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Title: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: laika_sinclair on January 24, 2011, 08:35:23 am Through the anime, manga, other media, or word of mouth? In what circumstances? And what attracted you to it and made you stay in the fandom?
As for me, I first got wind of it through Animax while flipping through the channels. I thought the character designs looked cool and the anime had an interesting premise based on the commercial. After watching a couple of episodes, I got hooked yey~ So, how about you guys? (sorry for that elaborate story, just stirring a discussion...and I'm not sure if this is supposed to be in the anime or manga section, so forgive me). Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: Lin on January 24, 2011, 12:34:52 pm I got started with the anime. Never saw it on TV or dubbed, but I went looking for it online to watch when I learned my favorite Japanese voice actor did Ginji's voice. So of course, Ginji is my favorite character, but I love all the characters after watching the show over and over again! :D There are definitely some great interactions in that show, lol!
Since there wasn't enough of the anime (45 episodes was too short!) I started reading the manga. I won't say I like it better than the anime, but I like it at least as much, and it definitely fills out the story more -- at length! ;D I like it when anime and manga are a bit different, too, as it makes it feel like I'm getting two for the price of one or something. ;) And of course, the manga actually finishes the story (eventually) so that is (or will be) very satisfying. Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: wearenotone on January 27, 2011, 11:12:34 pm I watched one episode of the anime, it was somewhere in the Implosion lens arc.
Totally loved the fight scenes and then i kept watching. But the anime went downhill after the end of that arc, so i started on the manga and now im hooked Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: elparri on January 28, 2011, 11:00:26 pm I'm from Venezuela, so either you have kickass knowledge of good fansubs and series around from friends, or just keep watching Animax with lame translations. Hard to believe, but GB's translation at Animax was superb. Though everyone here is DB core (running 1 episode a day at Televen) to enjoy short series like GB you need to be an anime lover, so it wasn't that popular... Quite a shame
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: Lovux The Great on February 02, 2011, 05:28:49 pm Oh, it's nothing spectacular. I was eager to watch a new anime, and then I suddenly stumbled across Get Backers. Well, I had heard of it years before so it wasn't like it was a completely new discovery, but then I remembered that I read somewhere that one of the main chracters of the series had his voice done by one of my favourite seiyuu of all time - Canna Nobutoshi. So I thought "Ey, what the heck, I guess I'll try it out - at least I know it'll have SOME entertainment in it, now that Canna-sama is playing a main character instead of a side character" (which was what he'd been doing in all the series I'd watched with him in at that point).
So it just downloaded the whole thing and sat down without any particular expectations... and was completely blown away. It took only four days to finish the series, and during one of those days I watched 20 episodes in a row! Then I went directly to the manga, where I read 19 volumes in TWO days. And then... well, let's just say it all went downhill from there. XD Hmm, this sunday is actually my two-year anniversary when it comes to GB, as I started watching the anime (and thus, first was introduced to GB) on the 6th of February! Yes, I remember the exact date, THAT's how obsessed I am! XD Get Backers, Get Backers, IN MY HEART~ Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: koala1976 on February 12, 2011, 12:40:16 pm Well, in my case It was because of an error. I'm a great fan of yaoi and shounen-ai, and some day I was looking for anime of those genders because my HD died and someone wrote ina forum that this serie was shounen-ai. Obviously It si not, but I fell in love and laughed like crazy with this serie and became a fan. Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: Catnip on February 13, 2011, 06:30:50 am Through my best friend! I remember when Get Backers was being featured in Animax and I thought it was bad because they showed the really weird expressions that Ban and Ginji made like when they found Natsumi's cat so I thought it wasn't cool. But then my bestfriend persuaded me watch it because she said that Ginji and Ban were like the two of us -
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: Intake on February 19, 2011, 03:19:08 pm I remember watching a couple of episodes of the Getbackers on onDemand 4 or 5 years ago. Then stopped watching cause I didn't have comcast anymore. I took a long break from it and started to read the manga again.
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: Merze on February 20, 2011, 04:55:34 am I read my first GB back in a bookstore in indonesia. I read the venus de milo arc and totally got sucked right into it ;D
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: Levz on February 21, 2011, 03:56:25 am I think i was waiting to see FMA in the (former) anime tv station but GB was airing, and I probably saw ban and thought "he looks cool, his voice is cool (he has edward elric voice in the dub) his shades are great, and he's punching people...let's see how this ends" then ginji probably appeared I must have thought "oh look a comic relief, with electric power, sweet!" then they probably hugged or something like that and I liked the strong bond between the two so I just kept watching.
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: elain on February 26, 2011, 08:38:07 pm I was browsing for manga to read on mangafox, and read the manga first. I was so hooked I watched the anime, cause the manga stopped (before I found this site).
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: Maximus on February 27, 2011, 11:30:41 pm my friend came to me with a dvd on his hand and just said:
- Watch this. It Kicks Ass!!! Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: OtakuSupreme on March 12, 2011, 04:15:10 am started watching it on The Anime Network on Demand. Wasn't hooked at first but then it got funnier with akabane. he is so damn funny. wish it was more bloody like the manga though.
