What's the first Anime series you ever watched?

thundermax099 · 07-18-12 at 01:33 AM

mine was goldorak on french tv.

oopart · 07-18-12 at 01:06 PM

My first was episode 5 of the 90's version of Guyver...hyperzoanoid team 5 (and the guyvers) blew me away and i was hooked to the genre...i followed that with Venus Wars and Akira, then hit on Urotsukidoji, Devilman, Cyber City Oedo 808, Macross, Patlabor, and all the other vids on the 'manga' label...

To be fair, at the time, there wasnt really a big selection of anime available, with a random selection of now quite cliche titles available....when DVD arrived the imports stepped up a lot, and several more distribution labels appeared - ADV being one of the best...when the money was coming in regularly, i was converting a vast wealth of it into anime!

I have explored back into the early days, where some genuinely amazing hand drawn titles exist (such as Space Battleship Yamato to name but one), but more recent stuff seems to do it for me these days...i loved the Ghost in the Shell series' for their uber tech logical conclusions, Deathnote for its quirky darkness, Monster was epic and enjoyable for its face scratchingly uncomfortable premise, and the execution of it's overall storyline was a wonder to behold! Enjoyed the 2005 series of Guyver, more for its monster design and in depth version of the original -didnt even mind the dubbed version! Gantz was awesome too, worked on so many different levels - I read a guy writing he thought its was too simple and cliche, but I have to disagree with that personally, as it was at once strikingly different in concept from anything i had previously encountered and still is, delivering on comedy as well as darkness and proper darkness at that!

But if im honest, I dont find many things intellectually stimulating enough these days, everything seems to much like people going through the motions...please help me find more deep and psychological anime!

kambo · 07-19-12 at 04:06 AM

I'm another oldie.... so mine was Marine Boy. Battle of The Planets came along a bit later, not much history of anime on UK tv then or now.

lanz_help · 08-24-12 at 10:33 AM

hmm...I remembered Princess Sarah, Little Prince Cedie, Cinderella Monogatari, Daimos and Voltes V!

AeonRain · 08-30-12 at 08:11 AM

Doraemon or Dragon Ball, I think.

Mortajun · 08-30-12 at 04:15 PM

My dad woke me and my brother up around 1am to watch ghost in the shell (the original Movie).
We had to been like 5 or so.
Its that or Akira but i can't really remember which one i watched first. Both were amazing animes at the time and still stand the test of time.

ajxs · 09-01-12 at 01:45 PM

Mine were mostly by nippon animation, like little princess sera, shoukoshi cedie, adventures of peter pan.

Dragnell · 09-01-12 at 09:53 PM

hmmm Voltus V

Yogurt13 · 10-01-12 at 03:04 AM

Doraemon, Sailor Moon, or Digimon Adventure 01

aLtEciOn · 10-01-12 at 07:36 AM

doraemon:)

**RockCrystal** · 10-01-12 at 05:23 PM

Card Captor Sakura! <3 Love love love. I watched rose of Versailles, too, which is technically older, but only later in syndication.

mrsoftware · 10-03-12 at 01:49 AM

hmmm first one i dont remember it and second one samurai champloo i didnt complete them and i stoped watch anime and i started since 4 years ago i watched death note i complete it then naruto after that i loved animes

she · 10-03-12 at 02:31 AM

Doraemon and then saint seiya 'n sailormoon:D

goffballz · 10-03-12 at 04:39 AM

Pokemon

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07-18-12 at 01:33 AM	#281
thundermax099 Newcomer Join Date: Mar 2011 Posts: 15	mine was goldorak on french tv.

07-18-12 at 01:06 PM	#282
oopart Newcomer Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 1	My first was episode 5 of the 90's version of Guyver...hyperzoanoid team 5 (and the guyvers) blew me away and i was hooked to the genre...i followed that with Venus Wars and Akira, then hit on Urotsukidoji, Devilman, Cyber City Oedo 808, Macross, Patlabor, and all the other vids on the 'manga' label... To be fair, at the time, there wasnt really a big selection of anime available, with a random selection of now quite cliche titles available....when DVD arrived the imports stepped up a lot, and several more distribution labels appeared - ADV being one of the best...when the money was coming in regularly, i was converting a vast wealth of it into anime! I have explored back into the early days, where some genuinely amazing hand drawn titles exist (such as Space Battleship Yamato to name but one), but more recent stuff seems to do it for me these days...i loved the Ghost in the Shell series' for their uber tech logical conclusions, Deathnote for its quirky darkness, Monster was epic and enjoyable for its face scratchingly uncomfortable premise, and the execution of it's overall storyline was a wonder to behold! Enjoyed the 2005 series of Guyver, more for its monster design and in depth version of the original -didnt even mind the dubbed version! Gantz was awesome too, worked on so many different levels - I read a guy writing he thought its was too simple and cliche, but I have to disagree with that personally, as it was at once strikingly different in concept from anything i had previously encountered and still is, delivering on comedy as well as darkness and proper darkness at that! But if im honest, I dont find many things intellectually stimulating enough these days, everything seems to much like people going through the motions...please help me find more deep and psychological anime!

07-19-12 at 04:06 AM	#283
kambo Newcomer Join Date: Jul 2012 Posts: 9	I'm another oldie.... so mine was Marine Boy. Battle of The Planets came along a bit later, not much history of anime on UK tv then or now.

08-24-12 at 10:33 AM	#284
lanz_help Newcomer Join Date: May 2009 Location: In My Room! Posts: 13	hmm...I remembered Princess Sarah, Little Prince Cedie, Cinderella Monogatari, Daimos and Voltes V!

08-30-12 at 08:11 AM	#285
AeonRain Newcomer Join Date: Aug 2012 Posts: 47	Doraemon or Dragon Ball, I think.

08-30-12 at 04:15 PM	#286
Mortajun Newcomer Join Date: May 2010 Location: Washington Posts: 90	My dad woke me and my brother up around 1am to watch ghost in the shell (the original Movie). We had to been like 5 or so. Its that or Akira but i can't really remember which one i watched first. Both were amazing animes at the time and still stand the test of time.

09-01-12 at 01:45 PM	#287
ajxs Newcomer Join Date: Feb 2010 Posts: 14	Mine were mostly by nippon animation, like little princess sera, shoukoshi cedie, adventures of peter pan.

09-01-12 at 09:53 PM	#288
Dragnell Newcomer Join Date: May 2012 Posts: 8	hmmm Voltus V

10-01-12 at 03:04 AM	#289
Yogurt13 Newcomer Join Date: Sep 2012 Posts: 6	Doraemon, Sailor Moon, or Digimon Adventure 01

10-01-12 at 07:36 AM	#290
aLtEciOn Newcomer Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: ardania Posts: 83	doraemon:)

10-01-12 at 05:23 PM	#291
RockCrystal Death in Frills & Lace. Join Date: Jul 2011 Posts: 29	Card Captor Sakura! <3 Love love love. I watched rose of Versailles, too, which is technically older, but only later in syndication.

10-03-12 at 01:49 AM	#292
mrsoftware Newcomer Join Date: May 2011 Posts: 6	hmmm first one i dont remember it and second one samurai champloo i didnt complete them and i stoped watch anime and i started since 4 years ago i watched death note i complete it then naruto after that i loved animes

10-03-12 at 02:31 AM	#293
she Newcomer Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 3	Doraemon and then saint seiya 'n sailormoon:D

10-03-12 at 04:39 AM	#294
goffballz Newcomer Join Date: Jul 2009 Posts: 8	Pokemon