haha. lets have fun. (i predict topic will be closed in like 2 minutes but hey, you never know)

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. :D

DBZ/ Voltron/ Sailor Moon/ A soccer one, Tsubasa or something like that/ Lost Universe

Akira.

Taro the dragon boy probably. In 85 or 86 maybe. My cousin would bring stuff from japan/talked about the cartoons and stuff from out there so it was easy to tell what was japanese or not. I also got some Taiwanese comics (http://images.google.com/images?svnum=10&hs=T3Y&hl=en&lr=&safe=off&client=firefox-a&rls=org.mozilla%3Aen-US%3Aofficial&q=%22blood+sword%22+jademan&btnG=Search)(similar to Hong Kong style) from a friend in second grade and they were awesome as well as the first ones I got on my own I think as I mostly rummaged through my brothers comic collection at the time and besides ordering Calvin & Hobbes from school I don't think I put any effort into trying to buy comics.

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.

Samurai Pizza Cats

I Knew of the bat DBZ was way different because there was no jokes just hardcore fighting.

Super Dimensional Fortress Macross, I think was my first anime, the second time it aired in South Korea, I was 4, I think.

pfft. i wish i was as lucky as rezo. all my cousins ever introduced me to was their fist on my head. noogie time! >=(

Project Ako was my first anime movie.

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!

My first anime was Sailor Moon. It got me into anime, then I watched other animes such as Fushigi Yugi, DBZ, Voltes V and Macross.

Voltes V

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.

Voltes V has an awesome theme song imo.

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

But now I forgot how it goes. :(

NGE for me...

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.

inuyasha. i was up late over the summer and watching tv for no reason. i stumbled upon... inuyasha! second episode. this is the one and only anime that i enjoy. no idea why, the others just don't float my boat. i can see why people like them though. except dbz, which obviously sucks balls. chocolate salty balls. i mean seriously, its as dumb as pokemon but somehow older people accept it.
so anyway, inuyasha.. and then i was wondering around in nice, france and i found an awesome anime+stuff shop (though the bottom floor, the book/manga/comic section, was about 90% hentai). i picked up the only inuyasha dvd i could afford and brought it back here where my computer is french (w. europe, more accurately) dvd region and it is so awesome. so i love inuyasha. a lot of people hate it, which i can understand too. but it is a good time for me, i'm a big fan of all the movies.

Devil Hunter Yohko.

Yes, I'm serious.

Cutey Honey lzozlozlz

I think I first saw what anim� was was when I saw Dragonball Z, soon after that I read-up about anim� and decided to watch 'Akira' (basically the complete opposite of what Dragonball Z was) and Akira just blew me away.

Rorouni Kenshin?

Akira
taped it and watched it easily over a 1000 times
i can quote every line of the streamline dub

Mobile Suit Gundam, the original series, back in the mid-80's.

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

Robotech was the first anime I watched, but I didn't know what 'anime' was then.

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

dbz

whoever wrote japanimation should be shot. no true anime fan could ever think of using that word.(spits)

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

What's wrong with japanimation? I'd consider myself a "true" fan of japanimation, so am I wrong for thinking that just because I used the word? Silly ignorant elitist snot.

Everyone used the word japanimation when anime first started to become popular here. I can't remember anyone ever saying anime until I was at least 15.

shade17 is just too young to remember those days. :)

What's wrong with japanimation? I'd consider myself a "true" fan of japanimation, so am I wrong for thinking that just because I used the word? Silly ignorant elitist snot.


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

99.9%?

Hilarious

well, with my percantages. that .1 is actually probably...like...5 or so poeple. so don't feel bad. :p you might be one of them. add to this the fact that i only know..maybe....20 or so people. and well...i suck at math. :p

There's nothing wrong with the word Japanimation, it's just kind of a silly word when you think about it, but it works.

Otacon says it in Metal Gear Solid for the PSX, and who do you think wrote the script?

Eh?

