused, but it was made by American and British production companies and based on a (fantastic) novel by an American writer.

Ah, that explains things. I mistakenly thought before that the film was produced by a Japanese company. Many thanks for pointing that out.

When they ported Gatchaman to make "Battle of the Planets" a year later, I knew the animation style was vastly different than US cartoons, and I could tell the dubbing was more blatant to my by-then more sophisticated mind, but I still had NO IDEA it was coming from Japan. It wasn’t until Voltron (1984?) that I began to get a clue.

At the time, though, I hadn’t heard the word "anime", but I had heard the word "Japanimation". Also I saw a news item about Japanese comic books which referred to them as "monga" (sic).

Hellsing would have to be what introduced me. When i watched it, i knew it was an Anime, and as a result of liking it i went out and looked for more of the genre.

And as of then i noticed the anime section in my local HMV.

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Now had there been no English version, I never would have knew what anime is despite that the Japanese version is wwaay better:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EZbBuYU_BJw

But just for the hell of it, here’s the Japanese opening also ;):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Li14ySvt77g

Believe it or not, when I was searching for Sailor Moon stuff in ’96 through magazines, that’s how I first heard of FFVII (and not way long after it was release like most FFVII fans). I’m serious about that one.

Full Metal Panic?

They showed these shorts on Liquid TV on Mtv, 1 or 2 of the shorts from Robot Carnival were thrown in also. Where they first showed Aeon Flux and Beavis and Butthead too methinks.

AU here.

I lived in canberra at the time tho

A bit of common sense is not too much to ask. Make your posts readable or buzz off.

you may want to rethink your text color, a lot of people use the "timewarp" scheme and it’s really hard to see black on dark blue. Just a little advice. Also welcome to FFS.

A bit of common sense is not too much to ask. Make your posts readable or buzz off.

Funny, it showed up on the theme i was veiwing the site with.

Jeez you dont need to be an ass about it.

And do keep in mind that I can edit/delete your posts if you try to argue with me.

No arguing? Haha, ok.

A bit of common sense is not too much to ask. Make your posts readable or buzz off.

I managed to read it perfectly fine without trying too hard ^___^. lol

But if people have some eye problems or reading problems, I don’t blame them. No arguement intended though jftr ‘kay?

Anyway it said "Cardcaptor Sakura".

Most of all I’d say Ulysses 31 and Jayce and the Wheeled Warriors.

I watched dragon ball & ranma, but I always thinked that they were ‘cartoons’ like the others =P

Best anime ever, in my opinion. I’ve watched it many times. :heart:

first thing I knew that was anime that I got into was Full Metal Alchemist a couple years ago

lol. i saw the box at my local blockbuster and i wanted to rent it but didn’t. looked funny but i was afraid that i might not laugh as much because it looked REALLY old. prolly early 70’s. O_o :p

if you say it’s good i’ll look for it and get it next time.

It wasn’t until Toonami started playing Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z that I really understood what anime was.

One of my various babysitters had just returned from a trip to Japan and returned with a bunch of dubbed animes [ On VHS o.o ] for us to watch.

I adored Slayers to pieces. <3

Pokemon introduced me to the world of Japanese animated TV, followed by Patlabor (which I simply adore). Now I’m hooked on Yakitate!! Japan (manga and anime).

The very first series of Transformers was made in America.

The characters were based on a japanese toyline.

Tsubasa Resevoir Chronicles was the first anime series that got me hooked. The manga got me interested enough to dive into the vast world of manga and anime.
Of course "first" excludes Studio ghibli stuff like Miyazaki’s "totoro" XP I grew up on that movie.

The characters were based on a japanese toyline.

Do you mean the "Go-Bots"?
😀

Welcome to FF shire Ronin Maj.

In chronological order my first four animes were:
1.Sailor Moon
2.Iczer One
3.Mermaids Scar
4.Project A-ko

😎

But the show that opened the floodgates was "FUSHIGI YUUGI." I watched this show in Japanese and I had no idea what to expect. The storyline of Fushigi Yuugi was well done, the voice acting was superb (more so than ANY English voice acting that I have ever heard), the music was great, and it is one of the few shows that made me cry (I’m a guy).

