Top 10 Most Pernicious Gateway Anime
- Categories: Anime, News
- Date: Aug 11, 2012 02:58 JST
- Tags: Asuka Langley, Evangelion, Haruhi, K-ON!, Mahou Shoujo, Mecha, Moe, Otaku, Rankings
Anime fans have rendered their highly unscientific verdict as to which anime are the worst offenders when it comes to turning scores of hapless anime viewers into creepy otaku – and pinning the blame firmly on giant robots, mahou shoujo and moeblobs.
1. Neon Genesis Evangelion
2. Haruhi
3. Card Captor Sakura
4. K-ON!
5. Gintama
6. Puella Magi Madoka Magica
7. Nanoha
8. Gundam
9. Lucky Star
10. A Certain Scientific Railgun
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Number 6 should not be on this list.
And number 10 should be Majutsu no Index.
Nah, 10 is fine the way it is. I doubt I would've stuck with Index had I not watched Railgun first.
I also think Index is just bearable while Railgun is good. Sailor Moon or similar would probably fit a list like this better though.
Delete all anime, burn all the anime merchandise, get out from basement = EPIC WIN!!!
card captor sakura and gintama ... wat
Gintama is pretty awesome.
As much as I like Gundam, I've gotta say this list is pretty spot on. The only one I question is Madoka.
Not me after that story about the Korean guy who married a Homura pillow, and all the talk of people fapping to the infamous Mami Mogu Mogu.
Sakura FTW.
I feel Sailor Moon should have made the list. At least that was the case for me...
Yeah, clearly no Westerners were polled for this. We all know the list would be Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z, and Pokemon.
The point of the list is not that these particular show got you watching anime. It's that they turned you into a creepy, obsessive fanboy writing fanfiction, buying figurines and hug pillows, saving hentai to your hard drive and getting in pairing fights on internet forums.
Also, WOW! A list I actually agree with!
Well if thats the case then Speed Grapher and Ergo Proxy. After those two guro/ mindrape shows I realised traditional western media wouldn't be enough 4 me. That being said Hollywood action movies > Anime action movies, 4 the most part at least.
Where is Naruto/Bleach/One Piece/Dragon Ball Z?
Because Narutards aren't creepy, they're just... dumb...
BELIEVE IT !
this guy deserves a medal!
Dragon Ball Z - #32
Bleach - #31
One Piece - #28
What about Yu-Gi-Oh?
#41
If your looking for humor I say Gintama
They tone down the dialogue and up TEH ACTION...shounen my ass!
Edits
*They should
Dialogues make things badass... hearing 'You're already dead' makes it better than watching a mute Kenshiro.
The first anime I saw was Urotsukidoji...
the gateway anime for me was X/1999
Hands down.. My first Anime was Evangelion. But i was quite to young to understand the story.. but i fell for Rei anway. xD
My first animes were Pokemon, Dragon Ball, etc, but what really got me into M&A was Evangelion... but manga version XD
samurai pizza cats FTW.
HELL YEAH DUDE!! I'm glad someone else remembers that show XD first anime EVER
that one and Robotech don't count, too tainted
(awesome nonetheless)
Nice one!
My gateway was Fushigi no Umi no Nadia. I was thirteen, fell in love with her.
Trigun and cowboy bebop were mine. Not counting the ''obvious'' shows back in my youth that were anime. But when they did such a good job to the averagekid like myself, in camouflaging said anime into "american cartoons" the you can add ronin warriors and robotech to the mix.
But the one show that i absolutely fell in love with; first as an american cartoon and then finding out there was an even better/legit version of it; Cardcaptor Sakura.
3. Card Captor Sakura
Yep, it deserves it.
I clicked on this and thought to myself something like "heh, card captor sakura was the first anime i searched for/watched/obtained online, and lead the way to the hundreds of other anime i've watched over the last 5-6 years. no way it'll be on here though its just random" but its #3 o-O, and I still haven't watched evangelion xD
Maybe you're still just a casual then, or have you already fapped to Sakura?
This is basically what seperates somebody who watches anime from a creepy otaku.
Guess I'm a creepy otaku. ^^
brofi- wait, you go wash your hands first
It's creepier if the hands aren't washed.
How do you figure? I've fapped to that but I'm not crazy into anime. I've watched maybe 2 in the past year.
Whilst Card Captor Sakura has been halt as the legendary title that single handedly created a huge legion of otaku (and 2D lolicon), true fans wouldn't fap to sakura, as most of them agree with "yes loli no touch" :P
I fap to tons of characters... just not lolis, Sakura being no exception. Are you trying to suggest that that doesn't qualify me as an otaku?
I think it's just a matter of different types of fans.
One type that tries to respect it and protect it.
And another type that wants to indulge as much as he can into it.
I see no contradictions in respecting a character, and faping to it, but I'm probably crazy so meh...
Pokémon has a lot to answer for...
Pokémon has a lot to answer for... (Forgot to log in)
no way, my friends watched pokemon when they were little but now im the only one who watches anime
Isn't code geass THE gateway anime?
Yeesh there are plenty of americans that love giant robot series and they aren't otaku. With some people it even inspires new technology by fantasy.
Lucky we aren't Japanese, then?
Became completely hooked to anime after watching a dubbed version of gundam wing. (low quality at that)
Then I believe it was RahXephon that finished the job.
Ranma 1/2 for me.
same, ranma 1/2 got it all started for me