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[Ben-San]

There was also a lot of stuff that people didn't realize was anime when they were first watching it. Kimba, Voltron, Speed Racer, etc.

Counting those, I was started with Voltron. Generally, to my knowledge, these didn't tend to play an active role in starting people into any particular kind of anime fandom unless they lived in an area with a high level of Asian culture (or just a  high level of Asian knick-knack shops) and got to wondering why their favorite characters were in boxes labeled in Japanese. *****ech and Sailor Moon had a higher tendency to grab people into other anime for whatever reason than other TV anime before the Cartoon Network TV anime boom.

I've had several friends who wrote off anime after seeing Akira then Princess Monoke because they thought it all involved evil consuming blobs for some reason.

Still half a step above "Violent Japanese porn cartoons".

[arkabee]

lessee.  i guess voltron et al, woulda been my first, but at the time all they were, were really cool cartoons.

first anime, per se, film that i can remember, woulda been Akira.  thought it was stellar in high school, but it didn't really change anything.  watching bubblegum crash & crisis one day at college really got me away from "japanamation" and into "anime".

saw various things, etc, but still didn't "get it" till later.  First thing that made me stand up and say "wow" woulda been Serial Experiments Lain, which pretty much sucked me into wannabe otaku-ville.

Harlock, though, would be my Anime Archetype of Choice.

[CortJstr]

saw various things, etc, but still didn't "get it" till later.  First thing that made me stand up and say "wow" woulda been Serial Experiments Lain, which pretty much sucked me into wannabe otaku-ville.

Have you seen Grave of the Fireflies?

[Pedro Picasso]

I've had several friends who wrote off anime after seeing Akira then Princess Monoke because they thought it all involved evil consuming blobs for some reason.

My senior year in college, I wrote a paper for Modern Japanese History theorizing that these evil consuming blobs were really the modern Japanese psyche still trying to work its way around getting A-bombed.

Along with huge earthquakes, the atomic bomb twisted much of Japanese popular culture into an obsession with man and nature clashing in apocalyptic battles that often swallowed cities and were really our fault in the end.  It was a really fun paper.  I wonder what I got on it.

[CortJstr]

I've had several friends who wrote off anime after seeing Akira then Princess Monoke because they thought it all involved evil consuming blobs for some reason.

My senior year in college, I wrote a paper for Modern Japanese History theorizing that these evil consuming blobs were really the modern Japanese psyche still trying to work its way around getting A-bombed.

Along with huge earthquakes, the atomic bomb twisted much of Japanese popular culture into an obsession with man and nature clashing in apocalyptic battles that often swallowed cities and were really our fault in the end.  It was a really fun paper.  I wonder what I got on it.

Have you seen Grave of the Fireflies?

[Pedro Picasso]

Have you seen Grave of the Fireflies?

Nope.  Should I?  If so, should I see it because it's good, or because it's bad.

[CortJstr]

Have you seen Grave of the Fireflies?

Nope.  Should I?  If so, should I see it because it's good, or because it's bad.

http://www.animeondvd.com/reviews2/disc_reviews/1453.php

This is a film that, whether you like it or not, I think must be seen at least once. The simple ideas and concepts it presents are so pure and universal that they can and often do affect everyone who sees it.
[...]
For me, this movie will likely never become easier to watch, but will always serve as a reminder of just how precious life is. It is one of a handful of movies that have affected me down to my core and will be with me for years and years to come. It’s been nearly seven years since my mother has seen this movie, but with her just seeing the cover for it while visiting, the imagery from the film sprang to her mind and almost had her in tears from the memories. This is a powerful piece of work that can really affect people. It is the one movie I recommend to everyone as a must without any reservation.

[arkabee]

saw various things, etc, but still didn't "get it" till later.  First thing that made me stand up and say "wow" woulda been Serial Experiments Lain, which pretty much sucked me into wannabe otaku-ville.

Have you seen Grave of the Fireflies?

no, i haven't.  i don't like sad things.  i like happy things, were puppies and kitties live together and fight evil space villains.

and the fact that it looks like i will cry while watching this movie means that i will put off watching it as much as possible.

[Pedro Picasso]

i like happy things, were puppies and kitties live together and fight evil space villains.

What about when scantily clad *****-ladies pull at a hatch so hard their arms fall off while fighting morally ambiguous entities that exist only within the movements of electrons?

No?  Puppies and kitties then?  Okay, puppies and kitties it is.

[CortJstr]

i like happy things, were puppies and kitties live together and fight evil space villains.

What about when scantily clad robot-ladies pull at a hatch so hard their arms fall off while fighting morally ambiguous entities that exist only within the movements of electrons?

No?  Puppies and kitties then?  Okay, puppies and kitties it is.

That reminds me. GitS: Stand Alone Complex is coming soon.

And technically she was a cyborg not a robot.

[arkabee]

i like happy things, were puppies and kitties live together and fight evil space villains.

What about when scantily clad robot-ladies pull at a hatch so hard their arms fall off while fighting morally ambiguous entities that exist only within the movements of electrons?

No?  Puppies and kitties then?  Okay, puppies and kitties it is.

That reminds me. GitS: Stand Alone Complex is coming soon.

And technically she was a cyborg not a robot.

stand alone complex was awesome.  i think i only saw about half the episodes, but it were teh bomb.

um, but ya, pedro.  scantily clad ladies will always be ok in mah anime.  especially if they have kitties.