Did you ever unexpectedly like an Anime?

[Bindu1000]

Was there anything you started watching coz you were bored and was not expecting to like it, but after a couple of episides thought "Wow" and got hooked?
For me it was Initial D

[jbluey]

mine was Bleach...

[avich]

Lucky Star I guess. XD

[victem32]

mine was Rozen Maiden

[russj]

kaleido star..hahah yeah im lame...

[WildEyck]

School rumble, yeah its true , its true

[IndI311]

hmmm...initial d, i was already hooked when i know they were drifting but yea there is an anime in my case too and i knew it was good but never felt like watching it beceause there were robots...mechas...ok to be more specified, there were
GUNDAMS. yep, i unexpectedly liked the Gundams:54: and cant get enough from it now.

[BloodyAngel]

Mine was Gundam Seed and Naruto.......

[digi0009]

yeh,many Bleach, Naruto n Honey and CLover

[Amb]

Definitely has got to be Honey & Clover. I was expecting to end it after a few episodes but I'm so glad I continued watching it TwT

[holyzac]

Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu - i watched it in chronological order >.< stupid tv broadcaster!

[Zipper Bear]

AKAZUKIN CHA CHA

Hahahahaa

LOL!

[SquishyNinja]

Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni- I thought I would get nightmares, but this anime started my random need for blood and horror in media
Sayonara Zetsubo Sensei- "A teacher obsessed with suicide? Seriously?" was what I was thinking when I first saw this.
Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu- Had it described by a friend. After her awkward description, I HAD to watch it.

[hades523]

Ga-Rei Zero

Just randomly saw it and picked it up, turned out great!

[ko86]

Yeah...quite a lot...just to name a few:
- Gintama
- Mahoujin Guru Guru
- Orochuban Ebichu
- Honey and Clover
- Rozen Maiden

[SuiseiSekiChan]

Mine's Naruto and now Naruto is my most favorite anime of all time! XD

[Iksar]

Just recently this happened...Toradora! I normally don't watch these kinds of anime, but I have to say this one got the better of me.

[alberik]

For me it was code geass, at the begining i thought its just some ordinary anime

[Bindu1000]

hmmm...initial d, i was already hooked when i know they were drifting but yea there is an anime in my case too and i knew it was good but never felt like watching it beceause there were robots...mechas...ok to be more specified, there were
GUNDAMS. yep, i unexpectedly liked the Gundams:54: and cant get enough from it now.

hahaha - I totally get that, coz I was never a mecha fan and started watching Melody of Oblivion recently out of sheer boredom and really liked it. On the last episode .... hope it wont disappoint me now ..

[skywalk3r]

For me? It was School Days TV. xD

[zildjianrai]

can i ask.. did u know ah my goddess? is this totally completed? coz.. i read it in manga it had a continuation..

y? they say that this anime was completed. im confused.

[Love4Peace]

Mine is Dear Boys, I could not believe i would ever like a "sport anime" but there i go watching it.....I hate the way the characters are drawn the story line and really everything and yet...i WATCH it @_@....there must be something wrong with me.

[Twiztiez]

Ragnarok the Animation, it was just recently. I wasn't expecting to be interesting enough for me to watch it from the 1st episode till the end non-stop XD

[Bindu1000]

Mine is Dear Boys, I could not believe i would ever like a "sport anime" but there i go watching it.....I hate the way the characters are drawn the story line and really everything and yet...i WATCH it @_@....there must be something wrong with me.

Hahaha - I get that coz i had the same with Dear Boys. The name just forced me to watch it and while it repulsed me for the same reasons ... i couldnt stop watching it either. So join you in the 'something wrong' category :biggrin:

[gaziuz123]

well.. Samurai champloo.. i thought it was boring..
but, after i finished ep1.
i think it is interesting.
lol
finished the whole series in 2 days..
lol

[Love4Peace]

Hahaha - I get that coz i had the same with Dear Boys. The name just forced me to watch it and while it repulsed me for the same reasons ... i couldnt stop watching it either. So join you in the 'something wrong' category :biggrin:

Hahahaha well im glad im not the only one in the somthing wrong club ^_^

[ko86]

ARIA series...
At first i didn't like the Slice of Life genre, i thought it would be boring without all that action that Shounen has..
Then i watched Lucky Star, then Zetsubo Sensei, then Minami-ke...and i realized that Slice of Life can be relaxing sometimes...i found out about ARIA, tried it, really liked it....

Another one would be Gintama..
Ran out of Shounen to watch, read some comments saying that it's random and ridiculously funny..
I like random, i like ridiculous..
Watched it, liked it very much...

Higurashi too...
I watched Monster, Ghost Hunt, Elfen Lied, Blood+...all thrillers alike...
However, the difference in Higurashi is it's unique storyline...feels like the butterfly effect...I like butterfly effect...

[whiteghost]

xxxHOLiC, started watching it and got addicted though.

