Gateway Anime
What was your gateway anime or manga? (I.e., what anime or manga made you a fan?)
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Please select form the list below, or add a new title. In the case of a franchise that has many incarnations, please name just the franchise (eg: Sailor Moon, not Sailor Moon R) and do not differentiate between manga or anime.
Please note, this is not necessarily the first anime or manga title you were exposed to. For example, if the first title you were exposed to did not lead you to seek out similar titles, it was not your gateway.
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| Sailor Moon | |
| Dragonball / Dragonball Z | |
| Cowboy Bebop | |
| Robotech | |
| Pokemon | |
| Gundam | |
| Inuyasha | |
| Neon Genesis Evangelion | |
| Tenchi Muyo | |
| Akira | |
| Ranma 1/2 | |
| Naruto | |
| Digimon | |
| Ghost in the Shell | |
| Cardcaptor Sakura | |
| Rurouni Kenshin / Samurai X | |
| Fullmetal Alchemist | |
| Star Blazers / Space Cruiser Yamato | |
| Trigun | |
| Love Hina | |
| Slayers | |
| Macross / Macross Plus | |
| Voltron / Go Lion | |
| Outlaw Star | |
| FLCL | |
| Escaflowne | |
| Yu Yu Hakusho | |
| Spirited Away | |
| Vampire Hunter D | |
| Full Metal Panic | |
| .hack | |
| Fruits Basket | |
| Project A-Ko / C-Ko | |
| Ah! My Goddess | |
| Ronin Warriors (Yoroiden Samurai Troopers) | |
| Princess Mononoke | |
| Bleach | |
| The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya | |
| Speed Racer | |
| Fushigi Yugi | |
| Elfen Lied | |
| Bublegum Crisis / AD Police | |
| Gatchaman / Battle of the Planets / G-Force | |
| Serial Experiment Lain | |
| Hellsing | |
| Battle Angel Alita / Gunnm | |
| Iria Zeiram Hunter | |
| Samurai Pizza Cats | |
| Chobits | |
| Shaman King | |
| Yu-Gi-Oh! | |
| Last Exile | |
| One Piece | |
| D.N.Angel | |
| Magic Knights Rayearth | |
| Doraemon | |
| Dominion Tank Police | |
| Ninja Scroll | |
| Dirty Pair | |
| Death Note | |
| Azumanga Daioh | |
| Wolf's Rain | |
| Transformers | |
| Kanon | |
| Fist of the North Star | |
| Vandread | |
| Excel Saga | |
| Berserk | |
| RahXephon | |
| Witch Hunter Robin | |
| Patlabor | |
| Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle | |
| Kiki's Delivery Service | |
| Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind | |
| 8Man After | |
| Astro Boy | |
| Guyver | |
| Lodoss War / Legend of Crystania | |
| Street Fighter | |
| Silent Mobius | |
| Captain Future | |
| Perfect Blue | |
| Detective Conan | |
| Maison Ikkoku | |
| School Rumble | |
| Gravitation | |
| Hikaru no Go | |
| Mazinger Z | |
| Hare+Guu | |
| Tekkaman Blade | |
| Great Teacher Onizuka | |
| Saint Seiya | |
| My Neighbour Totoro | |
| You're Under Arrest | |
| Tokyo Mew Mew | |
| Crest of the Stars | |
| Captain Harlock / Galaxy Express 999 | |
| Howl's Moving Castle | |
| Urusei Yatsura | |
| Lupin III | |
| Blood: The Last Vampire / Blood+ | |
| Negima | |
| Samurai Champloo | |
| Area 88 | |
| Marmalade Boy | |
| Attack No. 1 | |
| Battle Royale | |
| Saiyuki | |
| Heat Guy J | |
| Green Legend Ran | |
| Kareshi Kanojo no Jijou (Kare Kano) / His & Her Circumstances | |
| Dragon Half | |
| Kasimasi - Girl Meets Girl | |
| Kimagure Orange Road | |
| Noein | |
| Saint Tail | |
| Fighting Spirit | |
| UFO Robo Grendizer | |
| All Purpose Cultural Cat Girl Nuku Nuku Dash | |
| Wings of Honneamise | |
| Gall Force | |
| Shakugan no Shana | |
| Jungle wa Itsumo Hare Nochi Guu | |
| Video Girl Ai | |
| Neo-Tokyo | |
| Voltes V | |
| s-CRY-ed | |
| Revolutionary Girl Utena | |
| Final Fantasy | |
| Rozen Maiden | |
| Kishin Heidan | |
| Fatal Fury | |
| Saishuu Heiki Kanojo (Saikano) | |
| Samurai Deeper Kyo | |
| Rose of Versailles (aka Lady Oscar) | |
| Metropolis | |
| X / X/1999 | |
| Rave Master | |
| Top O Nerae! / Gunbuster | |
| Devil Hunter Yohko | |
| Nana | |
| Peach Girl. | |
| Shadow Skill | |
| Mai-HiME | |
| Megazone 23 II | |
| Lensman | |
| Super GALS! | |
| Eureka Seven | |
| Stellvia of the Universe | |
| City Hunter | |
| Ghost Stories | |
| Fate/Stay Night | |
| Prince of Tennis | |
| Lady Georgie | |
| Hunter x Hunter | |
| Demon Diary | |
| Kare First Love (manga) | |
| Blue Seed | |
| GateKeepers | |
| Zoids | |
| Kodomo no Omocha | |
| Big O | |
| Super Mario Bros. (manga) | |
| The Mysterious Cities of Gold | |
| Mushishi | |
| Scrapped Princess | |
| initial d | |
| Mobile Suit Gundam | |
| Rizelmine | |
| Candy Candy | |
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Was this the first anime or manga you'd ever seen? (Try to guess if you aren't sure)
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| Yes | |
| No | |
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Was your gateway title an anime or manga?
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| Anime | |
| Manga | |
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What Year were you born? (4 digits)
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| 1946 | |
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Approximately what year did this happen? (4 Digits)
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| 1965 | |
| 1967 | |
| 1971 | |
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Where did you first see/read this title?
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| On TV (including VOD) | |
| It was part of somene else's collection (lent it to me, or digested it at their place) | |
| Internet (stream or download) | |
| Rental | |
| I purchased it or it was given to me (gift) | |
| Bookstore | |
| Comic book store | |
| Anime club | |
| Convention | |
| Theater | |
| Library | |
| In communter lounge at college; random student had hijacked the TV and was playing it. | |
| In Japan | |
| Nintendo Power | |
| School club (other than anime club) | |
| On college network | |
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What enticed you to watch this anime or read this manga?
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| It just caught my eye | |
| Someone told me about it and/or convinced me to check it out (word of mouth) | |
| Media coverage (read about it in a newspaper/online, saw a review on the TV, etc...) | |
| I saw an advertisement for it | |
| Someone else in my immediate family was into it | |
| The video game made me curious about the anime/manga | |
| Related media (pics,music,etc) piqued my interest | |
| It was related to a topic of great interest to me | |
| My child/children were into it | |
| Saw it in an AMV | |
| Merchandise (toys, models, etc...) made me curious about the anime/manga | |
| They were going to play it in the dorm TV room, so I decided to watch it | |
| It was a gift | |
| Anime club was showing it | |
| The card game made me curious about the anime/manga | |
| My parents were into it | |
| Usenet | |
| Read a fanfic involving some of the characters | |
| It won an Academy Award | |
| Course requirement | |
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