[POLL] What is the earliest anime you remember watching? (Your first anime)

Thunder Empress Arshes Nei

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Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
child.

What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

I'll prolly post an interesting follow up after letting this poll fly
^_-

Jaa~ ^^

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Thunder Empress Arshes Nei

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Thunder Empress Arshes Nei wrote:

Well gomen, forgot in my first post, but lets see.

The earliest anime I remember watching, was Leo the Lion (Kimba), after
that, Cities of Gold and Spartacus, somewhere in those lines came Robotech,
Starblazers and Voltron.

I think timidly renting Vampire hunter D after getting my rental card caused
me to rent a WHOLE lot more, to being the fan I am now ^^;;

Anime has come a long way, ne?

Disruptor

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First anime I saw: Speed Racer
1st one I saw and later realised was made in Japan: Warriors of The Wind
The anime that addicted me: Dangaio

Jesse Smith

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cor...@ipasss.net (IceTigger Lean) writes:

> First Anime Seen: Voltron

Same here.

> First Anime Seen and Realized it was Anime: Bubblegum Crisis

Battle Angel, I think.

> First Anime Seen that Prompted me to Fandom: Porco Rosso and Castle of
> Cagliostro (saw 'em both on the same day)

Neon Genesis Evangelion. I'm not sure I could pick a better anime to
suck someone like me into being a fan.

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Kube

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Thunder Empress Arshes Nei wrote:

Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
child.
What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"
I'll prolly post an interesting follow up after letting this poll fly

Talk about a coicidence. I was just thinking to myself "you know what would make a good poll? asking people which anime got them addicted.". And the next thing i know, here it is. :)

The first anime i watched was probably Sailor Moon, although I have some vauge memories of watching Robotech. But the anime that actually prompted me to go out and rent some more would have to be Ninja Scroll. It was the first anime that I actually found exciting to watch. Sure it has sex and violence, but i've seen dozens of movies that are worse in those departments (ie Showgirls). But Ninja Scroll was so well animated and just plain entertaining, that i wanted to see more.

Kube

Derek Janssen

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Thunder Empress Arshes Nei wrote:
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> What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

The first one that got me addicted?: Said it before--
"Dirty Pair Classic". OVA Eps. 1 & 2, to be precise.
(...And I KNOW I'm not the only one.)

I still remember my astonishment at learning that "Japanimation" could
actually have a sense of humor...And no translation necessary. ^_^

Derek Janssen
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B Mascardo

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In article <35539BA1...@mixxonline.com>, ars...@mixxonline.com
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>
>
> Thunder Empress Arshes Nei wrote:
>

> Well gomen, forgot in my first post, but lets see.
>
> The earliest anime I remember watching, was Leo the Lion (Kimba), after
> that, Cities of Gold and Spartacus, somewhere in those lines came Robotech,
> Starblazers and Voltron.

Earliest/1st anime: Kimba, then Speed Racer, then came Star Blazers, and
Battle of the planets, much later on came Voltron and Robotech. Nostalgia
played a big part into influencing me to make certain purchases like the
Gatchaman OAV's... (something that probably would never be in my
collection other than for that reason)

!st one I watched and knew it was anime: Interesting question... I'd have
to say, Megazone 23 or Macross...

>
> I think timidly renting Vampire hunter D after getting my rental card caused
> me to rent a WHOLE lot more, to being the fan I am now ^^;;

1st one to make me a fan: Robotech got me interested in anime..., but due
to the general unavailabity of anime to a casual viewer like me during
that time, my interest faded. Ghost in the Shell got me back into
buying/watching anime (on a casual basis) several years after Robotech...
then came Neon Genesis Evangelion... the 1st one to take me into the
Otaku stage (an Otaku as far as Eva is concerned) -it's probably solely
because of Eva that I'll be attending AnimeExpo 98 this year (the fact
that it is farely local to me helps as well) My 1st convention in almost
10 years! (Boy does that make me sound old, I'm still under 30 in case
anyone wonders ^_-)

>
> Anime has come a long way, ne?
>

sou sou.

Ben Masc~
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Jayne Michelle Lockhart

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First anime I saw: The Fantastic Adventures of Unico
First one I saw and realized it was anime: Sailor Moon
The anime that addicted me: Sailor Moon

Thunder Empress Arshes Nei

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Kevin Cook wrote:

> Earliest: 8-man
> Knew it was Anime: Gatchaman / Space Cruiser Yamoto
> Hooked: Captain Harlock
>
> Kevin Cook
>
> P.S. How is the newer "8-man After" series that came out a little while
> back? I have wanted to see it, but never have had the chance.

IMO I liked it. Its probably not the BEST series but it was certainly nice to
sit through.

Adam Ferraro

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Thunder Empress Arshes Nei <ars...@mixxonline.com> wrote:

>Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
>anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
>the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
>child.

>What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime

>too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

First one that I saw was StarBlazers. Then Voltron and Robotech

First anime that I saw and knew was anime: Bugbblegum Crisis

The series that got me addicted: Bubblegum Crisis

Adam

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Irwin

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"Kimba" (came on right before "Ultraman")
"Speed Racer" Then a ten-year gap for "Star Blazers"
I was too busy for "Robotech."
"Fist of the North Star" was the first thing I saw that was called "anime."
(In the newspaper ad)
The first thing I can rememmber watching that was not based on a manga I
read was "Nuku Nuku". (The full title got me interested.)
Irwin
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>Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
>anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
>the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
>child.
>
>What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
>too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"
>

>I'll prolly post an interesting follow up after letting this poll fly

>^_-
>
>Jaa~ ^^
>
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On Fri, 08 May 1998 16:46:46 -0700, Thunder Empress Arshes Nei
<ars...@mixxonline.com> wrote:

>Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
>anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
>the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
>child.
>
>What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
>too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"
>
>I'll prolly post an interesting follow up after letting this poll fly
>^_-

First Anime Seen: Voltron

First Anime Seen and Realized it was Anime: Bubblegum Crisis

First Anime Seen that Prompted me to Fandom: Porco Rosso and Castle of
Cagliostro (saw 'em both on the same day)

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>First anime I saw: Astro Boy

>1st one I saw and later realised was made in Japan: Battle of the Planets

LatCrow

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Well, the first four I can remember seeing are Astro Boy, Kimba, Speed Racer
and Marine Boy. Granted I saw the American versions of them, but they were
still the first Anime I saw.

