what was your first anime??

[Ashley]

Ok ok, someone mentioned superbook, and I suppose technically that WAS my first. But I didn't realize it was anime and nor did I ever make the connection that it was any different than a regular cartoon until someone mentioned it here at CAA years later. ^^

[enishi]

My earliest memory of anime is watching my older brother tape Princess Mononoke. But I never actually watched one until my brother started buying the Gundam Wing, Trigun, and Cowboy Bebop DVDs from Suncoast Video as they came out- where he got money to pay for all of this I have no idea. ($30 a DVD!)

gah, this post brought up bad memories of buying vhs anime for $25-30 a pop. and most of those only had 2 eps on them. CURSE YOU, SUNCOAST!!

[Roy Mustang]

Voltron was the my frist anime that I ever saw, when I was 5 years old and then when I was six, I saw Blinky the Wonderful Koala (its real name) on Nick Jr, which they called it Noozles.


Wingzero22

[starwarsboy90]

First was Speed Racer, followed by stupid Dragon Ball Z, followed By Cowboy Bebop, which I totally love still! Followed by Trigun, Outlaw Star, Gundam Wing, and so forth, until InuYasha, then Ghost In A Shell, got to love GIAS right?

[livingsacrifice]

Well, my cosin and my brother got really into pokemon and I sorta watched untill I found better stuff. Prolly my first anime that i get really into was cowboy bebop. Then trigun. And it kinda snow balled from there. Now, my whole family is hooked, I know my mom will sit and watch some times. But she likes to watch anything.

[faithfighter]

My first anime was. I still can't belive I ever watched that trash no offens to those who like it Pokemon!

[nightblade]

First anime was Pokemon (sadly) but my first once I recognized anime for what it was would be Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal (and then switched into Rurouni Kenshin: Tales of the Wandering Swordsmen)

[heero yuy 95]

My very first was Flying House. I would get them from my church library. Then in 1st grade I watched Voltron and Speed Racer on Cartoon Network. That was in the days of yore before even toonami. But the first anime that really got me into anime was Robotech. I watched it in second grade. Robotech was the show that made me say "hey Japanese cartoons are cool!". The rest is history.

[heero yuy 95]

Oh yeah, I know it isn't technically anime, but who here watched Johnny Quest? I watched the old and new ones with my brother when I was a little kid. That was back in the good ol' days of little kid'dom before American cartoons went to crap.

[Rue Shibusky]

The first I saw was Sailor Moon, but I never really cared until I started watching Card Captors.

[sunet]

I think it was Heidi, Girl of the Alps... but I didn't know it was anime until like a few months ago.

[Roy Mustang]

Oh yeah, I know it isn't technically anime, but who here watched Johnny Quest? I watched the old and new ones with my brother when I was a little kid. That was back in the good ol' days of little kid'dom before American cartoons went to crap.

I watch both of them. I like the Newer ones better that they did in the late 90's.


Wingzero22

[Mourningdove217]

I watched poke'mon way back in 5th grade. The first anime I got really involved in watching(and still am) is Inuyasha.
My mother likes anime because she used to watch speed racer, and had a crush on him, when she was younger ^ ^

[meboeck]

My first anime was Digimon. I recently saw a couple season four episodes in Japanese, and it was a thousand times better. I see it a lot different ly now that I am a true anime fan.

[Azier the Swordsman]

Azier's History with Anime: Vol. 1 (Special Limited Edition)

Somewhere in the early mid-1990s (6-8 years old) : Azier watches Superbook and Flying House on a regular basis. Azier thinks that the animation and art is kind of bizzare and wonders why the characters frequently tend to have bizzare fainting spells and freaking huge mouths. At the time, Azier has no idea what anime is.

Late 1990's: Azier becomes one of those super obssessed Pokemon fanatics. Azier learns the word 'anime' for the first time. A year or so after coming down of his Pokemon high, Azier watches Dragonball Z for the first time. (The orginal, corny dub)

End of the 90's: Azier discovers Chrono Trigger and Final Fantasy and becomes a full fledged RPG nut. Azier sees Gundam Wing for the first time, and realizing that the series contains the same kind of deep, on-going plots as an RPG, becomes an instant anime fan. Azier begins watching all sorts of different anime series' on TV: Ranging from Digimon, Tenchi, and Outlaw Star. Azier is on the path to being a true Japanphile.

Today: Anime is not merely a hobby for Azier, it's the ultimate form of entertainment. Azier still does not think that Dragonball Z sucks.

[AngelSakura]

My very first...hmm. Probably Pokemon. The first anime where I realized it was anime was proabably DBZ or Yu-Gi-Oh!. My first REAL real anime was...FLCL. Um, yeah. I was twelve/eleven-ish. I taped it off Adult Swim on Saturdays.

EDIT:
<<Azier still does not think that Dragonball Z sucks.>>
Dragonball Z RULES. You just need to watch the uncut Japanese.

[Wild Eagle]

The first anime I remember seeing was Hello Kitty when I was five but I didn't realize it was anime then. Then I watched Sailor Moon and Robotech when I was around seven and for the longest time, thought it was Chinese until my cousin told me it's Japanese. Then Digimon came out and I was hooked.

[creed4]

speed racer or voltron

[Dark_angel]

...interestingly enough...I believe my first anime was Dragonball..and then came gundam...XD

[Maverick]

I am sure that I watched some anime way back in the day but I am not going to count it because the reason I was watching it was because it was a cartoon, not because it was anime. Anyways.. my first anime, and the one that got me hooked, was Samurai X: Trust and Betrayal

[Kaligraphic]

I think it was Akira, back when it was called Japanimation.

[agasfas]

First anime I rented was, "Tenchi Muyo in Love." Way before they started to show it on Cartoon network. TV wise... Probably Sailor Moon way back when it showed on the USAchannel; way before the Cartoon Network showing of it.

[Street]

I didn't know until I found out but since Superbook was a Anime then I guess that would be my first anime.
But Cowboy Bebop is what made me a fan of anime.

[Myoti]

Some wierd Grimm's Fairy Tale video. I didn't know it was called anime till a couple of years ago, but that's definetly what it was.

[Scribs]

Speed Racer.

The series that actually got me interested in anime though was Last Exile.

[Puguni]

Speed Racer! Though it kind of scared me. I mean...I was in first grade and I saw men with guns! And cars!

What got me into was Sailor Moon. Though I didn't watch it, I saw pictures and was like o.o!