>>288063537
(You)r favourite anime

>>288063537
I'd say Jujutsu Kaisen could fall into that nowadays? it was my little brother's first anime lol, though I really like it as well because of it's esoteric references to japanese myths and philosophy, this grid really perfectly encapsulates "I will defend these anime forever because they're the first ones I watched despite them really not being that good"

yes I can be petty and angry about it because my first anime was Maid Dragon back in 2017 and I don't pretend its a masterpiece, It's like a 6/10 at best, but I can't stand evangelionfags or frierenfagswho can't let go of their autism for what they watched first
>Akira
fine, kinda boring
>Evangelion
the worst that mecha anime can offer (not really but it sucks)
>Haruhi
overrated pseudo-intellectual garbage
>Death Note
the manga is good, never watched the anime
>FMA
Never watched, I liked Arslan
>Madoka
its ok but definitely overrated, not the best yuri show and not the best magical girl show
>steins gate
dropped the vn, mediocre
>AoT
maybe it gets better but I dropped season 1
>Frieren
flat out garbage for the worst type of people you'll ever know (people with a thousand regrets because they tried too hard to be conformists)

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>>288063897
I dont feel the same way with JJK cause from the beginning a lot of people were shitting on it

>>288063537
4 of those are in my 3x3

>>288063537
let's be real here: where Cowboy Bebop?

>>288063986
are you gonna raise a samurai? >:[

>>288063537
Mine included Love Live and Yuru Yuri.

>>288063897
>not the best yuri show
It's not even a yuri show.

>>288063537
i doubt any self described 20 something animu grl these days probably never heard of anything in the top two rows certainly not the top one.

>>288063537
>what are some other examples of "baby's first anime"?
Ninja Scroll
Any shounen or shoujo demographic series in general (yes, this includes the likes of GS Mikami, Rurouni Kenshin and YYH)
Literally Anpanman (this would really be taking the question literally)
Anything by Fujiko (F, A, both) Fujio (including Warau Salesman)
Crayon Shin-chan
Chibi Maruko-chan
Nintama Rantarou
Any sci-fi series
Any mecha series
90% of seinen demographic titles
Any WMT anime
Any moe series
Any comedy anime (including rom-com)

This doesn't mean that any single one of these is bad (in fact, I love Ninja Scroll, Rurouni Kenshin, Maison Ikkoku, Shin-chan and WMT), but they are gateway anime. My first, second and third anime (excluding stuff I saw as a kid) were Space Battleship Yamato (this was before 2199), Master Keaton and Cat's Eye. Watching anime like those is a rite of passage into otakudom.

>>288065167
never in my fucking life have I ever seen anyone say they watched nintama rantarou, couldn't you have said gegege no kitaro or fucking hattori-kun bro

>>288065253
Someone I know said it was her first anime. Hattori is in under Fujiko Fujio. I watched the heck out of it once someone uploaded the dub (only way to watch it in full).

>>288065415
Kitaro is one that I missed, and, in all fairness, Akuma-kun too. I am sure that if I kept thinking I would come up with even more too (Vampire Hunter D, Initial D, Wangan Midnight, F, Cyber Formula, Area 88, Capeta, Golgo 13, Yomigaeru Sora, etc.)

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Let's have babies watch Japan's Three Kingdoms

>>288065167
outside of japan

>>288065602
Then remove Rantarou, Anpanman and maybe Maruko-chan (emphasis on the maybe).

>>288064336
You only get into that after a while to impress people on the internet.

>>288063537
studio ghibli films. either that or something that was on adult swim like dbz or samurai champloo

>>288063537
Only three of those are baby's first anime. Death Note, FMA:B, and AoT. The rest are relatively obscure for normalfags, other than Frieren, but I've never known anyone to watch Frieren as their first anime. It's usually what they watch after seeing way worse crap that's much more popular, until somebody finally tells them to go watch Frieren instead. Frieren is like a 3rd or 4th anime. Same with NGE, which surprisingly no longer is something normalfags are aware of.

>>288063537
Boku no Pico.