[tonyu56]

i thought law of ueki was gonna be boring but it turned out to be pretty good

[grandthinker1]

Get Backers ---> I was just trying to fill in some time after finishing my research report and all of a sudden i found myself up at 2 in the morning finishing the series xP

Another would be..... Hajime No Ippo. I wasn't expecting it to be very interesting, but i got hooked and kept up the series even now in the second season. Although i still feel like i don't like it.... I just can't stop o.o

[jadeliciousdk]

For me Spice and Wolf.. actually dropped it once somewhat half way through the first episode.. Later i thought ahh perhaps i were a bit to harsh and gave it another shot, luckily i might add, it opened my eyes for a new genre the more casual vibe as I named it myself ^^
Im so looking forward to the second season this year

[solidoxygen]

Hmm, i'm going to try watching Honey and Clover

[qtyznz]

Kateikyoushi Hitman Reborn! at first i thought it would be boring because the vongola boss is such a weakling but after sometime it turn out to be a good anime.. "ciaossu!"

[kuyah]

I guess mines would be Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
I didn't know anything about the story nor plot, just watched it, got scared xD, and enjoyed it ^_^

[Raikun]

for me clannad.. ahehe. ^____^

at first i tot this might be one of the kenkoy anime.. hahah...

but after i watched the episode 1-3 uhmm.

this anime was really hooked me up..T____T and i really want more more more more more more!

[summit900]

two of mine was kaze no stigma and rozen maiden. don't know why, before i decide if im gonna watch it or not ill watch 2 eps, those 2 just passin time and got hooked, kaze no stigma is now one of my favorite anime

[witchhuntress]

For me it was D.Gray-man. Really, I just can't believe how inclined I am to it ever since last last year. I just even browsed it at youtube before and my interests just clicked. Haha, I guess it's different for everyone...

[scasia]

Vampire Knight and Myself;Yourself

At first, I thought that VK is not nice and wondered why people love it...And then when I started to watch it, I;m get addicted to it...XD

[unknownzfury]

Busou Renkin, Zero no tsukaima and school rumble.... honestly i was just looking for random animes to watch when i stumble on them

[Midochan]

yep i guess it was Gokusen :P & i end up loving it!

[hakkai20089]

yeah at first i thought to love ru and kanokon are stupid but when i watch it it was awsome!!!!

[kokuryu]

I've had more experiences of the opposite... expecting it to be good, and dropping it after a few eps...

Hmmmm, okay - Orguss and Aura Battler Dunbine - I was not sure what to expect with either of these - I had the toys for these when they first came out, but was never able to get any eps until the recent full series box sets came out. I was hooked after 2 eps for both of these - absolutely fantastic anime!

I think Cowboy Beebop was like that too - had no clue what to expect (because of the title) - but it ended up being one of my favorite shows.

[langging]

death note..


http://i609.photobucket.com/albums/tt178/wizardman911/33622_2390556929.jpg

[KeiichiMamoru]

Mine is Toward The Terra(2007), I thought that it was just an old fashioned anime but when I watched the first 5 episodes I decided to continue it till the last episode.

[Njaaks]

for me it was bleach, naruto and vampire knight

[skywalk3r]

For me... Ranma1/2... I didn't thought of it but this anime is ecchier than shuffle. xD

[ninda19]

ToraDora!
i'm not really into romance genre, but i dunno...i like that anime a lot !