LatCrow

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Thunder Empress Arshes Nei <ars...@mixxonline.com> wrote:
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>Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
>anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
>the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
>child.

Star Blazers
Battle of the Planets
Tranzor Z
Voltron

I also remember one one Nickolodeon called 'Revenge of the Humanoids'

Plus one giant robot one that might of been in spanish/japanese

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"Everyone booze up and riot!"

Milk&Cheese

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In article <35539966...@mixxonline.com>,

ars...@mixxonline.com wrote:
>
> Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
> anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
> the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
> child.
>

> What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"
>

Its gotta be good old Starblazers way back in grade school. Early EARLY
mornings on WGN back home in Chicago. At the time I just thought is was a cool
cartoon. I mean, death, destruction, spaceship battles, implied sex! For a
fourth grader it was the stuff!! Of course, I hadn't more than the vaguest
idea what was going on, but it was COOL!!

At nearly the same time, there was Battle of the Planets, and not too
much later, Robotech. Its astounding how cool some of that stuff seemed then
that doesn't seem so hot now. (IE, animation, battle scenes, etc.)
Perspective can be a strange thing.

Now as far as starting the "addiction" its gotta be Dirty Pair, of all
things. Back in high school with our devious little anime cult holed up in
the basement watching bootleg fan-subs and claiming official school
recognition (and funding!) as Loyola Academy's "Animation Club". It was
grand. ;) And Dirty Pair was our favorite because it made more sense than
Urusei Yatsura, was funnier than BGC, and was still violent enough to be cool
but not so violent as to be gross. A compromise choice, to be sure, but a fun
one.

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Earliest: 8-man
Knew it was Anime: Gatchaman / Space Cruiser Yamoto
Hooked: Captain Harlock

Kevin Cook

P.S. How is the newer "8-man After" series that came out a little while
back? I have wanted to see it, but never have had the chance.

Thunder Empress Arshes Nei wrote:

> Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
> anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
> the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
> child.
>
> What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"
>

> I'll prolly post an interesting follow up after letting this poll fly
> ^_-
>

Erin Cochran

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> What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah,
> that's anime too" Also what was the first anime that prompted
> you on the "addiction"

After noticing the anime-style character designs in video games
like Breath of Fire and liking what I saw, I decided to seek out
some anime. At the time, they were showing dubbed Streamline
"Japanimation" late on Friday nights on channel 62 in the
Chicagoland area, so I decided to check it out. The first anime
I saw was Castle of Cagliostro, and despite the fact that I had
to miss a twenty minute chunk smack dab in the middle of it,
it really made a good impression on me. I saw a couple of
other films after that which I liked, and a couple I didn't. The
one that absolutely hooked me, though, was Vampire Hunter D.

Erin Cochran
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Lord Archive

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On Fri, 8 May 1998, Thunder Empress Arshes Nei wrote:
> What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

First anime: Voltron and Robotech

First anime that I knew what it was: Warrior of the Winds
(What a way to start :)

Anime that got me addicted: Hard to say, I casually watched anime for some
time before becoming truly addicted. Though the core of my addiction is
Ranma, it's more of the twenty anime tapes at the local blockbuster I can
blame for the addiction. My continued obsession can be blamed on a comic
book store that rents anime with hundreds of choices. 8)~~

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First anime without knowing it: Heidi
First anime knowing: Macross II
Oldest anime: The Space Travels of Gulliver
(the name is something like that)

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In article <35539966...@mixxonline.com>,

ars...@mixxonline.com wrote:
>
> Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
> anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
> the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
> child.
>

> What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"
>

Hmmm. First: Voltron, like a whole lotta people. First that I realized was
this one OVA that I saw at a gaming con I *still* don't know the title to - it
involved some alien girl that looked a lot like Lum (but definetly wasn't),
and the whole thing wasn't subbed or dubbed. The tape's owner stood there and
translated for us as it went. :D Unique experince, that was. As for the
addiction, it has to be 'Battle Angel', where I first saw Gally-chan. <wistful
sigh>

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Thunder Empress Arshes Nei wrote:

> Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
> anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
> the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
> child.
>
> What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"
>

> I'll prolly post an interesting follow up after letting this poll fly
> ^_-

Earliest seen: Atom Boy, Marine Boy, Secret Three
That's Anime: Speed Racer, Battle of the Planets
Hooked me: There was this brand-new show called "Uruseiyatsura"...

manz...@hotmail.com

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In article <01bd7b01$a1391b60$34e6...@ecochran.knox>,

"Erin Cochran" <ecoc...@knox.knox.edu> wrote:
>
> Thunder Empress Arshes Nei <ars...@mixxonline.com> wrote in article
> <35539966...@mixxonline.com>...
>

> > What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah,
> > that's anime too" Also what was the first anime that prompted
> > you on the "addiction"
>

> After noticing the anime-style character designs in video games
> like Breath of Fire and liking what I saw, I decided to seek out
> some anime. At the time, they were showing dubbed Streamline
> "Japanimation" late on Friday nights on channel 62 in the
> Chicagoland area, so I decided to check it out. The first anime
> I saw was Castle of Cagliostro, and despite the fact that I had
> to miss a twenty minute chunk smack dab in the middle of it,
> it really made a good impression on me. I saw a couple of
> other films after that which I liked, and a couple I didn't. The
> one that absolutely hooked me, though, was Vampire Hunter D.
>
> Erin Cochran
> ecoc...@knox.knox.edu
>

Yeah, it was the same with me too... I think 62 just swiped it from some
satelite station, the cheap bastards. The same network used to show "FNN
Supertime" (news broadcast in Japanese) every day at 7am. Man I used to watch
that all the time, but I don't think they have it any more:( Anyway, the
one(s) that really got me were Tenchi Muyou OVA vol. 1 (Vol. 1 is the best
dubbed anime EVER, good thing I now have the LD) and Urusei Yatsura 2
Beautiful Dreamer. I could go on forever about what I liked about these, but
I think I'll just leave it at that.