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

whatever Otacon says, goes!

does he ever mention hentai? i bet he likes it. :D

Otacon says it in Metal Gear Solid for the PSX, and who do you think wrote the script?

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).

For me it was Sailor Moon, DBZ, Pokemon and Techno Man

would have to be DBZ!!

My first anime were from that I knew they were something other:Ghost in the shell/Neon Genesis Evangelion/ DBGT.Some times I1m still returning to the old favorites.

My first anime were from that I knew they were something other

Making sense would be nice.

the first ever anime that i saw was my brother's copy of legend of the overfiend *shudders*.

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 :)

Nausicaa introduced me to anime. After watching 10 minutes of it, i was saying to myself "Wow! Is this made by Japanese?"

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.

Akira, North Star and Devilman is not proper, they're violent!

hahaha

i think da first anime i watched was akira or ghost in da shell iv also seen armitage 3 all of them an dbz tenchi muyo sailor moon and a few ovas started watchin them wen i was bout 5

The way you type, it's hard to imagine you're not still 5 years old. =/

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

rurioni kenshin

my favorite of now: Naruto

The way you type, it's hard to imagine you're not still 5 years old. =/

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!
:D

The anime that introduced me was Bubblegum Crisis: Tokyo 2040.
My aunt got it for me for X Mas sometime ago. And I've been waiting for her to get me more anime ever since. >>;

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.

Akira introduced me to the world of japanimation. The animation is superb and the soundtrack is awesome. It's the first time Disney and all the other western cartoons got beaten on their own grounds. Disney, King of Animation my ass.

Long, long ago. I think I was 5 when I first knew about anime, it was astro boy, and sailor moon.

I'd seen loads as a kid cause my nana use to buy cheap cartoon videos and they were anime. There was one about a cave boy called KumKum who got into troubel alot. There was another one about a boy, girl and middle age man travelling around searching for somthing in an abandoned city. And there were red and blue giant robots patrolling the city, so want to see it again. I sadly cant remember the name.

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.

Sailor Moon introduced me to anime, but I didn't know what anime was until a friend of mine told me what it was.

Sailor Moon also introduced me to anime because my sister watched it all the time. And learned it was anime when mom yelled "..watching crap like that where they turn naked and morph..." actually not but that's the closest thing to someone telling me it was anime. I figured it out by hearing others talking about it, not actually talking to people about it. I was a loner at the time=(.

probably ninja scroll

Vampire Princess Miyu was the one that really got me interested in Anime, even though I was already watching Dragonball Z at the time. I still referred to the style as "Japanamation" then.

I actually never knew people distinguished anime as a seperate subject from cartoons. (i actually didn't hear the word 'anime' until about 6 years ago) i guess growing up in an asian community, we all just called them cartoons (or ka-tong in cantonese, although mangas/'man-wa' were kinda treated seperate from comics). but yeah... i think it must have been those old Master Q movies that started everything... no story really, but pretty funny stuff.

Yu Yu Hakusho, Salior Moon, or Rurouni Kenshin

doraemon...

Nausicaa when I was in grade school.
I didn't know the title of the movie at the time, but it was excellent!

ruruoni kenshin, slayers and inuyasha those are awesome!

Probably Gundam Wing i used to love it

DBZ/ I watched ....*shudders* Poke'mon before that but i didnt know that was anime, then i watched Gundam Wing, then Yu-Gi-Oh and now Rurouni Kenshin

And you still haven't seen anything good. =/

(nothig stated)

what are you talking about? kenshin is good. Nausicaa was one of those old ones.. i remember i was scared when i first watched it on cassette. i watched it again today for the first time in.. what, a bit more than a decade?... and i was all: 'wow, i don't remember alot of this! but it's pretty good!'

(nothing stated)

haha @ the moron calling me prank

I deserved that. I am amoron. A stuffed up moron thats madder that a moomba on steroids. Im sorry man, I should never of wrote those things. Im emotionaly stressed right now(and taking opeum based tablets.) so imsorry and it turned out, I stuffed up every ones fourm not you sorry.