[animestardime33]

~~~naruto and pita-ten...

[Neite]

Mine was Special A and Big O

[cukibear]

I think Zettai Shonen would fill this bill perfectly. the first few episode are absolutely drag, to the point i went to sleep after the 2nd or 3rd episode but towards the end, the story picks up and you will begin to appreciate it... that is if you have the patience... keke:emh22:

[ylk123]

beck was surprisingly good :P

[AtehRed]

Mine was chaos head. It was kinda scary at first.. then it got interesting.

[Rylsouske]

For me it has gotta be Clannad. One day I got bored and had no anime left then when I did a random search it showed up Clannad and I was like, what the heck, then I just got hooked, I think I watched it for more than half a day. And it became my favorite anime! yeah!

[DarkPrinceKnight]

Hmm... for me they would be ToraDora!, Soul Eater, Bleach...and uhhhh oh and To Love-Ru at first i didnt think they would be good but now there on my Top Anime List...

[JabberwockyXIII]

Lucky Star, 07-Ghost (though it just came out) and Kuroshitsuji for me.

[Sephiroth]

Mine are probably... Naruto, InuYasha, and Please Teacher.
Though, Please Teacher doesn't have much episodes. :(

[Raikun]

mine clannad.. and afro samurai

[kuyah]

If you watch Black Lagoon, you will unexpectedly like this anime haha

[alown]

beck, first 3 episodes were boring. the 4, 5th it got interesting.

[mattduy]

Aria the Animation. Something about it just made me keep watching but I don't know why.
Anyways, I'm glad I didn't stop and I got 2 more seasons. ^^

[Yamirakuru]

Tokyo Godfathers...

http://www.impawards.com/2003/posters/tokyo_godfathers.jpg

Ended up crying at the end of the movie T-T

For those who haven't seen this yet, Its a must-see ~ You hafta watch this!

[nicocasti]

hmm.. id say.. queens blade.. ^^

[koedt]

A lot for me.

Some of them are like Rental Magica, Maria Holic and K ON

[OrenjiBlue]

Definitely Clannad and the After Story. Didn't think i would like a drama like this. Made me cry T_T

[Skoibi]

death note. i thought that it wouldnt' live up to the manga, but it was pretty good.

[Albarn Maka]

mine was >???naruto

[zevlag21]

for me is hitman reborn because it looks like useless anime in the first few episoded

[digi0009]

i say HAruhi Suzumiya , I didn't ever think the anime wud rock this hard

[nikkilovesanime]

bleach and naruto. at first i was like "they're too boyish for me" but then i like saw the whole series and even started waiting for the manga every week

[Juuri]

for me it was bleach my cousin advised me to watch it but I first though that it was to not a type of anime that I would like but surprisingly I liked. A lot. ^^

[CloverLeaf]

mine was bokura ga ita and clannad..
my friends are telling that they are boring.,.
i watched the first 3 episodes and i find it interesting..

<3

[mattduy]

Probably Elfen Lied. It looked like the story was all about killing and what not but I stuck with it and I'm glad I did. Turned out to be great.

[solidoxygen]

Probably Elfen Lied. It looked like the story was all about killing and what not but I stuck with it and I'm glad I did. Turned out to be great.

Really? I think there are some much better ones in that area than Elfen Lied.

I was a bit put off by all the blatant nudity.

[mattduy]

The nudity was kinda weird at first but it became sort of a thing where it didn't bother me anymore after watching a few episodes.

[solidoxygen]

The nudity was kinda weird at first but it became sort of a thing where it didn't bother me anymore after watching a few episodes.

So what did you truly like about it? Surely whatever you like about it, there are others that portray the same factor in a better way.

Enlighten me as to what you find so appealing in this violent show.

Don't take my inquisition personally, I just didn't see the greatness of Elfen Lied so I was surprised with your response.

[mattduy]

Haha, well personally I probably won't be able to explain why I like it so much.
But I guess I love the violence. Even with some romance thrown in there.
It's hard to say what I truly liked about it but there's something that just kept me watching.

[solidoxygen]

Haha, well personally I probably won't be able to explain why I like it so much.
But I guess I love the violence. Even with some romance thrown in there.
It's hard to say what I truly liked about it but there's something that just kept me watching.

Ah, I see. I understand that feeling.

It's like how I like The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and Lucky Star so much.

They both have so much I could whine and complain about, yet they were both somehow...so..so...so...so enticing.

Argh! Claws out patches of hair and rolls on floor not laughing*:16:

[mattduy]

Oh right. Lucky Star was also the same for me.
I like it because of all the references that it makes. Even though they talk about nothing that's useful, it was still interesting since they sometimes talked about things that I though about too.
Like what's the difference between a cold and the flu.

[AiChan]

D'Gray-man. I was bored and found this anime. I just watched some episodes and I'm kinda glued to it now. well I can't say "wow" but its good ^^

[vivien]

For me...it is Ghost Hunt. I was in need of an anime at that time...I don't know what to watch but thanks to my uncle [who currently here right now], he questioned about the title Ghost Hunt when I search for videos in the streaming index page. I was hooked at this anime, even it is scary. ^ ^

[deejay16]

suzumiya haruhi no yuuutsu ..

[scasia]

Shugo Chara desu~
Best Student Council
Final Approach
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge
(all unfinished)
XD

[Omikaru]

Okay, first admittal as an otaku.

I was completely bored out of my mind as to what anime I should give my two cents (and chance) and started to watch Lucky Star. Incidentally, the opening did have me sing along after watching six episodes, so I was rather intriqued on how they took a girl otaku's lifestyle and put it into main life, unlike Geshiken.

