Your first anime series

[Oliman43]

As a kid I watched pokemon, digimon, transformers, zoids, the usual suspects.

But once I found out what anime actually was, my first was Fullmetal Alchemist.

 

[swankyfella]

I started watching Cowboy Bebop and Rurouni Kenshin at the same time. Still two of my favorites.

 

[Midnight Crossroads]

I can't quite remember, Sailor Moon, maybe. Although I might have seen some Speed Racer reruns before that. I remember my friends talking about Dragon Ball Z when I was in grade school, but I never really watched it until a while afterwards. I didn't watch TV frequently as a kid. My parents usually kicked me out of the house.

 

[Operative1980]

Ghost in the shell SAC.
I didnt really see a series until i was in my early 20s. Always liked the Ghost in the shell film and one of my friends mentioned that there was a tv series too.
Very shortly after that a different friend got me into Naruto which, sadly, I still watch

 

[Evilsanta]

It was Sailor Moon though I didn't know that it was called anime at the thime. And it was in the 90's.

They don't show that much anime here in Sweden. Atleast not the good ones.

 

[CrystalShadow]

The first one where I clearly knew it was Anime was Neon Genesis Evangelion, round about 1998 or 99 or so.

The first Anime I actually saw? Probably "The Mysterious Cities of Gold"
( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbVNZ-cghz0 )

That was round about... 1987 I guess. XD

 

[The Almighty Aardvark]

The first one I watched was probably Pokemon. The first I watched all the way through was Digimon. The first one I watched that I actually recognized as anime was Gundam Seed.

 

[Ed130 The Vanguard]

Pokemon and Digimon dubbed on TV before I knew what anime was. First when I knew of the genre and I actively chose was Neon Genesis Evangelion.

 

[Ashenrook]

While I did watch Sailor Moon and Voltron when I was young, it never really registered with me that it was anime. When I attended my high school's anime club, I was introduced to a whole new spectrum of it ? one that wasn't watered down for the general public. It was episode 19 from Neon Genesis Evangelion, the one with Unit-01 going berserk. From that point on, I was hooked.

Well...until recently when I found myself going "Meh... I remember when [Anime A] was [Anime B] a couple years ago" so often.

 

[04whim]

There was another anime on after it but I can't remember what it was called. I just remember it had a little pet that could turn into a huge space ship =/

Tenchi Muyo. The space ship rabbit was Ryo Ohki.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eWDy8DKkY2U

Dragonball Z, Gundam Wing, Tenchi Muyo. They're the ones I remember from when I was little... watching Tenchi Muyo before I was in double figures may explain why I'm so corrupt

 

[BlueTimberwolf]

Does Samurai Pizza Cats count?

Thank you for reminding me of that show.

Hmmmm I love the smell of nostalgia in the morning

 

[ScumbagEddie]

Voltron : Defender of the Universe. I started watching that when i was about 4 (1987). I remember thinking that Voltron always won when they formed the Blazing Sword, so why not start with it? Didn't really watch anime much until middle school, when escaflone was on the air. Forgot about it again until I caught the first episode of Cowboy Bebop one night on adult swim in 2004. In my opinion, very few (if any) have been able to top Bebop.

 

[Kyrian007]

Blue Seed in the mid 90's

 

[Kiju]

Speed Racer.

Old...old...old anime series. Wouldn't really truly call it Anime, then again.

 

[Ken Sapp]

Ranma 1/2 in the early 90s. And a pretty varied selection since then.

 

[AlkalineGamer]

Well i suppose that would be Yu-Gi-Oh.

But the first one i watched as Anime would be Hellsing.
Quite a difference between those two eh.

 

[Ken Sapp]

Speed Racer.

Old...old...old anime series. Wouldn't really truly call it Anime, then again.

If you want to go that far back then I would have to say Robotech back when it was originally airing in the US.

 

[Shuswah_Noir]

Probably Pokemon.
Followed by Invader Zim, and then D.N.Angel.

 

[LoFr3Eq]

First one really was Space Cruiser Yamato. Ages ago, I had it on Tape Cassette.

Then the normal TV stuff, Sailor Moon, Pokemon, DBZ.

I kinda got into real anime last year because my flatmate had a huge collection. The first one I saw was Beck. After a bit of a discussion with another friend, he said that the series Chobits was just for girls. After watching the series and thoroughly enjoying it I concluded that pretty much anyone can like Chobits.

I have since seen classic stuff like Evangelion, Berserk, Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood and up to episode 70 of Bleach.

 

[Artina89]

My first anime was Pokemon, followed by Virus: Virus buster serge, Astro boy and Black Jack. I then didn't watch anime for a long time, until I read the "Death note" manga and through that I watched the anime. I am currently working my way through "FLCL". The only anime I can watch again and again, is "Death note"