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Sasaki:

--- Quote from: monstor666 on November 12, 2010, 06:09:46 AM ---I started watching anime back in grade school, right when toonami came out(anybody remeber toonami, channel was the bee's knees) I watched DBZ and Gundam Wing (by far the best Gundam imo), The Big O (very underrated anime), Outlaw Star and Cowboy Bebop. That was what 12 years ago. But the first anime I ever watched was Akira, when I was like 10, that and Metropolis (my favorite anime to this day). So...i've been watching anime for about 12 years and just keeps getting better and better. But i just got my girlfriend into anime like 2 months ago, she's in love with Panty and Stocking haha.

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Hah, I'm the same.  I started watching Toonami on Cartoon Network around 1997 with Thundercats (I realize it isn't technically an anime), then in 1998 they introduced DBZ.  Of course, to my 10-year-old mind, DBZ was just about the most awesome show ever.  Throughout the years, I have also enjoyed each of those series you mentioned.  Adult Swim had some good shows as well, such as Yu Yu Hakusho (which they never finished).  I find myself dismayed at what has become of Cartoon Network since then...

harpy:

--- Quote from: JoonasTo on November 12, 2010, 02:28:26 PM ---
--- Quote from: rostheferret on November 12, 2010, 01:54:56 PM ---Then when I commented about how it all seemed cheesy and childish, my sisters friend retorted with "someone's clearly never seen Elfen Lied."
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Elfen Lied was THE anime back then. It really drove way for a lot of other series. Made anime gain a lot of credibility.

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for some reason I was never really found of Elfen Lied. I even like Saikano better the Elfen Lied and I do not like Saikano :D


and I was never really fan of NGE ( I rather watch other this kind of anime...em, like RahXephon, Fafner or not really that stuff but something like Blue Gender (should watch that again) or Gunparade March or what ever else I can not remember now....I just love RahXephon....
But I did love and still love Lain :D oh and then Paranoia Agent and Perfect Blue and Texhnolyze and Boogiepop Phantom and Gilgamesh and...and....and...
And I still do not get al that obsession with Akira. The only thing I actually like about that anime is the part where these big plushy things started to move around and that song there (really annoying t5une but it did stick to my mind of a long time)

*harpy runs of to find a nice Blue Gender torrent*

x5ga:

--- Quote from: JoonasTo on November 12, 2010, 02:28:26 PM ---Mila superstar

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That was an anime? whoah. I watched that on RTL2 in German when I was 6 or something. I didn't understand very much but it was awesome. The OP kicked ass too. I guess I've been watching anime for a long time :P

BrownMasterV:
Hmm I guess my definition of otaku may be a tad different from that of everyone else. I always thought 'otaku' meant nerd (which I very much am). Buut I guess I'm wrong about that.
As for me, I've never bought any anime merchandise, nor do I obsess over anime characters feverishly.
Uhh...maybe I'm not an otaku, and just a guy who has too much free time and chooses to fill it with anime :P

xfreidax:
I don't cosplay (except when I was a kid, doesn't really count though =P) or buy figures or other merchandise. Anime is just a way for me to spend my free time but I do consider myself an otaku.

I'm a game otaku (big into mmo's) and anime otaku. Otaku to me simply means to have strong interest in a hobby or recreational activity. The term does have negative connotations in that it is used to describe people who are obsessed. But I feel whether you see that as negative or positive all boils down to perspective.

I mean the truth is I do love anime and I'm not ashamed of that.

Edit: I don't see anything wrong with cosplayers or folks who buy anime merchandise btw.

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