There are times when I do sing the opening quite incidentally at work and do get a few stares as to why I'm singing a song that they have no clue on what it's about.

[solidoxygen]

Okay, first admittal as an otaku.

I was completely bored out of my mind as to what anime I should give my two cents (and chance) and started to watch Lucky Star. Incidentally, the opening did have me sing along after watching six episodes, so I was rather intriqued on how they took a girl otaku's lifestyle and put it into main life, unlike Geshiken.

There are times when I do sing the opening quite incidentally at work and do get a few stares as to why I'm singing a song that they have no clue on what it's about.

Stand proud! We shall eventually dominate the world.

Anyways, how do you sing some parts of the Lucky Star theme song? Do you skip those strange parts (example: Konata's sped up finger pointing part), or do you just improvise? :D It seems a bit difficult to do some of those fast parts without digital enhancements(?).

I found myself humming Code Geass's opening once at school once, and I discovered three new anime lovers (they recognized the song).

[yuzuXD]

toradora . I thought it was going to be like most of the seinen animes with big boobs , ecchi stuff. therefore i always avoided watching it. but then all my friends were talking about so i thought i will give it a try. now i looove it. http://i245.photobucket.com/albums/gg44/yuzuXD/nihonjin%20icons/kao%20licca/kao_licca_kao-ani_14.gif

[Mokkuza]

...TORADORA!!!

I gave it a shot. then boom. didn't sleep that night.

[AnkokuRyuu]

yup, Clannad i was just browsing along bored and i saw it this anime "this should give me something to look forward to every week" i thought to myself, and yeah ended up loving it

[ShazunaChan]

mine's was you're under arrest, jing king of bandits,lucky start,kodomo no jikan, and lost universe :P

[Omikaru]

Stand proud! We shall eventually dominate the world.

Anyways, how do you sing some parts of the Lucky Star theme song? Do you skip those strange parts (example: Konata's sped up finger pointing part), or do you just improvise? :D It seems a bit difficult to do some of those fast parts without digital enhancements(?).

I found myself humming Code Geass's opening once at school once, and I discovered three new anime lovers (they recognized the song).

Lol, believe me, I intend to, age is of little bereavement when it comes to something you enjoy!

But as for the several theme songs I've been singing, I just remember them. Almost got in trouble for singing Red-Fraction by MELL. No offense to the religious, but someone of that particular side stepper reported me for saying a line of it if not promoting violence for some odd reason. (Lucky me that I got away with it.)

[ninda19]

yes, it's fullmetal panic...

[tonyu56]

Clannad i thought the first episode was weird in the begining but it turned out awesome and inukami had a really messed up first episode in my opinion but turned out good after awhile

[EllefriX]

K On! i thought it was a boring anime but it rocked my world until now ahahah Moe moe kyun! ahaha

[ChaosZane]

for me it was bleach as well. it got better after otihime got captured

[luvtheworld2]

Yeah, Kyo Kara Maoh was like that for me. XD

[ShadowsLiyte]

To be honest, Darker than Black. I didnt like the idea of post-apocalyptic animes back then, and i thought that darker than black was going to be pretty bad

Now, Darker than black is my favorite anime, and post apocalyptic is my favorite genre :P

EDIT: oh and strawberry panic. I blame Mio [here on OS] for that one >.>

well blame or thank..not completely sure..

[flixie07]

its saki and akagi for me...

i tried learning mahjong just from it...

its pretty fun...

[Ephenyan]

elfen lied.
made me regret giving up on the first three minutes of the first episode

[Bindu1000]

I have to add one more = Burst Angel. Downloaded it for OS and was bored over the weekend so decided to give it a try, though Iam not a fan of mecha and I was hooked!!

[kurai]

Major would have to be mine lol I hated baseball before that anime.

[visualcandyk]

Cowboy Bebop. I had seen the commercials about it premiering on adult swim and I thought it looked stupid, also I dislike jazz. But I watched it and now It's one of my favorites. :3

[ZenNaari]

Ouran High. At first I thought it would be as boring as the manga (let's face it, most shoujo manga suck), but WOW. I actually learned a lot from that show. I'm imitating Kyouya at school and girls love me... at least... otaku girls...

[mlcdl]

I don't like Shingetsutan Tsukihime. The reason is that the anime is pretty different from the manga even having the same story

[mattduy]

its saki and akagi for me...

i tried learning mahjong just from it...

its pretty fun...

haha I tried learning mahjong after watching saki too but I fail miserably.
Those damn computers are too good.

[kimu07]

for me..
lucky star..
at first i dun like random style animes..
but i liked it after watching some eps..

[otakuq]

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni. i normally hate horror but this one really hooked me!

[jhai0603]

Yeah, I wasn't really supposed to watch Death Note, yet got addicted to it.

[jrjobacs]

Kemono no Souja Erin this is the only anime that make me watch 34 episodes in 1 day......
cant explain why JUST TRY WATCHING IT....

[takasuryuuji]

me.........TORADORA!......Hellsing.......souleater ...........detective conan........because i'm to board doing my project in programming...............................

y---yo.............................

[ronzzz345]

For me Princess Lover ^_^

[otakuq]

Toradora as well, was much better than i expected.

[visualcandyk]

Toradora as well, was much better than i expected.

I 2nd that. I really like what I've seen so far.

[Romdeau]

All I can think of at the moment is Welcome to the N.H.K, which by the way was very good in my opinion.