- Manzi -

Geoff Tebbetts

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In article <35539966...@mixxonline.com>, ars...@mixxonline.com wrote:

> Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
> anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
> the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
> child.
>

> What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

I was too young to comprehend something like Starblazers when it came on,
so the first had to be Voltron. I'll bet my first crush was even the
princess. It's also funny, because I never really got into the vehicle
version, while I was intensely into the lion version.

The addiction is a bit of a surprise. I had seen Akira and Macross: Do You
Remember Love?, but it was actually Locke The Superman that got me. Oh,
how I miss those days when Channel 69 in Atlanta actually aired subtitled
anime late Saturday night...

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lwf wrote:

> >
> > What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> > too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

The first anime I ever saw was a clip from 'Brave Raideen' on the
morning news about how a Japanese-language TV station in San Fransisco
was subtitling these 'cartoons' and broadcasting them, and how they were
raising the hackles of local parent's groups because they were 'so
violent'
The more things change, the more things stay the same...

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Didn't quite finish my post, oh well.

The first I saw and realized it's Anime was Star Blazers, but that's only
because of an article in Famous Monsters of Filmland which talked about the
Feature version of Space Cruiser Yamato.

The one that finally propelled me into Anime Fandom was...Robotech! It's the
one that fially got me going to cons where Anime was being shown.

The one I'm most addicted to is probably Sailor Moon, with Gundam a close
second("Gundam Crystal Power...Make Up!") :-)

LatCrow

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In article <3553BD...@ultranet.com>,
Derek Janssen <dja...@ultranet.com> wrote:

>
> Thunder Empress Arshes Nei wrote:
> >
> > What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> > too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

For me it was in the early 80's. At that time I just noticed that it was VERY
different from the other animated shows (US) in terms of desgins, art, and
music. I still remember shows like Mazinger Z, SC Yamato, Candy Candy,
Harlock, and a few others that I thought at that time to be similar to each
other.

Now, the one that got me addicted to Anime was Robotech, but that was in
1994, March I think. At that time, I got tired of what was being shown on US
TV and movies, except for Star Trek:NG. Then I remember seeing some Robotech
videos being sold at Saturday Matinee and how awsome that series was (the
last time I saw Robotech was in 1989, and I didn't see all 85 eps., maybe
40). So I decided to get all Robotech tapes. That was my first step of Otaku.

My first untranslated anime was the 4th Gundam movie:Char's counterattack.
For the first time, I listened to Japanese voice actors, and the Japanese
language for that matter. At the end of the movie, i said to myself, I have
to learn some Japanese. (This is coincidence, but at this moment, I am
listening to the SoundTrack of this movie,Track 15:Beyon the Time)

Thanks for reading
Miguel Loo
the same one that posted a thread of opinions about the original Macross.

AnimeNut

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Earliest dub translation: Kimba the Lion King (or aka The Jungle King)
Earliest true Japanese Animation - Akira
The One that got Me hooked - hahah (the list is huge)

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Adam Ferraro <adfe...@mindspring.com> wrote:

> Thunder Empress Arshes Nei <ars...@mixxonline.com> wrote:
>
> >Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
> >anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
> >the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
> >child.
>

> >What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> >too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

[snip]

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: Thunder Empress Arshes Nei <ars...@mixxonline.com> wrote:

: >What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
: >too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

(Dimly remember):Astro Boy, Kimba

(Remember distinct stories): Speed Racer

(Anime what got me hooked): Urusei Yatsura, Dirty Pair

There was an old series that I dimly remember from the late
1970s that was very definitely anime, but for the life of me,
can't remember the title...It was a kid who was a whiz at
athletics, and these two Olympian deities (humorously portrayed)
who helped him. I'm fairly sure that Disney's Sport Goofy series
was based on it..Of course I remember Voltron, and Robotech
(if only thru the Comico comics; thank goodness I have seen
Macross DYRL or I'd never know how REALLY good the series
could be..:)

--
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Too old to avoid paying taxes, too young to die.......
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shipmates call him Sailor Moon; Film at 11:)

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>What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
>too"

Mirai Shonen Conan in 1980. (I'm that old :-( )

>Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

Gundam series

Clarise451

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>What anime did you first see,

"Les Mysterieuses Cites D'Or," (Mysterious Cities of Gold,) a
French-Japanese collaborations type of thing. I watched a great deal of
animation when I was seven and living in France. There was some French stuff,
lots of American stuff, and some anime on as well, most of which I never really
got into. I considered the drawing style "weird." I thought it was French,
and I hated France, so except for Mysterieuses Cites, I didn't watch very much.

>then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime

Akira. Didn't understand it; didn't like it. I had a lot of stereotypes about
anime even as late as middle school, and Akira cemented them. Not to mention
that I was a bit angry that it was supposed to be a science fiction literature
class but all we ever did was watch movies.

>Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

Sailormoon! At first I disliked it, but once I fount the plot behind the bad
dub, I adored it.
Emily Horner
tenou...@coldmail.com

Chris Schack

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In article <35539966...@mixxonline.com>,

Thunder Empress Arshes Nei <ars...@mixxonline.com> wrote:

>Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
>anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
>the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
>child.
>

>What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
>too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

First seen: Battle of the Planets

First seen, knowing it was anime: Akira
(actually, I knew of it at the time as 'Japanimation', but
that's neither here nor there, except for the fact that
that name WAS a negative influence)

Drew me in: Sailor Moon & Ranma 1/2
(SM got me looking around, Ranma finished the job)

Chris Schack

SilverJain

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First things I remember seeing: Battle of the Planets (Gatchaman) and the cute
shows they showed on Nickelodeon, especially Mapletown and the Adventures of
the Little Koala. I totally missed the whole Starblazers/Robotech thing.

First thing I saw that I knew was anime: Vampire Hunter D, starting me on a
lifetime love of Yoshitaka Amano's art.

Things that got me completely hooked: actually, translated manga from Studio
Proteus and Viz, around 1989-1991. But anime-wise, Bubblegum Crisis and
Gunbuster. I liked that there were a lot of cool girl characters!

--Elin Winkler, Radio Comix
"Remember, Zip, evil spelled backwards is live, and we all want to do that!"
-Mok, "Rock'n'Rule"

Chris Schack

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M Arnold

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"Min" <minw...@ix.netcom.com> writes:

>Mirai Shonen Conan in 1980. (I'm that old :-( )

I thought 'Conan' was 1978. . .

