What's your first Anime?

[Mordyan]

We have "what's you favorite anime?" topic. I was wondering what was the first anime you ever saw?

Also, a similar thread,  what is the anime that turned you into a full blooded otaku?

The first anime I ever watched when I was a young kid was Battle of the Planets (Gatchaman). Robotech was what got my hooked on anime though.

[RyuHayabusa]

me: Astro Boy and Mazinger Z

Anime that turned me into a full otaku: Akira ^_^

[digitalimp]

My first, and possibly still favorite, is Project A-Ko. I saw it first when I was really little and Sci-Fi channel used to have the anime marathons. I didn't even know what anime was back then.

Somewhere between Samurai Pizza cats and Sailor Moon was when I really started liking anime.

[Monkey D. Luffy_2004]

My first anime was dbz.I used to watch that show all the time when I was like 5 I belive.I was so interested into the show that later when I 10 I started watching other anime.To tell you the truth I didnt even know what anime is when I was 5.And thanks to my addiction to games also lead to more anime.

[recomet15]

The first anime I saw, if memory serves me well, was Voltron! Yeah, that show was awesome.

And I'd be lying if I didn't say that it wasn't until Dragonball Z that I started to become an otaku. That, or Evangelion.

[KimaLucifer]

Mine were....

Series:
Kiteretsu Daihyakka
Doraemon
Sazae-san
Anpan-man

Movie:
Nausicca -Valley of the Winds-
Laputa -Castle in the Sky-

Then manga:
Candy Candy

-This is what you get when you grow up in Japan XD

[VictimX]

The first anime I ever saw was Bubble Gum Crisis over at my friends house in the early 90's.

[DayDreamerNessa]

sailormoon, it was on right after school and was interesting compared to other crap on t.v. even if it is a dub, i was only 10 =P lol

[drallcome]

Movie: Akira

Series: RoboTech, Speed Racer, and Voltron.

Whoa.. Im old school! =^-^=

[platinum edge]

Don't worry Drallcome, you're not the only old school person.  My first series was Robotech, during the Southern Cross season (ie Zor and the Masters).  Shortly afterwards, I saw something called Teknoman (Tekkaman in Japan), but the series was cancelled half way through.  That was my gateway into anime.  Following these two series, I went on to Evangelion, Escaflowne, Cowboy Bebop, ect...

[KinFreon]

First Anime: "Voltron", "Robotech"

Otaku Catalyst: "Sailor Moon", "Project A-Ko"

[Mordyan]

Yeah growing up with old school anime on TV was great.  I loved Voltron. Then I remember when we started passing around copies of anime on VHS. Some of it wasn't even subtitled! It was so counter culture/underground. hehehe

Thank god for DVDs! The first DVDs i bought were Cowboy Bebop and Tenchi Muyo!

[felicity869]

When I was little I used to watch Urusei Yatsura on PBS all the time. There were others that I really like before that one but I don't remember what they're called or what they're even about.

[senritsu]

first anime: i think it was legend of the overfiend...i'm not sure it had teeth and tenticles and i was drunk or on something so i didnt like anime for a while after that

but then ah outlaw star i thought that was neat
but then my next boyfriend made me watch ninja scroll that was better
and then i had a boyfriend who made me watch trigun
ooh trigun
and then.....*continues to yammer on about her otaku history*
and now i'm trying to learn japanese and hooked on dn angel
*takes a breath*

[phoenixsdark]

The first one was when I was 3 years old.  Battle of the Planets aka Gatchaman (sic?) It was on between Space Giants and the Monkees.

[ip136]

I was once told this was actually an anime so..Uhm.. Inspector Gadget...  8)  THough it probably isn't, and I'm just seriously gullible.

Then Thundercats..

Then I fell in wub with Pokemon, Sailor Moon, Ah! Megami-sama, MKRE, so on and so forth.

[VictimX]

Is Thunder Cats an anime?

[ip136]

Is Thunder Cats an anime?

Hush! No, I dun think so.. but it looks like it. <.<; I'm trying to sound all hard core by sayin' old cartoons.  :wink:

[drallcome]

Well.. all cartoons are anime. BUT.. then there is (ANIME).  If you look up what anime is its just cartoon.. Just us Americans call Japanese cartoons Anime.  Uh.. did that make any sence to anyone?

[swordofthebezerk]

Made sense to me oh wise one.