I got introduced to Anamie when I Was stoned out of my head. Me and my mates watched Ghost in the Shell after chuffin' on some reefers. I couldn't remember much though.:)

cowboy bebop

I'd say the first anime I used to see was the rubbish on Italian TV when I was young, which I was not interested in, as I didn't understand Italian (I'm Maltese) and the animation style bored me.

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?

manga in english is as you see it. in cantonese it's pronounced as mann-wa (kind of a silent g i suppose, i think it's the same in japonese). it can be interpretted as comic or graphic novel. if you like that disney labelled anime, i suggest 'laputa castle in the sky', that's another oldie that has taken a long time to get recognition

Rurouni Kenshin and Gundam Wing and Sailor Moon they didn't have alot of anime on tv here

Love Hina. AtomX made me watch it. XD;

Evangelion...i used to saw it on tv when i was 11 yr or so...

The very first anime I ever saw was Speed Racer. It didn't leave an impression on me because I was so young. Wow, another cartoon. Same thing with Sailor Moon.

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.

The first anime I saw was Pokemon and then Digimaon and after that was Cardcaptors...but I never knew what anime WAS untill about Yr 10 in school when some of my friends introduced me too DNAngel, Fruits Basket and then I started reading Negima!, they ALL rock!!

DNAngel was suprisingly good; i wasn't expecting it to be

DBZ or Akira.....probably Akira

Streetfighter 2 Animated movie

A mix of Akira, Ninja Scroll, Angel Cop and Sailor Moon...that's sounds about right.

First anim� i watched: Dragonball (age of 6 )

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

First i ever watched was DBZ. Which bored the shit out of me since it was a mediocre show with an icredibly predictable plot.

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

First i ever watched was DBZ. Which bored the shit out of me since it was a mediocre show with an icredibly predictable plot.

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 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.

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 think you just missed all the ending episodes. they showed the entires series through before restarting. (they don't restart unless they show the ending like other channels)

um...no i think you just missed all the ending episodes. they showed the entires series through before restarting. (they don't restart unless they show the ending like other channels)

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

i know they restarted it. they did it like 50 times. what i'm trying to tell you is that they DO SHOW THE ENDING EPISODES BEFORE restarting.

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.

Well my first anime that i watched was porb DBZ for like 10 years ago.. Naruto was my first "real" anime and that one did rox before all the filler shit :/

The first one I saw that I knew was anime was Project A-ko

Project A-Ko is proper good

Dragonball.

Pokemon

Akira

It was Macross that introduced me to anime.

Voltes V, Transformers and Robotech.

Gundam Wing

The first anime I watched was Trigun (recently). I watched the whole series along with my girlfriend because she wanted to try to get me to like anime in the first place. (she's an anime freak) I didn't think I would like anime, but after the first episode of Trigun I was hooked. Now I'm gonna watch all of Bleach, which is my fav.

My first would be Inuyasha. Actualy the whole reason I'm on internet forums.
Found my first forum while looking for more info on the show a few episodes in.
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I want to say that it was Sailor Moon, but I know that back when the Sci-fi channel used to have anime I watched that. Early 90's maybe? I think it was Project A-ko. And Samurai Pizza Cats at some point as well. ^^

The first anime shows I watched was probably DBZ or Sailor Moon. Lonnnngggg time ago.
The first anime I watched with knowing it was anime was Inuyasha.

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.

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

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

My first animes were DBZ, Cowboy Bebop, and then Yu Yu Hakasho. In that order. I grew tired of western style, and was curious about anime since I was 8. I love the art style since I'm an artist, so go fig.

Full Metal Alchemist for me.
This was the first time i NEW iwas watching anime.

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

Fruits basket and fullmetal alchemist.

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

Dragonball z and gundam wing

DBZ!!!!! Pretty much was the 1st anime I watched and knew it was anime!!!

