My earliest memory of watching anime is Digimon at some channel and it's not even the first episode. At that time I don't even know what's an anime! But I was captivated by the art and the action after that one episode even though I didn't know what the hell was going on. I went to a CD shop and bought two discs (because the cover was so pretty XD) one with the cover of Lilymon and another Angewomon. Then to my horror when i watched the show it was in the middle of nowhere. Though I was confused, I still enjoyed it a lot.
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| (Credits: https://www.google.com.sg/search?q=digimon&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=702&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjR-vSvn6TNAhVHN48KHXNrB80Q_AUIBigB#imgrc=2Vm4LVoo8RDLTM%3A) |
My next anime was Zatch Bell, Kirby and Pokemon on KidsCentral. But like Digimon, I did not really follow up on any of them after that. My cousins then were very into the Gundam series so I may have watched a bit. (It may offend some but i wasn't really into the hype though).
The very first time I knew what an anime was when i watched D-Gray man on Okto channel.
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| Credits: https://www.google.com.sg/search?q=d+gray+man&espv=2&biw=1280&bih=658&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwin9oTUraTNAhUDmpQKHRmeBR8Q_AUIBigB#imgrc=qK0wYV0Jq-ZvIM%3A |
I was probably 10 years old. Like Digimon, my first impression was episode 9 (the one where they met Miranda Lotto). after that episode I really really loved it! I was hooked. Every week, same day, same time I would plant myself on the sofa and watched it. It was my first anime that i faithfully watched till the end. After some googling that's when i came across the word "Anime". Suddenly it was like this "Eureka" moment and i started to recall all the other half-watched anime that I really love. I would say D-Gray Man was my first love, my trigger to really getting into the anime world.
The second faithful anime was Sakura Card Captor introduced by my cousin when I visited her. We binge watched Sakura season 1 and 2.
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| Credits: http://www.animestreams.net/watch-cardcaptor-sakura-full-episodes-online/ |
Probably when I was 11 i started to watch Vampire Knight.
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| Credits: Vampire Knight © Matsuri Hino 2004/HAKUSENSHA, Inc |
It was my 3rd faithful anime and that is also when i started buying manga. My love for Vampire Knight was so strong that at that point of time i could only find their Chinese translated version and i bought them even if my traditional Chinese is/was weak. I was hooked to the series and even after the finale I proceeded to read the manga online until somewhere when I started to get a little frustrated with the plot. (that is for another time to share) After Vampire Knight, I pretty much started to binge watch anime and read tons of manga online. I call it my "obsession" period. Whenever I was online you can expect me to be reading manga or watching anime. I even went out to buy manga I have already read online, rent Anime Cds, buy anime CDs even if I have already rented it or seen it online. It was so so crazy but there was this thrill that was so damn addictive that I couldn't stop. I had so many different phases and preferences for certain types of anime that I just lost count. Since then, i have never stopped loving anime/manga.
Fast forward to today, Ta-da! There you have it, the introduction to my journey with Anime/Manga. Hope that you enjoy reading and of course I welcome all to share your journey as well!
Till next time.
GothicJazz31
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