That's quite a story! Mine's a little shorter, yet interesting all the same. It was back in 2009 when I first found out about Astro Boy, for I had seen the trailer for the new movie that was coming to the cinema soon. I remember seeing that trailer a
bunch of times on television and I seemed interested in it each time I'd re-watched it. Beside almost seeing that trailer everyday, I never went to see the film, and Astro Boy kept to the back of my mind until 2011. Around that time, the movie was airing on TV and me and my family decided to all watch it for the first time together.
Of course, I'd enjoyed the film, and shortly after it was finished, I found out that my older brother had watched one of the series when he was younger, so I decided to do some re-search.
I found out about all three animes that had been released, watching a few of the 80's episodes and the entirety of the 2003 (the series which my brother had seen), which made me fall in love with the growing Astro Boy franchise. After that, I was
obsessed with Astro Boy, always listening to the music and drawing pictures in my sketch book; oh, and of course staring at photos of the merchandise and just
hoping I'd be able to find some of the books or something.
Literally, for a long while, I was a huge fan (I guess I watched the movie DVD rather a lot too), but... after a while, I'd slightly slipped away from Astro Boy. I'd never stopped liking the show, and I still thought about it, but rather, I was keen on different things instead (such as
My Little Pony, which is my favourite show/franchise), and yet again, The Mighty Atom was pushed aside for a while.
Back in 2013 though, I began to get back into the fandom, re-finding my love for Astro and his adventures, and since then, I've been re-watching the anime's & movies, drawing, writing fanfiction, and of course now, I've joined this site!
So, that's my story! Kind of on-off but, it seems that's just the way it rolls!