SundownKid wrote:I feel like cartoon-style anime is a 'gateway drug' for the more mature kinds. Just like comic books made a ton of people see superhero movies, shows like Pokemon will make a lot of the current generation love anime when few westerners had heard of it before. I don't think they're a negative impact at all.Fenrir34 wrote: Pokemon and Yu gi oh due have a tendency to make people think that is what anime is. When I talk about anime some people say 'Isn't that the show pokemon?'.
The reason why some people don't like anime is because of shows like Pokemon. They don't know that they're are mature and very good shows like Spirited Away (Which is an awesome movie btw )
You're lucky that you've met people who got into anime because of Pokemon but I'm not so lucky. Whenever I asked people both in school and online why they hated anime a majority of them said that it was because they thought that all anime was like Pokemon. I'm not saying it's a bad series. In fact it was a fun show when I was little.
I'm saying that if you're not at the age of liking pokemon, or series similar to it, and that they were the first animes you were introduced to, that you may think that all anime is like that and dislike it.
Many of us who loved or liked Pokemon were kids. Like now a days kids would love the show and would probably expand on other animes
But if your an adult and was just starting out, watching Pokemon would not be a good choice. Evangelion or Mushishi would most likely be better