Anime you were surprised that you ended up liking

my last fm profile! · Postby **rocklobster** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:28 pm

Are there any anime titles that you didn't expect to like?
Here are some of mine:
Berserk
Metropolis
DN Angel
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Ghost in the Shell: Stand-Alone Complex
Samurai Champloo
Naruto

Postby **Tarnish** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 3:59 pm

Fullmetal Alchemist, what with what I heard about it being "soooo overrated". -__-;;

Postby **Kumagoro** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:37 pm

Galaxy Angel. I went into it thinking it was going to be another garbage moe fanservice show, and was completely suprised at how funny and adorbale it is.

Website · Postby **Kurama** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 4:45 pm

Tales of Phantasia

Black Cat

D.N.Angel

Hikaru No Go

Rave Master

One Piece

and i think I still need to think through all of the Animes I ever watched but Tales of Phantasia is my latest Fave anime...opnly prob is I can`t find the last few Episodes -_-;;;; I have only 1-3....Thats it but its an amazing anime!

Postby **Linksquest** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 7:21 pm

I was surprised that I ended up liking Paranoia Agent as much as I did and still do now! I almost didn't watch it all because of the inappropriate parts that I had heard about. I watched the whole series at MSP's house in one day, :lol:

Talk about a 360 opinion change! XD There still were a few inappropriate parts... but it was worth skipping those parts to see that amazing anime!

Postby **Radical Dreamer** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:12 pm

Hmmm...

Well, I know that there are several anime I knew I would enjoy when I started watching them, but I didn't expect to enjoy them as much as I did.

These would be Full Moon wo Sagashite (rocketed to my #1 favorite title

), Haibane Renmei (my #3 favorite, after I finished it), and Sailor Moon (#6 on my top 10 list). (AnimeHeretic's post reminded me to let you all know that it was the sub I fell in love with...not the dub. XD)

As for anime that I didn't think I would like, but ended up liking in the end...Well, probably the only one I can think of is FullMetal Alchemist, but that's mostly because I wasn't really sure of the content at first. A friend of mine got me hooked with the first 2 or 3 episodes, though, and once I fully understood the premise of the series, I ended up really liking it.

Postby **Arnobius** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 8:18 pm

Sailor Moon. When I picked up the subbed version I was mainly getting it so I could study it. I expected it to be lame... I did not expect it to be comedy

Postby **jayquam** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:18 pm

When my cusin got me into anime many years ago,salior moon was a favorite of mine. It would be on my list if i were to just now get inot anime.

also IGPX,if you want to call it anime.

Postby **Sami_jane** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:19 pm

the main one that i thought i really woudnt like was paranoia agent. it honestly didnt apeal to me until i watched the first episode and i was hooked. i also didnt think i would like Kodocha but it turned out to be pretty good as well.

Postby **jayquam** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 9:24 pm

When my cusin got me into anime many years ago,salior moon was a favorite of mine. It would be on my list if i were to just now get inot anime.

also IGPX,if you want to call it anime.

Postby **freerock1** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 10:05 pm

Gundam 0083 - It was the show that largely got me hooked on anime. Before that I didn't think I cared too much for sci-fi/war dramas.

Trigun - Initially I wrote it off as some western anime. Then I tuned in just in time to see the climactic scene with Wolfwood near the end. I thought it might be a show worth checking out, and indeed it was.

Neon Genesis Evangelion

Azumanga Daioh - I didn't care that much for the first ep I watched; not that it was bad, but it just seemed too girly. But I caught some later eps and actually enjoyed them.

Diamond Daydreams - Again, I figured it would be girly. And indeed it is. But there's some soap opera-esque compelling element to it.

Postby **Maledicte** » Mon Jul 10, 2006 11:24 pm

As several people have stated, FMA because of the "overrated-ness". It's not one of my favorites, but I do like it.

And...Nightwalker. I read bad reviews but bought it anyway, and still liked it.

Postby **Nate** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:55 am

Definitely One Piece I thought it was going to be another DBZ type series and I was pleasantly surprised that I was wrong.

Another is Rurouni Kenshin. I had read the first volume of the manga and didn't care for it, but I decided to watch the anime just because and ended up liking it (even if I did only see 10 episodes).

Postby **AnubisWerewolf** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 5:21 am

Naruto.......i remember when this first came out I hated it........now I walk around with a Naruto headband on on my days off. lol

Rave Master......cuz the video game was fun as heck so I kinda started watching the show.

Postby **jayquam** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:47 am

Oh yeah i forgot about kenshin

Postby **blue elf** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 9:55 am

SirThinks2Much wrote:And...Nightwalker. I read bad reviews but bought it anyway, and still liked it.

I thought Nightwalker was pretty good. It actually got pretty good reviews from Anime on DVD back when it was first released if I remember correctly, plus it's got vampires and it's only 2 DVDs long. There really need to be more vampire shows.

