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Sep 8, 2015 7:32 PM
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TheCancerousMoon
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Jul 2015
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What was your first anime experience like? What show/your initial reaction?
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Sep 15, 2015 8:14 AM
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LND13
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Aug 2015
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I'd say it was something new and exiting, becouse i started watching when i was around 7-8. Then 2 years ago i started watching again and i felt refreshed, like it filled an empty space, that was inside me for so long. :)
Sep 16, 2015 7:14 PM
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Jenni_Bell51
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Sep 2015
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Tbh when I first watched anime I was in middle school and I hated it with such a passion. I never understood the point in its plot and it never really did hook me. It took me about 2 or 3 years to finally give anime anothere chance again and now it's that I have came to love. ^-^
Oct 21, 2015 8:11 AM
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Albion9601

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Well, actually I would watch Pokémon (and a series whose name I don't remember) when I was little and didn't really know that what I was watching was anime.

So my first fully aware contact with anime was about 2-2,5 years ago when I watched Noir. My reaction was basically: Oh... My... Goodness... This is awesome!. Then I watched Kyoukai no Kanata (airing back then) which absolutely blew my mind. It still is one of my favourite anime series up to date :)
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Oct 22, 2015 1:39 PM
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-Pancakeface

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The first anime was either chobits or air. I'm not sure about that anymore. But I remember that I didn't really understand what was going on and didn't even realize that chobits is an ecchi anime. :x (it was about 10 years ago!)
I liked both of them anyway and then continued watching anime like clannad or zombie-loan
So it wasn't really "awesome" but it was just what I needed and fun.
Oct 22, 2015 5:22 PM
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Cherri_Blxssom
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Aug 2015
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My first anime was " Romeo x Juliet". Somehow, I felt like it was a bad choice, because I cried a lot when it ended. It was a little less than a year ago, so I guess I remember a lot. I watched the play, so I thought it would be something like it. And, God I was wrong. I was like " there weren't flying horses in the play". But I loved it and thought it was the best thing in the world. So, I decided to watch more anime like it.
Oct 22, 2015 8:33 PM
#7
-Pancakeface

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May 2013
11
I love that anime. :D And the flying horses :D I've never watched the actual play so at first I really wasn't sure if there were flying horses :x
Jan 17, 2016 3:36 PM
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Daliak

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Mar 2015
10
my first anime was Sailor Moon, I watched it when I was in kindergarten w/o even knowing it had a specific genre for such "cartoons". then I was recommended to watch PMMM by my good friend at ~2013 and that's when my anime journey began.
PMMM became one of my all-time favourite anime and I craved to see more of something like that. but instead I explored different genres and through different anime I fell inlove with that specific style of "cartoon" (aka anime).
after that I read some comments and found out that anime are adapted from manga (not all of them, I know that), so I was interested in that too and here I am lol
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Jan 17, 2016 11:47 PM
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night-mares

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The first 'real' anime i watched (so not something like pokemon or yu-gi-oh when i was a kid) was Angel Beats! :) a friend of mine wanted me to see it, even though I was reluctant at first... We ended up bingewatching the whole anime and I've been hooked ever since :)
Jan 18, 2016 9:32 AM
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GVsleepi
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Jan 2016
8
First anime i saw was dubbed Inuyasha and i was like wow this is great and now that i look back i was like oh hell no never watch dubbed and never watched Inuyasha ever again
Jan 18, 2016 7:10 PM
#11
izm
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Dec 2015
10
The first 'real' anime watched was Fairy Tail. I had seen stuff like pokemon before, but it wasn't until I heard someone mention Fairy Tail that I decided to look into it. I thought it was sort of strange at first, but I secretly enjoyed it. And thus I had my first experiences of fan-girling and shipping, and here I am now.
Jan 20, 2016 7:46 PM
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Anticlimatic

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Apr 2015
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Ive always loved cartoons, so seeing an ecchi anime when i was like 8 wasnt really a big deal.
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Jan 22, 2016 2:20 PM
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Brane97
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Jan 2016
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Pokemon , I was 6 , it was awsome
Apr 2, 2016 5:29 AM
#14
namikoxen

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Dec 2015
11
Well I watched anime since I was around 3 or 4 on TV then around 7 I started watching it online and I stumbled across things that a normal 7 year old would never see...

