How did you get into anime?

vraylle, 11 months ago

Probably showing my age, but Robotech. Really the first anime series widely broadcasted to an American audience.

Zip, 11 months ago

Watch Akira. That is all.

vraylle, 10 months ago

I have!

Maeve, 11 months ago

My now-grown child. Luffy lives in our hearts.

Nexnecis, 11 months ago

Robotech 100%. I was a kid in the 80's and I didn't progress past early Anime , but damn was Robotech huge back then.

cowvin, 11 months ago

Yep, this was probably my first anime. I wouldn't say it got me into anime by itself but it certainly opened the door. After that, my sister and my friends kind of pulled me in. Haha.

hitechlowlife, 10 months ago

I can still remember watching the first season of Macross on rented Betamax tapes. That's almost 4 decades ago, now.

metaStatic, 10 months ago

oh are we showing our age? My first Anime was Astro Boy. I would harass my mother to rent it every time we rented anything.

alxdre301, 8 months ago

@VulcanSphere it was a very long time, I remember I watched a shounen anime at about 7 years old. I really liked that anime but I didn't watch much. But I didn't know the name of it... But when I get older, I realize it is Reborn for no reason... maybe I have déjà vu 🥺

atocci, 10 months ago (edited 10 months ago)

It was 9 or 10 years ago I think, back when I still used iFunny regularly. One day there was a featured gif from the anime A Certain Scientific Railgun, but I didn't know what it was at the time.

It was a clip from the first episode, a scene where the main character flicks a coin at an oncoming car, except the coin shoots out at hypersonic speed and blows up the road in front of the car. It was captioned something like "Me when slow cars won't move out if the way". A few days later, I went back to the comments on the post to find out what the clip was from. I watched the whole first season on YouTube on my 3DS that week and it's been my favorite anime ever since.

A friend had been trying to convince me for months to watch Attack On Titan at the time too, but I just wasn't interested in anime until that meme.

alternian, 10 months ago

I recently finished watching A Certain Scientific Railgun and I loved it, it’s probably the first time I’ve heard someone talk about it online.

atocci, 10 months ago

It's not too uncommon to see it mentioned in places like r/anime (Misaka even won the 2016 r/anime Best Girl Contest), but it's definitely taking a back seat now to newer anime. What got you to watch it?

vanderbilt, 11 months ago

Someone on 4chan of all places recommended I watch Cowboy Bebop. Probably the only wholesome byproduct of that entire site lol.

shillbert, 11 months ago

I started with Kill La Kill thanks to 4chan (well actually, seeing it hyped up so much on both 4chan and Facepunch.)

Maeve, 11 months ago

Hey now, Samurai Jack too.

vrojak, 11 months ago

I had just started university 10 years ago when I would constantly hear people around me mention Attack on Titan. I had no idea about the show, but was curious enough to figure out what people were so hyped about, so in I went. And now, I'm still waiting for that damn final episode!

Auster, 11 months ago

@VulcanSphere A PS2 game, Ultimate Ninja 5, on a store of used products back when I was on my early teens. This made me curious and I started checking stuff out. And around 2015, I got a PS Vita, which aggravated my interest.

Ame_no_Habakiri, 11 months ago

Back when I was a kindergartener, Heidi would run a lot on TV. I didn't realize it was anime back then. Later I would read through all the manga at my local library, stuff like Dragonball, Yu-Gi-Oh and Hunter x Hunter and watched Pokemon when I came home from school. I took a break and came back years later to watch SAO and liked it a lot.
Kill la Kill was the first show I followed on release and actually engaged with the anime community online. That got me completely hooked and into watching new anime each season.

Thomasnotused, 11 months ago

My first anime was Death Parade, and I just fell in love right away. I found the stories to be much more engaging than many of the TV shows I was being exposed to at the time (and since, tbh), along with the visuals being easier to actually see; unlike the direction that many other forms of media seem to taking these days making everything so damn dark you can't see what's going on.

I don't remember exactly which series I started watching beyond that, but I remember Bleach being one of the most memorable. After that, I branched off into a bunch of different genres.

Bendersmember, 11 months ago

Crunchyroll is good streaming site, cheaper than Netflix. I'm also curious as to the replies, but I started with Cowboy Bebop movie, Full Metal Alchemist, and recently watched Akira for the first time which was amazing. Chainsaw man and one punch man great first seasons too. Pretty much anything Netflix ruins with a live action remake is worth ignoring and seeking out the source material. I'm a new subscriber to crunchyroll and just started watching The Witch of Mercury, really good so far, it's a Gundam anime which is fun as you can buy kits to make all the Gundam robots and is a super fun hobby!

The_Helmet_Stays_On, 10 months ago

While I could count watching Pokémon way back then I didn’t really get into it until I was visiting family and my aunt had Inuyasha playing and for some reason it had me hooked.

oceaniceternity, 10 months ago

@VulcanSphere Kaguya-sama was the first anime I ever watched and enjoyed

akovia, 10 months ago

Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust got the ball rolling for me. Saw it on the shelf and the artwork and premise looked interesting. Loved it!

After that, I asked the guy at the video store for recommendations and ended up binging Evangelion next. Then I was a goner and just started devouring what the clerk suggested and rarely found anything from his list that I didn't love.

By the time I caught up on all the classics, a ton of absolute classics came out around the same time, and I wondered if there were actually any bad anime. :P

All within a year or 2 was:

• Gurren Lagann
• The Garden of Sinners
• Sword of the Stranger
• Moribito: Guardian of the Spirit
• Kanon
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
• Utawarerumono

I'm sure I'm forgetting some, but I wondered at the time if it would always be this good. Feels like a bit of a golden age now.

stackPeek, 10 months ago

A lot of my classmates in my university faculty are a anime enjoyers.... I guess it's kinda inevitable haha

And, yes, I'm an IT student

Also, me having lived in Japan for three years kinda makes it even more easier to get into anime

I'll admit though, I'm only a casual enjoyer. The manga I'm most enthusiastic about is probably only Berserk

Monola19, 10 months ago

My dad! He’s been into anime for as long as I remember and would sit me down in front of the TV to watch sailor moon and Pokémon when I was young. Eventually, I just ended up watching everything he watched; Tenchi Muyo, DBZ, G Gundam, Zoids, etc. I’ve been into anime ever since. Even now, we still call each other to talk about the last episode of whatever show we’re both watching, send each other recs, and go to cons together. It’s great!

Offline, 10 months ago

I think the first anime I've ever watched was the first season of Pokemon. But what really got me into anime was the first anime movie I ever watch Spirted Away. It blew my little mind away with it's strange and fascinating world, characters, and adventure. It's still in my top five all time favorite shows to this day.