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Magic Knight Rayearth was the first anime I saw, it was on local television and happened to be shown at an opportune time. I never watched a lot of TV even as a kid. During the first few episodes I didn't really think anything of it...just another cartoon. And the protagonists were all girls, so I wasn't really into it being a boy.
As the weeks flew by I begun to appreciate it more, though. The art was pretty, the story was good and had that RPG-like atmosphere which I liked. It had unexpectedly mature themes, what with characters actually being killed, romance, and even in the battles a feeling of suspense and desperation not a lot of western action toons had. Also, it wasn't dubbed to my native language, only subtitled, which gave it a different feel.
By the time I saw all of the first season I was totally hooked of course, and wanted to see more. The following year we got a broadband internet connection at home. And that was that.
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