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: Artemis on March 20, 2011, 03:29:00 pm Ah, well, this is embarassing, but Tokyopop runs ads for other series they translate at the backs of volumes. I was interested after seeing a one-page ad, with just the text "They get back what should be gone...most of the time" and a picture of Ban and Ginji, and started buying the series from Tokyopop. After they dropped the series, I lost interest for a while, but recently got back into it through mangafox.
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: edna88 on March 21, 2011, 01:03:44 am It was because of the anime, the first chapter I watched was the one with an annoying girl XD I think it was the second season. It's been aired on Animax n.n Shamefully, Latin American Animax only airs anime early in the morning >_> from 2am to 8am. Anyway, I loved it, specially 'cause I am a fangirl :D!!!
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: JiNXiE on March 21, 2011, 04:23:13 pm I think I am across the anime from looking for something to watch and it was on the Anime on Demand channel on my cable. I figured I might as well. And I ended up really liking it.
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: DarkJoe on March 29, 2011, 04:08:05 pm a friend of mine told me about it
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: broberg on April 01, 2011, 02:02:06 am Me I hade a real anime period a while back and I swallowed anything I could get my hands on. Found GB and just got hocked on it really. Haven't watched it for a while but now I'm back and now it's the manga I'm trying to get my dirty palms at haha.
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: bedlamwolf on April 12, 2011, 06:33:12 pm Well, I saw the anime first. I think I saw a picture of it, and just had to see it. Honestly, I don't remember.
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: snake629 on April 23, 2011, 09:46:03 pm see this anime in house of a friend and after then follow with the story
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: ris2099 on May 20, 2011, 11:57:29 pm Seen one episode at a friends house. Since then, got stuck with it...
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: msViolet on May 21, 2011, 06:54:26 pm Getbackers was introduced to me through anime planet's recommendation website (you know the one, you type in an anime you enjoy, and it gives you a user-generated list of similar titles you may enjoy.) I was searching at the time for anime similar to Trigun, and Getbackers showed up. The description didn't say anything about the characters having "powers" so that was a surprise. The fascinating concept of an underground retrieval service with a close to 99% success rate was enough to hook me!
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: jmballe on May 30, 2011, 10:44:21 pm i was looking something new to watch, watched the first episode and tough "mmm...a must watch" haha
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: SaberXrideR on June 01, 2011, 11:13:48 am I had a girlfriend who likes this anime and we used to watch it on sundays, so i like since the first episode and after i met that akabane guy i became a fan 8)
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: no2fakeshakes on June 20, 2011, 04:26:16 am friend introduced it to me.
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: brandonbrandon on June 22, 2011, 08:42:24 am watched it on tv :D
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: creepycree on June 29, 2011, 03:04:24 am I saw it on TV :D ginji got my affection first but then Akabane show up and i'm mesmerized XD
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: rohan16 on July 22, 2011, 09:28:24 pm Saw it when animax was first telecasted in my region. The first Episode I saw was GinjixAkabane and after seeing an epic fight like that I was completely hooked.
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: skate.101 on October 15, 2011, 01:25:21 pm I was recommended by a friend on mal ....
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: fletcherpugh25 on October 20, 2011, 03:13:12 pm It was shown on axn tv
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: edna88 on October 30, 2011, 10:47:18 pm I started with the anime, they aired it on animax la. I really liked the characters, and of course, the fan-girl-service XD!!! Then I read the manga, and it was really awesome *o*
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: tsu on November 17, 2011, 11:30:28 am my best friend gave me a copy of the anime on dvd
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: GwainT on November 30, 2011, 01:02:50 pm I had just moved in with some new roommates in Seattle, and one of them told me I had to check out the series. I was hooked. It had just started airing, I think I started watching weekly during the introduction of Shido and Madoka. From then on, every week, we got the newest episode, and watched it as a group. I even traded a Omnicron figure for a collection of the manga that was out at the time (Through the Eternal Bond story line). Then I couldn't find anything new for a while, and lost touch with the series. I'm glad I've found it again!
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: B00m3r on April 15, 2012, 07:18:51 pm Through the anime, watched it in animax (the spanish dubbed version :P)
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: evilninja on July 17, 2012, 11:22:12 am I watched some really bad Hong Kong subtitled dvds with my girlfriend. (I think I posted the whole sordid tale in another thread earlier!) And the manga I first saw in a few preview pages in Newtype. I have sadly not read it yet, even though I have been in love with the series since the Anime was about half-done in Japan. But I have a whole pile of manga that sits on my shelf and never gets read because I spend so much of my time watching anime or writing I forget to pause and read.
Title: Re: How were you guys introduced to GetBackers? Post by: Borpes on March 02, 2014, 09:44:41 am i guess it was the first ep of GB on animax, where kenji was show all cute and cuddly. After that i seriously followed full anime |