Mike A

David Johnston

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Doesn't mean Min watched it then. I first watched Star Trek years after
it had been cancelled.

ahil...@sallie.wellesley.edu

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>What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
>too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

I have very hazy memories of watching cartoons on NGN, the Japanese cable TV
channel--something about a creature called a "land whale"

ahil...@sallie.wellesley.edu

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>What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
>too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

Whoops. Hit send instead of cancel. ^_^;;;

As I was saying, the first anime I saw was in English-subtitled Japanese, so
I learned to recognize the style early on. No idea what it was called,
though. Robotech, Star Blazers, and Robot Carnival played their part in
keeping up my interest over the years, but it was probably seeing pictures of
Future GPX Cyber Formula in Animage that pushed me over the edge.

--sumire
sub fan since age 5

Min

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Thunder Empress Arshes Nei wrote in message

>What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
>too"

In '80 Mirai Shonen Conan on TV.

>Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

The first Gundam series.

Speak

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Thunder Empress Arshes Nei <ars...@mixxonline.com> wrote:
>Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
>anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
>the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
>child.
>

>What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime

>too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

The First Anime: Starblazers and Voltron, I'm not sure which one I saw
first.

First that I realised as anime: Vampire Hunter D, Robot Carnival, and
Heavy Metal which were shown on TNT, Cartoon Network, and Sci-Fi
channel.

What got me hooked (First Anime I Bought): "Kimagure Orange Road", which
I found laying in a reduced for clearance sale at a music store.

M Arnold

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David Johnston <rgo...@telusplanet.net> writes:

>Doesn't mean Min watched it then. I first watched Star Trek years after
>it had been cancelled.

Well sure, I know that. What I can't remember is the years it was
rebroadcast. Once a few years ago, also in the 80s. . . maybe '80? It
hasn't been shown often.

Mike A

Johanns Fernandez

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Thunder Empress Arshes Nei wrote:

> Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
> anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
> the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
> child.
>
> What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"
>

> I'll prolly post an interesting follow up after letting this poll fly
> ^_-

first anime I've seen: Well, it was more like a slew of anime on TV. Here
goes:
Voltes V, Mazinger Z, Mekanda Robot, UFO Grandizer, Daimos, Danguard Ace,
Striker Force, and Balatak are ones that I could remember just off the top
of my head. On the OVA front, the first one I could distinctly remember was
Future War 198X...very apocalyptic in tone. I even remember anime
renditions of The Little Mermaid and Swan Lake. Then there's Paul In
Fantasy Land, Candy Candy, and Nobody's Child (which prompted one to watch
the show with 3D glasses on so that the viewer could experience depth
perception).

Single anime that prompted me to be an addict: Voltes V--it has a deeper
psychological play of characters than it's weaker successors, Voltron
et.al. One had to stick around for the duration of the series just to find
out what would happen next to the different characters of the story. It's
much like Eva, which I am really into right now.

Johanns Fernandez

Nyk Tarr

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Once upon a time in the land of rec.arts.anime.misc,
Alex Taylor wrote:

> In article <35539966...@mixxonline.com>, ars...@mixxonline.com
> says...

>>Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
>>anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
>>the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
>>child.
>>
>>What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
>>too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

> <ramble mode on>

> First anime I saw (way back when I was in Kindergarten or maybe gr.1-2:
> Battle of the Planets. Which I had no idea was (once) anime at the time
> (I'd never even heard of anime, in fact.)

[Robotech snipped]

Similar here, but probably for subtly different reasons... First
Battle of the Planets, I must have been about 12 and looking back on
it, I probably watched it just for 'Princess' <G>

What got me hooked (although not the first anime I knowingly watched)
was MacrossII. Could be the music, could be the chara interection, but
most likely, it was the same reason as the first. ^_^

Nyk
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On Sat, 9 May 1998, Antaeus Feldspar wrote:

> > Thunder Empress Arshes Nei <ars...@mixxonline.com> wrote:
> >

> > >Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
> > >anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
> > >the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
> > >child.
> >
> > >What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> > >too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

> [snip]

I believe the first anime I ever saw was Battle of the Planets.
If I saw any before that, I was too young to remember. Following BOTP
came Robotech and Voltron. Now, I of course didn't know these were
Japanese at the time, but I certainly did notice that they weren't your
average cartoon. (Whoa... they actually KILL people in Robotech! Nobody
dies in GI Joe!) Alas, I never saw Starblazers. (Was it even shown
in the Los Angeles area?)
Later, it was the Robotech / Macross connection that started my
journey into Anime fandom, when a friend showed me Macross the Movie.
Then I saw his other tapes, started going to Cons, and then, this past
year...

Um, anyway, I've been wondering: doeas anyone here remember
seeing a series called "Tranzor-Z"? It was on about the same time as
Voltron and Robotech (Same year, I mean, not time of day. Something
around 1985, I believe) I see everyone recollecting the shows they used
to watch, and I noticed this one is never mentioned. (I remember, even
then, being rather shocked at where one of the robots kept her missles...)

- Sean F.

Chris Schack

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And here I thought it was physically impossible for me to send
a message more than once. I guess this explains why I got
the message from solaris.cc.vt.edu, doesn't it?

Chris Schack

Anita Bath

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Sean Fallesen wrote:
>
> > [snip]

>
> Um, anyway, I've been wondering: doeas anyone here remember
> seeing a series called "Tranzor-Z"? It was on about the same time as
> Voltron and Robotech (Same year, I mean, not time of day. Something
> around 1985, I believe) I see everyone recollecting the shows they used
> to watch, and I noticed this one is never mentioned. (I remember, even

> then, being rather shocked at where one of the robots kept her missiles...)

Was that the one with the 20 megaton D-Cup missiles? ^_^ IIRC, that
show got taken off the air pretty quick in Philly-NY area, probably
because of those "interesting" visuals. And speaking of recollecting old
shows, I remember it being paired with an even more interesting show
called "The Galaxy Rangers". I dunno if it's actually anime, but, if
not, then it's one of the closest things to anime that I've seen come
out of the west. Despite it's cornball name, it had good stories,
interesting characters (including a Clint Eastwood lookalike), and
people actually got KILLED! Anyone else remember this one? Was it anime?

