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How old are you & How long have you been a fan?

Post by samuraix123 » Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:25 pm

Hey guys! I just wanted to get a general idea of the age of the people that watch Dragonball and how long you been a fan. :) I'm 25 and have been a fan since it aired on Toonami many moons ago. When Funimation was over the whole Ocean Dub. 8)
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Post by Doctor. » Mon Jul 20, 2015 8:29 pm

I'm 18. I've been acquainted with the series ever since childhood, but I wasn't a fan, I didn't follow it religiously like all the other kids did, nor did I care about it at all. I became a fan around 5 years ago, when I was about 13.
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I'm not trying to moderate, but there's already a thread regarding this.
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Post by DBZGTKOSDH » Tue Jul 21, 2015 5:22 am

I'm 20, and I've been a fan of Dragon Ball for as long as I remember my self.
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Post by Draconic » Tue Jul 21, 2015 5:43 am

19 (will turn 20 this year) and have followed Dragon Ball since around 4
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Post by sintzu » Tue Jul 21, 2015 5:58 am

I'm 20 and I've been a fan ever since I saw this cover in a game store 10 years ago :

http://vignette2.wikia.nocookie.net/dra ... -prefix=es

I never cared about the franchise but there was something epic about the cover that instantly changed my mind about it.
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Post by 90sDBZ » Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:03 am

22 and been a fan since I was 7.
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Post by Kakacarrottop » Tue Jul 21, 2015 6:48 am

As a product of the mid-90s, i've been a fan of the series nearly my whole life. Power Rangers and Dragon Ball Z are probably the first shows i can remember really liking as a kid. I haven't watched the former in over a decade, although i've been in and out of Dragon Ball Z.
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Post by SpiritBombTriumphant » Tue Jul 21, 2015 7:53 am

I'm 23. Been a fan since I first saw the episode where Gohan turned into a great ape when I was 5.
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Post by Bullza » Tue Jul 21, 2015 9:27 am

I'm 25 and have been a fan since I was 17. I still remember watching the first episode. Life sure runs off quick.

Looking at the link above the majority of people here seem to be in their 20's. Whose the oldest here? Anyone in their 40's?
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Post by irreality » Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:04 am

I almost 31, have been a fan since I was about 14/15.
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Post by Lord Beerus » Tue Jul 21, 2015 11:52 am

I'm 21 and I've been a fan since I was 6
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Post by NintendoFan28 » Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:17 pm

I'm 28, and I first got into DBZ when Toonami first starting airing the Babidi arc in 2001. I've been a fan ever since.
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Post by DemonRin » Tue Jul 21, 2015 12:55 pm

26, First got into the series on the original Syndicated airing of the Ocean Dub of DBZ.

Toonami cemented it.
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Post by Alex9196 » Tue Jul 21, 2015 1:33 pm

i dont consider myself a fan of anything. but i like dbz. it is even my favorite series.

i am 17 and got into it with 15 or 16 i dont recall it exactly.
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Post by Avior259 » Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:14 pm

I am 15, I remember watching my bros play Budokai Tenkaichi 3 as i think a 6/7 year old and think "wow this game is weird, what's with the spikey haired, alien people fighting" haha. Never really liked it but then became a fan when i was 10/11 after seeing DB Kai on Nicktoons, eventually figured out Nicktoons broadcast was a "censored" version and found out about the original DBZ and got into it from there. But still continued to enjoy Kai on Nicktoons.

I'll admit watching Z for first time I got bored fast with some of the filler, especially in Namek arc (Bulma vs Crab >.> Ginyu frog, Freeza vs Goku fight taking ages etc) but after watching it again few years later, I loved it.
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Post by voltlunok » Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:31 pm

I am 25, I got into it with the first airing of the Ocean dub, Toonami cemented things and made me a die hard fan.
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Post by Baggie_Saiyan » Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:39 pm

I am 21 been a fan ever since it first aired on Cartoon Network I don't exactly remember how old I was exactly but if this was the same for Lord Beerus & 90sDBZ then I guess I was 6 when I became a fan!
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Post by Hellspawn28 » Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:40 pm

24 and been a fan since early 2001. I first discover Dragon Ball in 1997 with the 1995 dub of Dragon Ball with the Ocean Voice cast. I didn't become a fan until around 2001 with the Toonami midnight run episode of SSj2 Gohan vs. Cell. I got into DB later then most people did at the time.
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Post by VegettoEX » Tue Jul 21, 2015 2:40 pm

DoomieDoomie911 wrote:I'm not trying to moderate, but there's already a thread regarding this.
Agreed - please use the existing thread. Thanks!
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