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Day 6 of Decembermeme!
Dec. 13th, 2013 01:59 pmToday's topic: How did you get into anime?
During the summer before high school back in 1997, I got into the musical group Hanson. In trying to find info about them online, I got into fanfic. Once I did that, I got in with other Hanson fans my age online, one in particular who called herself Aspen. If I have any Hanfic fans following me, yes, the author of Devil Angel is who I'm referring to. I was vaguely familiar with anime before all of this. I'd seen some Sailor Moon and knew a girl who loved it, but this was back before it really hit on in the US. Still, Aspen would talk about loving this show on Toonami called Gundam Wing. It was slowly pulling her away from our joined fandoms and I decided I'd give it a shot.
Hilariously, the episode I ended up seeing first was the final episode of the series. But it intrigued me enough that I then ended up watching every episode as it showed on the next run (except the episode in the middle that recaps the story). It was my gateway drug. I bought fansubs online (this being before the days of torrents) and tried a bunch of things.
When I saw a guy from my neighborhood at college when I was trying to get away from a guy who was bothering me, I found friends for life in two of the girls sitting with him. They happened to all be talking about anime and before I knew it, I had anime friends. We went to our first con together a few months later and I cosplayed from the get go.
Basically, it was not a slow slide into this madness, but it was a pleasant one that has honestly enriched my life with good friends and memories.
(If you'd like to make a suggestion on something for me to post a day this month, add it as a comment here.)
During the summer before high school back in 1997, I got into the musical group Hanson. In trying to find info about them online, I got into fanfic. Once I did that, I got in with other Hanson fans my age online, one in particular who called herself Aspen. If I have any Hanfic fans following me, yes, the author of Devil Angel is who I'm referring to. I was vaguely familiar with anime before all of this. I'd seen some Sailor Moon and knew a girl who loved it, but this was back before it really hit on in the US. Still, Aspen would talk about loving this show on Toonami called Gundam Wing. It was slowly pulling her away from our joined fandoms and I decided I'd give it a shot.
Hilariously, the episode I ended up seeing first was the final episode of the series. But it intrigued me enough that I then ended up watching every episode as it showed on the next run (except the episode in the middle that recaps the story). It was my gateway drug. I bought fansubs online (this being before the days of torrents) and tried a bunch of things.
When I saw a guy from my neighborhood at college when I was trying to get away from a guy who was bothering me, I found friends for life in two of the girls sitting with him. They happened to all be talking about anime and before I knew it, I had anime friends. We went to our first con together a few months later and I cosplayed from the get go.
Basically, it was not a slow slide into this madness, but it was a pleasant one that has honestly enriched my life with good friends and memories.
(If you'd like to make a suggestion on something for me to post a day this month, add it as a comment here.)
