What got you hooked

Hi, lately I have seen that a few cel collectors have put which shows got them addicted to the anime craze. So know I wanted to see what got all of you dependant on Japanese cartoons.

The show that started it for me was DBZ, I mean who could forget when they first came out with the freiza saga on toonami. Later I branched out into other toonami shows like sailor moon, gundam wing, and tenchi muyo. Finally I expanded my horizons and now enjoy many different titles of anime in their true, original form.

What got me into Anime...the Big O...

What got me into collecting cels...Mezzo Forte...

My friend inrtoduced me to anime in high school. She was a huge Sailor Moon fan and would bring her Mixx manga to class. After many attempts to get me to read it, I did and was impressed.

I did research online to learn more, and that's when my passion for anime blossomed.

DBZ is the anime that got me into cels. I remember when $75 for my first cel was a big deal for me. It's scary how one can blow $500 on a single cel and not think it's too expensive! @_@

It was RPGs that got me into anime. I would often see references to anime when perusing sites dedicated to Final Fantasy games, etc. and wonder vaguely what the heck they were talking about. One morning I was flipping channels and saw Sailor Moon on the USA network and recognized the name from one the websites I had visited. I started taping the episodes so I could watch them when I got home from work and fell in love with the series. From there, I found out about the original Japanese version (a much superior version) and then branched out into other anime series after that.

My husband got me my first 2 cels as a gift, but it wasn?t until much later when he gave me 2 more cels that I became interested in collecting cels as a hobby. Until then, I had no idea how available anime cels were on the internet. From day one, I decided to only collect Sailor Moon cels. Concentrating solely on my favorite series really appeals to me and I also thought it would keep me from going overboard and spending too much on the hobby. HAHAHAHAHA I was so wrong about that last part!

It was Akira that got me into anime, a friend made me go and see it at a local cinema when it got a release in the UK and it just blew me away. Even now it is still one of my favourite Anime films.
For collecting cels Im afraid it was DBZ. I saw a cel of Krillin on ebay one day and thought "Hey that would be a cool thing to own" so I bought it and things went rapidly downhill since then.