How did you find AnimeNation?

[Athena]

Just as the thread title says, how did you find yourself to get here and register in these forums?!? AN has been around for a very long time though the ups and downs of anime, and people still continue to come to this day.

As for me, I didn't really have internet access until around the summer of 2002 when the floods of July 2002 occured here in South Texas. At the time, we couldn't get any new shipments of work at my old job because of the weather. We ended up spending much of our time talking or going on the internet until the end of our work shift. At the time, I was a subscriber to Animerica and I would find magazine ads of AnimeNation from time to time everytime I read it at home. When I had the opportunity to go online at work, I tried out the AnimeNation store, and thats when I found the AN message boards and decided to register. Ever since then, I had decided to get my own internet connection at home within a few weeks, and that's when I started posting online more. I've been here for more than 5 years now, and wow has this place changed a lot over the years.

What was your experience getting here like?!?

[Westlo]

My "main" anime forum animeboards was starting to decline in traffic and I also didn't like the layout for AnimeOnDVDs forums were at the time (2001-2). So I made a thread on Animeboards asking if there was any other good anime forums around and animenation was mentioned.

[tenshi_a]

I used to buy stuff from AN back when I first got into anime properly... so, early 2000s? Didn't join these forums until I wanted to pick on something in an "Ask John" column one time, though...

[Lord Timaeus]

I merely stumbled upon this site via Anipike back in 2002, but I didn't discover the forums until about a year later, when that Sakuracon 2003 fiasco began to unfold. Before AN, I was prominent in Megchan's Digimon forums until it shut down, and I haven't participated in message boards for a long time after that.

[Sushikins]

Back in 2004 I was looking for Gundam SEED DESTINY related information, and one of my searches led me to these forums. I looked around for a bit, and randomly bookmarked the place, but didn't come back till December, when I decided to Register since there was a good GSD discussion thread here. Even still, it was a couple months till I really started posting outside of the Gundam section, and not till last year that I gave the Off-Topic section any mind.

[Smith]

Animeondvd.com. I didn't join AOD, but saw Animenation's ad there, and as soon as I laid eyes on AN, I knew I had to join. Joined AOD later, and I haven't been back. Not a fan of th site/forum desgin.

[Broand]

I was on a Animal crossing forum before I got into anime. Surfing there I found a link in someones Sig and I tried it out. and here I am

[Gibb]

I've shopped here for several years and was bored one day so I browsed the forum. It seemed like a level headed bunch of anime fans so I decided to stick around. There have been a few annoying people, but the ratio is much lower on AN than most anime forums.

[Mr.Crazy]

i joined another anime forum in 05-06 and then left it becuz of lack of activity. Now i decided to join another forum and found this one, i hope i find this one more enjoyable.

[Soluzar]

I had just got through watching Evangelion for the second time, and I was googling to find out what was going on. I basically understood a lot, but the completly misleading blurb on the back of the DVDs was making me doubt myself.

I googled... and found some answers in the Evangelion forum here. Hung out there for a while... got bored of that, found the rest of the forum. I've enjoyed this place a lot.

[fujyoshi]

I forum called we love anime, it got changed to we love manga later on but then the whole thing just got shut down

[Haru!]

Heroin Addict on the corner of 5th and Main.

[HeroicFool]

I googled Anime Forums and I decided to check out several sites to see how they stack up. :)

[Bernard_Monsha]

I got tired of terrorizing the Wizard Anime Forum.

[Prons]

Google.

- prns

[Leader Desslock]

I think I browsed in randomly after a google search turned up an Ask John column. I lurked for a bit, but SD&D seemed too fun to ignore, so I registered.

[max payne]

Google also.

[Tenou]

I was a customer then I had a few problems and ended up on the forums. Stuck mostly to Sailor Moon and Eva forums.

[Vaikyuko]

I originally came here for the Evangelion forum, since I'd just finished the series at the time (I think...maybe I watched it earlier? W/e) and was looking to discuss.