I didn't really think I was going to care for Scrapped Princess that much after I watched the first DVD, but the more of the series I watched the more I started to like it, and upon more viewings, even my opinion of the first DVD changed. ^^

Also, I wasn't that impressed with my first viewing of Mythical Detective Loki, but now I think it's hilarious. Go figure.

Postby **ChristianKitsune** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 10:16 am

...Oban...Star...Racers. on Toondisney....

I really like the style of the show even if they don't have noses.... It's kinda cool...

Postby **Animus Seed** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:35 am

Digimon Tamers.

And while I didn't think it was going to suck, I was surprised I liked Fruits Basket as much as I did.

Postby **Myoti** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 11:37 am

I've had more anime I went in expecting alot from and came out hating. :/

Of course, I must say One Piece. Back when I still watched 4KidsTV, they had this point where they let you vote on what new show you wanted to see (I discovered later that the votes didn't matter -_-; ), and I went with "Mew Mew Power" (Tokyo Mew Mew; just cuz it had catgirls Xp ).

When they ended up showing One Piece instead, I was kinda ticked off. It was also around this time I developed this kind of hate for, how to say, "flashy", typical anime (the kind with overexpressed stuff with the wierd, flying-colored backgrounds). When I saw the main character stretching, I thought it was just another one of the wierd effects and I hated the show before even seeing it.

Then it came, and I watched the first episode. By the Kuro Arc, I was hooked (though it wasn't my "favorite" yet), and had to know more. I went online, only to discover you-know-what happened to this series, so I started checking out more on it.

The rest is history. =D

Just because some others were mentioning it, I went into NGE not expecting alot. I came out pretty much thinking the same thing. :\

Rave Master......cuz the video game was fun as heck so I kinda started watching the show.

Are you referring to the GC/PS2 one? I hated that one. Xo

Postby **Nightshade X** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 12:58 pm

I never in my life thought I'd start liking Tiny Snow Fairy Sugar... but I do.

It's so cute and sweet that it makes my dang teeth hurt!!!

Postby **GrubbTheFragger** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 1:50 pm

GantZ i still think it has way to much unneeded crap in it but I love the story.

Silent Mobious: I thought it was gonna seem to dated to me but I was wrong

Dnangel: It started pretty slow but once it gets going it is quiet good.

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 2:23 pm

Gungrave at first seemed a bit too gamey to me.Then after the first episode when they started to show everything that had happened up to that point I started to like it.

Postby **rii namuras** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:23 pm

(I agree with Tiny Snow Fairy [Faerie] Sugar. I got the first volume from the library because I read the review and knew I could watch it, back when I had zero anime okay for me to watch. Suprisingly enough, I ended up really liking it. I knew I would like it to some degree, because it has faeries, but not as much as I did.)

(I didn't expect to like Naruto all that much either - but I watched a bit last week and intend to watch some more.)

(Hikaru no Go for sure. I don't remember why I picked it up (it may have started here - but I don't think so), but I'm glad I did. Usually stories with ghosts of some sort don't appeal to me, but Sai is a good enough character to, ah, override that to some degree. Now, I've read all the manga currently released in the U.S., have volumes one and two of the anime, and play Go quite a bit.)

Postby **Denimcat** » Tue Jul 11, 2006 4:55 pm

Genshiken. I read the first volume of the manga, and it was, at the time, the most boring I had ever read. My brother and I decided to give the anime a shot, though, but the first episode was right on par with the first volume of the manga - but after that, it got much better and has actually proved to be pretty hilarious.

Postby **Rev. Doc** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 6:28 pm

Figure 17. I passed it up on the shelves many times. Then one day I was looking for something new to watch so I thought, "Why not." Excellent series.

Postby **KBMaster** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 5:18 am

Shaman King. My little brother watched it every Saturday morning and I would sometimes watch it with him and comment on why the Chinese guy had a British accent. Of course, I started watching it at the END of the series, but I watched more and more and really liked it. My brother didn't believe I liked it for the longest time. He thought I was playing a joke on him.

Postby **mitsuki lover** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:41 pm

One anime I didn't think I would enjoy as much as I ended up was Colorful because of all the negative reviews that centered on the fan-service nature of the series.But when I saw it on AU I couldn't stop laughing as I found it to be really
hysterical.

Postby **Mr. SmartyPants** » Fri Jul 14, 2006 1:45 pm

Easy: Monster

My friends were telling me "zohemgeez Monster is amazing watch it". I didn't expect it to be some massively amazing show.

Through the first 3 episodes, I was getting really bored. On the 4th episode however, It sucked me in... I was stuck.. immersed in the show. Addicted

Currently: #1

Postby **Ichigo_89** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:00 pm

Azumanga Daioh
Samurai Champloo (didn't care at all when first saw it, but later on I grew a great appreciation for it)

Postby **Phantom_Sorano** » Mon Jul 17, 2006 10:08 pm

Pita Ten

Android Kikaider

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