>>288063537
>Attack on Titan
>JJK
>One Piece
>Death Note
>Naruto
>Frieren
>Demon Slayer
>Chainsaw Man
>Jojo
>Bleach
>Cyberpunk
>YuGiOh
>That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime
>anything Ghibli

>>288063537
people ITT would probably get mad when pokemon would get mentioned as they consider it high art.

>>288065506
Or, watch Boruto and realize that nobody should have kids... ever.

>>288063897
>my first anime was Maid Dragon back in 2017
man is this really the state of /a/?
who the fuck could possibly care about anything people like this have to say about anime

>>288066025
I was 11 dude lol what did you want me to do? of course I watched pokemon and dragon ball beforehand but yes my first anime watched on a computer and not tv was maid dragon, I'd say a 11 year old starting anime with maid dragon instead of normalfag shit is a pretty good thing

>>288066061
>retarded baby nigga
I hate zoomers so much it's unreal. Watch MOAR.

Also Maid Dragon as mainstream shit.

>>288066080
>Watch MOAR.
Yeah? I have for the past 9 years and will continue to do so, though I prefer reading

>>288066061
mate I've been on this site about as long as you've been alive. I don't want to hear any of your underaged opinions about anime and neither does anyone else worthwhile
>normalfag shit
you are a normalfag and have never known this place as anything other than a normalfag social media site. in fact you retards are the absolute worst of them because you are here posting this dumb shit and not somewhere else.

>>288066080
>Maid Dragon
>mainstream
Define mainstream, because I bet if one surveyed 100 random (English-speaking) people with some interest in anime, a handful at best would say they've seen it; and I'd wager the majority haven't even heard of Maid Dragon.

>>288066134
I think if you're that old you should really calm down and take care of your health, stress is dangerous and stuff and I personally haven't used this website frequently ever since 2020 happened with all the covid newfags, calm down and have fun

>>288066134
It's the worst when they're blatantly trying to not look a normalfag by shitting on the greats that have been discussed here for literal years because nowadays everyone is groomed to be a terminal contrarion

>>288066088
You sound like the most obscure thing that you have seen is probably Bottle Fairy or maybe some of the lesser Strike Witches stuff. Trust me, you are hardly scratching the surface.

>>288066213
I don't really like anime at all but you are right, I have watched bottle fairy, no idea how you guessed that right

I much, and by much I say by a lot, prefer manga, I have read like 400 manga and watched like 30 anime at most, just not that much of an animation fan

though I don't have an anilist or myanimelist so i dont actually know the amount of manga ive read, but it's pretty much the form of art i experience the most, i'd say i read manga every day unless im very busy

>>288066189
it's not about contrarianism, it's just pure underaged social media pollution.
"Jujutsu Kaisen was my little brother's first anime but my first anime was Maid Dragon way back in 2017 anyways here's my review of the movie Akira (1988):
fine, kinda boring"
how did standards get so low that the userbase is now just kids freely spewing this kind of garbage everywhere

>>288066080
Duh. It's a masterpiece created by the mastermind COOL himself. It's an anime that deserved to reach mainstream status much like Frieren the Slayer.

>>288066245
Figured you leaned into CGDCT and Bottle Fairy is probably one of the more obscure titles these days (though I would still say it has a degree of "mainstream-ness" to it.

>manga reader
Cool. now give me a recommendation. I keep a txt file. My favourite title has been Yamikin Ushijima-kun. It might not be your thing, though.

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>>288066282
Dark times indeed

my first anime was fruits basket and that was basic shit in the early 2000s too

>>288066135
It's mainstream among anime fans not regular people lol

>>288066409
When you say first anime. Do you mean you found online or subbed?