[mlcdl]

Guess that fate/stay night and code geass........

Truly I like the theme of the anime but the start of the anime seems unexpected for the story

[undam]

yes it was monster. yes yes i know but before i seen it i was like maybe not today always pushing to the back because it was too long but then i seen it and then i was like wow its good

[Neite]

Mine was Naruto. I thought "Hey I'm just bored enough to try it." Loved it.

[jzero99]

Tengen toppa guren lagann
and
11eyes

[pikel]

To be honest, I never thought I'd find myself watching series like Lucky Star and K-On. One day I just figured "what the hell, why not?" and watched Lucky Star. I laughed through the whole series and actually found out I loved the genre.

[jeiru01]

mine was:
Bleach , Nodame Contabile and Fate stay night....

[asaness01234]

soul eater....and....pani poni dash

[OVirus53]

Strawberry Panic.

Though the last three episodes kinda lost my interest. The rest was fun, though! :D

[darkpoetry]

Mine was probably One Piece and Hikaru no Go

I was not expecting Hikaru no Go to be so good but now I play Go a lot, as you can see from my siggy.

[qwertyuiop10]

when the yugioh gx on 2 ended

i want more

[Cptkurke]

i didnt expect code geass to be so good...cuz i dont like mechas

[vectorplate]

hm. I think it's Baccano -- when I first saw it on durarara and thought I should at least give it a try.
Umineko No Naku Koro Ni -- never expected that gore anime will be able to twitch myself into liking it ;D and;
Basquash! -- can't believe myself that I'm actually watching a mecha-sport anime even though I'm really not a fan of those genres.

[notanotaku]

Initial D. I never knew what anime means until i seriously got into it and look it up which was 14?

[KipiChii]

Just un-expectedly finished Ga Rei : Zero ...darn i want more of that anime now!

[LeonCarreon]

Mine was death note... YES, REALLY. I thought it was some emo thingy... but turns out it's great! And also Toradora! YES, REALLY... for I was only starting to watch anime when I watched Toradora so I was like..."ok... what's this...?" TURNS OUT TO BE GREAT~ (>^.^)> Toradora, Death Note

[SkyOrange]

Tora Dora LOL i thought it sucks and that time i dont really like romance animes.... but i like it LOL i really like the ending!!!!

[kail14]

For me it's clannad. I'm bored with the first episode but when I finished watching it. I get addicted.

[xiety]

maybe some animes

because when the ep1 is super cliche plot and settings = boring and i will stop watching
sometimes i give another chance to that anime i will watch in later part and it gets interesting

[AJjudez]

mine was to aru majutsu no index very nc series.....

[enzo91]

K-On for me.. i though it was just a huge blob of moe.. turns out, it's a huge, very funny, blob of moe XD

[MioAkiyama]

yea fairy tail
cause when i saw ep 1 i was like =__=
and then later *-* -captivating- lol

[missRobin7]

my 1st anime addiction ,

ONE PIECE, and till now,it hooked up.!

http://img708.imageshack.us/img708/8493/45926991.jpg

[Kobowo]

I think it was K-ON! my friend lent it to me but I just watched it out of curiosity a few months after he lent it XD

[kenpachi1127]

i found myself unexpectadely liking anime in gerneral!! i thought i'd hate and i made fun of my friends for watching anime! I guess it started with naruto, did not think a kid with whiskers would be for me!

[ShckAbsrber]

K-ON....
I didn't quite expect it to be addicting. xD

[ReaperX]

mmm....code geass

i don't know what anime is that time but when i watched code geass i was soo addicted and became an otaku...

[weisner21]

Dragonball!!! so freaking awesome!!!

[markbelats]

for me I think it's hayate no gotoku

[BrokenAngel]

Mine was Cowboy Bebop :P I refused to watch it for a while but I got bored one day and thought why not.... and of course I loved it :D

[LPleroyLP]

i had that thing when i started claymore out of boredom and then i got a huge fan of it xD

[Lapis]

totally kekkaishi o-o because my brother told me to watch it, it was basically "Alex!-alex!-dude watch kekkaishi, its so awesome! just watch it because..well i just know you'll like it," i was thinking more or so -i don't know...i probably won't like it- then a couple days later i was bored, and remembered him telling me to watch it, so i checked it out..turns out it wasn't as bad as i thought it was gonna be xD its DRACK and AWESOME!~ xP

[tormenteh]

I just started DN Angel and I NEVER thought it was going to be that good but its good I guess :] I thought it was a bit weird at first but I kept going then I was like oo quite snazzy :D

[Snoozy19]

YES!!!
The first episode Of FMA (Original) was eye catching...hahahaha

[elle713]

that'd be one piece. i used to be like...ew, like that's gonna be my type of anime, i don't like the rubberman thing.. but then i came to like it too much!!! LOL. that goes for naruto shippuden too.

[renaru]

Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni Series and Elfen Lied. I thought it was an all violent anime but it turned out awesome.
Same thing with Code Geass! I never thought it will be one of my all time favorites.

[Vipy1]

Mine was One Piece

I hated it with a vengeance before i even watched the first episode

And now its my all time favorite anime and manga, One Piece is also what actually got me into reading manga lol

[snoogenz]

Pani Poni Dash! for me. I thought it was going to be some weird and random anime. . . it turns out i was right lol but in a good way

[tuyenbchu]

Hagane no Renkinjutsushi (full metal alchemist: Brotherhhod)
well, out of boredom at that time.. i accidentally watch this anime on television (no choice. it was the only anime show at that hour) besides, i really don't like full action.. but then when i started watching it, i want to know what happen next after that.. and so, that's it.. so on and on.. ^_^

[virasma]

