Your Most Rememberable Anime?

[JustJack]

Y'know, with the Anime hype being where it is today, I can still remember back to the first anime I ever watched, & loved.

Sure, when I grew up, there was always "Voltron", and "Ronin Warriors" on TV(Good ol' 80s....). But I never really paid attention to them.

Then, a few years ago, I saw "Soul Bianca". And dude, did I ever love that! I saw in on the Encore channel(back when it existed in my area! Grrr! I want it back!), it was a Thursday night, and I was flipping channels. I came across Encore, & they were playing Anime. Sure, I had seen them play stuff before, like Patlabor & appleseed, but I never really paid attention, or watched them. But, when I decided to just stay, & watch it, I loved it. It was in subtitles to, and uncut. This is where my love for Anime began.

So, I sort of started out late. This was probably 4 years ago? Since then I've seen a big list of animes, full, uncut, & subtitled.
Cowboy Bebop, Revolutionary Girl Utena, Parallel Trouble Adventure DUAL!, Armitage III, Princess Mononoke, the entire Tenchi Muyo series, and Akira remain on my top list of favorites...
But in the end..
Sol Bianca remains my first, true, uncut, subtitled anime. And I'll never forget it. I love the Sol Bianca!!

hehe. Anyway...what's your most rememberable anime?

[HellCat]

The first anime I ever watched was the dub of The New Adventures of Gigantor. It's not my fave, but it was so cheesey that I think I'll always remember it

[Leaping Larry Jojo]

Robotech...I couldn't believe the themes they got away with on that show, and I just had to watch.

I also remember seeing "Heidi," an old anime classic based on the famous European story by the same name.

Question for you anime-niacs--Have you watched any non-action anime shows lately? Don't tell me there aren't any out there on the shelves, because there are, such as:

Niea_7
Maison Ikkoku
Ah My Goddess
Kimagure Orange Road

[Mr. Obsession]

I second Robotech. I remember seeing this back when I didn't even know that there was such a thing as anime, or that cartoons came from anywhere outside the US. What?! Don't look at me like that, I was an ignorant grade schooler at the time. ;)

Fast forward to about '92/3 when caught the syndicated run of Sailor Moon, which served as my second introduction.

Since then I've tried to see what I can here and there, just broaden my horizons and enjoy the stuff. But nothing since Robotech has quite grabbed my attention and struck a chord with me on so many levels with the exception of Cowboy Bebop. And my newly discovered favorite Noir.

[Lachesis]

The second Unico movie was my intro, but Escaflowne was what really got me into the loop.

Favorite non-action anime is Kodomo no Omocha.

And Noir is great.

[The Dork Knight]

The first anime I ever saw was My Neighbor Toto.

[Calhoun07]

I can still remember my first anime ever, too, which I have mentioned here before, but I love to remind myself of it every now and then. Battle of the Planets and Princess Knight were two anime shows that were broadcast in the same block on channel 5 in Minneapolis/St Paul Saturday mornings.

[Fish]

My first anime was "Panda" I remember we rented that movie over and over again, and just recently I saw it again and it was silly, but it had that thing anime has that no US animation had back then. Person development. i remember crying when panda's Mother was gone and he was all alone in a cage...Yeah I was silly like that when I was 6 -

...as for most rememberable anime later in my life...I think it must be Serial Experiments Lain

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dang! where is my signature fish!!

[don Jaime]

I guess no one had Speed Racer growing up. For a long time that was about the only anime that most Americans knew. It easily shifted between Spritle and Chim Chim's dwerpy comic relief to wild, deadly violence and back again. I loved it, though I only understood about a tenth of it. I had a Hot Wheels that kind of resembled the Mach 5 (aka the Sporkmobile) that I still treasure. Mama finally stopped my watcing it because it was too violent and switched to Tom and Jerry. T&J were LESS VIOLENT than Speed. Still amazing.

Saw it again a few years ago. Some things you can never get back.

Bet my brother can still sing the Star Blazers theme.

[Batgirl_2005]

le sigh.... Anime.... i love it!!!