If it wasn’t for this show I would not have watched other shows such as Neon Genesis Evangelion, Rurouni Kenishin, and Blue Seed; I guess when you watch one great show of a genre it prompts interest in the whole.

In addition to watching other anime, what made this show so significant was that it generated an interest in the Japanese culture, music, and language.

I was 17 when I watched this show and I’m 27 now. I watch this show, or bits and pieces of it, every couple years and I still rank this show as the best anime.

That awesome show is what brought me into anime.

I remember playing the Playstation 1 game as well at the time, loved it, even though I only had the demo of it from one of the Playstation Magazine discs 😀

same here, i also have..
ninja scroll, akira, patlabor 1,2, X, rojuin z, guyver ,and a few others

funny, i just had a yard sale last week, at $2ea, i did not sell any of them. Akira and Robot Carnival i did not put out for sale.

will do

Neon Genesis Evengalion, Macross, 0079 MS Gundam

Robot Carnival, Cowboy Beebop, Street Fighter Alpha, Tekken,(Tekken also lead me to the band Stabbing Westward)

hey tdryu double posting is bad, mmkay.
edit your post instead.

Also, people who refer to themselves as "otaku" are usually really dumb, pretentious, and annoying.

I find DBZ has kinda lost its luster only because my anime viewing has evolved plus I was able to see the japanese not E-Dubbed version

My first that I ever saw was Ronin Warriors, but I didn’t know was anime was yet.

1st Part: Younger Days (early – mid 90’s)

I’d say animes like Voltes V, Daimos, Dragon Ball, Dragon Ball Z, Ranma 1/2, BT’X, Samurai X, Slam Dunk, GateKeepers and Yu Yu Hakusho because these were frequently shown on TV back then and the stations have had plenty of reruns for these animes.

2nd Part: Reawakening of my interest in Anime (August 2007) after a hiatus from 2003 – 2007

Ginban Kaleidoscope: Reawakened my passion for watching anime (another thanks to my PS2 hehehe!). Changed my anime interests to watching animes with love stories and beautiful women (I only used to watch animes with fighting and robots).

Others

Read or Die OVA, Read or Die the TV, Onegai Sensei, School Rumble

Until my cousin introduced Ranma 1/2.

Once again, the first anime I watched intentionally, and knowing it was anime, was Yakitate!! Japan. It was probably the best introduction I could get.

But now I know: the first anime I watched without knowing its country of origin and style was Superbook.

The first shows I watched that I understood as anime were Cardcaptor Sakura and Yu-Gi-Oh though~

My interest in anime peaked when I watched Macross Plus, Giant Robo, Sailormoon (*sigh* :-\ ), Tonde Buurin (aka Super Pig/Super Boink/Pig Girl of Love and Courage) or, Dragonball, and Dragonball Z (*sigh* :-\ ).

My experience is similiar to cj_siege_tank except that my hiatus from anime started around early 2002 and ended early 2007. I’m starting to watch old school anime (or anything pre-2000) and some newer stuff in order to reignite my passion for anime (mixed result so far).

Verrrrrryyy first? DBZ.

Then again I might be mistaken 15 years is a long time.

though before gundam wing i would watch pokemon, yugioh, dbz, db, dbgt, lets&go, B’t X, Totoro, Panda Ko Panda, and many others…just never thought them as anime.

My neighbor Totoro might be the first anime ive ever watched…way back when i was 1 years old. My grandparents bought the VHS, 1st edition, for me to watch when it was released. Man that was a long time ago…

Legendary stuff is Legend.

shade17 is just too young to remember those days. 🙂

In the beginning, I just called it Japanese Animation, straight up. Then Japanimation, then Anime.

Anyway, I gotten my taste of it back in ’94. My first three were Project A-ko, Venus Wars, and
Dominion Tank Police. Never looked back since…. unless, ofcourse, to remininsce

Who could ever forget the greatest hero that ever was:

Tuxedo Mask!

