The first anime I ever remember watching was A Wind Named Amnesia.
For Tv, it was Astroboy.
The two did make me want to watch more, but ultimately I haven't been watching as many in the last few years, as they all seem to be more marketed towards a foreign release than they ever were before.
More of the chicks with swords and guns and/or assassins/vampires/goth/emo/impossibly cool people doing whatever part of secret societies, etc, etc....
Well, many out there catch my meaning...
Then again, it was a hell of a long time ago when I first watched anime...
Way, way, way back. When having one of those old-school gigantic satellite dishes meant you could find damn near anything, provided you were willing to search through upwards of 10'000 different channels late-night to see what was on.
Sadly, the newer satellite systems have less of a selection per system than we used to have back in the 1980's for crying out loud...
You'd need 3 different satellite subscriptions just to get half the channels we used to take for granted...
I hate that. Then again, the internet tends to spoil people. Myself included...