mine was bokura ga ita...i have been eyeing that anime for a while and i just decided what the heck...i liked it a bit, it was a bit slow at first but when i finished it i realized how much i loooooved it! i even cried!

[Kryptonyte]

Ef... probably the most feminine series that has ever existed.

[xiety]

well Bacano and Durarara

at first kinda confusing well because of its flashbacks

well anyway on the later part of the episodes everything gets interesting to watch

[gammanumeric]

Honey and Clover , Penguin Musume Heart , Fight Ippatsu Juuden chan , Ergo Proxy well im just confused with who's the main protagonist in ergo well after i realized it was vincent that was about ep 3 or 4 it kinda get good to me

[venabre]

Soul Eater, I think. Ended up watching it in two days ^^

[ichimongi123]

For me its Bakemonogatari... i really dont like it at first but things got interesting..

[Chaoticlimit]

Mahoujin Guru Guru, its.. stupidly funny, I think I can still watch it for a whole day even now.
and I guess Mushishi, it wasn't what I expected at all, was hooked in the first 5 mins of the first episode

[SH1Tmakasit]

Pokemon, Also the first, Before I didn't know what an anime was, I didn't know that I was already watching one

[lolkaitlin]

Soul Eater! I thought it'd be super boring judging by the first three episodes.. but those were just character intros.

And Hanasakeru Seishonen! Mmm, it was romantic and cute! I loved it!

[Sora Kasugano]

yes I guess, I did unexpectedly like Bleach, since the first few Episodes are quite boring, but when it reached to episode 12 and above, the Anime has interest me and I liked it now and is one of my favorites~

[kevzki]

Code Geas mainly because I don't like mecha anime but alot of friends recommended it an so I tried just by 1 episode i was hooked up with it and its the first mecha anime that I liked and finished.

[ruttimanisk]

Kurenai. For sure. Dont ever think i'll see an anime that surprised me as much as Kurenai did.

[jfonsy]

When i was younger all i could watch was anime with action of scifi themes hehe. now i love so many other themes

[Ceres]

For me, the most notable anime that I unexpectedly liked was Clannad. After hearing people go on and on and on about it at conventions and online I was really put off from trying it. Then I watched and loved Air so I decided to give it a try. I am so glad I did! In my opinion, it's a very heartwarming story that distributes both the comedic and tear-jerking elements quite well. If only I could have liked Clannad: After Story half as much :/

[Eviiii123]

Kuragehime. It's so cute and sweet. <3

[globeopinion]

Lucky star.. i just got hooked up! in later episodes...haha i dunnno why!

[Vipy1]

for me it was One Piece

I thought for sure it would be absolutely stupid but when i watched it, it instantly became my favorite anime and it still is to this day
Along with my favorite manga

[Viletomb2010]

Noein. I thought it is just a boring anime but when I am in the middle eisodes I got hook up in this anime. Time travelling FTW!!!

[Sora Kasugano]

Right now is Heroic Age,

I didnt like it at first, cause it seems boring. And I just tried to watch it since many members recommended it to me. But I unexpectedly Liked it when it gets more and more interesting xD

[Snoozy19]

The first time I watched Blue Gender back then I was puzzled to what it was about. but after the monsters showed up and ya know killed people I was drawn to the violence very much that I ended up watching the entire series.
It wasn't so bad though, it kinda felt like watching Evangelion.

[xuei0000]

I should say..

Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuutsu -- for around 3 episodes I was really confused because I have watched the "Next episode" thing and as I view the next episode.. it wasn't the one which I view in the "Next episode" from the previous episode.. XDDDD AND somehow.. because of it, I was intruged. Then Lately I didn't realize that I was looking for the next episodes of it.

AND

Angel Beats! -- because at the first few episode, I thought it was another same story anime. BUT IT WASN'T~!!

I could say that first impression never last.. XDDD

[Enma Ai]

soul eater.. i thought it would be boring.. but its really my type of anime.. slapstick comedy <3

[GatohCorpz]

I suppose Get Backers. It was introduced to me by one of my friends, and I was thinking, what? They get lost items back? Wow, must be boring. But it turned out to be interesting.

[aira1234]

Lucky Star i thought it will be boring but when i watch the whole episode i enjoy it.

[AnimeYuio]

Mine was Clannad....i thought the first few episodes were boring...but i got addicted to it XD

[foolishintheend]

For me, it was Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagaan. At first i was like wtf an anime about digging holes? then i wasnt really impressed by the mechs but it really grew on me and became the most epic anime i ever seen. For me i was hooked around ep 6-8. you'll see why.

the other one is one piece. well for one piece in the beginning it was kinda of slow and seemed too childish but after the arlong arc it really got good. another epic anime.

My third one would be capeta, it starts off slow but later on it really connected emotionally.

[Novus]

Most of all, this what happens to me when i watch animes. But the one that really interested me are those mecha genre animes like gundam, code geass, stardriver kagayaki no takuto and most of all kurogane linebarrels. The time i watched kurogane no linebarrels, i could'nt get off my seat over it. I always say this episode would be the last one tonight. I guess that is what we call the Last Episode Syndrome. lol.

PS: Clannad also interested me, coz of the emotions maybe?

[Qualtz]

Mine was reversed, i watched deathnote thinking it maybe good but then, i got bored of it.

[coldground93]

Death Note - thought it was boring until L showed up

Clannad - I was really gonna drop it. good thing that I force watched until ep 10

[dynastar1080]

