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[michikodesu]

Okay, I'm going to totally age myself here; but I remember watching anime on VHS tapes.........YES!! VHS!!! I remember going to like Blockbuster and renting Project A-ko (or actually begging my mom to rent it for me). As time went by (cue: whistling wind) I saw DVD replace VHS and then soon the internet became a prominent factor in me watching anime that had yet to be released in the US.............although there were some fan-subbers that still sold their VHS copies (yay bootleg ).

Anyway, how did you use to view anime when you first started watching it??

[Meekee-chan~desu]

I watch using the internet and that's what I used when I first found anime...which wasn't that long ago. If Pokemon, Digemon, and Dragon Ball Z count then I used VHS! When I was little me and my brothers would go up to the video store and rent Dragon Ball Z on VHS or Sailor Moon movies! I still have a ton of my pokemon VHS's and I watch them when I'm bored x)

[MayaChanShiDae]

I've always used DVDs, but the 1st animes I had were VCRs. But that's Pokemon and Digimon

[♦ AyakaMoon ♦♫♪]

Anyone remember Barney purple fansubs VHS's?

[TheAnna18]

I've never been online and I don't have a dvd player so I only use VHS.

[MatchinColorGurl08]

HAHA!! My first anime on VHS tapes was Sailor Moon. When it came to dvds, Sailor Moon was on my top list. I don't watch anime online because I am too busy watching K-dramas. My brother has ton of VHS tapes from different animes, which they don't come on anymore or never made on dvd. I watch Natruo and Bleach on dvd because of the uncut versions.

[Aly B]

I never bought Animes. Back when I was weeee little I would watch Pokemon, Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z on TV during the day. Then I became a teen and stayed up past my bedtime (cuz I rolled like that) and watched like Kekkaishi, Bleach and Full Metal Alchamist. Nowadays, I use the internet, though and I watch all kinds of Anime.

To be honest I wasnt really a die-hard anime lover till after youtube was introduced. It just makes it way too easy to look up watever anime you want and probably subbed in any language you want. I remember when I watched the Japanese version of Sailor Moon online (instead of the clean english version they aired in the states) and I found out for the first time that Sailor Neptune and Uranus actually weren't cousins I was blown away!!!! Really made me wonder what else the government was hiding from me.......

[turbos86]

Oh man, copying VHS was such a hassle.
I remember hauling my VCR to my friend's place to copy his anime.
Man I'm old orz

[Risa/Misa]

Who else still has their Sailor Moon movies on VHS? I have those and some Card captors' episodes.

[I ♥ Miyoshi Ayaka]

^
A friend of mine sent me a Sailor Moon movie on VHS years back. I can't remember if it's still at my parents house or not. It was the edited version of the third movie. I have all the Sailor Moon DVDs released in the U.S. so I don't really need it. I wonder how much I can get if I try to sell it (if it's still where I think it is)?

[awesomecakes]

I started out with my Pokemon on Saturday morning TV airings and with my Digimon on weekdays. From there, I eventually graduated to Naruto and Bleach which my older brother had burned onto CDs for me. Eventually, I learned to torrent download them myself, and now watch them exclusively on my computer, whether I download and then watch, or simply stream on watchanimeon.