My anime origins are pretty similar to a lot of people here, started watching pokemon when I was about 8 on Sky One before school. It got me quite interested since the animation style and story was so different to the other cartoons airing at the time. Shortly afterwards I discovered Sailor Moon and watched that too before it stopped airing.
A few years later in my early teens I discovered the wonders of the Internet! And that opened a whole load of doors to different anime! Haven't looked back since