Everybody has to start somewhere. And recently Japanese viewers were polled about what show got them interested in anime.
Between August 14 and August 20, website Charapedia quizzed over 10,000 anime fans in Japan, asking them what anime series started it all for them.
Among those polled, 49.4 per cent were men, while 50.6 per cent were women. The majority were in their teens and 20s (77.2 per cent), while the remaining 22.6 per cent were in their 30s.
Let’s have a look at what got them into in anime. The results, and how close some of them are, might surprise you!
30. Puella Magi Madoka Magica: 192 votes
29. Digimon Adventure: 201 votes
28. Shakugan no Shana: 202 votes
27. Doraemon: 204 votes
26. Higurashi When They Cry: 207 votes
25. Angel Beats! 210 votes
24. YuYu Hakusho: 227 votes
23. Free! 254 votes
22. Naruto: 275 votes
21. Mobile Suit Gundam: 314 votes
20. Monogatari Series: 321 votes
19. Space Battleship Yamato: 323 votes
18. Case Closed (aka Detective Conan): 338 votes
17. Fullmetal Alchemist: 350 votes
16. Code Geass: 351 votes
15. Dragon Ball: 380 votes
14. Mobile Suit Gundam SEED: 383 votes
13. CARDCAPTOR SAKURA: 392 votes
12. Attack on Titan: 399 votes
11. The Prince of Tennis: 411 votes
10. Clannad: 420 votes
9. Kuroko’s Basketball: 450 votes
8. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: 465 votes
7. Sailor Moon: 492 votes
6. One Piece: 536 votes
5. Neon Genesis Evangelion: 552 votes
4. Gin Tama: 645 votes
3. K-On! 666 votes
2. Sword Art Online: 678 votes
1. A Certain Magical Index Series: 746 votes
Surprised? Just as you thought? Discuss!
アニメにハマるきっかけとなった作品 TOP30! [Charapedia]
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42 responses to “What Show Got You Into Anime? 10,000 Japanese Fans Respond”
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Evangelion.
Yep.
same here
So much this. SBS running this got me into anime. After that, I started to seek out anime. Much as I love good anime, it’s a shame there’s a lot of crap to wade through to find some of the gems.
Me too. Wasn’t the first, but it was the point that I actually started looking up more of it.
I used to watch this on adult swim on cartoon network around 15 years ago. I never even watched them in order until I got the dvd set years later. Been hooked on anime ever since.
Astroboy http://youtu.be/6O7qBbdZZYE
Yeah Astroboy for me. That and Voltron.
Astroboy as well. Old timers, gather around!
Astroboy, starblazers, robotech, then one Saturday morning in the ninties I discovered dbz.
K-ON! 3rd F*** YEAH!
K-On! confirmed for Satan
Has to be due to Sawako.
Pokemon, beyblade, DBZ and Yu Gi Oh are all anime shows I watched as kid not knowing they were anime series. Bleach was the first series I watch that really got me into anime.
Add Cardcaptors to that list and you’ve got mine.
I’m not sure what my first proper anime was, possibly Lucky star.
#13, Cardcaptor Sakura
I agree with the first 4. I didn’t get into Bleach till the Internet was good enough to steam it/learn about the other shouen anime.
Dragon Ball Z and Ghost Fighter (Yu Yu Hakusho)! Go Pinoys! lol
Robotech/Astroboy
Robotech for sure. On Agros cartoon connection in oz
I have to put Robotech as my main influence, but around the same time, I was watching Astroyboy as well, and don’t forget Star Blazers (Which I think might be related to Space Battleship Yamato? on the list?)
Also, I’m not sure if it counts as Anime or not, but Ulysses was pretty awesome as well.
Tekkaman & Tekkaman: Blade.
But what really got me into it was the program ‘Cheeze TV’, who remembers that?
http://youtu.be/gMagZjWmFbE – Intro
Yep, the 3 I remember the most was Pokemon at 7:00am, DBZ at 7:30am and at 8:00 was Sailor Moon… which I turned off at that point and got ready for school.
Either Ghost in the shell or Ninja scroll. Was about 6-7 years old.
Pokemon, digimon, dbz, yugioh, bubblegum crisis, ghost in the shell
The original Macross
Akira
+1
Dragon Ball, Yu-Gi-Oh, Pokemon.
Though I watched anime like Pokemon, Digimon, Zoids, Yu-Gi-Oh!, One Piece, DBZ, etc. as a kid, I never got into anime until I sat down and watched Gurren Lagann a few years ago.
Cowboy Bebop for me!
I watched all the usuals on cheez TV. Digimon, pokemon, dbz. But didn’t watch anything out of those. Until a friend D of mine gave me a bunch of Naruto on DVDs. I that was the first time I sat down to binge on a TV show as well. But I was 15, that was 13 years ago.
How time flies when you’re watching anime.
Trigun here
Most of 90’s early 00’s cheese tv anime
It was mid Nineties and Sailor Moon was on every morning on some kids show. (I think Agro was a host). Then I discovered Aeon Flux (does that count?) a few years later. Then Evangelion (first run on SBS). Then Tenchi Muyo and Ranma 1/2.
Robotech/astroboy were the shows I loved as a kid. Giant Robo and Akira were the shows(and movie) which made me want more
Surprised there was no Saint Seiya, nor Cowboy Bebop. Magical Index is an honest wtf. I wonder what made it so popular in Japan.
Though I watched Dragonaball Z, Pokemon, Beyblades, Cardcaptors, Sailor Moon and the such as a child I didn’t really know what anime was, they were just cartoons I watched before school. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya is what got me so heavily into anime and I am stoked it made it into the top ten. Good job KyoAni 🙂
Samurai pizza cats. Pokémon gets an honourable mention for the assist 🙂
Berserk and Gurren Lagann for me, can’t believe neither made it and Cowboy Bebop as well. Alot of recent anime as well maybe accounts for the age group.
Marzinger z or tranzor z as it was known here in Australia.
Wow Index was number1? was this a generation thing?