Macross, when I was at a big convention. There was a room that showed anime 24 hrs a day for 3 days. It was great. It wasn't subbed and I didn't understand the talking but I could still understand the story. After watching that I was hooked. That was over 15 years ago.

bigredone

FLCL, then Fullmetal Alchemist. FMA is still my favourite anime.

Dragonball Z, of course!

Dragon Ball Z is the main one for me and most people because it aired on Cartoon Network which most people watched but it ruled the only thing is they scrwed it up with GT

i think like most people mine was dbz of course, i think the first was really digimon (i was young c'mon) but i think dbz is classified more as anime :-\

Kenshin

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

It had to be Naruto and Kenshin, my cuz told me about em, some downloads here and there and i bcame hooked lol.

First anime I watched was Sailor Moon, followed by Dragon Ball Z shortly after that.

When I first saw my friends collection of Cowboy Bebop.

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

Robotech Tv series that use to be on KTEH.

i think it was either pokemon or slam dunk, can't remember that well now

Tenchi Muyo! I think was my first anime.

DBZ. Should be my first anime.

DBZ was the first.
Together with Cowboy Bebop and Hellsing I think.

I started when I was a kid with Gordian, Arbegas, Mazinger Z (around 1989)
In the 90's Saint Seiya, Rurouni Kenshin and Street Fighter Victory.

Now I'm a fan of the Anime genre.

EDIT: Never mind, didn't see the first post.

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

lets the first aniime i watched was astro boy and i was wondering about the style so i looked it up and was hooked and now i have seen almost all anime series

Only ever watched anime like twice ever haha, 1st was like, a year ago that being the FMA series (short but i liked it, never got interested enough to check out the manga), only started watching Naruto as of late, on episode 140ish~ something, early stuff was blah, liking it now, hoping the Shipuuden episodes are good also.

Death Note...
A friend of me told to watch it, I thought, it's animation series, that's for kids...
I watched Death Note, and I didn't stop until I catched up with the series

I think my first anime series was Samurai Pizza Cats waaaaaay back. I've liked "anime styled cartoons" for a long time, but didn't actually know it was called anime until 2003. I think for a brief period I thought it was called manga because I bought Ninja Scroll, Akira and Ghost in the Shell on "Manga DVD".

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.

Dude, I'm watching Ghost in the Shell right now.
It's totally awesome!!!

The first anime I ever watched would have to be Robotech or Voltron

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

Mononoke Hime, I think...

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

IRIA : ZEIRAM THE ANIMATION/SPEEDRACER /DBZ/ SAILORMOON

.hack//Sign Was The First Anime I Ever Watched Believe It Or Not. I Did Read The Mangas Before The Shows And Such.

~ Here he comes, here comes Speed Racer. He's a demon on wheels. ~

Sailor Moon followed by Pokemon. I kew it was anime because it was drawn differently than the other cartoon I watched like Rugats and Rocko's Modern Life.

For me it was Vampire Hunter D back when they showed Vampire Hunter D, Robot Carnival, and Heavy Metal (yes I know HM is not anime!) on TBS.

For me it was "Knights of the Zodiac", or Saint Seiya.

DBZ, Sailormoon,The prince and the fire child, And Ronin Warriors. Not to mention "Lightyears" and a few other anime my mom brought home from her job at the local video store when I was a kid.

Ofcourse, I didn't know any of these were anime until I discovered the "internet". :D

My very first anime was "Astroboy", in the late sixties. :P

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

First Anime i ever saw was like 10 or so years ago.

Teknoman. Still a classic.

My first anime? It was either Inuyasha or Naruto. Can't remember exactly.

When I was young my bro's and I watched Astroboy, never thought it different that normal cartoons. But my first venture was Guyver! Totally like this concept and heavily inspires me, in my writings of fantasy.