Then out of the blue I apparently was banned, so I got a friend to question it and it turned out I had been accidentally banned, or so Sharp said. So I came back, browsed for a while, and then fell off the boards for nearly a year or so before coming back, red text in hand (dunno if my black text posts are still around, might be). I've been here ever since.

I guess I came initially because Armored Core Garage and Gundam.com, then my main hangouts, didn't really have much in the way of anime discuss. Gundam.com was more Gundam than anything else (and like...four years after they went down, they're still saying they're gonna revamp, what?); ACG was more or less geared towards the AC games.

So yeah.

[Samurai Drifter]

Way back when, me and a guy that used to (and I guess still occasionally does) post here named "venom112" went to high school together. One day we were talking about anime and I told him he should join anime-forums.com, where I was a member. But he told me he'd been a member of AN for almost two years, so I joined, and voila. I still post here.

[goddessofanime]

I used to come here to read the news then one day I decided 'what the hell' and joined.

[MaliceDR]

My sister used to be a member. Not anymore, but I still stick around.

[Alice Catherine]

I typed in "anime forum".

[Samurai Drifter]

Then out of the blue I apparently was banned, so I got a friend to question it and it turned out I had been accidentally banned, or so Sharp said.
What happened to Sharp, anyway? He hasn't been around for quite awhile.

[Vaikyuko]

What happened to Sharp, anyway? He hasn't been around for quite awhile.

"I was never kinder to the Sharp than the week before I killed him..."

Sorry, studying some Poe in my American Lit class. Sharp has posted here and there occasionally, but he seems to just kinda be busy with life and stuff, and internet isn't as important. Whenever an SRW thing pops up, though, he always posts at least twice. Always.

[Kenpachi]

might have been a link from Anipike. that place went down way back. if not that, google.

[hiei_kurama27]

My brother randomly showed me the online store back in July '03, then I discovered AN's now-long gone fansite listing section (where I once submitted my YYH fansite). After a couple days browsing that I noticed there was a link to the forums. It looked like an interesting discussion place so I joined.

[kenshinbebop]

Google probably. I don't even remember...back when I was a fan of anime, I did numerous searches on a daily basis for stores, sites, etc. of my favorite series.

Back when AN had a better Series Specific section, one of my google searches no doubt landed me there for Kenshin or Bebop...hey what daya know....

I stayed within the upper realms of the forum for a while, SS, Anime, DVD. Then I feigned interest and moved onto music. I had always loved music, but it got real intense after I stopped spending time/money on anime/manga.

That's when I entered the world of Music(Anime and Games), and off topic.
Now, there is an off topic music, TV, and books section. I hardly ever visit the upper portion of the forum.

And that, is an autobiography of KB's life on AN, condensed and packaged, conveniently with a gift for you.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=ga62uiXbEjI

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2nd free gift:
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[Sendo Takeshi]

I found out about this forum in a magazine ad in Animerica. I figured I'd troll the place and who knew I'd end up being here 6 years later. I found my home in the video game forum and since then, the rest was history.

[Etchd]

This certain local channel had this 'anime nation' tagline with it back in 2001 then I tried to look it up on Google.

[Ken-Ohki]

I don't recall, it was a long time ago.

I think maybe Inference Find which was the best search engine I ever knew . . . which died when google came out sadly.

All I could find about Inference Find is this old old news clip

http://www.searchengineshowdown.com/blog/2001/03/inference_find_lost.shtml

[Tonyx35]

I would have to thank Anipike (Anime Turnpike back in early 2002) There was a link or a banner ad to the AN store main page. I clicked it, noticed the Forums and began browsing as a guest and decided to join a few months later.

[germanturkey]

it was too long ago... i probably searched up some anime discussion (probably love hina) and lurked here for a while, then joined

[Nakey]

i can't remember last week, let alone 2002....

[Sora N]

I was/still am an AnimeNation customer (I started buying anime from them back in 2000) however I did not join the forums until 2005.

[Big Shot]

stumbled upon after doing a Lycos search on DBZ, good times.

[Jon]

I was looking for porn, then I found this site.

