Same here as mellow, I got into manga because I was into anime... I actually was into anime for a looooong looong time, just didn't know that it was any different from spider man and batman, they where all cartoons to me. I was watching DBZ, Kimagure Orange road, Saint seiya, and other stuff that was on TV when I was a kid.
First time I read a manga was Dragon Ball, borrowed them from a friend.
First subbed anime (along with the discovery of what was anime) was probably Love Hina. First scanlations was Berserk. I was going into an anime frenzy by that time, and after watching Berserk I had a feeling that I was missing something, that feeling kept bugging me until I discovered that the manga was still ongoing. And then I transformed into a manga addict, and barely watches anime anymore. (Specially after discovering that half the animes I watched were messed up versions of the manga: Berserk, Kenshin, Flame of recca, etc... to name a few)

Oh and heardtheowl, I have a pretty convenient memory... I'm a guy that could forget my parents faces if I didn't meet them everyday (same goes with voices). So It doesn't bother me at all, what I started first... (I'm exaggerating a little about my parents though... you know)

It's vice versa for me Reading manga got me into watching anime


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reading the school rumble, naruto, and one piece manga didn't happen until I watched the anime.

Nah doesn't happen often, or happened but i won't remember it anyway. Because when i watch the anime i don't touch the manga, when i read the manga i want to touch the anime.. I see no logic in that but whatever

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yeah same here, i wanna see the anime after the manga sometimes, just to hear the character's voices and such, but whats there to see after you've seen the anime first...


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plus, sometime anime changes totally different from the original. The original is more specific etc... sometime when i read the manga after the anime 'accidentally' i don't get a thing.. -_-

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gto comes the mind... and anime sucked but the manga pwn pretty much every manga out there imo.

it has happend quite a few times for me. The last time i believe was with Ouran. After the first episode i went and ordered all the volumes that were out.

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the manga is usually better then the anime because they cut alot of stuff out in the anime T.T

I can't think of an anime I've watched first, partly because I'm just more of a reader than a tv-watcher, and partly because until last summer I was on dialup.

I did start reading Kimi wa Petto manga after watching the dorama, though.

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Yes, especially when i read anime blogs about how cool the anime compared to manga (or opposite).

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I just remembered - "Howl's Moving Castle". After watching that (I love Ghiblis!!) I read the book it was based on. It wasn't manga, though.

It happens alot for me, whether it was FLCL or Love Hina... just for kicks

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For me it's usually the manga that gets me hooked on to watching its anime counter part. But there have been instants when I started watching the anime and then went over to reading the manga version.

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