it's rare for it to happen to me but yes I have unexpectantly liked and anime. Utawarerumono is one which is the most recent. I kept pushing it off thinking "how can this be good" then I actually watched it and, besides from the ending, I loved it.

[hypergirl18]

I have...
Maid sama cause at first i really dont like but when i was bored and no anime to watch i go for it
Anyamal tantei kirumin zoo..at first i thought it was for kids

[GlennChrono]

Daa! Daa! Daa!... I thought its like nothing much, but its got a good story to boot...

[EvilSnowman]

Katekyo Hitman REBORN. BEST EPIC CHOICE OUT OF BOREDOM! I WATCHED AND WATCHEd AND THEN IT GOT REALLY GOOD. XD

[clipse026]

Definitely has to be Nodame Cantabile for me. I'm was immediately put off by the art and I don't usually like Josei stuff. But it was just really good. The music was enjoyable even though I'm not too big on classical and the characters were great.

[Mystical]

Kaichou wa Maid-sama and Toradora for me, after I watched the 1st few episodes bang! I forgot to sleep that day. They are surely good to watch, if you want some comedy try Seitokai Yakuindomo, its #1 Top Comedy 2010 here in OS

[tambulance]

Clannad, Casshern Sins, and Gun Slinger Girl

[icsenen002]

Neon Evangelion didnt expect it to be awesome! xD

[ogphatkat]

I started watching Claymore and before i knew it i was sprung.I didn't think it was going to be that dam good.

[tasticalcure]

Shugo Chara would be for me, but I looked back (after like 90 eps) and said "what the heck did I watch?"
Now I locked up my memories about Shugo Chara. No one should open it!

[animefreak11]

i think i was born liking anime well maybe bubu chacha or akazukin cha cha yeah those were the days

[MCoftheD]

Arakawa Under The Bridge

I don't know how many times this anime came up under the random button at the last site I frequented, but now its one of my favorites.

[ciaossu]

For me it would be this one:

Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica

~I thought it was just your typical magical girl, but it's not.. It was psychological, very rare among this genre, and it got me hooked unexpectedly.. and when I researched about it, it was, to my surprise, an R-17+ anime! Just how cool is that?

[Ragnarok]

I was avoiding Clannad because of its cover, the art style characteristics were not my favorite but after watching some episodes I got hooked and I watched it till the end. Now every time I see the cover of Clannad After Story my eyes get blurry... chikusho!

[macrobiotic]

yeah lol, but I can't recall which anime it was >_<

[kimono031]

For me it was Kami nomi shiru sekai. I didn't really like it at first, and actually dropped it when I saw the first episode. However, towards the end of the season, I got bored and started watching it. After the second episode I was hooked, and now I love the show hahaha

[byotch07]

unexpectedly i do.. its because of naruto.. :) got hooked up because my lil brother is addicted to it.

[forecast]

for me its Angel beats! I got don`t usually go for drama at that time and when i watched the first ep i was hooked XD
same for clannad.

[frontier007]

hmmmp..for me its Fairy Tale and Naruto..

At first I thought Fairy Tale was for girls only because of its name or something like that..and when I watch the first episode the first thing that comes out of my mouth was "wow, This is super cool"

[chrono213]

Pandora Hearts, Chobits, To Aru Majutsu no Index totally random

[patrisse14]

In my case, it would be Fairy Tail. I didn't plan on watching it. I thought I wouldn't get the story because it is a shounen manga. My brother's friend told me to start watching it. And this anime always pops up at SB. So I tried watching. And I was freaking wrong. It was actually amazing. :))))))

[Lightning11]

Mine is Bleach and Cardcaptor Sakura. After I watch those two I started to get addicted to anime.

[omghell]

it was freezing ang korewa zombie made me to become anime adiku heheh

[hotshot75]

KHR, was really good. I hope season 2 would come soon.

[YanoStifler]

KHR and Durarara! it got better and better as the season goes.

[jtran1]

Angel Beats took me by surprise and now I love it =3

[ferone2ashy]

for me it was naruto... i hated it at the start then later i just loved it more and more

[Fubuki]

Prince of Tennis, that was COMPLETELY unexpected
Also:
Bakuman: although it had romance, i didnt really expect a lot out of it.. but now it's one of my favorites
One Piece: I got bored and watched it, everyone knows it's awesome
H2O Footprints in the Sand: never thought i would get sooo attached to it.
Kaichou Wa Maid-sama!: i thought it was gonna be cheesy, i dunno why, but i did. Anyway, now it's my all-time favorite romance anime

[lordknight]

Macross Frontier... I HATE Ranka Lee so much because my ex-GF kept on nagging me about her. But I learned to appreciate the story once I finished watching 3 or 4 episodes. I still hate Ranka, though. XP

[Siegzzz]

Mine was lucky star.... Konata has a cute voice...

[Arathius]

Toradora and AnoHana for me :3 didnt really think id like em but theyve kinda gotten me hooked on dramas recently xD

[musikalles]

The first thing that comes to mind for me is "ef: a tale of melodies". Not to be confused with "ef: a tale of memories." which I haven't seen yet but I will sometime.

Melodies was artistically unique, hard to predict, amusing and trivial but then WHAM HEAVY STUFF. If you get through 7 out of 12 and haven't become addicted after some of the dramatic reveals, you have no soul.

That's an exaggeration but you get the point.

[deathcherry]

mine was ano hana, xxxHolic & elfen lied... I was just trying them out coz I was bored & curious luckily I liked them... :3

[DwinLylthx]

K-ON~ I really don't like it at first. But after watching some episodes, I was unexpectedly addicted and overwhelmed. -.-"

[hallowedjade]

well there's a lot of anime i've watched that i find it booring and after a couple of episoode ive been hooked to it... hahahah

[Therese]