[Prons]

I was looking for porn, then I found this site.

you beated off to my posts.

[Ken-Ohki]

I would have to thank Anipike (Anime Turnpike back in early 2002) There was a link or a banner ad to the AN store main page. I clicked it, noticed the Forums and began browsing as a guest and decided to join a few months later.

Yeah, could have been Anipike. Are they still around?

I used to have the email address secondimpact.com some time before the forums existed. I remember when they came online and I joined almost immediately. I miss the old email addresses Animenation did.

[Jon]

you beated off to my posts.
Only once, I swear it! :ph34r:

[Sendo Takeshi]

I was looking for porn, then I found this site.

I wouldn't doubt this.

[Tuna]

Another soul referred here through Anipike...
^_^

For those of you wondering, the 'Pike is still up and alive, but suffering from low traffic flow due to their outdated site setup - it's still an awesome reference for anime links, and you'll find many a friendly face (this one included) haunting its ancient halls...
:ph34r:

[/Pike advert]
XD

[Lionfish]

I came across this site through a search for random anime DVD's back in 2001.
the good ol' days.

[DazzleKitty]

I'm pretty sure I stumbled upon this place at Google.

[SDAnimeFan]

I think it was AniPike I found AnimeNation right before the forum started up. Then when the forum first started I use to just browse around. Then I finally decided to join in July 2005.

[sasami-riyo]

Just found it while I was chillin' out, maxin', relaxin' shootin' some b-ball outside the school. Of course then I went inside, to a computer class and googled 'anime', and ta-da, you've got...ME.

[tenshi_a]

I think maybe Inference Find which was the best search engine I ever knew . . . which died when google came out sadly.

I probably originally got here through Infoseek (then probably through to Anipike).

[mourns the loss of the old search engines]

[Kenpachi]

Another soul referred here through Anipike...
^_^

For those of you wondering, the 'Pike is still up and alive, but suffering from low traffic flow due to their outdated site setup - it's still an awesome reference for anime links, and you'll find many a friendly face (this one included) haunting its ancient halls...
:ph34r:

[/Pike advert]
XD

cept the mods are nazis.

[Kenpachi]

whats your SN on there? im Cousin Eddy. i just posted there for the first time in almost a year.

[Tuna]

My SN is the same there as it is everywhere...
;)

Yeah - the mods are quite strict, I will agree...but they're aiming for a lower rating, I believe (PG-13 here, PG there), so it goes with the territory...
:ph34r:

[RPGQueen]

Many lonely nights, and then I came here. :P

[Meson]

cept the mods are nazis.

But they are fun once you get to know them.


I am another anipike referral.

[Reidar]

I typed in "anime forum" into Google. How young and foolish I was.

[VidelCoolGirl]

I saw Gosunkugi and Ceraziefish on it, and me being the ULTIMATE ANIME NOOB, wanted to join. That was in January of 03....Freshman year of High School.

[billgoku]

Me, I came across it while shopping here, and got hooked, made some friends, rewrote history, became a legend..and here I am.

[Sabate-kun]

I asked my mom to type in "anime forum" for me in http://www.google.com and pressed "ask" and this popped up, and I'm so happy, because finally, a place I can relate to!^_^

I am a rabid fan of the Let's Go! series, with Yuyu Hakusho/Ghost Fighters a close second and I liked Death Note a bit too.

[Suiko Eiji]

I was brought to the forum while in High School due to a specific post a friend of mine, who used to be a member here, found. It wasn't until later that I started reading up on the Rurouni Kenshin forum here that I actually created an account and began posting.

We were talking after an anime club meeting at school one day and I was talking about bringing some Kodomo no Omocha in for viewing when he said there was this hillarious post I had to read about it. He navigated to it and I browsed the thread a little bit and they were talking about Kodocha and I stumbled upon the post he was laughing at:

I heard some people talking about Kodocha and I was all like nani what are these bakas talking about?!

That bolded part right there has lived on in my arsenal of insults for nearly 8 years. That's how retarded and hillarious I found the quote to be.

