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Your first anime show/film

What was your first anime show or film?

For me? The first anime related thing I saw as a kid was Spirited Away on VHS, I was awestruck from the animation and quality of the film.

For shows it would’ve been the usual Pokemon and DBZ. As I grew older I suppose my first proper anime show was watching streams of Neon Genesis Evangelion due to people talking about it at school.

So what about you? What did you see first?

retrieval4558 ,

Very first was probably Inuyasha, Dragonball Z, or some Gundam way back on adult swim as a kid. My first real one that I engaged with as a semi-adult was probably Death Note.

rockman057 ,

Show: Ronin Warriors

Film: Akira

dylanmorgan ,

Show would have been Starblazers or Robotech (Americanized Space Battleship Yamato and Macross/Southern Cross/Mospaeda, respectively.) For movies probably Akira.

2000mph ,

Big fan of Star Blazers. I did eventually watch that years later, but my first anime exposure was via a VHS bought from a charity shop of a series called ThunderSub.

Very similar to Star Blazers, don’t know if they were related in any way.

A7thStone ,

Both are the same for me. Well except I know Robotech was the first show I saw.

comfyquaker ,
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dbz and pokemon as well but only when id catch it between other activities. Didn’t actually sit through an entire anime until high school where my friend borrowed me Cromartie High.

First film was probably the first Pokémon film in theaters.

Ensign_Crab ,

CBN licensed the 1966 Kimba sequel in the mid 80s. My family was super religious around that time and I remember watching it then.

Pat Fucking Robertson was responsible for my introduction to anime.

RBWells ,

Yu Gi Oh!

0001 ,

I think it was RoboCop, the 1987 one and Child’s Play 2 maybe?

Animation is hard to remember either Candy Candy or Kimba the White Lion. Maybe Saint Seiya?

Édit, oh you mean animatimed movies, nvm

rustyricotta ,

I also watched Pokemon and DBZ when I was young, not even knowing about anime.

In highschool I thought “What is anime? Let’s give it a shot”. I opened up Hulu and somehow picked out Non Non Biyori. Looking back, it was a banger choice.

anon6789 ,
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Not sure if everyone would consider it “anime” as it’s more a hybrid of US and Japanese, but “Flight of Dragons.” It felt very stylistic and deep to a young me, and showed me animation could be serious.

As to specifically watching anime as a known thing, Toonami shows pulled me in. I caught DBZ flipping through the channels and I started watching that and Outlaw Star.

Met a friend that was into it and he lent me Iria: The Zeiram, Armitage 3, Ghost in the Shell, Vampire Hunter D, and eventually a few others.

xmunk ,

It was either Cowboy Bebop or Princess Mononoke - I was first introduced in an after-school anime club.

spittingimage ,
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Akira. I saw it playing on a TV behind a table at a pop culture market and got my own copy (on VHS. Yes, I’m so old that bits are starting to drop off) to find out how it ended.

Edit: Now I come to think about it, I used to watch Science Ninja Team Gatchaman on TV as a preteen. Can’t remember the english title.

johannesvanderwhales ,

Akira, as was common at the time. Not counting stuff like Robotech or Speed Racer that I wouldn’t have known was anime.

RoquetteQueen ,
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Pokemon or Sailor Moon. Movie, probably the first Pokemon one.

scytale ,

YuYu Hakusho.

AlligatorBlizzard ,

Kiki’s Delivery Service. I got it on VHS, probably for Christmas the year the Disney dub came out. I didn’t have cable for a decent chunk of my childhood, so I saw that even before Pokemon.

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