I think thats why I am so mature for my age.
Or maybe the people around me are all just idiots.
Apr 2, 2016 10:31 AM
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Across

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10
Hmm I basically had "2 first" times... the literal one when I had no idea what "Anime" was... which is when I saw "Heidi: Girl of the Alps" on television. When I was like 6 or 7 years old or something... (which reminds me I have to add it to my list xD)

And Second... in 1998, the time when I knew that anime was "animation from japan" the anime in question was "Tenchi Muyo! - Universe" and I loved it! I was Literally glued at the TV.

After that... it was a chain reaction whenever I saw a series that was "from japan". I started watching other things on TV at the time like Saint Seiya and Sailor Moon. Rented VHS tapes with series and movies like Ninja Scroll, Dominion Tank Police, Galaxy Express 999... and many many more.
Then along came dragon ball on tv and the anime "genre" basically exploded in Portugal! but I digress... Anyway those were the 2 first animes I saw! ^^;
Apr 2, 2016 2:09 PM
#16
lmao22
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Dec 2015
1
My first time I saw anime was when I was talking with a friend and he was watching anime and he told me to watch Shingeki no Kyojin. I watched 3 episodes of it and I kinda liked it. Then the next day I watched some more until I had finished it and after that I started watching more and more anime.
Apr 3, 2016 12:03 AM
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DXFG3789_-_
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Jan 2016
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I first started watching anime at the beginning of last year and my first anime was fairy tail, initial thoughts, this looks amazing.
Apr 6, 2016 3:33 AM
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yellowminion
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Jul 2015
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I actually was introduced to anime when I was really young....maybe grade 2. But back then I thought that it was like any other cartoon. I only picked it up in year 7 and boy had I wished I'd done it sooner!
Apr 8, 2016 8:19 AM
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kurokitty-mimi

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This is my third time (and longest period of) being into anime..

The first phase was in elementary school, before I knew that it was Japanese, but I could tell there was something different about it. I watched Sailor Moon, a couple Ghibli films, a little Yu-gi-oh, a few episodes of Pokemon, typical Western kids anime XD

Second phase was 7th grade, I read an American novel about anerdy girl and she was into manga and anime, so I went out and bought my first manga, read manga online, and my friend said, "Why don't you just watch it instead of read?" XD)))
At the time I was really just into shoujo-type stuff, ex: Ouran Host Club, Vampire Knight, etc. My interest in anime was like a fireworks show, bright and burning, but shortly fizzled out.

This time started with a bang after watching AOT (don't judge omg), for a while I thought nothing was better than AOT, I thought Isayama was the god of creative genius or something XD

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Apr 13, 2016 10:04 PM
#20
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When I was around 10 I was subscribed to Jump magazine. It was serialized of course and I missed some issues of the magazine. So I never really had a chance to grasp the plots -- it was just cool to me.

Then I found something called "the Internet!" Various streaming sites were available and I chose my first anime to watch while slacking off on a summer assignment. It was Rosario to Vampire. I really liked that harem-like romance, but I wanted more romance. I started watching ToraDora and I'm glad to say it was one of my first.

An extra note I wanted to add is that The cool thing about becoming a "seasoned Otaku" is that you can see the tropes and cliches and analyze the anime you watch and the manga you read.

Keep watching, guys!
Apr 16, 2016 5:58 PM
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Cvetina
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Oct 2015
8
The first time I watched anime I tought it was just a normal cartoon. I must have been like 5 and I watched Pokemon, Yu-Gi-Oh and Naruto. Then my brother got into anime and I watched part of Death Note with him.
Later I just happened to remeber about anime and I decided to check it out. So glad I had nothing to do in class that day LOL
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Apr 17, 2016 3:32 AM
#22
Ryoogamine
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6
My first anime experience was either shaman king, naruto, bo-bobo-bobobo-bo (error: can't write this title properly), pokemon or duel master, they were all airing at the time in my country. I didnt know back then what anime was but I enjoyed those shows (as every kid I guess).

Some time later my parents showed me spirited away and neko no ongaeshi. Again, I didn't feel the difference between western shows and this (side note: both neko no onagaeshi and spirited away I watched with subs as a kid which was bit frustrating).