Initially, I wrote off the forum based on this one post as a collection of informed, but illiterate, fans and I just wasn't sure about posting. Finally, I found a stupid poster in the RK sub-forum, created an account, and wrote a Desslock-sized post tearing into their discussion. And that's how Suiko was born (on AN.)

Obviously, I've been here since the crash and I've enjoyed it for the most part. My initial reactions to the forum were proven wrong and I don't think I can find a better, more entertaining group of people to meet or converse with via Internet forum (save for the possibility of getting my own).

Thanks for showing me "what all these bakas are talking about", because I was "all like nani".

[fujyoshi]

I was looking for porn, then I found this site.

bad bad xD oh well.

[Holy Knight]

It was around the time I started looking at forums and since I'd gotten into anime a while back, I googled "anime forums".

[Yukimura-Sanada]

Actually it was my brother's doing, I was into anime a little bit, and I found my brother browsing this forum. so here I am, and my brother left a long time ago.

[Geo]

Was trying to find a new place to get free online e-mail hosting. How fun it was to have an email <insert name>@Saotome.com.. or something like that... then Animenation just had to start charging >.>

Oh well, cheers.

[Dr. Ezra]

I don't remember. I'm no spring chicken.

Hello, Geo. I'm not sure I know you, but it's nice to see some senior members.

[Kyuu Dan]

Alice pretty much forced/begged. Need I say more?

[KabukiSaMuRaI]

Just as the thread title says, how did you find yourself to get here and register in these forums?!? AN has been around for a very long time though the ups and downs of anime, and people still continue to come to this day.

As for me, I didn't really have internet access until around the summer of 2002 when the floods of July 2002 occured here in South Texas. At the time, we couldn't get any new shipments of work at my old job because of the weather. We ended up spending much of our time talking or going on the internet until the end of our work shift. At the time, I was a subscriber to Animerica and I would find magazine ads of AnimeNation from time to time everytime I read it at home. When I had the opportunity to go online at work, I tried out the AnimeNation store, and thats when I found the AN message boards and decided to register. Ever since then, I had decided to get my own internet connection at home within a few weeks, and that's when I started posting online more. I've been here for more than 5 years now, and wow has this place changed a lot over the years.

What was your experience getting here like?!?

I am a recent member to the boards but I have been visiting Animenation for at least four years or so. When I had time, I was an avid reader of the reviews of Animeondvd. They have AN listed as one of their sponsors and I decided to check it out. I have been reading ASK JOHN for a while now and have been a part of other forums prior to this. I think ASK JOHN is one of the more interesting aspect of AN and is probably a reason why I have been a read for so long.

As for the forums, I just wanted to see what it was like and what type of mind set permeates through the threads.

I have yet to buy anything from AN...I find that I have been purchasing less anime within the past year and a half.

You said that this place has changed a lot over the years. I bet it was better than it is now. It makes me wonder how the threads progressed earlier. Nowadays, it just seems like a contest to one up everyone else...(for the most partfrom what I have seen to date). Although there are some exceptions. Just some initial thoughts from a relatively new member.

[Alice Catherine]

Alice pretty much forced/begged. Need I say more?

Oh shut up.

Please stop starting **** with me. That goes for at school, too. I'm tired of you constantly starting **** with me.

I mean you moved to another table in Science class for Christ's sake. So that I wouldn't start **** with YOU.

[Jatz]

I turned left at Greenland. :D I don't remember, I think I saw an ad in Anime Invasion.

[blackknight]

I found the first volume of the Love Hina manga at the library of the town I lived in in 2003. I liked it a lot, so I started looking around on Google, looking into it. Animenation was on the second page of the search, and the Love Hina forum was extremely entertaining, so I signed up. Made it on my 3rd attempt. Hotmail wasn't accepted, I made a mistake when I entered my password for mail.com and couldn't open it, and finally made it with usa.com.

[Kagura]

I was looking for a few anime sites to learn more about anime back in 2003 or 2004 and i discovered this site. I had joined but was only a member for like 2 months and I was unable to come back because my old junk computer burned up and I couldn't get another one.

