The anime that started it all...

Greece
September 7, 2009 1:24pm CST
No I do not mean Tetsuwan Atom (Astro Boy), I mean what anime was it that made you like anime enough to start watching anything you can find. For me it was Death Note. It was just so well-made that it made me wonder if every anime was like that and well, I watched other anime like Ghost Hunt and Bleach and then more stuff and blah blah its all downhill from there. So, what about you?
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@xfahctor (14118)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
7 Sep 09
I'm not really an anime fan actually, but the one I do remember watching when I was young, probably the first real anime to be shown here in the U.S. was "Battle of the planets", this was about 30 years ago or more.
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• Greece
7 Sep 09
I have no idea what that is, its the first time I heard of it so what's it about?
@xfahctor (14118)
• Lancaster, New Hampshire
7 Sep 09
I don't remember a lot of details, long time ago. it was a sci-fi based show though. I don't think it's been on the air for a few decades now though.
• United States
8 Sep 09
It was redone under the its orginial name Gatchman a few years back. I watched it to
• Canada
28 Sep 09
I remember Dragonball Z when I was really young, a bit of Sailor Moon (although I never really got into that one) but the one that changed it all for me was a show called Heat Guy J. It used to be on a sci-fi channel but then they took it off air and I have yet to find it again. Thankfully it's coming out on DVD soon =]
@little83 (45)
• Semarang, Indonesia
14 Sep 09
The first time ? Hmm, the one that I remember was Doraemon, very old anime. And now, I like watch most of anime. The one I like now are Naruto, Air Gear, Digimon, Gundam as the best anime for me, Full Metal Alchemist (completed), Gurren Lagann (completed), Kiba (completed), Samurai 7 (completed), Basillisk (completed), Hikaru no Go (because of this anime, so I love playing Go). And there are more animes which can't I tell you all of them.
@saizo6 (2199)
• United States
7 Sep 09
Well...I remember watching Sailor Moon and Dragonball Z on TV back in the days but those shows didn't really drive me to go out and hunt for other anime to watch. I just thought that the shows were really cool and I couldn't wait for it to air on TV. It wasn't until I saw Ranma 1/2 for the first time that I was hooked. After that I saw other series like Rurouni Kenshin, movies like Princess Mononoke and Ninja Scroll and I was just captivated by the diversity in anime. You usually don't see things like that in Disney animations.
@ladyhope (377)
• Canada
11 Sep 09
The first anime I watched that piqued my interest was Bleach. I loved it, but I wasn't yet hooked on anime. Then, like many of you, I watched Deathnote and was HOOKED. I have watched several anime since then but have yet to find something as psychologically thrilling as Deathnote.
@punkincat (214)
• United States
8 Sep 09
Speed Racer Battle of the Planets ( real name Gatchaman ) Robotec DBZ and Sailor Moon
@DCLehnsherr (1037)
7 Sep 09
Hi X, I think the anime that really got me interested in the genre was Full Metal Alchemist. I had watched animes in the past (Dragonball Z being the main one) but I never knew what anime was at the time and so I can't claim that they started my interest. FMA though did because I discovered it through an anime site, and through that and other member recommendations I explored more animes and became completely hooked. FMA also showed me just how an anime should be done because it actually ended! DBZ never managed that and I grew bored of it, but with FMA I just couldn't stop watching so it gave me hope for the future lol! All the best, Dranz