After that would be Sailor Moon.

The first anime I saw, I think I noticed a difference in having actual continuing stories compared to other cartoons, but then again I might be projecting back what I think now.

Sailor Moon was also aired on local television which I watched regularly. This could be my first also.

Very first was Mazinger/Tranzor Z which why hot blooded super robot shows have a soft spot in my burning heart of justice.

But the ‘first’ anime (without pt-br translation) that i’ve watched was Hokuto no Ken. And the episode was the end of the battle between Yuuda and Rei. Was the first vcr tape from japan that my aunt gave me as present (the fact was she recorded many ads and commercials from tokyo to show me…… Very funny)

I think the first anime I watched was Tenchi Muyo (wishes that they come on T.V again or at least release more of the DVDs in the UK) After it stopped being shown I watched Neon Genesis Evangelion.

Yuyuhakusho, inuyasha, and cowboy beebop, Which Later Turned into Tenchi muyu, Trigun, and infi other Anime’s.

Robotech, Tenchi Muyo!, Wing Gundam, and the old Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh!

Dragonball Z, Tenchi Muyo and Gundam Wing on Cartoon Network (and boy did they edit Tenchi with regards to (Ryoko’s) nudity and inuendo).

Pokemon and Tenchi Muyo,
Id seen DBZ, but didnt know it was anime, same for digimon.

Tenchi Muyo! I think was my first anime.

DBZ and Tenchi Muyo!

My first anime was Dragon ball z, I saw it on WB a Long time ago. I could just tell it wasn’t like any other cartoons just from the way everything looked.

Then my area got Cartoon Network and thats when i really started to see more anime. programs like Voltron, Sailor Moon, Tenchi Muyo, Dragon Ball Z, Gundam Wing, and Ronin Warriors.

The first anime I officially knew was anime was the Tenchi Muyo move, Tenchi Muyo in Love. You know, the one where they all time-travel to the seventies and such. It aired on the SciFi channel back in the day when SciFi was still of (dubious) quality, and it forever changed my worldview on animation. After that came Yuu Yuu Hakusho, Yotoden, Ronin Warriors… All classics, and all truly great. But Tenchi will always have a place in my bitter, withered heart. ^^

I believe it was… Big O actually. I feel bad about that. I had seen anime before that( just the stuff that was on Toonami like Kenshin, Tenchi Muyo, Dbz, sailor moon, the horribly butchered Cardcaptors) but I really don’t feel like I saw it as anime, just cartoons. Now I know better though.

The first shows I saw but DIDN’T know were anime were Voltron (Lion Force), StarBlazers, Robotech, early ’80s anime. I didn’t actually get into anime until the early ’90s myself, with Sci-Fi Channel’s Saturday Anime, with Tenchi Muyo! In Love, Gall Force, Project A-Ko. The first anime-anything I remember purchasing was Devil Hunter Yohko Volume1 Special Edition in English. Then, I got into other anime titles, not exclusive to ADVFilms, but also from Pioneer/Geneon, Manga Entertainment, FUNimation.

My first animes (in which, I knew they were anime) were Sailor Moon, DBZ, Tenchi Muyo and Cowboy Bebop. DBZ is about the only one out of the list that I don’t enjoy as much anymore as the others.

First anime I watched was Pokemon. I was already familiar with the games, but my cousin introduced me to the awesome show. However, the first anime I watched and realized it was an anime was Tenchi Muyo.

I would have to say Tenchi Muyo.

Hi. I have to believe my first anime was Tenchi Muyo in Love movie. It aired on the SciFi channel in the mid 90’s (96 or 97). That was my first taste of anime as I know it I can remember.

Sailor Moon was also aired on local television which I watched regularly. This could be my first also.

my first anime was Tenchi Muyo! its been my favorite since

It was Tenchi Muyo! for me as well. God did those girls make me feel funny.

