Unknowingly it was Heidi dubbed into my mother tongue, as an older kid Beyblade and Medabots in English, I kinda missed Pokemon, DB, and Yugioh because my parents were unsure about them (they weren’t very controlling), but I decided to avoid it just in case because I heard bad things. When I was older I had a bad perception of most anime and didn’t touch any for a long time until a classmate in my Matric year (senior year in the US) recommended some to me, her explanations still made them seem weird lol, but I finally gave 1 a shot after playing some Warcraft III mods that had anime characters that I liked, I started first with Naruto, which is why it has a soft spot in my heart. After that Bleach, then One Piece, and kinda escalated from there, till now I’ve watched over 150+ series/moves and read some Manga. So, I was kinda late to the game, but retroactively realized that anime was formative in my early years, and that the hoopla around Pokemon, Yugioh, or DB was dumb.
