Anime What was your introduction to anime?

[Onionstarz]

I cant remember my 1st but it was Fist of the North Star/Wicked City/Urotsukidōji or Vampire Hunter D.

 

[LUNARMYTH]

I saw the scene in this where Haruko and Naota's dad are eating the egg off one another when I was about 4 years old, in the dead of night, completely clueless as to what was going on. I should sue AS for damages.

It made you who you are today, honor your past warrior.

 

[Strategist]

I also rented every single Anime movie from blockbuster as soon as I was an older teen and was allowed to watch whatever I wanted. My dad watched Akira with me and was shocked by the level of gore and violence in these cartoons. It was the era of ultra-violent gory anime movies.

But during that era the place to be as an anime fan was the tape trading subculture. Either online or through 3rd parties. I went down a rabbit whole about the fan sub/tape trading culture and there were anime groups in universities across the US and Canada that would use video editing software to subtitle recordings of Japanese Anime. And would trade these online and spread them all across North America. There was a comic book store with a bootleg anime rental section in my hometown with many of these fan subs. And we would be able to rent anime shows that hadn't been released in North America. It was good times.

 

[LUNARMYTH]

I also rented every single Anime movie from blockbuster as soon as I was an older teen and was allowed to watch whatever I wanted. My dad watched Akira with me and was shocked by the level of gore and violence in these cartoons.

But during that era where it really was at was the tape trading subculture. Either online or through 3rd parties. There was a comic book store with a bootleg anime rental section in my hometown. And we would be able to rent anime shows with fan subs that hadn't been released in North America. It was good times.

Renting was a cool thing back in the day. Fond memories of going to Blockbuster/Hollywood Video to grab a new game and movie for the weekend. Not to mention the adjacent gaming store connected to it. I think Spirited Away was the first anime film I can recall watching.

 

[coleboo]

Other than perhaps Pokemon. My introduction came to anime in the form of Toonami. T.O.M. was the man giving us great shows like Rurouni Kenshin, Prince of Tennis, Naruto, DBZ, etc. I truly don't remember which iteration of Toonami I started with but I will always remember the MVP below. How were you introduced to anime? Whether dub or sub. I like both.
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We In Iraq had spacetoon and it aired Naruto, one piece, yu gi oh, dragon ball, hunter x hunter, Ginga Sengoku Gun Yuuden Rai, slam dunk, Sargent frog and many other classic animes I think they are airing my hero academia recently

 

[LUNARMYTH]

We In Iraq had spacetoon and it aired Naruto, one piece, yu gi oh, dragon ball, hunter x hunter, Ginga Sengoku Gun Yuuden Rai, slam dunk, Sargent frog and many other classic animes I think they are airing my hero academia recently

I have very little knowledge of Sgt. Frog but based on the quick search I just made of him I'm gonna probably check it out, haha. Nice list man.

 

[coleboo]

2004. I watched for as long as I can remember. It aired on spacetoon. Anime basically never felt foreign. Had tons of classic from my childhood back in 2005 like dragon ball, hunter x hunter, slam dunk, one piece, captain tsubasa, detective Conan and the list goes o

I have very little knowledge of Sgt. Frog but based on the quick search I just made of him I'm gonna probably check it out, haha. Nice list man.

It's a comedy anime about some Aline frogs trying to invade earth but are district by just anything I say give it a try it's a fun classic

 

[Yousef]

It's a comedy anime about some Aline frogs trying to invade earth but are district by just anything I say give it a try it's a fun classic

Yeah Sgt frog is a classic. Highly recommend.

 

[coleboo]

Yeah Sgt frog is a classic. Highly recommend.

Yousef do you remember an anime about a kid how plays volleyball or something do you know the name of it if you remember

 

[Yousef]

Yousef do you remember an anime about a kid how plays volleyball or something do you know the name of it if you remember

I know about Haikyuu

 

[coleboo]

Yousef do you remember an anime about a kid how plays volleyball or something do you know the name of it if you remember

Found it it was dodge danpei

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I know about Haikyuu

Found it it was dodge danpei

 

[skinnrat]

For me, it was watching Teknoman Blade (or like, actually Tekkaman which its known as now) on TV. It was a Saban dub iirc and wildly aired in the morning with minimal editing. First time seeing blood in a 'cartoon' before school.

Then my brother hired out Akira and I watched that. I largely missed the entire Pokemon wave of the late 90s because by then I was already deep in Evangelion and other heavier anime.

 

[stealthRUSH]

Before Toonami in the early 90s it was first Ronin Warriors, then Voltron, Battle of the Planets, Samurai Pizza Cats, Bubblegum Crisis, Robotech, Salior Moon, Dragon Ball, Teknoman, Escaflowne.

 

[99nereids]

sailor moon. the effect that show had on me as a child was tremendous. less the actual show more so the community around the show i guess. i would frequent early web dress up games, make fan art (soooo much fan art)
i remember begging my mom to buy these ugly little sailor moon dolls from ebay (if you know sailor moon merch you know all the licensed dolls are.... interesting) and they happened to come with one of the movies on dvd, i would watch that dvd over & over & over again lol