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My first exposure to anime was in the 1960s and I had no idea it was called anime - Speed Racer, Gigantor, Astroboy (and the live-action Ultraman). After that was a long dark period til my sons latched onto Pokemon in the 90s when they were young. My main impression of anime during those decades were "bang, boobs, and shouting" (young boy action shounen) - meh.
I started reading Megatokyo back when it started and Fred sort of introduced me to this world of OTHER THINGS done in anime - romance, comedy, relationship drama, supernatural, etc. So I took a look at the first Kanon series, Love Hina, and off we went. It helped that I had started to learn Japanese about the same time (I'd always been interested in the rest of Japanese culture).
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