>>288066461
I watched it in the living room off my parents Direct TV subscription

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>>288066282
I mean when you read the masterpiece that is Akagi and then you go and watch fucking "Akira (1988)" you do think it is pretty mediocre, it being old doesn't make it good, it's popular because its a basic story digestible by anyone, is beowulf also a masterpiece because its old and popular? i dont think so i thought it was boring too
>>288066318
I've never read Yamikin Ushijima-kun but the synopsis sounds pretty great so i'll download it to read later, thank you

The synopsis reminds me a lot of Gin To Kin, I believe you'd like it, if you want more "people struggling and going crazy" I think you'd like QP by Hiroshi Takahashi (Crows also goes into something similar but its focused on school delinquents so less adult stuff, though it does have it), there's also The Fable which doesn't really have much to do with money and stuff but it has a similar aura I'd say

If you want MY personal favorites, without being related to your favorite, I'd say, Black Jack (by Osamu Tezuka), Golden Kamuy, 1-nichi Gaishutsuroku Hanchou, Gokusen, Dorohedoro, Yomawari-sensei, Jojo (as a whole but my favorite is the now releasing Jojolands), Billy Bat, Baki (whole series but my favorite is baki-dou, the musashi one), Akagi (of course) and Nikubami Honegishimi (this one is recency bias but I'm really enjoying it, only one still releasing)

>>288063537
Aside from shit like pokemon the first 'real' anime I ever watched was Green Green, which on reflection is kind of a bog standard ecchi comedy but it was mind blowing to a 13 year old.

>>288066282
uuuhmmm sweetie he's right though?
haven't seen you make a single contribution to this thread other than name-calling and some werid hurr durr back in my day type of shit? pretty sure you're just mad cus you're old? aren't you able to admit that?
preeetttty sure you wanted to be mad first and you just went looking for something dude, this the way you want to live your life little homie? talking like an angry grandpa?

I swear dude they just don't make 'em like they used to, back in my day bro *shits pants*

>>288066607
this nigga really sweating because anons called dragon maid normalfag shit

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>>288066501
fuck my stupid memory loss life how did I forget Souboutei, Souboutei is like my top 3 manga of all time please read it everyone
>>288066658
that's not me and as I said I don't even like dragon maid that much and I am 100% sure if I watched it now I'd flat out dislike it

>>288066501
>>288066692
You are welcome, I am preparing to read Minami no Teiou soon too.

By the way, if you ever get a chance watch (read too, but I am fairly certain you have already covered it) Master Keaton. It is what made me fall in love with anime all those years ago and was my first manga.

>>288063537
no newfag anime fans even know what Haruhi is anymore. It feels damn near obscure at least among the people I meet. Its all demon slayer, Csm, JJK, and maybe AoT these days. My first was trigun and years later I watched gurren lagann.

>>288065866
Every one of these has objectively caused a massive influx of new anime fans over the past decade or so, depending how far back you want to go you could also add Pokemon, maybe DBZ and Sailor Moon to this list but that might be showing my age and honestly people that started with those integrated into the culture well enough. Maybe not Pokemonfags so much

>>288066787
Are you in your late 20s? You didn't start with DBZ? I swear to God. Does it count as starting if you didn't finish it? I used to watch Da Garn in the 90s. And I even owned some vhs tapes so don't say I didn't start it lol

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>>288066752
Thank you very much Minami no Teiou looks very good too! I'll keep it in mind after I finish Yamikin Ushijima
>Master Keaton
and WOW, I don't know how this slipped past me, I read Billy Bat and Monster and 20th Century Boys and Pluto and some of Asadora but I never stopped to read that one crazily enough I'm shocked I didn't, definitely reading it soon and maybe watching it too if it's as good as you say thank you!

Also I remembered Kaiji has a loanshark character that becomes a second protagonist in the newest part you'd like him too

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I started with Gundam Wing Endless Waltz on VHS. I don't know if this is a good or bad thing but I know it was bad for child me's psyche

>>288066849
I did start with dbz actually, I just figured that was damn near a given. Im in my mid 20s though so very close.

>>288066808
People tend to not count things like Pokemon or Beyblade as an entry to anime, makes more sense to go with Death Note.

>>288066594
>haven't seen you make a single contribution to this thread
why would I contribute to this shithole or interact with any of you beyond making fun of you? and I know you weren't around for it but back in the day bullying retards for these kinds of posts was a contribution in itself that helped maintain board culture.
I stopped coming to /a/ after learning some japanese and moving to Tokyo but when I check in from time to time I see such awful desecration of a place I once knew.
there are probably like 10-20 people left worth talking to here and I could lurk for a week straight and have reasonable odds of not seeing a single good thread.

>>288066855
No problem.

