Anime from when you were younger

[daikenjo]

anime i watched probably went in this order in elementary school to the beginning of jr highschool:

Pokemon
Digimon
Cardcaptors
Evangelion
Escaflowne
Trigun
Cowboy Bebop

I didn't really get into pokemon until i started playing on the gameboy. I remember the whole pokemon vs digimon arguments as a kid but digimon really stood out as a great show with an involving storyline, whereas pokemon the animated series was made so that it could go on forever (and is). i loved digimon seasons 1 and 2, but couldn't really get into three because i loved the characters from the previous seasons too much. Cardcaptors was really fun to watch, and had a lot of fresh original ideas that i really got into.

i didn't have cable so i never grew up watching shows like tenchi, gundam or dbz. i remember watching escaflowne on FOX (i think it was fox), and loved it until they canceled the series. that's when i finally moved out of what was just shown on network tv and started buying escaflowne on dvd. and of course, when i went to pick up escaflowne from the rack, there were a plethora of awesome looking covers for a bunch of shows i didn't know existed--and i suppose that was the start of my avid anime watching.

my first headfirst dive into non-network anime was evangelion, which is on my top five anime to this day. Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, etc are all classics of course, and i think they all hold up pretty well.

[deathwish18]

hands down zoids was my favorite show from when i was a kid

[Nek™]

I hope this brings back memories to all those who watched Toonami long ago..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aBDbeK1igc&feature=related

Contains pretty much all the animes I started and grew up with.

Edit: I must add when I first saw Cowboy Bebop I was shocked at the very first scene with the old men, the one guy saying "son of a bitch". I remember thinking "Oh my god they said bitch on TV!?" and that just amazed me.

[Darknezz]

Feb 12, 2009 7:40:19 GMT -5 Nek™ said:

I hope this brings back memories to all those who watched Toonami long ago..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aBDbeK1igc&feature=related

Contains pretty much all the animes I started and grew up with.

Edit: I must add when I first saw Cowboy Bebop I was shocked at the very first scene with the old men, the one guy saying "son of a bitch". I remember thinking "Oh my god they said bitch on TV!?" and that just amazed me.

I loved the old Toonami inspirational ads. Thanks for posting that one. I especially like that they used the narrator from Outlaw Start for most of him, because that voice is as amazing as Tony Jay's.

[AznSenzation]

pokemon
digimon
yu-gi-oh
english naruto

[xerotwo]

Hmm probably the earliest that I've seen was DBZ, Cardcaptors came about a few years later when it debuted on Kids WB.

[Xalgar]

Feb 12, 2009 7:40:19 GMT -5 Nek™ said:

I hope this brings back memories to all those who watched Toonami long ago..

www.youtube.com/watch?v=_aBDbeK1igc&feature=related

Contains pretty much all the animes I started and grew up with.

Edit: I must add when I first saw Cowboy Bebop I was shocked at the very first scene with the old men, the one guy saying "son of a bitch". I remember thinking "Oh my god they said bitch on TV!?" and that just amazed me.

I remember that on TV, Toonami was so great... wtf Cartoon Network.

[SnowOwl96]

*cries* Oh the sweet memories. Thou will never forget thee toonami and the sweet shows that you aired. Yes I ruined that sentence. I'm tired.

[arrow91]

Pokemon - The reason why every person should arrive at home within 30 minutes after school.
Digimon - Also awesome stuff.
Gundam Wing - I had no idea what's going on. All I cared was that "DUDE, A GUY WITH A MASK THAT COVERS HIS EYES - THAT'S AWESOME!!!11OENONE"
Cardcaptors - Sad thing - it wasn't on any of the channels part of the basic cable package. I only saw some of it after a relative gave us a shared satellite account.

And then the more recent ones:
Ghost in the Shell - first time I watched it was on TV. Since it came on so late at night, I was basically unaware of most of the things going on, and it was pretty trippy like that. Second time was watching it online, which is when I'm not half-awake, and I actually am paying attention to the plot.
Robin the Witch Hunter - being the show that's next to Ghost in the Shell
Gundam Seed and GSD
I also watched some of the English dub Naruto, but I just didn't happen to get hooked onto it.

[daishi231]

DBZ, Thundercats, and... *shudders*... Hamtaro. (is extremely ashamed)

[Yahto]

Mostly Dragonball, original Transformers which sort of counts, and all of the shit direct import dubs from Japan that I got in Italy growing up, the names of which I don't remember. Then growing up stateside, all of the typical Toonami stuff people have already mentioned.

[jamtoast]

transformers armada and 1 before it i forget the full name, outlaw star,wing gundam,DB,DBZ,yu yu hakashui,tenshi in tokyo,.Hack,digimon,yu-gi-oh,card cptors i miss toonami as they just started showing a show called kiba and it was awesome but since toonami ended it ended in america as well

[mexarican]

Does anyone remember Monster Rancher? i used to watch that along time ago and i missed the last damn episode. but just throwing that out there to see if anyone has or remember seeing it.

[ziyaadxd]

Oh yeah,Monster Rancher i used to love it.I'm looking for episodes right now.

Another one is Rave Master......that huge sword and stuff.Great anime.

Ofcourse,who can't forget DBZ.

[Darknezz]

Monster Rancher... God that was a kickass show.