My first anime was Sailor Moon, but I don't think I really knew of it as an "anime" at the time. The first anime I did know as an anime was Fushigi Yuugi. And I still can't get enough of that series. Yu Watase is one of my favorite manga artists. I hope they turn Alice 19th into an anime, too. x_x

Sailor Moon, but I really didn't get into it until later because it would come on at 5:30 in the morning on weekdays. But DBZ, the Sayian Saga got me hooked in '97.

azumanga dioh..i think...when i first watched i thought to myself
0_0 i didnt know such a wacky anime exisited0_0

i would say Akira, robotech or vampire hunter D there were a few others like gigantor or voltron. Akira was the first anime i ever wathced. other mentions Project-Ako, Samurai pizza cats, Ronin warriors, 8-man, Cassan, Sailor moon. Sci-fi's Annual anime was a tradition for my family.

the anime that got me into GOOD anime, not this naruto, dbz, or inuyasha (meh) crap, was Love hina, when i was 13 or 14. and im a guy, and i liked it for the romantics, to this day my favorite anime is Air.
im bored, thats why im posting...
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I remember that the first "japanese cartoons" I ever watched were Sailor Moon and Dragonball Z (Toonami... yay...), but I never realized that those ARE anime.

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!

Gundam Wing back when Toonami was good

Dragon ball

Final Fantasy: Unlimited! :p

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.

The first anime I remember seeing before I knew it was anime was Voltron. Sailor Moon was the first series I saw that I knew was anime. :)

for me it was candy candy... it was the first anime to ever manke me cry... T_T and i was about 2 at that time... (ohh that seems soooo long ago)

a great anime...

Well, I think I first started telling the difference between animes and normal animations when Dragon Ball Z came around.

I'll trump this whole thread and say " Shonen Mowgli " , way back in the early 90's I watched it every saturday morning.

Genshiken

Probably - and it's a long time ago - Kimagure Orange Road.

I happened to catch Blue Submarine No. 6 on a local channel one night. That was my first glimpse of the awesomeness that is anime.

DBZ for sure, compared to other shows I watched at the time it just seemed too good.

When I was 11 and Pok�mon first came to the states, I just had this feeling that it's different than all the other animated shows I've seen. It was one of those "I just can't put my finger on it" things.

Mine was Neon Genesis Evangelion. It was earlier this year at Tafe & I saw an AMV of it to Bohesiom Rhapsody by Queen (i think). I saw the bit where (if you don't want spoiler of End of Evangelion start reading at end of paragraph) Auska gets stabbed through the eye with the lance of longines (you know what i mean lol). Then i saw what happened afterwards (her just slidding down the spear, gave me the creaps) & i just couldn't get that image out of my head for days afterwards, so I ordered it in to ease my pain (the series not the movie, I'm not stupid enough the movie before the series)

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...

Project A-ko harboured me into anime, I still love it to this day, I have my friend Nicky to thank for it as well, it was so long ago it was on an old chunky VHS tape.

I used to watch Mayaa the Bee and Totoro as a kid but I didn't know they were actually anime.

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

DBZ and Tenchi Muyo!

When I was really young, like 11 or so, I would watch KQED (does anyone remember that channel?) on local cable on Sunday nights, and they would have random anime on from like 11PM to 1AM. The first one I really got into was Please Save My Earth. I don't remember much of the details from it, but it got me into anime for sure.

I think Saint Seiya^^

Cowboy Bebop. Back in the good ol' days of Adult Swim.

Trigun. I knew it was different because the expressions weren't really seen often with any other show I've seen. That was back when Toonami was on everyday at 5 P.M. Oh sweet memories...

First one I ever watched was the Streetfighter II movie.

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

Excel Saga.
That was hillairous!
Good times. Good times.

Pokemon. That was awesome.

Heh, I'm too young. Outlaw Star here.

The first show I watched that I knew for certain it was anime was Yu Yu Hakusho. When I began watching Dragonball Z, I was only eleven so I wasn't familiar with anime as of yet.