Antaeus Feldspar

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Anita Bath <abcqj...@speakaccess.nospam.net> wrote:

I remember that show! I always wished that I got to see it more
regularly; I thought the hints they were always giving us about the
background of Gooseman (the toughest of the Rangers) were fascinating.

Arnold Kim

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Sean Fallesen wrote:
>
> Um, anyway, I've been wondering: doeas anyone here remember
> seeing a series called "Tranzor-Z"? It was on about the same time as
> Voltron and Robotech (Same year, I mean, not time of day. Something
> around 1985, I believe) I see everyone recollecting the shows they used

I remember this- definitely. Originally called Mazinger Z, created by Go Nagai.
Didn't watch the US version _too_ much, though. Created a major Mecha _storm_
in Korea when I went there years ago.

> to watch, and I noticed this one is never mentioned. (I remember, even

> then, being rather shocked at where one of the robots kept her missles...)

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In article <1461.435T1...@tomobiki.demon.co.uk>,

Nyk Tarr <N...@tomobiki.demon.co.uk> wrote:
> > First anime I saw (way back when I was in Kindergarten or maybe gr.1-2:
> > Battle of the Planets. Which I had no idea was (once) anime at the time
> > (I'd never even heard of anime, in fact.)

> [Robotech snipped]

> Similar here, but probably for subtly different reasons... First
> Battle of the Planets, I must have been about 12 and looking back on
> it, I probably watched it just for 'Princess' <G>

> What got me hooked (although not the first anime I knowingly watched)
> was MacrossII. Could be the music, could be the chara interection, but
> most likely, it was the same reason as the first. ^_^

The first anime I watched knowingly was Ultimate Teacher. That's hardly an
early title really, and I ain't proud of it. The first subbed anime was
Otaku No Video, an odd thing to start on, but invaluable and really quite
funny. But that ain't winning no prizes either...

The first anime I ever remember watching, having found out that is was
anime many years later was Marine Boy (1969). But then I was fairly hooked
on animation no matter where it came from anyway. If the bias has shifted
in my viewing in recent (comparatively) years, maybe a finger should be
pointed at the dross being produced by certain large animation companies,
and the general size of the industry in terms of output elsewhere. I think
I may have become a bit fussy about plot and design in latter years (I
might find Duckman and Ren & Stimpy funny, but they hardly appeal
aesthetically).

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The first show I saw was either voltron or Robotech, I haven't a clue
which. I seem to recall other shows which I grouped in the same "hey,
this is kinda cool, and it looks different from the stuff I usually see"
category, like I think, wheeled Warriors (anyone know anything about that
show?) and of course Transformers

Around 89 to 91 I developed an extreme Robotech obsession, and had to find
out everything I could about it. (it had never aired in my area, and I
knew of it from only tapes of the first three eps. The other series stuff
shown in the opener had me REALLY curious. It was also too late to get my
hands on the toys. ) That's how I gfound out what was going on <G>

Someone brought Akira to school when I was in 8th grade, around that time
I also started checking out guver adn Bubblegum Crisis tapes at my local
video store.

I was into american comics (and little else) for a year or two with anime
on the back burne until I became obsessed again and devoured every tape
available for rental in my area. (Well, except the last two parts of
Robotech, since they kinda suck) This is my current state, except I'm plus
a thousnd words or so of japanese.

--
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Thou Shalt not kill, excepting that him that thou shalt kill looketh or
talketh funny, or that he beliveth silly things.

A,A,M&K

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On Mon, 11 May 1998 15:19:34 -0400, Anita Bath
<abcqj...@speakaccess.nospam.net> wrote:

>Sean Fallesen wrote:
>>
>> > [snip]
>>

>> Um, anyway, I've been wondering: doeas anyone here remember
>> seeing a series called "Tranzor-Z"? It was on about the same time as
>> Voltron and Robotech (Same year, I mean, not time of day. Something
>> around 1985, I believe) I see everyone recollecting the shows they used

>> to watch, and I noticed this one is never mentioned. (I remember, even

>> then, being rather shocked at where one of the robots kept her missiles...)
>
>Was that the one with the 20 megaton D-Cup missiles? ^_^ IIRC, that
>show got taken off the air pretty quick in Philly-NY area, probably
>because of those "interesting" visuals. And speaking of recollecting old
>shows, I remember it being paired with an even more interesting show
>called "The Galaxy Rangers". I dunno if it's actually anime, but, if
>not, then it's one of the closest things to anime that I've seen come
>out of the west. Despite it's cornball name, it had good stories,
>interesting characters (including a Clint Eastwood lookalike), and
>people actually got KILLED! Anyone else remember this one? Was it anime?

Oh, that was my favorite show as a kid! I always wondered what would
have happened if the Golden Goose guy had had some other name, or some
other powers.... What would they have called him then? ^_^

Andrew "NO .SIG MAN" "Juan" Perron, what was the name of the evil
enemy lady, anyway?

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Thunder Empress Arshes Nei wrote:
>

> Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
> anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
> the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
> child.

Don't get me started on my "back in my day, sonny" mode. Why... I
remember watching fifth-generation copies in Japanese, without subtitles
"... and that's the way it was, and we liked it! We liked it fine!"

> What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

First anime I ever saw was Speed Racer, in 1974 (though I didn't know it
was anime, of course). First anime I recognized as such was Robotech,
in 1985. The one that started the addiction, too.
--
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In article <35539966...@mixxonline.com>, ars...@mixxonline.com
says...

> Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting

> anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
> the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
> child.
>

> What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

Speed Racer and Kimba The White Lion in American syndication way back
when I was knee high to a P-Chan got the initial taste into my
bloodstream. I was fortunate to have friends over the years who always
managed to get ahold of anime from some place or another, usually in raw
form, which we'd sit around and argue over what the hell was going on.

I didn't start collecting anime in a major way until the the first
domestic companies started putting it out on video in North America. My
entire collection to date is made up of only legitimate domestic releases
which means most of my disposable income goes as quickly as it arrives.
:-)

Les

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In <Pine.GSO.3.96.980508...@larry.cc.emory.edu>, Jayne Michelle Lockhart <jlo...@emory.edu> writes:
>First anime I saw: The Fantastic Adventures of Unico
>First one I saw and realized it was anime: Sailor Moon
>The anime that addicted me: Sailor Moon
>

Me? It was Gigantor.

