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meeko

How did you find World of Anime?

Asked by meeko on • 11 Answers
I'm seeing a lot of original members re-join World of Anime, despite the site being on hiatus for 5 years. I'm curious how you have found your way back here? Did you just keep checking the site every once in a while? Which version of the site was your first? This is now officially version 3. Version 1 was 2009-2015. Version 2 was 2015-2020. Whichever version was your first - how did you originally find World of Anime?
KeroKeroWillow
I joined back in 2011 I believe? All I know for certain is it was the original version. I remember back in the day when TokyoPop had a social aspect on their website. It was taken down (more than likely for good reason, but I digress...) I was looking for a space online to talk about anime with folks. I tried making my own websites and telling my friends at school about it, but I really didn't know what I was doing, so all that flopped. I then found World of Anime and was excited to be a part of the community. Back then I went by YumiHayashi and was pretty involved. I made the old banner that is still used now which was a lot of fun. I remember having fond memories of it, but since my teenage years are very much a blur, I unfortunately don't remember much other than that. At the turn of the new year, I randomly thought about this website. I'm not sure how it came up, but it did. I looked at the wayback machine on the internet archives and after having a big cringe fest (like OMG did I really say that?) I decided to see if it was still a thing. I saw the announcement it was coming back and did a little happy dance... So naturally, I got in contact about the new site and joined the moment I saw it was live.
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