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    What were the First Anime/Manga/LN you have watched/Read Knowing what they were.

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    • J
      Jaquobus Premium Member
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      The first anime I watched knowing it was an anime was either Detective Conan or Pokemon for TV series, and Spirited Away (that's the English title for the Ghibli anime with Chihiro, right?) for movies.

      The first I watched unknowingly should be one of Heidi, Vickie the Viking or Maja the Bee (which aired on state television).

      First manga is again Detective Conan.

      First light novel I read knowingly would be Index, though I think I've read a part of Kino's journey first volume back in the day.

      You can't spell Keikaku without Kei – Vote for Sagrada Reset!

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      • Aruseus493A
        Aruseus493
        last edited by Z_Goddard

        Don't remember my first actual anime/manga while knowing what they were as it's been more than 15 years probably. My first Light Novel though would be The World God Only Knows side volumes which were an additional 4 conquests.

        My Light Novel List

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          paulnamida
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          I guess it was Card Captor Sakura and Inuyasha for me. Prior that I didn't even know series like DBZ, Sailor Moon, Saint Seiya and Captain Tsubasa were Japanese. But I didn't start actively watching anime (as in outside of what was shown on TV) until around 2007, when I first watched Death Note through a friend's recommendation. Haven't left ever since xD. For light novels, it was very little later, after watching the Melancholy of Suzumiya Haruhi (on 2008) I just couldn't help myself, I needed to know what was going to happen next and stumbled onto the novels. By then I had already started reading manga after catching up with Naruto, Bleach and One Piece's anime adaptations.

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          • Paul NebelingP
            Paul Nebeling Premium Member
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            My turn.

            Anime: Akira
            Light Novel: Sword Art Online
            Manga: I don't do manga

            Now of you want to include from before I knew what anime was, I'll toss out an obscure series called Prince Planet.

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            • JtamakiJ
              Jtamaki Premium Member
              last edited by Jtamaki

              First anime: Tenchi Muyo! Or outlaw star
              First manga: InuYasha
              First Light Novel: Oreimo

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              • TerrenceT
                Terrence Premium Member @Jtamaki
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                @jack-tamaki said in What were the First Anime/Manga/LN you have watched/Read Knowing what they were.:

                First anime: Tenchi Muyo!

                Are you going to be getting the Tenchi Muyo Light Novels? (I think Seven Seas is publishing)

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                • JtamakiJ
                  Jtamaki Premium Member @Terrence
                  last edited by Jtamaki

                  @terrence Honestly I don't know yet. After reading your post, I looked it up and did see that they are going to release it both in print and digital so it would be easier on the wallet with the other light novels I'm getting but I got a huge back log of books that I need to finish still lol XD

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                  • DTTAD
                    DTTA Premium Member
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                    Anime: Doomed Megalopolis
                    Manga: ... not sure. Maybe Ghost in the Shell.
                    LN: High School DXD.

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                      Rootbeermaster Premium Member
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                      my first's knowing what they were,
                      Anime:
                      Gundam Wing
                      Vandread
                      Blood +
                      Samurai champloo
                      The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

                      Manga:
                      Rosario + Vampire
                      Negima
                      himari omamori

                      Light Novel:
                      Accel World vol. 1
                      Is It wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon vol. 1

                      however my first before knowing what anime was is
                      Voltron
                      Sailor Moon
                      Monster Ranchers
                      Pokemon
                      Digimon

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                      • flarecdeF
                        flarecde Premium Member
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                        Anime: Sword Art Online
                        Manga: Arpeggio of Blue Steel
                        Light Novel: Accel World

                        ~ flarecde
                        Reality is nothing; Perception is everything.

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                        • the green deathT
                          the green death
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                          Yeah Robotech was the first I remember but were things like The Lost Cities of Gold or whatever anime? I remember ordering the VHS of the first volume of Dangaioh and I was so excited to see anime with subtitles!

                          For manga I bought Mai, Xenon, Kamui and all those early Eclipse/Viz titles.

                          Yep, I’m old.

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                          • gunsablazingG
                            gunsablazing
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                            I think mine was full metal alchemist: brother hood
                            and this was when I was nine, so I was defiantly traumatized by Nina, but still enjoyed it.

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                            • TerrenceT
                              Terrence Premium Member @gunsablazing
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                              @gunsablazing said in What were the First Anime/Manga/LN you have watched/Read Knowing what they were.:

                              I think mine was full metal alchemist: brother hood
                              and this was when I was nine, so I was defiantly traumatized by Nina, but still enjoyed it.

                              Ha ha. Yeah, that was messed up. In FMA anime original...

                              spoiler
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                                DrYuriMom
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                                I actually knew Star Blazers was originally Japanese. So that and Kimba, I suppose. My first fansub would have been Dirty Pair in 1989. :-)

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                                  Paul Nebeling Premium Member @DrYuriMom
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                                  @dryurimom Oooh. Kimba. Going way back with that one.

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                                    DrYuriMom @Paul Nebeling
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                                    @paul-nebeling IMHO you can't call yourself an otaku without a full appreciation of Tezuka :-)

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                                    • SteelblaiddS
                                      Steelblaidd Member @the green death
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                                      @the-green-death I'll sing that refrain with you as I grew up on Robotech, Voltron, and G-force. First actual light novel was Onegai Teacher, 1st manga was probably Oh! My Goddess. For bonus points I met my wife in the Anime club in college and our fan sub distributor was the lady that married Largo, of Megatokyo's Piro and Largo.

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                                        DrYuriMom @Steelblaidd
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                                        @steelblaidd high-five Our relationship developed over tabletop games and anime and we named our daughter Nausicaa.

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                                        • fozzedoutF
                                          fozzedout Premium Member
                                          last edited by fozzedout

                                          Anime: Guyver and Dominion Tank Police (can't remember which came first)
                                          Manga: I have no idea... I've read so much!
                                          LN: In another world with my smartphone (I had no idea that translating LN was a thing until a few months ago!)

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