It was late and I got bored with space ghost coast to coast so I tuned into sci fi. They were advertising the Saturday morning anime block. It started with Fatal furry2 then Green legend Ran. I saw it they advertised and I learned something new. I’d never forget that night.

i was six years old, 1976, walking to market and saw a colour tellivision in a shop and was showing an episode. i did stop to watch and was late. i was explained then it was anime and i have been hook on anime ever since.

actually i am an epic lesbian. not as epic as some, but definitely in the top five.
i will edit the post, however, please show me where in the rules, faq, or posting guidelines where it states a fan who has english as a non native language, and was a child in naha okinawa, six years old in 1976, when she first was exposed to space battleship yamato and understood it was anime.

or for any other person.

My point is that on an english-speaking board, few (or possibly none) of the people reading your posts are going to have any idea what you’re saying. Use your brain a bit, because you’re either being an idiot or you’re typing in a language no one is likely to understand because you think idiots will think you’re cool because of it, in which case you’re still an idiot, but made worse by being a pretentious one.

My point is that on an english-speaking board, few (or possibly none) of the people reading your posts are going to have any idea what you’re saying. Use your brain a bit, because you’re either being an idiot or you’re typing in a language no one is likely to understand because you think idiots will think you’re cool because of it, in which case you’re still an idiot, but made worse by being a pretentious one.

i assume all people know exactly what i know, plus a bit more. until i am proven wrong. i have found this is far better than to assume all people know less than i do, and in return treat them like children.
my previous experience with this board had shown me the people i was speak with and exchange soundtracks with were perfectly capable of read ‘and’ understand kana. it was my error to assume that other people in other parts of this board were ignorant of how to read and/or speak more than just english.
if you doubt what i am saying, please refer to some of my past posts:
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the only mistake i made was in assuming that previous experience with one area of this board would apply to all areas of the board.

Your hole is officially bottomless now.

either way, if you would prefer, i will assume all people out side of that section are too ignorant of kana to be able to communicate properly.

i often wonder what is the greater crime.
to assume people are smart enough to know.
or to assume they are too dumb to know.
or, to assume that because one does not, others do not either.

usually, only those who know not complain. should they not feel happy that one assumes they are not only smart enough to understand, but do.

and, i should note, grammatically, my answer original, before i did edit it for those unable to read proper kana, was all that would be needed to answer the original question proper.

either way, if you would prefer, i will assume all people out side of that section are too ignorant of kana to be able to communicate properly.

i often wonder what is the greater crime.
to assume people are smart enough to know.
or to assume they are too dumb to know.
or, to assume that because one does not, others do not either.

usually, only those who know not complain. should they not feel happy that one assumes they are not only smart enough to understand, but do.

and, i should note, grammatically, my answer original, before i did edit it for those unable to read proper kana, was all that would be needed to answer the original question proper.

Chill Chill for the sake of peace chill. Yes it was an accident but don’t keep it going especially with a mod.

Remember the mod is just trying to keep everything in working order. It just maybe that the mod is a little harsh because of all the dopes he has dealt with in the past.

Remember the mod is just trying to keep everything in working order. It just maybe that the mod is a little harsh because of all the dopes he has dealt with in the past.

apology. i have work very hard to be able to communicate in this language of english. what he did accuse me of was wrong. i do not show off how good i am with a fork, and i never did use one before i was 17 years old. i do not show off how good i am at driving on the western road side, even if it still does feel wrong. i do not show off how i can use feet and fahrenheit, even if meters and celsius is normal for me.

it is natural for me to use kana.

mod or not mod, he did decide to act superior. to use hate speech. to threaten with not ask first when no rule was broken. then to insult. honest mistake is honest mistake, but a mod should be better than that.

edit : i have decide i will confine self to previous section of board as contributor of sound tracks. this should solve issue. thank you for your post and concern shadowtheman.

The soundtrack is something else

If you watched them both on TV I think Robotech aired first in the 80s.

Watched em both on tape the same day, and I was 8 so it was around 90/91 I think… it coulda been a few years later.

awesome. can has homo general discussion nao?

nausicaa is a bit obvious but I’ll run with it.

