First anime you ever saw

MAL · Postby **GeneD** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 10:15 am

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That's so cool. Another of my childhood shows that I had no idea were anime. Ours was an Afrikaans dub (coughwaybetterthanenglishorjapanesecough*) and was called "Die Bietjies" if I remember correctly.

Postby **AsianBlossom** » Thu Sep 18, 2008 2:54 pm

"Little Nemo in Slumberland." I was like, what, three or something.

Postby **the_wolfs_howl** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 5:15 am

The first anime I ever saw was My Neighbor Totoro. I was intrigued; where in the world did these huge grinning monsters come from? Around the same time, I was staying with some Chinese friends, and they watched a lot of Pokemon and Dragonball Z. I never really got into Dragonball, but I was a huge Pokemon fan there for a while. This was all when I was like 8-10 years old.

When I knew what anime was, the first one I watched was Spirited Away.

Postby **AJV** » Fri Sep 19, 2008 7:55 am

I think the first time I ever saw Anime was when I was like five and it was Dragon Ball Z.
I think I saw a little bit of Sailor Moon , when it used to come on like 6 in the morning or something like that.
I remember a little bit of Super Book too.

Postby **sapphire_shine** » Sat Sep 20, 2008 1:23 pm

If it counts,my very,very,very first anime was pokemon.

What really got me into anime was Tokyo Mew Mew,it was my real first ^^
After that I watched 10,000 series and became an otaku : D

Postby **Lady Kenshin** » Fri Oct 10, 2008 7:21 pm

Fruits Basket. That makes me laugh now, since it's one of the only shojo I actually like.

Postby **mysngoeshere56** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:51 am

Okay, so I found out the name of a show that was oftentimes shown at my school/church when I was in preschool and kindergarten. I never knew Superbook was an anime.

So that has to be the first.... since I was like 3 or 4 when I saw that.

Postby **CAAOutkast** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 9:46 am

I'm proud to say that My first Anime was Sailor Moon. Though,back then I didn't know how crappy the dub really was.

Postby **RFC** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 2:14 pm

lol. My first anime was Sailor Moon as well (I was around 9 years old). I'm not into it anymore though. Funny thing is that now, years later, my favorite anime is Princess Tutu which has the exact same directer that did Sailor Moon all those years ago. :lol:

Postby **Bekalou** » Mon Oct 13, 2008 6:58 pm

Sailor Moon was really my first when I was 7 or 8, but FMA was the one that got me into anime, so I count them both as my "first"

Postby **Phoebe** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:54 am

Does Pokemon count?
If not my first was Tsubasa

Postby **Sae-chan** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 12:59 pm

My first anime was Pokemon. A loooong time ago. XD I feel old now....

Postby **Tsukuyomi** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 1:49 pm

I think the very first first FIRST anime I ever saw was "The Little Prince" on Nickelodeon ^_^ That was a looooooooooooooong time ago

Postby **whisperingloon** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 3:39 pm

Battle of the Planets.

Raced from the bus to the house every day in grade 2 or 3. Could not miss it. Of course, I always missed the beginning credits, so I thought it was called G-Force. I'd pretend my G.I. Joes were "G.I. Joe-Force".

A few years later, it was Robotech. Every Saturday morning I'd get myself up at 6:00 (sure . . . on a school day they couldn't get me up at 7:00 . . . but on Saturday, I'd get MYSELF up at 6:00!).

In my mind it was cool . . . "another cartoon by the same guys!" . . . since the character styles were so similar. It wasn't until college when I found out it was "japanimation".

~ Ben

Postby **djecliptik** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:03 pm

If my memory recalls correctly... my first anime was Superbook... and....

(please don't laugh)... Unico. I remember it off the disney channel, of course that was like back in 85-86. It was cute....kinda trippy... I'll laugh which makes it ok :lol:

my last fm profile! · Postby **rocklobster** » Sat Oct 25, 2008 4:59 pm

Hey, from what I hear, the "God of Anime" created that one, so u shouldn't feel so bad.

