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Switchblade:
... but then came to enjoy!

Myth (My uni's society for all things geeky) just held it's weekly anime night. On request, we wound up watching "Fruits Basket"

Bear in mind, this is a room full of british RPers, film students, deathmatch champions and nerds. I'm by far the least extreme of the lot.

Every single one of us was hooked by the end of the third episode. Seriously, it looks like a cute overload, but when the guy runing the DVD player asked if we wanted to switch over to "Full Metal Alchemist" at the end of the second episode, only one person in the room said "yes".

For starters, the English translation and voice-acting are top-notch, and it manages to pull off the typical manga comedy tropes (sweat drops, purple lines, black angry crosses, blank eyes, comedy sound effects etc) tastefully and makes them look good. Normally, those things really turn me off a show. This time around, I felt they really added to its appeal.

There's also the small matter of all the characters - the abrasive, irritable one included - being almost immediately likeable in their own way.

The first image we had of it was almost identical to that website, and as you can imagine, the general attitude was "we'll watch one episode to humour Lucy, and then watch something with 'splodes". It was nice to be so pleasantly surprised. That show has some genuine charm to it.

Anybody else have a similar reaction to anything? Initial dismissal, followed by almost immediate enjoyment when you actually give it a go?

RUMBLEMOOSE:
Some of my favorite albums started out getting shoved to the back of my collection and only appreciated later. The first Superdrag album didn't impress me in the slightest, and I put it away for three years. When I listened to it again to make sure I wanted to sell it, I loved it. And I couldn't get into Mellow Gold at first, either, but two years later I became a monstrous Beck devotee. And I think it took me nearly ten years to get into Old Time Relijun; I remember hating Uterus and Fire, but I saw them live a week ago and they were amazing. It also took me eight years to get into Sonic Youth, after hearing Goo in 1994 and Daydream Nation in 2002.

As for non-music: at an anime convention, I walked into a showing of Princess Tutu by accident and didn't leave until it was finished. I think a lot of the audience had a similar reaction: it's way more sophisticated than I'd expected from a show about a magical ballerina.

neomang5:
Dude, i was the EXACT same way about Fruits Basket, but i absolutely love it now.
I was also skeptical about Full Metal Alchemist and Bobobo-bo Bo-bobo, both of which I now am enamored with.

Another nice surprise was the show Danny Phantom. I have steered clear of Nickelodeon cartoons since 2000, but honestly, this one has alot of the qualities that made their old stuff great, and a decent set of plotlines. Not the best drawn show, but I like it alot now.

Also, the Eragon and Eldest books by Christopher Paolini. They are awesome. Much better than you'd expect from a 15 year old (thats how old he was when he wrote the first book, he's about 18 now.)

Blue Kitty:
lost
fruit basket
and full metal panic

Daniel:
The OC!

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