I watched stuff on TV before but I didnt know things like Speed Racer are actually anime.

Everyone’s in love with Ryoko <3

Right around the same time was Toonami’s block of DBZ, Tenchi, Sailor Moon, Outlaw Star, Pokemon and Card Captor Sakura. That was when I really realized I had a thing for these wacky Japanese action cartoons….

Surprisingly, I now own the DVDs to most of those animes and still watch em. 🙂

Other than that I did watch alot of Anime. Although, I do not watch Anime as much as I used to.

Edit: shelbey-a-gogo, you have a nice fuckable body.

The ones that did it for me was Sailor Moon and Big O.

I didn’t really recognise them as anime until later on though, so I’d say Inuyasha was the first one I saw and recognised as anime. I’d just learned what it was and bought Inuyasha to give it a try. Then I rewatched my old nostalgic shows knowing what anime was.

polonia 1 started buying old anime from the 70’s/80’s from italy to show on tv early in the mornings, back in 1993-1996

Same, but only it was DBZ for me, 5pm every weekday. Then Zoids and Cowboy Bebop. And then Blue Gender on DVD. Good times.

…Astroboy, maybe? But I think I watched Sailor Moon before that.

Yeah it was on tv back in the 70’s on cable.

Although we didn’t call it anime then, it wasn’t really anything different than other animated shows.

Battle of the Planets came along later, it was horrible.

But the first true anime show I watched, that introduced me to the whole mess was "Pop Chaser" of Cream Lemon series.

the very next show I watched was the Project A-Ko movie

Project A-Ko has to be the most insane of them all, and I believe holds the worlds record for most "cameos" by other characters.

that was something the japanese did that north american studios could never get away with,

they would always "cameo" or spoof characters even from other competing studios! That doesn’t really happen any more

I doubt anyone has ever come up with a definitive list of cameos (intentional or otherwise) in Project A-Ko

PS – very obscure reference which I’m sure no one else ever got – the "theme music" during A-Ko vs the Grey Side is the OLD theme from "Hockey Night in Canada" – have a listen sometime…

I hate Ranma’s creator now, though.

I was in the habit of picking out anime as a kid tho I didn’t know about it, I could pick out -the good cartoons- by turning over the box and looking at the screencaps how the faces were drawn. ^^

I didn’t really start getting into fansubs and such until around 13 though.

I didn’t really start getting into fansubs and such until around 13 though.

Bleach is not older xD.

Mazinger Z, Saint Seiya, Dragon Ball (not Z these days), i think Initial D also, Transformers G-1, Captain Tsubasa, etc.

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That changed when Fox Kids begun airing the "anime invasion" here in 2001, I was 11 and that lasted until I was around 14. I watched Digimon, Medabots, Shaman King, Beyblade, Patlabor, and a few others. On cartoon network I still watched Pokemon, and also watched Sakura Cardcaptors, InuYasha and Dragonball Z.
(Most of them I still watch and still looooooove xD)
By the obvious japanese-style commercials you could tell they were japanese, so that’s when I begun to notice how different they were from traditional cartoons.

Gosh I had a childhood filled with anime, boy was I happy. xD

Its chaotic silliness is simply unmatched.

The TV Series
Starblazers

Ranma 1/2 is such a classic 🙂

Every time I watch an episode, it takes me back to when I first watched it. It’s still to this day one of my favorite.

I’ve watched anime since I was a kid with Doraemon, Dash Yonkuro and the staple Digimon and Pokemon but I’m not really sure which made me realise it was anime.

I guess it’s Samurai 7 and Witch Hunter Robin. The first 2 series that I watched in Jap dub.

Since then, however, I’m very skeptical and picky about new ones… :p

I remember me and my friend setting alarms each weekend because Technoman was on at 4am lol…. good memories

I know that movie in particular gets a lot of grief from the community, but it changed my life.

When Carl Macek died, I was fortunate enough to come across the estate sale. They had a laserdisc of Sentinels and since everyone hates it I got it for a reasonable price. It came with a certificate signed by Carl’s wife.