I was a big comic book fan when I was in high school. My first experience with Anime was watching Akira. I think that movie introduced a lot of new people to the world of anime. Was there a bigger film before Akira?

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i actually haven't seen Akira, what got me into anime was tankpolice and patlabour movies, theyused to show those on teletoon and space in canada.but still it wasn't really that big on me till i watched Nadesico and Eva , my frinedlentme the tapes, ireally liked it and i've been hooked since

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I read it was Star Blazers. I remember watching it on local tv after school when Dad was stationed in Wisconsin in 1978.

See the article at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Space_Battleship_Yamato

which cites the release of Star Blazers as the beginning of the "Golden age of Anime".

Akira was one of the first anime that I saw, and man did that change things for me! I went from Speed Racer to Akira. Heeeeello! I think what really put it into the mainstream though, we cartoon network. Any thoughts on that???

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i think ADV made it main stream... once i was able to go down to the store and rent dvds of what they where putting out... i still hate spike spencer i hope he dies! i'm glad they haven't given him any major parts lately...

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I love ADV! I'm from Houston, Tx, where they have their headquarters. Their bldg doesn't look like much from the outside, but it's really cool inside. They door tours for us true geeks, so if you get to Houston, make this a definite stop. I totally agree with you on Spike Spenser too ;-)
Have you seen or heard anything about the UFO Ultramaider Valkyrie that they are coming out with?

alpope23, I loved Starblazers! I grew up with that and Speed Racer...before they redubed and ruined them. Us old guys got to see the good stuff ;-)

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Hath made the flinty and steel couch of war
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Joe, i'm not a big fan of ADV because they'll buy rights to something (so it can't be fansubbed) and not touch it for years (if at all) an anime i want to bedone is already dubbed in korean but still not in english >_< (i want to see what they take out of it or change)

oh by the way there is anime on korean tv but only in korean or japanese with korean dubs ;.;

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Anime in Korean? Sounds like a good reason for me to try to learn the language while I'm there!

Sorry to hear that you don't like ADV...who knows why they do what they do, but I'm just happy to have a really good source of anime close by.

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The tyrant custom, most grave Senators,
Hath made the flinty and steel couch of war
My thrice-driven bed of down