But after 4-6 years I watched a top 10 anime at watchmojo (I didnt really like both otaku and anime at the time, I was just bored) and I saw spirited away on the list which made me recall this movie, I watched it and then I started to watch all the ghibli movies, but still I was like: "nah, anime? Trash, I prefer movies and western cartoons".
But after a month I really got into it. But still, I don't consider myself as an otaku and I don't want to be considered as one.
May 8, 2016 2:10 AM
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Kiss_sight
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Feb 2016
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I watched Naruto on Cartoon Network as a kid. Loved it till it ended. Then last year I decided to finish it. And well..... Became a otaku~ watched...300+ anime? YEPP
May 8, 2016 8:17 PM
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Sajou_San
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Apr 2016
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I technically grew up watching anime, but it was the mainstream ones like Yu-Gi-Oh!, DBZ, Bleach, and I never really thought much about it. The first anime I actually watched was Tokyo Mew Mew. I thought it was so cute, and it opened me up to the world of anime. Now I'm blossoming garbage (':
May 9, 2016 3:37 PM
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sodalefu
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Dec 2011
8
I really can't remember the first time i watched anime, grew up watching it and it's been a part of my life since. I guess it all started because of my brother (he's older than me and used to watch Saint Seiya, Captain Tsubasa, Slam Dunk..) and my cousin who is a Sailor moon fan (she introduced me into CLAMP too) and yeah, i took it from then on. I think the first anime that i actively followed was Card Captor Sakura, used to buy the manga a long time ago, coloring books and even stickers, i'm sure i still have my Clow Book somewhere around my parents house.
May 12, 2016 3:45 AM
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Sword Art Online in December 2013 -_-
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May 29, 2016 6:48 AM
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eef1815
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My first expierence was when I was 14 (I saw pokemon when I was 8 but then I didn't know what anime was) my brother introduced me to Naruto (not the best anime I've watched) and I liked it at that time, so I've watched the whole serie in one month.
Jun 1, 2016 2:05 PM
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SuperGalaxyKind
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Jun 2016
5
My aunt loved anime so she showed me Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch at the time i was 6 so i just liked the singing and the mermaids now I'm ashamed that it was my first anime (cuz now i think it a shitty anime) but I'm greatful that it got me into anime and got me to spend more time with my aunt. :/ now i watch anime and remeber her everytime. And she got me and my brother to like pokemon. Which was my 2nd anime.
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Jun 1, 2016 8:12 PM
#29
lHAREM_KINGl

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Apr 2016
8
The first anime that I saw was Neon Genesis Evangelion way back in the 90's.
Jun 1, 2016 8:30 PM
#30
RokuOEK
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Jan 2016
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First time watching anime, well I grew up watching anime like Pokemon, Dragon Ball Z, Yu-gi-oh but those then I got into Naruto, Death Note and stuffs which just got me into it all, my reaction I just loved it.
Jun 18, 2016 1:52 PM
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psycho_chipmunk

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Mar 2016
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My friend wanted to watch naruto and I said "I don't like that stuff" and she said "Did you ever tried to watch it? Just watch the first episode and then you can quit if you like". This happened 5 years ago and I still watch anime.
Jun 19, 2016 3:48 AM
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AoTenshi23
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May 2016
6
my first animes was Dragon Ball and Pokemon when I was a kid then in 2012 I started watching Naruto, One Piece and some others. As the time passed watching One Piece I become disliking Naruto and dropped on the last fillers. My friend still watching Naruto and wants me to continue but I dont even care.
Nowadays My Favorite is Bleach and I keep watching anime.
AoTenshi23Jun 19, 2016 3:57 AM
Jun 24, 2016 1:24 AM
#33
DanDahMan
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Jun 2016
5
Well the Weebs in middle school had mad me hate anime with a passion. Then while browsing on Netflix a few weeks into 9th grade I came across (wait for it) ... Rosario Vampire. I don't know why or how but I felt like I got bitchslapped after all the hate I had gained I middle school. I watched the whole series then and there until 5 in the morning. The next night it was Capu 2 (Keep in mind this is my first not Pokemon anime so I didn't have anything to compare it to, besides the manga eventually helped me realise just how discusting that crapstain was). After wolfing that down my eyeholes it was time for Sora no Otoshimono. Then Zero no Tsukaima. And here I am nearly 3/4 a year later writing this at 4:20 am. It's safe to say I caught the weeb fever.
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