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** One would think that the ways in which the series extensively plays with—and brutally subverts—anime tropes, the notoriously confusing plot, the highly divisive characters, and the all-around weirdness of the show would make it less than ideal viewing for someone unfamiliar with the medium. A whole new generation of ''Eva'' fans has arisen ever since the series was broadcast on—you guessed it -- [[Adult Swim]].
*** Actually ''Eva'' was first aired in the US by KTEH, a ''[[PBS]] affiliate'' in California uncensored in Japanese!
** Despite this being the case for many mecha fans in the late 90s and early 2000s, most of them argue ''Eva'' is no longer a good Gateway Series for the genre, given it relies ''heavily'' on influences from previous anime to do - more or less - it's own thing. The generational shift in the fandom also didn't help things, as most active ''Eva'' fans do not have a healthy relationship with mecha as a whole. In fact, most people who watch ''Eva'' as their first mecha anime get sidetracked into ''hating'' the genre, partially from not understanding a damn thing and partially from the fandom feeding the newcomer with highly-ingrained lies and [[Epileptic Trees]] about the series.
* The pilot anime for [[Adult Swim]] was ''[[Cowboy Bebop]]'', a series great for getting people interested in the medium.
* One of the first well-dubbed series imported into the United States was ''[[Ranma ½]]''.
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** Heck, this is perhaps [[4Kids! Entertainment|4Kids']] sole redeeming grace, via their dubs of the Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh anime. It helps that both franchises were wildly successful fads as well.
* Over the years, ''[[The Castle of Cagliostro|The Castleof Cagliostro]]'' has been used by anime fans as a jumping-on point for the [[Lupin III]] franchise. This can get very ironic considering [[Characterization Marches On|the titular character's actions and personality in the movie]] [[Casanova Wannabe|don't quite match up with any of his other incarnations]].
* ''[[Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]'' is the Gateway Series for the audience in [[The New Tens]], [http://wiki.puella-magi.net/Spa_Weekly!_2011-07-19 its sheer popularity gets it noted people with intellectual creds].
** The problem is it's definitely [[Decon Recon Switch|not a good representation]] [[Magical Girl|for its genre]]. In fact, ''Madoka Magica'' has the same problem as ''Evangelion'': it stands on the shoulders of the genre it belongs to, so understanding it leads to better enjoyment. Like ''Eva'', it also has a problem with it's fandom actively trying to brainwash newcomers into hating other magical girl shows. Unlike ''Eva'', the arguments that it's simply not a good Gateway Series (despite bringing in a lot of fresh blood into the mahou shoujo fandom) were heard practically from the beginning.
* ''[[Mariasama ga Miteru]]'' is probably ''the'' [[Girls Love]] gateway series.
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