Like many 90s kids I grew up watching Dragon Ball and that was one of the greatest influences I ever had in my life. Goku truly inspired me to be a better person and doing what I consider right and this and that.
Many people probably see this kind of animes as “just a nonsensical, violent show with a bunch of overpowerered guys exchanging hits and energy balls”, and while that’s not totally inaccurate I just kept with the good side, which I think is much bigger than the bad side.
In recent decade I also started watching One Piece and, although I arrived late to “the hype” and I watched it just for curiosity, I soon got to love it, in some ways even more than DBZ. Once again I’m aware of the many issues of this kind of animes (I especially have a hard time dealing with the oversexualized female characters and mysoginist stuff) but the good side of these is so big… I guess I can simply forgive that.
Also watched other animes in the middle ranging from similar “shonens” like Bleach and Full Metal Alchemist to “more adult-oriented” stuff like Death Note and Monster. Although very old (much older than me, actually) also watched Mazinger Z and derivated spin-offs like Great Mazinger and Grendizer and I had a good time with these. Grendizer is one that keeps resonating often in my mind because my toxic relationship with technology in recent decade after this cyber-world being my passion for so many years, similar to how Dr. Umon had his passion for astronomy crushed by war. But these are topics that goes beyond anime anyways.
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