Rgds,

Chris

(counting down from top 50 oxymorons...)
10. Tight slacks
9. Definite maybe
8. Pretty ugly
7. Twelve-ounce pound cake
6. Diet ice cream
5. Rap music
4. Working vacation
3. Exact estimate
2. Religious tolerance
And the NUMBER ONE top oxy-MORON
1. Microsoft Works
---From the Top 50 Oxymorons (thanks to Richard Kennedy)

Mc

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> Thunder Empress Arshes Nei <ars...@mixxonline.com> wrote:
>

> >Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
> >anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
> >the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
> >child.
>
> >What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> >too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

Now I date back further than perhaps many of you.
My first is Kimba: The White Lion, although I vaguely remember AstroBoy.
First Realizition it was anime: Star Blazers: the movie compilation,
missed the TV series. I would have been a Star Blazers fan had I known.
What prompted my addiction: Robotech's Macross series, it was so much
different than the American stuff I was watching.

mc

Jerry Shaw

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Thunder Empress Arshes Nei <ars...@mixxonline.com> wrote:

>What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
>too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"

Astroboy, when it was first shown on TV (saw the original showings).

I was addicted to all forms of animation long before I got into anime.

>Jaa

Jerry

lhar...@nunic.nu.edu

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In article <35800756...@news.earthlink.net>,

jns...@earthlink.net (Jerry Shaw) wrote:
>
> Thunder Empress Arshes Nei <ars...@mixxonline.com> wrote:
>
> >What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> >too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"
>

The first I ever saw was something on Captain Kangaroo...it had to have been
in the late 50s or early 60s. It was about a shepard and a shepardess and
a cross-eyed king who wanted to marry her. The S&S escape to an underground
city and the king has this giant robot whose head he sits on & he starts
trashing the city looking for them. That's all I remember & no one else seems
to remember it.

What turned me into an anime-addict was Beautiful Dreamer. This led me to
collect anything & everything by Takahasi, Tenchi, El Hazard, BGC, and
several other series.

However, as my eyes aren't what they used to be, I *was* buying Ranma 1/2
dubbed (yes I know, I'm not crazy about dubs, but...) until this last one
"Headmaster from Hell". I do not know where they got this guy who's doing
boy-type Ranma, but they should put him back where they got him. I'm going
to wait until the subtitled hits year 4 before I buy any more.

Leanne

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Arnold Kim wrote in message <355780...@erols.com>...

>Sean Fallesen wrote:
>>
>> Um, anyway, I've been wondering: doeas anyone here remember
>> seeing a series called "Tranzor-Z"? It was on about the same time as
>> Voltron and Robotech (Same year, I mean, not time of day. Something
>> around 1985, I believe) I see everyone recollecting the shows they used
>

>I remember this- definitely. Originally called Mazinger Z, created by Go
Nagai.
>Didn't watch the US version _too_ much, though. Created a major Mecha
_storm_
>in Korea when I went there years ago. Don't remember it quite as well as
its
>successor in Japan, Great Mazinger, though.
>

>> to watch, and I noticed this one is never mentioned. (I remember, even
>> then, being rather shocked at where one of the robots kept her

missles...)
>
>Not surprising, considering it's by Go Nagai.^_^
>
>Arnold Kim

>yet to see Cutey Honey

Isn't there another series based on Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger? I don't
remember the title but it had Mercury(I think) in it somewhere. At the very
least the mecca was the same one as the Mazinger series. This one took place
in space if I remember correctly. It was on one of my local stations(in
Taiwan) about 1 year ago.

Andy

-=The Jesster=-

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Thunder Empress Arshes Nei wrote:
>
> Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
> anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
> the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
> child.
>

> What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
> too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"
>

> I'll prolly post an interesting follow up after letting this poll fly
> ^_-
>

I suppose techinically Speed Racer was the first anime I saw, though I
don't remember it. According to my parents, I used to love it. Today,
I can't stand it.

Voltron was the first I can remember, and the series that got me hooked
was Ranma 1/2.

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SLoGaN

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>
> Isn't there another series based on Mazinger Z and Great Mazinger? I
don't
> remember the title but it had Mercury(I think) in it somewhere. At the
very
> least the mecca was the same one as the Mazinger series. This one took
place
> in space if I remember correctly. It was on one of my local stations(in
> Taiwan) about 1 year ago.
>
> Andy
>
>
>

There are three Mazinger shows, plus one other super robot show in the
same continuity created by Go Nagai. They are (in english and japanese):

Mazinger Z マジンガーＺ
Great Mazinger グレートマジンガー
God Mazinger ゴッドマジンガー
UFO Robo Grandizer ＵＦＯロボグレンダイザー

Twilight dreamer

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Looking back i would say that "Battle of the planets" was the frist
Anime i saw, followed by "alone in the world" and "treasure illand"
all do i don't know if they qualify as anime (mind you, they had many
of the pluspoints of anime like i good storyline and characters).

The first time however that i watched a anime because i was curious if
those Japannese people would do things differrently from there
Amerikan counterparts was "Macross" if 1988 (in his Robotech form). I
had collected many of the models off the serie with's i though looked
much better than things like "transformers" and i was hoped there
serie would also be better.

And if it was, i would colleted some of them. Not many, just one or
two tapes. O well, it turned out somewhat different, we all make
misstakes, right. ;-)

Greetings, Albert.

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is finished.
If you're alive,
it isn't. Richard Bach.

LWhite8757

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First anime: Voltron, much like a lot of people who posted. I remember that
the video quality of the series was extremely grainy and terrible, making it
look old. Plus, even before voltron may have been some of those religious
cartoons which suspiciously looks like anime with big eyes and whatnot.

Anime that got me hooked was Dominion: Tank Police Part 1 and 2 that was shown
on the Sci Fi network. I just had to track down that title of which I couldn't
find except in Diamond Previews. BTW, the music that's in tank police dubbed
version was way better than the subtitlted version of which I gather is the
original music of the series. The dubbed version of tank police has the best
music of any anime imo). This anime had everything, a deep storyline that just
drew you into its world while being very funny. (new tank police wasn't nearly
as good). Now I own over 40 tapes and is always keeping an eye out for new
anime. Recently I'm really into Evangelion, about as much as was into the Tank
police. I'm totally addicted.

