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@grime_witch@witches.town
I'd seen a couple movies but the first big draw to anime was the movie Akira, which didn't even reach the US until 1989, right before I turned 17.
By then I'd known a bit because there used to be ads for trans hormones in the back of Playboys and other adult magazines that my dad liked.
I knew by age 5 that I was or wanted to be a girl but it was really difficult to approach back then, and any trans instance people saw was always a TV joke.
controversial opinion
@grime_witch@witches.town
Additionally, it was the locker room in junior high, not anime, that taught me that I liked both girls and boys.
Mostly girls...
But I do credit anime with a lot of mind expansion and exploration into more mature thoughts