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Lancerest
Posts: 11 Location: Konawa Oklahoma |
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You know, what series/movie made you realize that Anime was in your blood, so to speak? Do you believe that your initial introduction to anime dictates what genres you're most likely to watch, and does this influence how receptive you are when comparing subs and dubs?
My first "real" experience was a VHS rental of Ranma 1/2 the movie 2, Nihao my Concubine(dubbed). My first viewing left me going "huh?", but it wasn't a bad experience. So I watched it again. And again. After watching it five times, I felt like this was the greatest thing I had seen in my life. I had to know more about this Ranma Satome and why he turned into a girl. Unfortunately, that was the only anime rental at the store I was at, so I drove great distances to rent parts of the T.V. series. To this day, I can only claim to have seen the first two seasons, the first and second movies, and most of the OAV's. But that was my humble beginnings, probably in 97 (if memory serves). The reason I ask how your initial introduction influences you is because I watch primarily anime with a comical theme, generally dubbed. I have little love for Evangelion(Though I DO own the series) but emmensely enjoy Martian Successor Nadesico. Both Mecha series, but one lacks the ingredient that hooked me in the first place. I'm interested on how others feel about this.. |
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Legato 2057
 Posts: 437 Location: Soon to be Japan |
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I had rented a bunch of stuff from the local video store, (ROLW, Iria, Roujin Z) but what made me go "Wow, so that's what anime can do!" was when I saw Escaflowne fansubbed at a friends house. After that I was addicted for life
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Tiresias
Posts: 353 Location: Illinois, USA |
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For me it was catching part of Akira on HBO I think, then I went right out and bought it at the only place at that time that carried anime, Suncoast. It was one of the few things I ever bought there, since they're so overpriced. After that though, it took Sci-Fi airing anime on Saturday mornings (Vampire Hunter D and Venus Wars) to let me know just what it was I enjoyed, anime.
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caulfield
 Posts: 80 Location: Los Angeles, CA |
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I started purchasing anime after a friend in college let me borrow Akira. Back then I never considered buying series episodes because I thought it would be such a pain to collect the whole thing. After getting into the Ranma OAVs however and the manga I started collecting what I could of the Ranma seasons. I got to know bootlegger/importers at a local sci-fi con because they had all the Ranma music CDs, which I then started collecting. They also always had copies of DragonballZ, Tekkaman Blade, and Gundam fansubs so I eventually started purchasing them as well. I tried to limit myself to only investing in anime series which I considered quality entertainment (except for the occasional DBZ episode) and which were parts of already completed seasons, so I could have the whole thing in my library with no loose ends.
A hundred or so wallscrolls, plastic figures, and dating sims down the line, I began to do funny things. I bought/rented things like Pretty Sammy and Please Save My Earth. I am sure these titles have their respective fan followings, but the thing is I get very little entertainment from them and truthfully see them as a far cry from things like 3X3 Eyes, KOR, and Nuku Nuku. But they were still anime so I still bought them and watched them and anyway, there was little else to purchase at my local retailers that I had not already seen. I was watching anime just because it was anime. Thats pretty much when I realized that collecting and watching anime and its respective paraphernalia was more than just a hobby and that I was probably what anyone else would call "addicted". |
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king_micah
 Posts: 994 Location: OSU |
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I watched it for years without knowing, you know, Robotech, Sailor Moon, Tekkaman Blade. I was and am big into scifi, have been for years. I really saw all that was any good and became bored by it and was looking for something new. One day, during Christmas break a few years ago, my friend suggested we try these two tapes, he heard they were pretty good.
They were the first volumns of Ranma and Eva. Hook, line, sinker. |
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Ataru
 Posts: 2350 Location: Missouri (Strikeman) |
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Let's see, back when I was in High School, a friend of mine was telling me about Ghost in the Shell coming to theathers. He told me was what it was about and when I can find some of that stuff called anime. I went to Blockbusters that night, rented Urusei Yatsura Movie 1, 3 X 3 Eyes, and Bubblegum Crisis 1.