Postby **Purplefire** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 6:25 pm

Hrm, my first anime would be the Superbook and The Flying House series. I loved the two series although I never got to see how The Flying House ended. That was back before I knew the meaning of the word anime. Oh how times and 20+ years have changed everything.

The first anime I watched knowing full well it was anime was Hikaru No Go. My brother and sister-in-law hooked me on the manga and then loaned me a DVD of the series.

Postby **mechana2015** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:03 pm

Speed Racer.

Postby **Aleolus** » Wed Oct 29, 2008 11:58 pm

I'd have to say the first anime I ever saw was Digimon, the first season. Man, that was an awesome show!

[MAL] · Postby **eternalprincess** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:00 am

LadyRushia (post: 1258999) wrote:Sailor Moon. And yes, Sailor Moon is still awesome. The Japanese version gives me more nostalgia than the English, though.

Yes, exactly.

Also, Speed Racer was my first as well.

Postby **Radical Dreamer** » Thu Oct 30, 2008 11:10 am

Superbook. But it's not like I knew what it was back when I first saw it. XD

I would more readily count Pokemon and Dragonball Z as my "first anime," and Trigun came soon after that. Even so, I didn't start "getting into" anime until I started watching Rurouni Kenshin on a whim one day. XD

Postby **choklit** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 7:30 am

InuYasha, 3rd grade. Didn't watch another one for... 5? 6? years. I was turned off by the cussing, being on adult swim and all. I had some sense in 3rd grade. But I never saw anything like it before, so it stuck.

MAL · Postby **shade of dae** » Mon Nov 03, 2008 9:38 am

My first anime was Pokemon, back when I was a kid. I had no clue what anime was until I was 12 and my cousin lent me the first season of Rurouni Kenshin. It was a great series to start out on and is still one of my favorites.

Postby **sstohru** » Tue Nov 04, 2008 11:33 am

My very first anime was probably Speed Racer...if that counts. If not then it was Pokemon, remember when you had to catch 'em all? I sure did...though it's embarrassing now. :lol:

Postby **RidleyofZebes** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 11:32 am

When I was about 5 or 6, I saw this one movie... "Secret of the Seal". I believe we still have the old VHS tape laying around somewhere. It was an english dub, which I can find no evidence of on the internet. I really liked the movie, though. Didn't have a clue what anime was.

Later on, a local channel aired "Cardcaptor Sakura". I liked what I was seeing, but I still had no idea what anime was. It wasn't until later that I learned to call it "Japanimation". XD

Man, I've come a long way.

Postby **Aletheia** » Sun Nov 16, 2008 1:02 pm

Well, before I actually knew what anime was (like everyone else), it was probably Pokemon or Kiki's Delivery Service. But my first subbed one, when I actually knew that I was watching anime, was Mahoraba, which is still one of my favorite series.

Postby **detmi7mile** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 12:35 pm

Sailor Moon back when I was in elementary school when it came on the WB in the afternoons ('95). Didn't even know what anime was...I just liked the show.

Postby **Sheol777** » Mon Nov 24, 2008 1:42 pm

Star Blazers

(Space Battleship Yamato)

Postby **termyt** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 9:01 am

My first was probably Speed Racer, but Battle of the Planets and Star Blazers are in the same time frame for me, so I'm not sure which is was first. The first one I really got into was Robotech, though.

whisperingloon (post: 1266021) wrote:Battle of the Planets.

Raced from the bus to the house every day in grade 2 or 3. Could not miss it. Of course, I always missed the beginning credits, so I thought it was called G-Force. I'd pretend my G.I. Joes were "G.I. Joe-Force".

You know there were two different shows released over here - "Battle of the Planbets" and "G-Force" - made from Gatchaman. The easiest way to determine which of the two it was is the presence of the robot "7-Zark-7" that provided context and filler material for all of the violence cut out of hte show. If 7-Zark-7 shows up in his underwater Jettson home, then you're watching Battle of the Plantes.

Postby **FnlFntsyYuna** » Tue Nov 25, 2008 1:38 pm

Sailor Moon, when I was in kindergarten or was it first grade?O_o lol I'm not sure.=]

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