Your first anime

[Dom Cruise]

First would be Speed Racer, I didn't know the term anime but I knew it was Japanese because my dad told me.

Then Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon, but the animes that really sealed the deal for me was The Big O, Gunsmith Cats and Cowboy Bebop.

Of course there was also the film Little Nemo which was a co-production between the US and Japan which I saw before everything else.

 

[Mr. Zed da Robot Poon Fed]

I think early Dragon Ball on Toonami in the late 90's.

 

[Friend computer]

Sailor moon if I'm not mistaken.

 

[Dark Emporer Dood]

One Piece?

Even if I never got into One Piece it does have a Nightmare before Christmas world, I'll give them props for that one!

 

[From The Uncanny Valley]

My toddler self may have watched the Big O thinking it was some kind of Batman spinoff.

 

[Idiotron]

Maya the Bee

This was a really popular children's cartoon in my home country for some reason, nobody even knew this was anime because we only had a dubbed version, it was also based on a series of German books.
It's on Youtube for free, here's the first episode, if anyone wants to check it out:

 

[Slimy Time]

Pokemon or Digimon if you want to count those. First one I recognised as "anime' was the early One Piece episodes. Arlong Park is good shit.

 

[A Grey Cat]

Like almost all 90s kids it was dbz for the first few years them it was Pokemon when that made a splash over here

 

[sasazuka]

I can't quite recall - my brain is in flux between the Guyver OAV, Akira, and some straight-up Dragon Warrior hentai parody that I can't recall the name of for the life of me.

None of that was really meant to be watched by a 7-year-old.

Was it Dragon Knight?

Spoiler: Dragon Knight OVA (NSFW)

 

[Mesh Gear Fox]

I'm old so my introduction to anime was Akira, Ghost In The Shell and Ninja Scroll in the mid 90s.

 

[CrazyRandomZyn]

1980s Megaman, Saint Seiya, Ranma 1/2 DragonBall and Sailor Moon. Also Speed Racer
Bonus: My mom snd uncle watched ASTRO BOY as kids.

I know I'm trash.

 

[OvercookedBacon]

The original Lion Force Voltron, if I remember right.
(Powerlevel: mid/late 80s baby)

 

[Dom Cruise]

My toddler self may have watched the Big O thinking it was some kind of Batman spinoff.

I noticed how similar it looked to Batman: The Animated Series as well, but I can't remember if I assumed it was just a homage or if it meant the anime studio had a hand in TAS which was actually the case.

 

[sasazuka]

1980s Megaman, Saint Seiya, Ranma 1/2 DragonBall and Sailor Moon. Also Speed Racer
Bonus: My mom snd uncle watched ASTRO BOY as kids.

I know I'm trash.

I don't think there was a 1980s Mega Man anime unless you mean Captain N: The Game Master which was an American-Canadian DiC production where the animation work was outsourced to Japan (in the era when most American TV animation was outsourced to Japan) but which doesn't really count as anime.

The Mega Man series you're probably thinking of was a Japanese-American co-production from 1994.

 

[KittyGremlin]

I remember watching some Pokemon when I was 7, but only got into quality stuff later.

 

[CrazyRandomZyn]

I don't think there was a 1980s Mega Man anime unless you mean Captain N: The Game Master which was an American-Canadian DiC production where the animation work was outsourced to Japan (in the era when most American TV animation was outsourced to Japan) but which doesn't really count as anime.

The Mega Man series you're probably thinking of was a Japanese-American co-production from 1994.

Thank you for correcting me. I got the date wrong since in Tubi, they gave the date 1987, (or something)
I never watched Captain N lol.

 

[sasazuka]

Thank you for correcting me. I got the date wrong since in Tubi, they gave the date 1987, (or something)
I never watched Captain N lol.

I like Tubi TV for free official anime streaming but they're mistaken; 1987 was the year that the first Rockman game was released in Japan.

Not counting any possible animation done for videogame TV commercials, Captain N featured the first animated appearance of Rockman/Mega Man in a television series on either side of the Pacific as far as I can tell.

 

[Vyse Inglebard]

Then Dragon Ball Z and Pokemon, but the animes that really sealed the deal for me was The Big O, Gunsmith Cats and Cowboy Bebop.

YESSSS SOMEONE ELSE WHO KNOWS GUNSMITH CATS! One of my favorites. Read the manga if you haven't already, it's so damn good.

On-topic, my first anime was Pokemon (as was a lot of Kiwis', I've noticed), but this was the series that got me well and truly hooked on the genre:

Hideki Anno's best work IMO (Except for the island episodes. Fuck those.)

 

[Dom Cruise]

YESSSS SOMEONE ELSE WHO KNOWS GUNSMITH CATS! One of my favorites. Read the manga if you haven't already, it's so damn good.

I saw Gunsmith Cats on the movie network "Encore Action" and what was noteworthy about it is it was the first "adult" (but not porn) anime I saw uncut, so it was the first time I ever saw anime gals in their underwear, which was a mind blowing experience.

I read a chunk of the manga once but sadly procrastinated on finishing it and then the volumes went out of print and went way up in price, yes I know I can just download scans but it sure would be nice if Dark House would re-release it again.

 

[sasazuka]

I saw Gunsmith Cats on the movie network "Encore Action" and what was noteworthy about it is it was the first "adult" (but not porn) anime I saw uncut, so it was the first time I ever saw anime gals in their underwear, which was a mind blowing experience.

I read a chunk of the manga once but sadly procrastinated on finishing it and then the volumes went out of print and went way up in price, yes I know I can just download scans but it sure would be nice if Dark House would re-release it again.

Oh, geez, I didn't think English-translated manga was worth much of anything on the secondary market but bundles of the 4 Gunsmith Cats omnibus volumes go for triple digits on eBay (and, yes, as a Hot Wheels collector, I know to check the "Sold" listings for value).