Whiskeyjack (Level 19)

Trudging through the "Covering the Basics" quest has been an exercise in frustration as I come up with gateway drug anime after gateway drug anime only to be denied. While I can't dispute the presence of what did make the list. There's so many other series that I have used to personally hook friends on it doesn't seem fair to leave them out in the cold. Most of this is coming from looking at my DVD shelf and recalling what we could actually get at our local Blockbuster.. or later on what made it onto YTV maybe.

	1. Ranma ½ Probably the first series I ever rented from Blockbuster. Also the first manga series I bought consistently. A strange blend (for me at the time!) of action comedy and romantic hi jinx.
	2. Robotech The recent death of Macek has brought forth an outpouring of positivity about this merged series. The number of "this was my first anime" posts are innumerable.
	3. Ninja Scroll There was a time when you said "Anime" and two things came to most people's minds. Well.. three. First was "you mean japanimation?" followed by the hyper-violence of Ninja Scroll, and the naughty tentacles of La Blue Girl.
	4. Cowboy Bebop Bang. I've got nothing. All-around awesome.
	5. Bubblegum Crisis Hard to justify but a personal favourite. The series that took me from a casual fan to something bordering on otaku for the first time. God I loved this series soundtrack. Also made a very strong case against dubs back in the day.
	6. Tenchi Muyo! Ryo-Ohki Episode four featured my very first onsen scene. Breasts are an excellent gateway drug.
	7. Neon Genesis Evangelion As the only one of my friends with a part-time job and the will to burn all my disposable income on anime VHS tapes I know that this series hooked a number of my friends. By the time the series ended there was a queue waiting to borrow the tape when the latest episodes were out in stores.
	8. Record of Lodoss War My drug of choice to hook my friends who preferred fantasy to science fiction. I never really got into the longer Chronicles of the Heroic Knight though.
	9. Azumanga Daioh Mostly hooked female friends with this series as boobs, giant robots and explosions weren't always a selling feature.
	10. Ghost in the Shell While a major appeal to me about most anime television series is that there's often an over-arcing storyline.. it's also detrimental sometimes when trying to sink your hooks into unsuspecting victims. Awesome 1-shot movies are a great solution for that.

Whiskeyjack (Level 19)

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