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Davmx
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When my friend showed me the Evangelion and Princess Mononoke , I was like shytnitz, daaaang its all thug out!! I always thought anime back then was all meant for kids , like DBZ, SailorMoon, and Voltron
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Anlushac11
Posts: 268 Location: Indianapolis, Indiana, USA |
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Robotech. I had been to a local hobbyshop and saw all this very cool looking kits of mecha and starships and thought they looked cool. A few days later friend shows up with VHS tape and says to check this out. I couldnt get enough of Robotech. Then came an long list of mecha based anime til recently when I discovered romance animes. |
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Magatsu
Posts: 33 Location: London, England |
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It was Techno Man or Tekkaman Blade that I saw on Fox Kids and after that I been watching mostly anything mecha related.
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Emerje
 Posts: 7550 Location: Maine |
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Without going into detial my first real experiance with Anime outside of the stuff I watched as a little kid in the early 80's was what Sci-Fi channel was showing at night around 1992. From there I turned to renting when TV wasn't enough (wasn't a whole lot of anime on TV in the mid 90's). From there I went into collecting VHS tapes, then DVDs, and that's where I am today. As for influencing what I watch now, could be. I used to rent whatever looked good and now I like just about everything and will watch anything even if I hate it.
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Yuki555
 Posts: 164 Location: Georgia |
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My first experienced was when I saw Sailor Moon on UPN. Then it was Escaflowne on FoxKids and that just makes me more addicted to anime. From there, I check out any anime series that's on TV.
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MissKaoru
 Posts: 62 Location: PA |
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...Um my first anime was The vally of the wind. I saw that when i was about 6 on VHS. I guess you can say ever since then i've liked anime. But since the past 6 years ago i've found myself watching nothing but anime and the occassional power puff girls or what not.
 But my favorite anime genre would have to be in either the far future or the distant past. If it is in the past (such as Rurouni Kenshin, Inuyasha, Rune Soldier) it must be filled with lots and lots of action, some romance, killing, Blood, and gore, and monsters being slayne. Or maybe The monsters should be the one who should be doing the killing. If it would be more of a future (such as .HACK//Sign, Full Metal Panic, RahXpheon) Then there had better be robots high tech weopons and still lots of action some romance a lot of killing, blood, gore, and monsters. Thats basically the only type of anime that i love. 
 wow !!
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skullman65
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Believe it or not manga got me into anime well kinda of. I watched DBZ for about a year and I really liked it but I knew nothin about it. then my cousins were talkin bout and I checked manga out and I fell in love with it then I found out that there is anime for my fav manga and I instantly fell in love wit it.
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Dark Nero
 Posts: 220 Location: Vancouver, British Columbia |
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Well I was watching anime when I was a kid, but I didn't know it was anime, the first peice of work that made me really love anime was... some kenshin eps that my friend showed me. Then I watched Hellsing and it blew my mind.
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Lancerest
Posts: 11 Location: Konawa Oklahoma |
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Honestly, I didn't expect this many posts, being as how I'm not "established" in this community. But it's always good to see how Anime has affected others. I'm sure alot of you out there are solo in your endeavors, that is, the only one in your community that appriciates the art form. It's tough here, because try as I might, I can't convince those around me to even give it a try. Otaku in Konawa (Where?): 1. But that's not going to kill my love for anime. No, I will press on alone if I have to. That's why I'm so glad I finally found a place that accepts the fact that I'm an addict. Being 28 and a Sonic drive-in manager has kinda pigeon holed me into this "adult" world where if you watch something that isn't mainstream and "adult", people look down on you. Take for instance, my DVD collection. I own 110 DVD's of which 103 are anime. For a younger person with less responsibility, that's no big deal. But people around here tend to view that as a sign of immaturity. It's a sad fact that people judge something without first experiencing a product. Am I any less an adult because I prefer anime to live action flicks? From what I've watched, Anime tends to be infinately more enjoyable.
And though I appriciate the posts thus far, I'd like to delve a little deeper regarding my second (or was it third?) question. Do you think your first experience tends to dictate you genre and language preferences? I remember not knowing anything about Ranma (or anime period, for that matter) when I first rented it, but it was funny and in English and thus find myself (until very recently) ignoring titles that don't meet these two requirements. |
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