The three you mention are definitely classic. They certainly inspired a lot of emotional investment. In fact, I was just recalling the firefly scene from RK a couple days ago; when I was in grad school, I tracked down a CD containing the piece of music that was in the background during that scene so I could buy it.
Escaflowne is the series that was responsible for getting me into anime fandom. I was only a casual viewer up until that point. Then I took a friend to the campus anime club showings, and she was so enthralled by the first episodes of Escaflowne that she tracked down a club officer to beg for copies of the rest of the series. (I would never have thought to do that. I was far too shy.) The rest is history.
I would be hard-pressed to name a favorite. I would probably go with Fushigi Yuugi due to the depth of emotion I felt for it, along with the quality of the art and the music. (It still has some of my absolute favorite character songs.) However, CardCaptor Sakura has a slight advantage in that it includes both great art and decent music AND a far less tragic ending for most of the characters. Then there's Yuu Yuu Hakusho, which is mainly responsible for getting me into anime fanfic writing...but that's a series where I actually liked the fandom more than the source material.
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Date: 2011-05-09 03:32 pm (UTC)Escaflowne is the series that was responsible for getting me into anime fandom. I was only a casual viewer up until that point. Then I took a friend to the campus anime club showings, and she was so enthralled by the first episodes of Escaflowne that she tracked down a club officer to beg for copies of the rest of the series. (I would never have thought to do that. I was far too shy.) The rest is history.
I would be hard-pressed to name a favorite. I would probably go with Fushigi Yuugi due to the depth of emotion I felt for it, along with the quality of the art and the music. (It still has some of my absolute favorite character songs.) However, CardCaptor Sakura has a slight advantage in that it includes both great art and decent music AND a far less tragic ending for most of the characters. Then there's Yuu Yuu Hakusho, which is mainly responsible for getting me into anime fanfic writing...but that's a series where I actually liked the fandom more than the source material.