The first anime you ever saw

[Katisu]

My first anime would have to be Salior Moon, though I was like 5 or 6 so I had no idea what was going on in the show. After that it would be either Dragonball Z, Pokemon or Gundam Wing (can't remember which).

[JustInn14]

Spoiler for anime!:

Pokemon

(DON'T LAUGH!)

[Lynx190]

Although I'd had exposure to anime-related stuff on the web for a while, I didn't start watching any until less than a year ago (my old comp was so ancient with a tiny HD that downloading anime was out of the question for a long time). I finally ended up watching Magipoka after constantly seeing Liru threads on the various chans; I loved it, and that got me started watching anime regularly

[lolnoobs]

samurai pizza cats

[Khaos]

It was either Miyuki, Queen Millennia, Saber Rider, Lucy of the Southern Rainbow or Swiss Family Robinson, don't know, which one was aired first, I was below the age of ten at that glorious time.

[Geass]

The first anime I ever saw in the original form (I don't count dubs) was s-CRY-ed.

[foreverdissevered]

Probably Zoro the anime

[Eviltape]

My first "oh hay wats dis on Cartoon Network" was back in my childhood-y days is Pokemon. But that was just a passing fad.

My first "wow, a series" anime was FMP FUMOFFU! Naturally, I backtracked to a subbed FMP. I was really surprised at how better the voices all fit the characters with Japanese, so I stuck.

[David L]

Originally Posted by 4n1m3

What kind of impression did it have on you?


It's kind of hard to remember... but I think it might have been either Transformers or Sailormoon. I didn't really watch transformers much, but I do remember Sailormoon. That show made a good impression on me becuase of Tuxedo Mask. Of course I was like 5 years old so I thought he was ULTRA cool. ^^

The first "anime" was Robotech and I kind of liked it, but I'd seen the art books and novels already so I basically thought, yeah, it was okay.

In terms of less Americanized: it was (within one day) Dirty Pair OAV series. I was blown away. The music - the James Bond-style J-pop opening to the series - was the biggest single impression. In combination with the cute girls-with-guns video, it said "this is more like US comic books, it's nothing like American kids animation - people cared about this show." It was a huge sense of STYLE. The same day I went on to watch Mobile Suit Gundam episode 1 and was impressed by how they handled zero gravity in a realistic way - something you rarely see in any live action movie, even - and the sensible depiction of space colonies. The mecha were cool, but the point was that people were using anime to tell cinematic stories in a stylish faction. I liked that. And then the same day I watched Cream Lemon: Pop Chaser, which had its own appeal (:

[Leon_Lelouch]

Hmmm.... the first anime....
I think it's Doraemon..... lol

[VMSAWRSMSZ006Z]

Space Battleship Yamato!

[hirahira]

Gundam Wing was the first anime I saw(besides Pokemon but that doesn't really count)

[Virtue]

Gundam Wing, Dragonball, Sailor Moon (all dubs)

[pirs]

saint seiya, dub, maybe.

[stjeppe]

has to be rurouni kenshin (bout ten yrs ago or somtin)
only gotten into it much since almost two yrs ago that i started watching on internet for more..

[Judik]

Unlike many russian otakus, who say their first anime was sailor moon, my first was Pokemon.And I don't see anything stupid and funny in it, like JustInn14, even now I watch the latest Pokemon movies, hehe x)

I saw Sailor Moon when I was about 11 I think...And just one or two episodes, they didn't get me into.

[Kougi]

I would have to say DBZ. The non stop re-airing of the Anime would really increase the chances of it being one's 1st Anime in the country where I used to live in.

[-MotokoAoyama-]

If I remember correctly, it should be Sailor Moon (dubbed) I was still a kid back then and totally didn't know that it was a Japanese animation.

The first anime I watched KNOWING it is an anime is Love Hina. It still holds a special place in my heart

[hideFan]

Legend of Crystania >.>

[minhtam1638]

First one I saw was Pokémon.

First one I saw in Japanese and subtitled was Naruto.

First one I saw in Japanese and subtitled and was never shown on TV was Shakugan no Shana.