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

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      Hyferzftw
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      Hmm I remember myself being an extremely horny kid and loved yuri shows lol that was after Inuyasha I forgot the name of the anime since it was so long ago. But I remember I would only watch yuri/drama/romance anime. Now I am so nit picky about what I watch. I hate anime with exaggerated female body proportion now. I mean there are a few exceptions like prison school and another few.

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        saskir Premium Member
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        Manga is easy, still have them flying around. Appleseed from Masamume Shirow then Dominion likewise from him. Those were still mirrored releases, interesting as nowadays no one bothers anymore. Then it should have been Blame! (which I really like: even though I have all 10 Volumes I am still buying the new Master Editions)

        Anime. Hmm hard to remember to be true.
        First VHS I bought was Bubblegum Crisis, Plastic Little. Armitage III. First DVD was Zeiram the Animation, Neon Genesis Evangelion and X-1999. For those I don't know the particular sequence. Although I believe that NGE was first.

        First LN. Should be "Chrome Shelled Regios". Atleast this was the first one I made an epub of. What was it then.... I believe either Haruhi Suzumiya or Madan no Ou to Vanadis. Although I am not sure if I got before this the physical release of "Parasite Eve" or not. Question would be if I include "Battle Royale" as it certainly is not an LN (more a normal Novel) or not. This would then be the second physical Novel I bought and read.

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          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
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            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
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                  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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                      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 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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                                  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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