I don't remember the order but i know it was the following (all in English):
DBZ, sailor moon, yugioh, cardcaptor sakura

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.

would have to be Ninja Scroll, i watched that round a friends house & to this day
it is still the BEST anime i've ever seen!! :D

does seeing the last unicorn when i was like 10 count?
if not then it was tokyo revelation when i was about 14ish.

does seeing the last unicorn when i was like 10 count?


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.

Hana Yori Dango was the first anime that I knew was "anime."

Card captor sakura

i used to watch the very old school Astro Boy, Conan: The kid of the future, Mazinger Z and Robotech besides some old dramaish animes. But what realy introduced me to the full extent of anime was without a doubt Akira and Vampire Hunter D

Iria on the sci fi channel when I was young.

I used to watch Toonami in its hayday.... I didn't know too much about stuff from Japan. I used to be a big fan of DBZ. But I think Cowboy Bebop had the biggest influence on my tastes.

The first thing on English TV which was anime that I knew of was Pokemon, but I didn't like the series, I was more in tune with the games. Though I loved Dragonball Z, I don't know anyone who didn't.

I had always heard of anime in video game magazines. But when I was about 9, I remember Sci Fi channel having an animation fest. They said it was anime. So my first anime I saw was Dominion Tank Police (which I thought was the coolest) and the next night, I saw Project Ako.

My first anime would be Sailor Moon and Pokemon. I had seen Sailor Moon and some other old animes before, but only got to know they were anime about the time Pokemon was aired.

my first anime was Sailor Moon.But I didn't really know that it was classified as anime then so,I guess Cowboy Bebop would be my first.It's still my favorite to this day.

twas akira 4 me

Captain Harlock, at the end of the 80s. I'm from the former Soviet Republic of Moldova, and it was the period when all the western films were breaking thru over the Iron Curtain. After the long bore of Soviet television, it was like another planet, mindblowing, it influenced even our dreams!

My friends had tried to get me into anime for years but I finially warmed up to anime when i stumbled across Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal. I have been a hardcore fan since

Princess Mononoke. It was the first one I knew it was anime. But I saw other stuff before (Pokemon as example) that just didn't knew it was called like that.

Good ol' Dragon Ballz.

sailormoon and dragonball dubbed in malay on tv2 every saturday and sunday.along time ago...when i was 8 or 9 years old.

Probably Dragon ball or Sailor Moon. Or Saint Seiya.

was voltron an anime? man in first grade that show was pretty tight

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. ^^

What an excellent topic! It's had a consistent and long life, it seems.

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.

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.

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.

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.

My first anime that I knew was anime would be Sailor Moon. But... the first actual anime that I've ever watched as a little kid would be Noozles. Had no idea that that was Japanese made until I got older.

Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Gundam('95), and Pokemon.

Vampire Princess Miyu. (http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=336) It was the most awesome show I ever saw at the time.

I watched Prince Planet in the mid 1970s, and then Speed Racer around 1978 or 1979. Both were in heavy syndication at the time in Chicago, but I had no clue that these were "anime", just that they were really, really good.

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).

Fushigi Yuugi, 4 years ago in International Channel, now known as AZN Channel. :3

Hmmm... Teknoman Blade, Tekken the movie (WORST translation evah :D), that horrid raped version of Rurouni Kenshin better known as Samurai X, and then the usual stuff like Pok�mon, DBZ, Digimon etc etc.

Sailor Moon
Pokemon
.hack//SIGN
Dragon Ball Z
Digimon

hmm... it would hav to be Sailor Moon... Man i love that show haha... then pokemon, digimon... then ofcourse dbz, then if Shin Chan doesn't count then its my all time fave LOVE HINA!!!!

I am not going to admit it was Pokemon/DBZ. Oh wait....

The first anime i watched was Pokemon, Digimon and Sailor Moon. But when i watched them, i was completely oblivious to the rest of the genre.

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.

Pokemon baby! GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL!

Naussicaa. A friend told me about it as his brother was in an anime club at UofM.

