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Title: What was the first anime you saw?
Post by: Gatsby on February 07, 2008, 02:08:25 PM
Mine would have been either Kiki's Delivery Service or Sailor Moon when it first ran on Cartoon Network.
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Post by: Golden State Warrior on February 07, 2008, 03:39:10 PM
Ranma 1/2 at my cousin's birthday.
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Post by: error00004 on February 07, 2008, 03:42:37 PM
Ranma 1/2 in Spanish
I was 5! yay!
Title: Re: What was the first anime you saw?
Post by: Gatsby on February 07, 2008, 03:58:11 PM
You know I've never seen all of that. I know I fail.
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Post by: LastElixir on February 07, 2008, 04:22:17 PM
probably like doraemon, paa-man, ninja hattori-kun, obake no Q-taro or some other mid 80s show when I was like 3 months old.

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Title: Re: What was the first anime you saw?
Post by: JorgeRPG077 on February 07, 2008, 04:26:42 PM
Astro Boy and Mazinger Z in El Salvador.

Yep, they were in spanish as well.

Years later, Akira and then it went all the way from there :3
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Post by: G.I.R on February 07, 2008, 09:08:37 PM
Not sure which was first, but about the same time:  Astro Boy, Gigantor, Marine Boy, and Prince Planet.
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Post by: redroses3164 on February 07, 2008, 09:48:39 PM
Sailor Moon. Ahh that was before I knew what anime was. I used to watch it everyday right after school.
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Post by: Tsubasa on February 07, 2008, 09:51:11 PM
Probably Voltron.  The first series I saw when I recognized it was Japanese animation?  Probably Dragonball.
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Post by: zoupzuop2 on February 07, 2008, 09:57:47 PM
Unico. Not sure which one, but it was definitely in English... had to do with some Lord Kuruku or something.

I was.... what, 4 or 5 when we had it around? My mom got freaked out with its use of the word "Demons", I remember that much.
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Post by: Jun-Watarase on February 07, 2008, 10:08:02 PM
I'm pretty sure mine was Doraemon. -Rubs chin.- But at the same time, I don't know if I'd watched anything beforehand since I was probably too young to remember. Everyone loved Doraemon, then-- my childhood friends, my parents, their parents. Doraemon. \o/
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Post by: otakuya on February 07, 2008, 10:30:31 PM
Tenchi Muyo back when KTEH had Sunday Science Fiction night. They also shows Lum Urasei Yatsura, Key the Metal Idol, Please Save My Earth, Ranma 1/2 (+movies), Robotech, and Evangelion.

Also back then, Fanime and ARG used to do phone drives and sponsor the sci-fi night. (ex: "KTEH would like to thank Fanime Con 2k for their phone volunteers [flash logo here], without their help and time, none of this would be possible. And by viewers like you!")
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Post by: Runewitt on February 07, 2008, 10:39:53 PM
Speed Racer on cartoon network, though i didnt know it was anime yet, and KTEH's Sunday Science Fiction night.
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Post by: Kyley on February 07, 2008, 11:33:09 PM
Sailor Moon, before the days of Cartoon Network.  >.>;;;
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Post by: Shinsengumi on February 08, 2008, 12:37:31 AM
My first was Voltron, than Robotech (Macross), Ronin Warriors on Fox before they went to cartoon network. Dragon Ball Z on Fox every sunday morning and monday - friday in one if the Spanish channels, speed racer. KTEH sunday science friction night Robotech again, Tenchi Muyo, Evangelion, Sakura Wars, Key the Metal Idot, Urasei Yastsura, Bubblegum Crisis. Sailor Moon on cartoon network. I missed those days, Saint Seiya in spanish.
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Post by: edendreams on February 08, 2008, 12:45:52 AM
i didn't know it then but i used to watch thunder cats. the next anime i officially saw was sailor moon
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Post by: xxxplizit (pogi1kenobi) on February 08, 2008, 01:31:25 AM
Pokemon.  I never got cable in the past to watch Cartoon Network, sadly.  :(
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Post by: Gatsby on February 08, 2008, 06:27:19 AM
I totally forgot about Speed Racer. I guess that would be my first, but Sailor Moon was when I first knew what anime was.
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Post by: Barnes on February 08, 2008, 02:45:48 PM
So long as this counts:

Come Join the fun
With the Littl' Bits (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X9Wk6hCois)
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Post by: KawaiiAngel on February 11, 2008, 04:55:33 PM
I remember watching totoro when I was little, I think that was my first =P
...and then I know every day after school I'd run home so I could catch sailor moon!
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Post by: Runewitt on February 12, 2008, 01:34:01 AM
Quote from: Barnes on February 08, 2008, 02:45:48 PM
So long as this counts:

Come Join the fun
With the Littl' Bits (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3X9Wk6hCois)
OMFG i thought i'd never hear that song again!
:: time warp::
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Post by: talu-chan on February 12, 2008, 01:45:10 AM
Love Hina
Title: Re: What was the first anime you saw?
Post by: Kandybar on February 20, 2008, 01:27:50 PM
Mine was Sailor Moon - it was on some public broadcast station at 6:30 in the morning, and I'd watch it if I was ready for school a little early and could spare the time.  :D  (This was many years before Cartoon Network, and now I feel old.)

Oh, wait, does Thundercats count?  That definitely predates Sailor Moon.
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Post by: gsilver on February 23, 2008, 02:46:50 PM
Excluding heavily Americanized cartoons (like Voltron), the first Anime that I saw was Iria on Scifi.
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Post by: punk_parfait on February 29, 2008, 11:12:28 AM
Akira  :-*
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Post by: gaaraluvr787 on February 29, 2008, 10:35:58 PM
Mine was either
Kiki's Delivery Service
Sailor Moon
or... i forgot it's name... XDDD