I became a fan in 1999. I was five years old and saw the anime episode "Challenge of the Samurai". Butterfree appealed to me a lot, that Pokemon has great nostalgic value for me. Quickly after that, my parents bought some nice Pokemon-related things: plushies, plastic figures, a sticker book, stuff like that. Then, I started to collect and trade the cards too. And some years later, I got into the games as well. Now, I still love Pokemon as much as back then, if not more. I collect plushies and kid figures, I like the anime (older sagas), play the games, write fanfics, draw Pokemon and Pokemon characters, have TCG cards and more.