Being half Japanese, I was exposed to the world of Anime early on. These are some of the series I remember watching with glee.
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1. Doraemon
Doraemon was it man. As a kid, I was obsessed with the time-traveling blue robot and his pocket full of magical gadgets. I would get my aunt in Japan to record episodes onto vhs tapes and send them to me, or else I would go hunting for the movies in Japantown whenever we drove down to San Francisco. I remember watching the vhs tapes over and over, complete with the zany Japanese commercials, and getting enraptured in this world where the ordinary so easily slid into the fantastical. I also had a huge collection of Doraemon manga, from the numbered books to the double-voume adventure specials. Funny, I also remember getting a postcard from Doraemon one time, written in basic Japanese so I could understand, telling me he was flattered that I was such a fan and that I should visit him in Japan. My aunt did good with that one. |
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2. Medabots
This was a little later, after the Doraemon craze had faded down. Watched this dubbed on FOX, Saturday mornings. I remember getting really into the robots and buying a bunch of the toy figurines. And roleplaying medabot battles with my friends on the playground. haha. |
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3. Shaman King
I remember watching the English dub of this on Saturday mornings while my parents were out at the local Farmer's Market. I had a bowl of cereal, the tv, and the warm morning rays of sunlight all to myself. That was nice. |
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4. Digimon Frontier
I watched this in both Japanese and English at different points. I remember being really drawn to the fantasy world where kids transformed into badass fighting monsters. Yeah, this was my first and last digimon experience, never saw any of the others. |
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5. Pokémon
Of course. I watched a ton of this in both English and Japanese, and got really into the card game as well. I could never play the video games because my parents disapproved of gameboys, so I would always watch with intense interest and jealousy when a friend would come over with one. |
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6. Yu-Gi-Oh!
Yep. I totally watched this and played the card game for a while, though not as fervently as with Pokemon. You see those HYPER DRAMATIC card battles they have in the show? It's quite laughably silly to me now. |
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7. Ultimate Muscle
I got really into this Saturday morning cartoon for a while. I remember being quite delighted by some of the really low-brow, slapstick-y humor and the equally sophisticated jokes involving farting, of which there were quite a few. |
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