-- Lloyd White
--Lloyd White

Kagami101

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I remember SPEED RACER back about 1977, but I had no idea that it was Japanese.
My local stations did not carry STARBLAZERS or ROBOTECH, so I missed those. My
first real expirience with anime was a screening of PROJECT A-KO in 1990.
That's what got me hooked.

Todd D.

Justin Bell

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the first anime I remember was Astroboy in the 80's on ABC in Australia
then there was star blazers, (Ulyses 31, I don't remember if this wan nime)
and the robotech and then Akira....

Packrat

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On Wed, 3 Jun 1998 21:53:54 -0500, ikfo...@webtv.net (Ian Forrest) wrote:

>First anime ? Voltron with out a doubt .
>

First anime? Star Blazers, on chanel 45 in Baltimore and chanel 11 or 25 or 26
in DC (I don't remember the chanel number of DC inde-station anymore) I moved
out of Silver Spring in 1980/81

Doug Jacobs

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Define anime.

Earliest show from Japan that I watched (but didn't know it was from Japan)
would be Battle of the Planets. (I was 5)

Earliest show from Japan that I watched and knew it was from Japan would
be Voltron. (~6 years later)

Earliest show I watched from Japan - still in Japanese - would be the
Macross movie. (~6 years after Voltron)

First anime I watched, in Japanese and in Japan, would be 'Otoko no Juku'.

Tharsia

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><HTML><PRE>Thunder Empress Arshes Nei wrote:
>>
>> Its sorta funny where we've progressed in the years. I started renting
>> anime at a local store as soon as I was old enough to do so. However,
>> the more I think about it more interested I was in anime as a young
>> child.
>>
>> What anime did you first see, then later realized "oh yeah, that's anime
>> too" Also what was the first anime that prompted you on the "addiction"
>>

>> I'll prolly post an interesting follow up after letting this poll fly

First was "Battle of the Planets," which my friends & I avidly watched in third
grade, told each other the plots of ones we missed, and speculated wildly on
why superheroes all had to be orphans, whether you could ever _really_ kill off
a Bad Guy, and why anyone would want the job of Evil Henchman...plus when would
anyone please! kill the Robot...

Then Force Five & Starblazers, around the same time; Starblazers clearly the
favorite but harder to find and not on a tapeable channel ...
Then Voltron & the Nickolodeon ones, Belle & Sebastian, and CIties of Gold,
around then was wehn things like Transformers which had obviously Japanese
quality but American in more predictable plots, less exciting.
(I remember when we first saw ads for Voltron, my brothers & sisters & I all
said, "That HAS to be Japanese!" even before it came on & we could see the
credits.

Finally, the odd 'Captain Harlock & the Queen of 1000 years" combo - the edit
really messed up the continutiy but man! did that have some great dramatic
scenes/ images . . . we were heartbroken when the station canceled it on us.
(Few things, IMO, are worth gettin up when it's still dark out for-- Matsumoto
was one of them!)

Wow, what a nostalgia trip!

Tharsia/aol.com (aka joan barger; standardize address to reply)
--Whoever does not study history is doomed to repeat it

"None that go return again --"

Scientific One

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Astro Boy. Man, things have come a long way since then.
- Scientific

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Voltes V, back in 1978. Actually that was just the first. There was a
week-long stretch of anime back then. Let's see Mondays had Mekanda Robot;
Tuesdays, Balatack and Daimos; Wednesdays, Steel Robot Jeeg and Mazinger Z;
Thurdays, Grendaizer and Danguard Ace; Fridays, Voltes V and Striker Force
(Blocker 4); Saturdays (I think) had Getta Robot; and Sundays, Starzingers.
Not counting: Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Ron Ron the Flower
Angel, and Prince Sapphire (Ribon no Kishi), Paul in Fantasyland, Nobody's
Child, Heidi ... or the few episodes of Gaiking and Great Mazinger. Star
Blazers and Macross were much later.

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Johanns Fernandez

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> Voltes V, back in 1978. Actually that was just the first. There was a
> week-long stretch of anime back then. Let's see Mondays had Mekanda Robot;
> Tuesdays, Balatack and Daimos; Wednesdays, Steel Robot Jeeg and Mazinger Z;
> Thurdays, Grendaizer and Danguard Ace; Fridays, Voltes V and Striker Force
> (Blocker 4); Saturdays (I think) had Getta Robot; and Sundays, Starzingers.
> Not counting: Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, Ron Ron the Flower
> Angel, and Prince Sapphire (Ribon no Kishi), Paul in Fantasyland, Nobody's
> Child, Heidi ... or the few episodes of Gaiking and Great Mazinger. Star
> Blazers and Macross were much later.

And they were all on different channels on TV (I think I know where you're
originally from...I'm from out there too!). Much later, they also had
Astroboy, Thunder Sub, Dangard Ace, and Dragonball Z (which was released in The
Philippines by a good 3 years, If memory serves me right). Remarkably,
Dragonball Z was shown on TV including all the "lewd" and "violent" scenes
which were, unfortunately, taken out in the US TV version. They also showed Yu
Yu Hakusho, Patlabor, Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura, and KOR (the last two were
available on cable with Chinese dubs). Star TV in Taiwan also had various
anime that I found interesting. I just didn't know what their titles. Both
involved sports. One was about a kendo dojo, a kendo instructor, and his
students. Another involved Formula 1 and Formula 2-type racing cars. Both
these shows had more of a psychological edge and deals with more human
interaction, bordering on shojo territory. It was also dubbed in Chinese, but
the visual storytelling was so good that the dubs didn't bother me whether I
understood what they said or not.

Johanns

Clemens 'Gullevek' Schwaighofer

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Scientific One wrote:
>

My first Anime in my life was 'Captain Future' and this is now about
twelf years ago ... a really long time. But my first I-know-it-is-Anime,
was Akira 4 years ago. I would say, this was my really first Anime

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"Astro Boy" in the '60s, but the first I knew was anime was something with
Captain Harlock in it in 1977. I don't know what show it was as it was in
Japanese in a store window in San Francisco, I was hooked.

