What started your interest in anthropomorphic characters?

[Imperium Lupi]

What started your interest in anthropomorphic characters? What film, novel or experience?

Answers on a postcard... or here.

I'll tell you mine if you tell me yours.

[Albie]

It is hard to say when I first liked them.  I think they are more expressive than human characters.  I like the feeling of fur and find many of them cute in comparison to humans.  My favorite book is Watership Down which I read once a year.  But as a kid I loved Aristocats and Oliver and Company. 

[Imperium Lupi]

 
I think it is often hard to pin down the first moment of anything. In the 80's and some way into the 90's cartoon characters were anatomically well drawn and often anthro, with everything from Thundercats to Gummi Bears and Gargoyles. I loved all that.

Have you read The Plague Dogs? Same author as Watership.

[Michen_S]

Oh dear, that's a tough one. I've liked the idea of human-like animals longer than I can remember. I've liked Donald Duck, Yoshi, Tom & Jerry, Bugs Bunny et cetera for longer than I can remember. I always really liked animals in general (with a few exceptions), and they've always appealed more to me than humans. Though I didn't think much of it until I actually found the furry fandom, which even was after I found Pokémon.

[Imperium Lupi]

This is true. I suppose we cannot remember being seated in front of a WB short for the fist time.

I found Yoshi very appealing as a kid. It was the boots. Plus I'm a dinosaur fan! Dinotopia is my second favourite book, right after Redwall.

[Bricket]

I say that his man is responible for everything

[Imperium Lupi]

Yes, he has a lot to answer for. The voice! Brian Bedford, RIP.

And the animation, so sketchy and yet smooth. They don't make 'em like they used to.

[Imperium Lupi]

And the rest, as they say, is history.

[pentrep]

Tails, from Sonic, introduced me to the fandom, though I don't really like the franchise anymore. Now I'm more into Original characters than portrayal of cannon ones.

[Dazed]

Elder scrolls. Dem argonians.


The fact that they could breathe in water was always really cool to me so i played 'em often. Guess it kinda affected me, aheh.

[Imperium Lupi]

I loved Tails. The old games are still cool.

What is an Argonian? I am intrigued.

[Dazed]

Semi-aquatic reptillians in the elder scrolls.
Notable for being able to breathe water, being reptillian, being immune to poisons, and repeatedly proving to be badass when united

[VinShadowtail]

The short time I was in the FNaF fandom was what sparked my interest.

[Imperium Lupi]

Argonians look and sound badass.


FNaF? I could google... Five Nights at Freddies. 

[Stormeep]

I would have to say movies for sure. My absolute favorite movies all contained at the least speaking animals if not anthropomorphic ones. Especially Robin Hood, an animated version of David Copperfield, Cats Don't Dance, and not to mention just about every cartoon playing at the time including Pinky and the Brain and the rest of the Animaniacs. Also really got into the Redwall series by Brian Jacques. *shrugs* what can I say? lol