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Growing up, my only experience with anime was the classic stuff I saw on TV, like DBZ, Naruto, Yu-Gi-Oh!, Sailor Moon, Cardcaptor Sakura, Pokémon, etc... and it was always the English Dub. I liked it, but not enough to pursue other anime, because I (retardedly) figured it was all going to be more of the same type of stuff. In fact, I assumed anime was more of a genre, rather than its own thing.
Fast forward like 15 years later, I watched Aria The Animation for the first time, and I was completely enthralled. I had never seen anything like it, it was one of the most relaxing and comfiest things I had ever watched. I really wanted to find more like it, and that's when I realized I love slice of life and CGDCT.
To this day, Aria remains my favorite series. I was really happy when it got a movie recently, I didn't expect that. I love Aria.