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Not your Favorite Anime, But Your First

Topic started by gia on Oct. 4, 2008. Last post by SMXLR8 4 days, 4 hours ago.
Post by gia (3,032 posts) See mini bio Level 13
I have two "first anime" titles. Sailor Moon is the show I originally fell into the anime crowd with-- its cancellation led me to IRC, and, well, it was all downhill from there (as anyone who's spent time on IRC will get).

But! I watched my actual first anime probably before I was even aware of Japan, let alone Japanese animation: it was called The Fantastic Adventures of Unico, a couple of anime movies based on the manga by Osamu Tezuka (who, by the way, is listed in this database *three* times?). My parents taped it off of Disney and I watched it dozens and dozens of times. Ahh, those were the days...

But I know many of you are relatively more recent to the anime world (and maybe some of you are way more old-school). So what was your first?
Posted 4 years, 7 months ago
Post by coonce (151 posts) See mini bio Level 15
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My first anime (and don't call me a noob) - was actually the Animatrix DVD. I really liked how each story was done by a different artist and had a completely different take on the Matrix story.
Posted 4 years, 7 months ago
Post by GMan (282 posts) See mini bio Level 11
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Speed Racer
Posted 4 years, 7 months ago
Post by gia (3,032 posts) See mini bio Level 13
coonce said:
"My first anime (and don't call me a noob) - was actually the Animatrix DVD. I really liked how each story was done by a different artist and had a completely different take on the Matrix story."
Have you watched the AniBatrix (AKA Batman: Gothic Knight)? It's the same concept (six shorts by different animation studios/writers/etc) but set in the Batman universe instead of the Matrix. It's pretty good.
Posted 4 years, 7 months ago
Post by maxwell (90 posts) See mini bio Level 3
Wow, totally forgot about Unico (ユニコ). Guess I lied when I said Akira was my first (though technically, it was my first with subtitles and the orig. sdtk). I was all up on Unico way back in the day (don't want to date myself too explicitly here >_<) though I often confused it with The Last Unicorn.
Edited 4 years, 7 months ago
Post by orz (114 posts) See mini bio Level 7
Dragonball Z, you know you all love it too.
Posted 4 years, 7 months ago
Post by GMan (282 posts) See mini bio Level 11
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I did watch Dragonball Z for a while.  But I couldn't keep up with the daily schedule (on Cartoon Network).  You missed an episode or two and suddenly everyone's on a different planet or Goku would be dead. 
Posted 4 years, 7 months ago
Post by orz (114 posts) See mini bio Level 7
orrrrrrrrrr you actually find the time to watch some and the entire episode is just them powering up!
Posted 4 years, 7 months ago
Post by gia (3,032 posts) See mini bio Level 13
I could never get into DBZ, honestly. Though I don't have any excuse, since I watched Sailor Moon like crazy at the time @_@
Posted 4 years, 6 months ago
Post by darkcyder (142 posts) See mini bio Level 8
orz said:
"Dragonball Z, you know you all love it too."
DBZ over here as well. Hell, I remember seeing a single episode of DBZ before anything was even being mainstreamed and going like "wow this is awesome." (I think I might've been like 5). Also, it happened to be the episode where Zarbon thrashed Vegeta (my memory scares me). Then once Toonami came onto CN everything was over for me...
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Post by Kuro (559 posts) See mini bio Level 5
Dragonball Z. Toonami Gen.
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Post by bluedragoon (2 posts) See mini bio Level 7
Samurai Pizza Cats, but I only saw random episodes since it was before I grasped the concept of a TV schedule.
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Post by Sigue (860 posts) See mini bio Level 8
Either Dragon Ball or Sailor Moon. I can't quite remember.
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Post by Axersia (228 posts) See mini bio Level 11
Either Samurai Pizza Cats or Tekkaman/Teknoman in the early 90s. To me they were just cartoons back then, though. I didn't actually get into anime until I started watching subbed eps of Naruto, .hack//Legend of the Twilight Bracelet (or .hack//DUSK, as we called it back then for some reason) and Read or Die in 2003.
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Post by aztek the lost (116 posts) See mini bio Level 8
I have no idea how all of you remember your first anime...makes me feel like I've got amnesia or something

but, I'm pretty sure it was Yu-Gi-Oh...at least that was the first one I enjoyed
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Post by Disgaeamad (10 posts) See mini bio Level 2
I'm pretty sure I started off with Pokemon. Bye-Bye-Butterfree had me in tears back then.
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Post by DualReaver (136 posts) See mini bio Level 4
Sadly, it was probably Sailor Moon.
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Post by Atsuma_Akubara (194 posts) See mini bio Level 5
Mine was either Pokemon or Sailor Moon.
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Post by Devilly (5,329 posts) See mini bio Level 10
O god Heidi i was like 4 XD
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
Post by Cogito (478 posts) See mini bio Level 14
Voltron, ftw.
Posted 4 years, 5 months ago
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