Nekomonster wrote:
I could list a lot of shows...my preschool/early elementary days were a lot of PBS. Arthur, Between the Lions, Clifford the Big Red Dog, Cyberchase, Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman, Jay Jet the Jet Plane, The Magic Schoool Bus, Martha Speaks, Mister Roger's Neighborhood, Reading Rainbow, Sagwa the Chinese Siamese Cat, Sesame Street (of course)...
The first cartoon I really got attached to was probably Foster's Home for Imaginary Friends. I cried after watching the very last episode.
I didn't see much anime until late elementary school, but the anime/clearly anime-inspired cartoons I saw were shaping me into the anime loser I am today: Avatar: The Last Airbender, Code Lyoko, Deltora Quest, Pokemon, and Superbook (a Christian anime I saw at school...I couldn't figure out what was different about it from other cartoons for the longest time, but I knew I liked it!).
I stayed loyal to Disney Channel and their sitcoms for a long time...a lot longer than most kids probably did. It was only when shows like Jessie and Austin and Ally disappeared and were replaced by stuff like Liv and Maddie and Bunk'd or whatever I completely lost interest in the channel. (Though I do like what I've seen of Andi Mack.)
Most of what I watched were the PBS shows you listed. My family didn't have cable, so that limited my TV-watching options. Wishbone is another one I remember watching, and Dragon Tales. I loved Pokemon (I still love Pokemon, actually, although nowadays I don't watch the show much, I mostly just play the games). We got tapes of Blue's Clues, Scooby Doo, and The Powerpuff Girls from relatives who did have cable, which I also watched a lot.
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