Me? hehe... I unexpectedly loved yaoi especially Junjou Romantica... I love genres like psychological, gore, and plots with unexpected twists and cliff-hangers... Before I loved romance anime but I was bored with it... then I accidentaly saw junjou using the "surprise me" button... at first I was like, "Yaoi? Meh... I'm never gonna watch those... It gives me the goosebumps... just thinking how it would go..." but as an oppen-minded otaku... I wanna try a variety of genre... and so it suddenly turned me into a yaoi fangirl... haha... I can't believe I'm admitting it... Haha...

[chelsea]

Ano Hana, Soul Eater, Kimi ni Todoke, and Fairy Tail for me.

[moi12ica3]

That would be BLEACH and The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

[cmaloba]

yes
at first, I thought that it was a boring anime
but as the story goes by I ended up liking it

By the way that anime is .....Lucky Star

[gemzki]

Yeah I did

It was Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
At first i thought the design of the robots sucks
but when i finished watching it,i was moved by the drama and awesomeness

[Nikohru]

Prince of Tennis! & It was mad funny!!! Really Interesting too...it got me started on anime AND TENNIS LOL XD

[duchessmissy]

i unexpectedly liked cyborg kurochan! wahaha

[knipyoko]

Yep. It's HOTD. I couldn't see the ecchi parts because the story was too good.

[hirochi]

sayonara zetsubo sensei. I thought at first it was confusing. but as the anime goes on I got the hang of it XD

[ferone2ashy]

for me it was busou renkin... i watched the first ep but it didn't click... came back a few months later thinking whats this? and watched the 2nd ep by accident and loved it

[Yakuzaku]

Naruto for me, WOW I just cant seem to remember how things just happened all of that :D

[hambo]

For me it was most recently star driver how ever bad that may be i thought it was gonna be okay but i watched it and was hooked waiting for the weekly episodes to come out

[saimaanime]

in starting episodes i found naruto to be very boring but later i realized that naruto are best anime ever

[DNAer]

For me Bleach and Ao no Exorcist their starting episodes are Awesome.....

[jui17]

I'd have to say... K-ON! :D

[AngelXDust]

Just recently I swore never to watch Hetaila.... broke that oath and now i'm in love with it XD

[chibitet]

yup!
for me that was One Piece...
The artwork was somewhat unique and weird at the same time especially the zombies,that's why I don't feel like watching it at first.
But after few episodes, I got hooked!
This is actually one of those few animes which are created by brilliant minds!

[HOTDfreak]

Mine was To Love-Ru and Bleach and Maria † Holic. That's probably because I was bored one day, and was looking through my On Demand menu on my TV, and those 3 shows were there, so out of boredom I clicked Maria † Holic, and got addicted, then since I ran out of episodes of that on my On Demand, I moved to To Love-Ru, and then again to Bleach. Thus starting my addiction to anime >.>

[EverisSun]

OHSHC
I generally don't watch a lot of shoujo anime, but this one was hilarious and fun, and is now one of my top faves.

[YumikO14]

yes yes yes yes!!!!..

hahaha

clannad
rozen maiden
aio hana
akikan
many more..hahaha

[Zhaynien]

It's Naruto.. At first, I thought it was just all about ninja fighting with a noisy kid as its main character..haha

[Mike234]

Zero no Tsukaima... su much win! I got pulled in for 3 seasons and I loved the hell out of it

[metalwolf72]

With me being a 22 year old male from south dakota I was sucked into Kuragehime for some reason.......I don't know why, but i could not stop watching it.....

[Reizero]

Ga-Rei Zero

Just randomly saw it and picked it up, turned out great!

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There are probably a bunch anime that I unexpectedly liked but I can specifically name one: Bleach!
I just wanted to start watching series of a show (didn't start watching anime yet) and i came across Bleach so I was like okay i'll watch this just because i want to start following episodes of a series. then i started liking it more and more (and then less and less when the fillers began lol)
so bleach was my first unexpected like

[0drea7]

hmmm... 07 ghost... i just saw it on animax and since there's nothing good to watch i prefer to watch that and it turn out good... so i bought a cd and had it finished... :)

[HellGirl134]

I think it's Golgo 13...hehe...^_^

[karmawine]

for me is clannad, i thought clannad is a boring anime from the start but it is really a good one .. :]

[Apoloniac]

For me it was Clannad. I was thinking that it was just another high school harem anime until I started crying after a few episodes. :D

[kevinxhunter]

High school of the Dead and Rosario+Vampire i expected to be complete, over-rated echii-fests, but when i saw them i became hooked. same thing with Chobits. Oh, and Samurai Champloo. I thought it was over-hyped,especially by my friends, but when i saw it I realized it really was good. Lastly, Eden of the East

[alexso96]

Mine is bleach and naruto....................naruto was first then i stopped watching because it was to long..................Now im watching bleach since marh 2011............ cant stop......

[asakalayat]

Mine is also bleach i just rate it as another endless battle type but when i viewed some it has really dept story and cool action scenes

[69oo69]

Mine was definitely Angel beats ^^

[Amaimon]

The world god only knows,
thought it wouldn't be so good, but i LOVE it<3

[kitymeow]

Naruto.

In 2004, my best friend gave me 100+ episodes on DVD that I let collect dust on my desk because I wasn't interested in reading subtitles.
I finally got around to watching it, pulled an all nighter and haven't looked back since! :bingo:

[Revelix]

mmm....
Clannad...
Kimi ni todoke :D
(the opening for the second season ownz)

[midori24]

well.. it for me it is.. loveless.. shounen ai is not my type >:'P but it was good..