Do you have Discord, by any chance? I use it as a secondary means of contact and a few folks from /a/ (plus myself) have a group on there and we do all sorts of stuff like group watches and discussions about anime, manga, film, etc.

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>discord grooming in real time
Unc was right. This place has fallen

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>>288067023
I haven't browsed /a/ in around 2 years, this is the first day I do again, isn't it beautiful we both entered this thread and spoke despite the small odds? have an awesome day you old geezer and cheer up you got to go to japan
>>288067059
I do but I'm not very active ever since the ID verification thing, I only use it for stuff like fangames or tournaments that are locked behind a discord server, It's "friend2121"

Love Hina

>>288067131
Keep an eye out for the Mad Bull 34 pfp. ;)

>>288067119
There are people on this board who unironically like Fullreddit MALchemist, it's been dead for years

A question for the ancient niggas here: is the Escaflowne movie worth watching or should I just stick to the 96 anime?

People who started watching in the 90s/00s are shitting on people who started in 10s/20s. Before that they got the same treatment from people who started in 70s/80s and those in turn got disliked by people like Miyazaki from the 50s/60s.
Do people really have to feel superior about being born earlier despite having no control over it? Zoomers will hate people who get into anime in 30s/40s.

>>288067404
You're grossly oversimplifying it. It's not so much hatred for people that came after, but that it used to be commonplace for people entering a niche to integrate into the culture. It wasn't until recently, covid era, that anime had a massive influx of fans, more than any jump in it's history so far, and for some reason many (not all, but the majority) of these newer watchers have a chip on their shoulder calling older anime problematic, or often outright refusing to engage with it at all. This is a newer phenomenon

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>>288067404
People who get into anime in their 20s or later are worse than people from later generations that got into anime earlier in their lives imo. People who grew up with what the internet is today though are still largely brain dead.

>>288063537
>im such a tuff boy watching ton of anime
holy shit you think youre not normie?

>>288063537
All of these except SnK and Frieren are good

>>288067507
>>288067557
A lot of it comes down to attention span and irony poisoning. That's why anime that are all "aura" and flashing lights like JJK, AoT, ect do so well with these types.

>>288063537
I don't know my first was probably Hellsing '01 and the 90s Jojo

>>288067602
I thought Souten no Ken was fine.

>>288067616
That's popular battle shonen, which as we all know are bad (Naruto). That's why we call the fans Narutards and similarly fans of jkk are JKKtards.

>>288065769
everything in this image used to be weeb-makers

Millinials: Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball, Pokemon
Zoomers: AOT, HxH, MHA

>>288063537
Everything there is more or less a good anime besides SnK and S;G.

>>288063537
SIP/Sunshine but SIP in particular
move on already, not only are we on the sixth gen, other franchises exist

>>288067404
We tell you to start with the greeks for a reason

>>288063537
I wish Madoka was that. It currently attracts all the bad eggs that usually latch onto popular anime without actually being that popular in general. Which leads to its community being almost only bad eggs and completely unusable.

>>288063537
Anything Ghibli

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>>288065866
>>288066808
kind of odd people would discount morning and afternoon cartoon blocks. that's probably where millions of first anime viewing comes from for gigantic parts of western world.

The first anime watching I really remember though was interstella 5555.

>>288067023
biggest larper ITT HAHAHAHAHA

the things that had to happen was Disney not running every major IP into the ground and Hollywood not collapsing
there's no western media pull at all, if you compare it with the 90s/00s/ even 10s
there are like 2 or 3 major movies a year nowadays
before there were 12 or more
this is why there are so many more new people, and there's no way they all care or want to adapt to the culture that was present before them
so ironically, the west had to keep being better at producing media so that japan didn't get the attention of everyone, because nowadays even gen X from parts of the world that had no phones until the 10s are consuming japanese media

If you don't count the Pokemon dub, then my first anime was Code Geass.

>>288070344
You are also missing how netflix, youtube, etc have turned normalfags into content consumer drones. Anime was an untapped pool with decades of content to burn through for most of them.
Ive seen it happen in my generation. Back at school my classmates would religiously follow the same 3-4 tv series for years, now my coworkers have a new overfixation every couple weeks.