Then just not all that long ago, I got another computer with internet and I joined this site again. It appears my other AnimeNation account was deleted probably because I was inactive?

[Kyuu Dan]

Oh shut up.

Please stop starting **** with me. That goes for at school, too. I'm tired of you constantly starting **** with me.

I mean you moved to another table in Science class for Christ's sake. So that I wouldn't start **** with YOU.

If you're tired of it, don't respond.

And that wasn't $h!t, it's the truth. I joined AN at your house, on your computer, so you could make sure I actually joined. You even offered to let me use your email for it, remember?

And I moved so we wouldn't argue, and funny enough, the teacher either hasn't noticed/cared yet. You want me to move back? Then I will. You want me to stay off this site so we don't interact? Give the order. Convince me I'm a chicken while I'm hypnotized? Keep on dreaming. Many have tried, only one's succeeded (To hypnotize, sadly no chicken-ness was involved).

[Alice Catherine]

Well then stop trying to get me in trouble for dumb ****.

I mean you do realize that if I get in anymore trouble my dad is going to kick me out of the house, right?

[section3rocka]

Hey i found out from my older cousin. How doyou get a lilpicture thingy

[goddessofanime]

Well then stop trying to get me in trouble for dumb ****.

I mean you do realize that if I get in anymore trouble my dad is going to kick me out of the house, right?


Play nicely children....:P

[Yukimura-Sanada]

Personal arguments amongst siblings or real life relationships should be handled off the internet, or take it to the PMs.

[Alice Catherine]

Play nicely children....:P

SHE JUST DON'T GET IT.

[kiyomi]

My eldest son Chris was a member on this site wayyy before the big crash, and when he got me back into the anime world, he took me to this site and BAM!! Here I am.

[Nano]

it was a pop up on some porno site.

[Thousand Eyes]

A long time ago I typed in 'Anime' in Google and I clicked on the link that said AnimeNation.

[KyouryokuSenshi]

Guyverfanboy introduced me to it, but ironically I remembered being here before because I bought some wall scrolls from the shop a few years ago.

[lost7]

i forget were i found AN......long time ago. i first started out as batosai or some name like that. i just hung out at the kenshin club AN had at the time. after that left, i just drifted off the internet. then in 05 i joined again under my current name.

[goddessofanime]

I think I remember you...your AN name was Battosai something.....

[lost7]

yup. my first post was about samurai X reflection and i didn't put in spoiler tags. not the best way to start out.

[ToyMachinist_86]

I found AN when i was 14. i was looking for places to buy anime online, as the selection in my town was somewhat limited. I eventually registered with their old e-mail services and used those for a good while(from 2000, till they closed the free acounts in mid 2002?) I had begun to explore the less comercial aspects of AN.net, which then had more than the forums(links, fan art section, etc.) and eventually registed in 2002. i changed names in 2003 and here i am now.

[Yuri Na Catgirl]

Hehe, I've been on here for ages, and on the IRC chatroom ^^;

[Nano]

Hehe, I've been on here for ages, and on the IRC chatroom ^^;

The IRC chat died. It's still dead I think.

[Phantom]

I was after a song from a hentai DVD so i joined after a Google search in the hopes of getting the info i was after. After that i thought it would be fun to talk about hentai as its not something that i get the chance to post about that much. I got bored of that soon enough and then i started checking out the rest of the forum and found out a lot of facts and info on shows airing in Japan that i wouldn't have known about had i just continued to watch the anime that i ordered off the net.

[Yuri Na Catgirl]

The IRC chat died. It's still dead I think.

Yes, it's been dead for years. I remember when it died, we all have to migrate to BeyondIRC and name the chatroom #AnimeCircus :lol:

It's not there anymore, I was most familiar with 99% of the members there. I was Roxi.

Miss it sometimes :|

[CitizenGeek]

I found out by animenation mainly through other people, on other forums, talking about it. I've been visiting the site for the past year or so, but I decided to finally join the forums today :D

[~ Lawliet ~]

Although I can't recall exactly, I believe Google.