I had Speed Racer as a kid and astually liked it *shudder* until, that is, I saw Please Save My Earth.
my bro's ex girlfriend was an anime FREAK. and ALWAYS brought over movies and episodes. I loved it!!! She's like my best friend now even though she's like 21

Please Save My Earth
Here is Greenwood
Shamanic Princess
and
Sailor Moon
WIll always be my favourites, with DBZ coming in there.... somewhere... along with Tenchi, Outlaw Star, Big O and everyone once in a while I'll mention the fact that i sometimes enjoy GundamW

[Singin' Stray Cat]

The first anime I remember seeing was Poochie, Unico, and some animated fairy tales that used to come on Nick Jr. From what fragments I remember of them, I thought they were pretty good...

[Salvor]

Ah Cobra Space Adventures, Captain Harlock, those were really great...

[I.R Joey]

Like most of you I remember watching Robotech, and Voltron, but I never did get into G Force.

Oh well I think I'll always remember the end of GundamW, that is how you end a series. Of coarse I had 1 major complaint but oh well.

And I remember DBZ's Satien saga so well, truely incredible, Vegeta vs, Goku.

[HellCat]

Originally posted by I.R Joey
Like most of you I remember watching Robotech, and Voltron, but I never did get into G Force.

Oh well I think I'll always remember the end of GundamW, that is how you end a series. Of coarse I had 1 major complaint but oh well.

And I remember DBZ's Satien saga so well, truely incredible, Vegeta vs, Goku.

I think you mean Saiyan/Saiya-jin saga

[Daughterof_Evil]

The first non-Westernized anime I ever saw (though it's naturally pretty Western) was Revolutionary Girl Utena, which remains one of my obsessions even now. The second anime I ever saw (in the same evening) was Birdy the Mighty (anyone know where to get the DVD?). I then saw Darkside Blues, Queen Emeraldas, and Battle Angel, and all three of those continue to entertain me.

The first anime I ever bought myself was volume 1 of Gasaraki.

[James]

Battle Of The Planets - although that was Japanese Anime 'westernized'.... I think Akira is rather boringly my first taste of pure Japanese anime, unmolested by the Western World (bar subs)........

[Flying Grayson]

I think It was Ronin Warriors, I really didn't know it was an anime, I just thought it was another cartoon. But it wasn't until DBZ and Salior Moon came along, that i developed a love/hate relationship with them( Hate being Salior moon, it is still my least like show ever.) after that I whatched them alot, but I don't have satiellite so I cannot whatch all the anime I want. man my life sucks at times.

[kiddiesunshine]

ahh...anime nostalgia. well, my first taste was from WJYS CHANNEL
SIXTY-TWO HAMMOND CHICAGO. they aired anime every friday i believe. they called the block JAPANIMATION. i remember
these:
dirty pair
vampire hunter d
fist of the north star
tank police
-i fell asleep on a few of them when the block was moved
from early to late night.
-then i started renting. anyone here ever heard of cutie honey?
sweeeeeet. i also love ninja scroll, samurai showdown, streetfighter the animated movie.
then i moved on towards tv.
sailor moon
ronin warriors
samurai pizza catz
dragonball
-oh, memories.

[RockItShipper]

I remember seeing previews for anime versions of Beauty and the Beast and Les Miserables on a video I had when I was about 7(?) Even then, I recognized it as being a very distinct style, but thought of it as more akin to, say, Chuck Jones' style back then.

On and off with Sailor Moon.... But it's really digging up info on what was cut from Pokemon that got me hooked on anime. Fake boobs! Woooohoooooo!
I think I even liked AAML for the first five seconds of it, way off from now where I can picture "Ash" with most everyone beside "Misty" (well, I can't see BAAL either, but "Brock" has the honor of being about the only character I see as indisputably non-yaoi)

[Bluntman]

Without a doubt, I fondly look at Robotech, Voltron, and Speed Racer. These were cartoons, but they were like nothing I'd seen up to that point. They blew me away. Then came Dragon Ball Z, Ronin Warrior, and Ninja Scroll. I also enjoed Ghost In The Shell, Akira, Tenchi Muyo, and Gundam.

I would like to point out to all who enjoy anime to look at everything with an open mind. Some of the best ones are the ones that aren't popular. But in all, I just love great animation, and nothing delivers like anime. And the stories are kick ass too.

[Kal-el]

I've always loved anime, even when it was first hitting US television sets. The ones that really stick out for me are:

Robotech (absolutely love Robotech!)
Tranzor Z (campy, but fun)
G Force (the Phoenix ruled!)
Mighty Orbots (might have beat Transformers to American TV...very good stuff)

Many of my other early stand-outs are not technically considered anime...but there are many of those, too.

