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   David Drake
   

   Hey everyone, i'm not sure if there's already been a thread made about this. Honestly i'd be surprised if there hasn't but I couldn't find one so I thought I might as well just post this anyway. I'd like to know how you guys first got into Anime. What show was it that made you stand up and think "Damn, this stuff is really good."?

   I'll be honest, I only actually got into Anime quite recently. When I was younger I watched shows like Pokemon and Digimon but that was as far as it went. However recently I accidentally stumbled upon an absolute gem of a show called "Sora No Otoshimono", that's "Heaven's Lost Property" for the west.

   

   The show is based around a high school boy, Tomoki. Who's life is turned upside - down when a pet - class angeloid named Icaros falls from the sky. Some of the humour might seem a little too...cheeky for some at first glance. But if you look past the face value the show is actually incredibly deep and well - written. I've never had a show take me through such a wide range of emotions like this since "Buffy The Vampire Slayer". I've honestly never laughed so hard in my life than when I watch some of Tomoki's ridiculous antics, but at the same time, watching Icaros try her hardest to adapt to life as a normal human can be heartbraking.

   I watched a short clip of this show completely by accident whilst mindlessly browsing Youtube for some cheap laughs, and it turned out to be the happiest accident i've ever had. This is not only the show that made me look at Anime in a serious light but it's also one of the best written shows i've ever seen.

   So that's my story, I stumbled into the wonderful world of Anime completely by accident via a show full of hysterical wackyness and heartbraking innocence. What about you guys, how did you first discover Anime?

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   Peter Barton
   

   Can't wait to see how you feel about that show 5 years from now.

   Just like last time, been watching anime for as far back as I can remember. Totoro Fox dub, Sailor Moon back when it came out, some other stuff I have long since forgotten, etc.

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3. 

   David Drake
   

   @ Peter Barton

   Not quite sure I understand what you mean.

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4. 

   Scott
   

   Love hina...I read the book first, then watched the show.

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5. 

   Peter Barton
   

   daviddrake said:
   @ Peter Barton

   Not quite sure I understand what you mean.

   You're not gonna like it much when you watch more stuff.

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6. 

   David Drake
   

   Peter Barton said:

   You're not gonna like it much when you watch more stuff.

   I guess time will tell. But like I said, this is the show that introduced me to the world of Anime. So i'll always be grateful of it for that.

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7. 

   GodMan
   

   DBZ!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

   Though when I watched it I didn't know it was anime, just a really awesome looking cartoon along with others (You have to love Toonami)

   What truly got me into anime was three years ago in Sophomore year HS
   My friend recommended School Rumble, since I was at THAT age where seeing some ecchi would blow my top off and so was interested in romantic comedies.
   I then appointed my friend to pick anime for me which then he showed me Rosario+Vampire. Then he started getting annoyed and stopped recommending anime so I went to search my self and found ToLoveRu and from there on I fell into the lovely arms of Anime.

   I then saw my beloved Suzumiya is some anime dance video, another of my friends gave me her manga and that set me off along the Manga route

   Funny how I still remember this

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8. 

   Peter Barton
   

   I remember when I thought Happy Lesson was good.

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9. 

   giascle
   

   http://www.sankakucomplex.com/forums/topic.php?id=6921

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10. 

    Peter Barton
    

    giascle said:
    http://www.sankakucomplex.com/forums/topic.php?id=6921

    Oh hey, there it is.

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11. 

    Envoy Loves You
    

    When I was a kid, Dragonball
    When I a little older, Bleach
    The last anime series which I followed in earnest was Darker than Black more than 2 years ago. After that interest pretty much died out mainly due to ease of access (I had a slow connection then) and moving on to other stuff.

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12. 

    GodMan
    

    giascle said:
    http://www.sankakucomplex.com/forums/topic.php?id=6921

    You mean I poured my most precious memories for nothing T_T

    I guess I'll post it over there

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13. 

    桂 言葉 死
    

    I am not going to post - the repeated version over and over - however - the more I think about it... the more comes to mind.

    I will say - again - started watching anime way back (before) some of you where even born.

    Here's my secondary posting on the subject

    also ~

    Nstead of Necroing (that thread) - let's just keep this thread open/alive/and continue discussing the topic at hand.

    This way the - newer members - will have a chance to mention/post/ what they saw (instead of) trying to search for a topic they didn't find.

    I (also) closed that particular thread exclusively for that/this purpose...

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14. 

    Kudilicious
    

    My first animu was Lucky☆Star

    Haters gonna hate

    

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15. 

    Unknown
    

    Hard to say but I think it was CCS.

    kudichan said:

    

    :3

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16. 

    Kyubey
    

    kudichan said:
    My first animu was Lucky☆Star

    Haters gonna hate

    

    I love it tho, one of my fav.

    I been watching anime since the day my brain begin to record memory. Gundam, Dragon ball, Sailer Moon, Card Captor, you just don't discriminate when you are a kid.

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    Peter Barton
    

    kyubey said:

    I love it tho, one of my fav.

    I been watching anime since the day my brain begin to record memory. Gundam, Dragon ball, Sailer Moon, Card Captor, you just don't discriminate when you are 6.

    So you're 16?

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18. 

    Vegio
    

    giascle said:
    http://www.sankakucomplex.com/forums/topic.php?id=6921

    http://www.sankakucomplex.com/forums/topic.php?id=1255

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    GodMan
    

    Deth said:
    I (also) closed that particular thread exclusively for that/this purpose...

    Thanks
    Good thing I didn't waste my time re-posting, had to go make a sammich

    You know for a second, since I didn't read that, I was going to facepalm thinking that the old thread had been closed when I ranted.

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20. 

    Kyubey
    

    Peter Barton said:

    So you're 16?

    Fixed, happy?

    I am a little bit older.

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