Ah My Goddess The Movie

Pokemon in the late 90' and Dragon Ball just after

For me it has and will always be Sailor Moon. More like the mid-nineties when I was 11 and 12. I remember when I became a fangirl for it my big sister was like "hey a Japanese cartoon" and I was like "is that what they call them?". So it was the first anime I got into and thanks to Sailor Moon, I knew what anime is.


http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v435/Tifa_Rinoa/group20.gif

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.

FMP.

Tekkaman Blade (aka Teknoman)

FMP.

Full Metal Panic?

yeah.

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.

I saw Castle of Cagliostro, Evangelion, Gunsmith Cats and Pokemon all around the same time.

Teknoman. Anybody here from Sydney Australia? More to the point, anybody remember Cheeze TV? I think that was where it all started. Although... It was probably Evangelion on SBS which seriously kick started things.

Teknoman. Anybody here from Sydney Australia? More to the point, anybody remember Cheeze TV? I think that was where it all started. Although... It was probably Evangelion on SBS which seriously kick started things.

AU here.

I lived in canberra at the time tho

Akira..when I was in elementary school..

The first for me was CardCaptors. :]

Stupid tiny font + dark color = nobody will read that.

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

The first for me was CardCaptors. :]

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.

Thanks, i'll remember that. =]

Stupid tiny font + dark color = nobody will read that.

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.

Get used to it. I have no tolerance for stupidity. Don't do stupid things and I won't roast you for them.

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

Also, you should edit your posts instead of starting new ones. After that it's complete freedom of expression, I'd just stay away from arguing with Prak. Nothing good comes of it, he may be rough around the edges but he's by no means an ass.

Mmm well i'll try to curb my stupidity then.

No arguing? Haha, ok.

DBZ, though the manga is 50x better.

Stupid tiny font + dark color = nobody will read that.

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".

lol
:]

hmm, The thing is: back in the 80s, you had those animation series that where made by a Japanese - French collaboration. Most of those shows introduced me to anime.

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

Jeez you dont need to be an ass about it.
Why are you n00bs getting so offended by what Prak is saying?! What he said was completely reasonable, relevant and essentially helpful to your future on the Forum. Surely you can recognise superior members by their post count at least?!

hmm dragon ball

I started with Sailor Moon... and my second Anime was actually Evangelion �_�

Blah Blah so i joined yesterday. Big freaking deal.

My first anime ever was probably Sailor Moon way back when. haha. My cousins were totally into anime at that point and when we were together it was the "cool" thing to do. I think It was Sailor Moon and DBZ that were popular at that time...

Neon Genesis Evangelion

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

Probably Card Captor Sakura, (or "Cardcaptors" ) I watched it on tv when I was in 4th grade and I knew it was anime. Oh and I used to watch Vision of Escaflowne.

Neon Genesis Evangelion

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

Samurai Pizza Cat thier was one before but i cant remember?

well I watched sailor moon and dbz...and pokemon? if that counts...throughout elementary school, but I always just thought they wer cartoons

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

first was Fist of the North Star
then came Ninja Scroll
i was hooked... it's not anime but has any1 seen crippled masters?
One man with no arms that can swing a stick better than you or i
and a dude with stunted legs kicking kung-fu ass! Yea it's old but a must see!
Just like "Where the Buffalo Roam" which is bill murray as hunter s. in fear and loathing!

first was Fist of the North Star
then came Ninja Scroll
i was hooked... it's not anime but has any1 seen crippled masters?

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.

The first anime I ever watched was Voltron. I watched it and Speed Racer regularly as a child but had no idea they were Japanese series.

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

Pokemon for me in 1998. But Dragonball Z took it to another level for me in mid 1999.

Well my first anime was Sailor Moon...
My older sister watched it.
and that's what i start get into the anime...
followed by Dragon Ball Z, Fancy Lala, Hell Teacher Nube, Fushigi Yuugi
and Monster Rancher.
Now, I'm watching animes together with reading manga as well.
*I'd just Reading Manga of the Animes thatt I love, 2 yrs. ago
and now still goin'*
^-^