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What was the first anime you watched

It was Gurren Lagann for me! No anime could have pulled me in more effectively to be honest.
- An epic protagonist/mentor figure
- a main character who’s struggle is relatable and emotionally impactful without being melodramatic
- epic mech fights overlayed on thought provoking subtext that’ll get you in your feelings

I never stood a chance 😂
 
The anime I was going to watch was going to be Rurouni Kenshin, but when I expressed an interest in watching the anime, a friend in uni had me sit down and watch Akira. A bit over my head at the time, given that it was a little deeper than what I was looking for, but I genuinely enjoyed it.
 
Not counting the various -mon franchises that were all the rage when I was a kid, it was Soul Eater. Everything was so bizarre and different, especially for a kid with a sheltered childhood and raised by conservative parents. I can remember some of the thoughts going through my head.

"Why is this guy turning into a scythe?"
"What's with the naked witch?"
"Why is the scythe guy's nose bleeding?"

I was confused, but I couldn't look away. In the end I became what you see now.
 
Hmm, I could say Speed racer, but cannot recall the year I was on vacation I saw it, but honestly, have to go with Ronin Warriors in '94 if I recall anything anime.
 
Battle of the Planets.

I know, it was a North American adaptation of Gatchaman, but BotP was the version I got to see.

Mmmm...Princess...
 
That entirely depends on if Jayce and the wheeled warriors counts as an anime. It's made by some of the big anime studios but I think it was a western product overall.
 
My Neighbor Totoro

My mom bought me the first English dubbed version on VHS in 1993.

First anime tv show was either Sailor Moon or Wee Wendy/Little Memole, I can't remember which. My family was in the Navy and we were overseas in Italy in 1995. On our little tv, I caught Italian dubbed episodes of Sailor Moon occasionally. But visiting my grandparents in the states once a year, they had a VHS tape that my aunt watched with the anime Wee Wendy on it. I don't recall which hit my eyeballs first out of the two.
 
Cowboy-Bebop or definitely Inyuasha.
Had a crush on Kagome when I was younger
 
I was obsessed with Sailor Moon as a kid. But that isn't my first anime, I can't really remember what my first anime was but it probably was something from Nippon Animation's World Masterpiece Theater series.
 
The first anime I actually watched was My Neighbor Totoro, though I was young enough to not see it as anime at the time.

As I grew older I fell into the age cliche's - Pokemon, DragonBall etc. It honestly wasn't until I was in high school that I recognized these shows as anime, and started watching some other classics like Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Akira and Ghost in the Shell.
 
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