--
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Jason Plog

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My first identifiable Anime series was "Kimba the White Lion".

There are two or three others I remember of similar vintage, but the series
title eludes me.

One of them had an agent with a special wrist watch with several
capabilities and a set of aliens disguised as cute animals. Would love to
know the title of that series. Any ideas?

Jason

Kurt Pruenner

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Clemens 'Gullevek' Schwaighofer wrote:
>
> Scientific One wrote:
> >
>
> My first Anime in my life was 'Captain Future' and this is now about
> twelf years ago ... a really long time. But my first I-know-it-is-Anime,
> was Akira 4 years ago. I would say, this was my really first Anime

Yeah - the typical Austrian career of an anime fan ^_^ (i.e. ME TOO...)

Still, I'd consider myself more a manga than an anime fan - I hope that doesn't
count me out... :P

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and find that trackers are not powerful enough to make your own songs...
Trackers were nice <sigh>, but... BUZZ rules!

LatCrow

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>One of them had an agent with a special wrist watch with several
>capabilities and a set of aliens disguised as cute animals. Would love to
>know the title of that series. Any ideas?

The first one I'm not sure--was it B/W or color? The second one, though, is
"Wonder 3" created by Dr. Osamu Tezuka, the creator of Mighty Atom(Astro-Boy).
Over here it was called "Amazing 3"

LatCrow

Ethan Hammond

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It was probably Urusei Yatsura around 82 although I
also liked Kinnkukman alot too.

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Clemens 'Gullevek' Schwaighofer

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Kurt Pruenner wrote:
>
> Clemens 'Gullevek' Schwaighofer wrote:
> >
> > Scientific One wrote:
> > >
> >
> > My first Anime in my life was 'Captain Future' and this is now about
> > twelf years ago ... a really long time. But my first I-know-it-is-Anime,
> > was Akira 4 years ago. I would say, this was my really first Anime
>
> Yeah - the typical Austrian career of an anime fan ^_^ (i.e. ME TOO...)
>
> Still, I'd consider myself more a manga than an anime fan - I hope that doesn't
> count me out... :P

Nono ... At the moment I also turn towards Manga. I like them more then
Anime ... (Ranma 1/2, ROFTL (in the bus), Dragonball, GSC, Akira, etc.)

Ledon Cook

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Hmm... That would probably be some episodes of Mazinger Z.

But the first anime experience, would probably have to be the Macek "WotW"
version of Nausicaa. I had spent the night at a friend's house that had
cable. I got up early (relativily) and came downstairs and sat in the living
room. There were skylights galore in this house and I was not used to so much
sunlight. I felt like I was in a cathedral or something. I turned on to a cable
channel and there was Nausicaa. I had the volume turned down low so I really
couldn't hear the "Macek dialogue", but I could "SEE" the Miyazaki animation!

On first seeing an Ohmu, I remember saying, "What the PHUCK is that!"

I was stunned by the beautiful visual quality of Nausicaa. After seeing it I
rooted around trying to find some more anime. But everything I found paled in
comparision with the visual mastery of Miyazaki's work. And hell, I prefer the
manga version of Nausicaa to the anime.

When I finally saw Otomo's Akira, I was highly disappointed. It seemed disjointed
and episodic like a raw dream sequence.

Timothy Barr

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My first anime were Speed Racer, Gigantor, and Kimba. I also remember a
movie that I saw that was based on "The Monkey King". I remembered the
basic storyline but did not recognize the source. I just recently
figured that out after finding Dragonball Z on TV, and finding info on
the web about the relationship between DB and "The Monkey King".

Patrick Drazen

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I'm old enough to have seen that film during its theatrical release in
the US around 1960. It was the first feature by Dr. Osamu Tezuka, and
was based on his comic "My Son-Goku". By the time the film (in Japan
titled "Saiyu-ki" (Journey to the East) ) got over here, it had been
recut, redubbed and retitled "Alakazam the Great"! It's available as
such on LD. Even at 9 years old I remember being impressed, especially
by the climactic battle scene. Little could I have guessed...

Patrick Drazen

"she sings whenever she sings whenever she sings whenever she sings
whenever she sings"

use...@my-dejanews.com

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In article <6o9soe$3gp$1...@texas.nwlink.com>,

"Jason Plog" <rog...@nwlink.com> wrote:
> My first identifiable Anime series was "Kimba the White Lion".
>
> There are two or three others I remember of similar vintage, but the series
> title eludes me.
>

> One of them had an agent with a special wrist watch with several
> capabilities and a set of aliens disguised as cute animals. Would love to
> know the title of that series. Any ideas?
>

yes,i think it's cyborg oo9,from shotaro ishi(no)mori ,also the creator of
the kamen rider manga and a equivalent of osamu tezuka(the god of
manga)creator of kimba,astro boy,wonder 3,choppy and the princess,... btw:my
first anime(on fr tv,i live in Belgium)was remi(ienakiko)and captain flam(=
future)and later the giant robot series known as Goldorak(ufo robot
grandizer) and Albator(space pirate Captain Harlock!!!!)most of them are
now,15-20 years later released in dubbed/subbed form in France,pal in
belgium.

Johann Chua

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On Tue, 14 Jul 1998 11:34:44 GMT, use...@my-dejanews.com wrote:

>In article <6o9soe$3gp$1...@texas.nwlink.com>,
> "Jason Plog" <rog...@nwlink.com> wrote:
>> One of them had an agent with a special wrist watch with several
>> capabilities and a set of aliens disguised as cute animals. Would love to
>> know the title of that series. Any ideas?
>
>yes,i think it's cyborg oo9,from shotaro ishi(no)mori ,also the creator of

No, it's Wonder 3.

DJStraightCrAcKeR

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FUCK IF IT AINT EVANGELION I DONT GIVE A RAT'S ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!
Gilles Poitras wrote in message ...

Pedro Colman-Arrellaga

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On Tue, 14 Jul 1998 20:31:59 -0500, "DJStraightCrAcKeR"
<Sub...@Alaweb.com> wrote:

>FUCK IF IT AINT EVANGELION I DONT GIVE A RAT'S ASS!!!!!!!!!!!!

And who asked you for your opinion?

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