[Geezil]

Originally posted by don Jaime
I guess no one had Speed Racer growing up. For a long time that was about the only anime that most Americans knew.

Two words: 8th Man. (The original '60s version, that is.)

[Joe Tully]

Originally posted by Lachesis
The second Unico movie was my intro, but Escaflowne was what really got me into the loop.



Whoa. I've been tryin' to figure out the name of that unicorn anime I saw on the Disney Channel as a kid for a loooong time. That name just rung a bell, I looked it up, and BINGO! That's it! I can't say that I remember anything about Unico, other than that I thought that it was absolutely beautiful. It left a great impression on me. I think that was my intro to anime. Thanks a lot for mentioning this, guys! I have to get a copy of this now!

And to think I almost didn't read this thread...Too bad I didn't have the sense to ask a while back, but I guess I figured no one would know what I was talking about.

I also loved Manxmouse as a kid, that was great! It was always on Nick on weekends when I was younger.

The only other anime I saw as a kid was Voltron, which I felt kind of indifferent about.

[Tim Drake]

Akira- though I just saw it recently.
Street Fighter II the movie- anyone else love this???

[Lachesis]

Originally posted by Joe Tully


Whoa. I've been tryin' to figure out the name of that unicorn anime I saw on the Disney Channel as a kid for a loooong time. That name just rung a bell, I looked it up, and BINGO! That's it! I can't say that I remember anything about Unico, other than that I thought that it was absolutely beautiful. It left a great impression on me. I think that was my intro to anime. Thanks a lot for mentioning this, guys! I have to get a copy of this now!


LOL! It seems a lot of people who had the Disney Channel waaaaay back in the 80s have had similar experiences with the Unico movies. You wouldn't believe how many does-anyone-know-what-this-movie-is threads I've seen about them.

I've only seen the second film, Unico and the Magic Island, which gave me nightmares for about a month (I was eight). I'd love to get a copy of it myself, but the only ones I've seen are going on Ebay for $40+

It's rumored some site was selling 2nd gen copies. . .oh well. Glad I could help. Good luck.

[Nightwing]

I may be a Batman/Superman long time veteran, but as far as anime goes I'm a itty bitty baby! So my first anime you all might remember quite well. It was the DVD I'm currently staring at right in front of me, Street Fighter 2, The animated movie. I'm not sure if that counts, though, because at the time years ago I couldn't tell the difference between that and Western Animation.

So I suppose my absolute first anime would have to be Dragonball Z, the Frieza saga, when Goku and Frieza were fighting (end of the saga). Many might commend DBZ whether they are anime fans or not, or DBZ fans or not, because before DBZ I didn't like anime at all. Nowadays, even though anime still isn't my thing except for DBZ, I understand it better, and so don't hate it any longer. :)

[Joe Tully]

It looks like Unico and Astro Boy are both on DVD...in Japan! Grr...
If you have a way around the Region problems, you might wanna go for it. Though this site only lets you order from Japan, I figured I'd post it to let you guys see what we're missing.

http://en.tezuka.co.jp/news/soft/

sigh...maybe they'll have a U.S. version in due time.

[Sailor Saturn]

I'm probably one of the youngest people posting in this topic, but anyway, the first anime I've watched was *horribly* dubbed Sailor Moon. Now I've experienced the original version, and I've expanded my horizons to other anime as well.

[Batgirl_2005]

You are the same age as I am Sailor Saturn! And I agree completely!!! Sailor Moon dubbed was AWFUL... but the subbed rox! That's definitely my favourite anime...

[basicvisual]

As close as I can recall it was about 5 or 6 years ago when I saw what I have come to realize my first real taste in anime. Though I had seen Ronin Warriors, Speed Racer, and others alike none of them were in their original form.

The first subbed I had ever watched was Galaxy Express 999. I don't remember much of it and haven't been able to find a copy of VHS or DVD since it was shown on T.V. way back then. But possibly the most memorable anime I had ever watched was "Plastic Little"

But for the most part any anime that I have watched has been a wonderful experience all except for 2. Golgo 13: Queen Bee and Mail Order Maiden 21 (my friend told me to buy it) unfortunately it did not state that once you start viewing the disc you would be attacked by hantai mania. I've since given that disc away.


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[LightAngel]

Wow, I forgot all about Unico! That used to be my favorite cartoon when I was little. My most memorable though was an anime version of Swan Lake and Voltron. Yes, Voltron.