No.116229
My FIRST anime was Dragon Ball. Didn't get into Z.
My first non-babbies first shonen? I think it was Kinmoza. That or YuruYuri.
No.116230
Mine was probably either Dragon Ball Z or Naruto, first non-shounen was probably Nisekoi.
No.116234
>>116226The very first anime I "watched" was some weird anime about magical mermaid girls that would sing to defeat evil. I say "watched" in quotation marks because all I'd do was have it running in the background while I was playing with my toys and waiting for something more interesting to air. It's my earliest memory of an anime, though. I later found out it was called Mermaid Melody Pichi Pichi Pitch.
The first anime I remember watching was Doraemon, but that too was also just something that I only watched because I'd occasionally catch it running on TV while watching cartoons.
The first anime I WILLINGLY watched was Girls und Panzer, shortly after it aired.
No.116237
>>116231This but with Naruto instead, it imprinted my taste for melodramatic + gorey series unfortunately. I also remember trying to watch Haruhi on those old school Flash anime piracy sites but I started with Endless 8 for some reason? And Higurashi which I also watched out of order...
>>116234I didn't know Mermaid Melody aired on TV, was it dubbed?
No.116238
>>116237>was it dubbed?Yes, the TV channel it aired on was meant for kids, so nothing in there was subbed. That reminds me, I mentioned Doraemon earlier. On that topic, I remember that Doraemon was actually the very last thing that channel would air, and then it'd switch to a looping video of the channel logo on a night sky with glittering stars in the background that said something along the lines of "It's bedtime!"
I think it did that at midnight.
No.116240
Nee-chan got me started with Trigun when I was about 6. There were a bunch of other shows I remember but that's the one that really stood out.
I didn't go off the deep end until I found K-On! at the same time I was playing guitar a lot as a teenager.
No.116241
The first one I can remember watching is Zatch Bell on Toonami! I can't really remember anything about it now beyond the title though.
No.116242
First anime: Bleach
First non-babby-shounen: Sora no Otoshimono
Ikaros was my first crush.
No.116244
>>116226The first anime that I seriously got into and watched in its entirety was Girls und Panzer, which I first watched when I was 25.
No.116254
Actual first might have been either Pokemon or Astro Boy, hard to tell since it was so long ago. Don't quite remember the first anime I picked up on my own, might have been Mirai Nikki. The first one I watched in Japanese with Japanese subtitles was Mitsuboshi Colors.
No.116261
>>116226Of all things it was bobobo-bo bo-bobo
It cemented my understanding that all Japanese creatives were, deep down, completely insane
Also one of the only animes I can think of where the dub is legitimately better than the sub because they actually do a great job adapting all the nonsense jokes
Case in point:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PCC8KYwLvo8 No.116265
>>116261The first time I watched Bobobo I could not stop laughing and would try to secretly stay up late so I could watch it. Now that I am used to it, I cannot find it as funny as I used to.
No.116270
Either Chobits or GitS.
I've yet to watch either properly.
No.116272
>>116226Bokurano. I thought it was fantastic. Watched a few others. Never really gave me the same vibe. Closest has been Madoka Magica but damn did that series not know when to finish. Hated Evangelion.
No.116275
Pokemon as a kid, then Attack on Titan later on.
No.116276
>>116226Naruto, I remember getting my first boner when he turned into a naked girl
No.116277
Pokemon was probably the first anime I've ever watched.
I can safely say that jessie has awoken something inside me.
I also remember watching spirited away probably around the same time. I remember being scared shitless from that.
Then I didn't watch anything for a while.
The first one after that was Berserk I think.
No.116278
>>116276For me it was when Naruto and Sasuke accidentally kissed
No.116281
>>116226Other than random stuff on TV and Ghibli movies it was probably "Mamotte! Lollipop"
No.116296
>>116290Did you watch it at 2AM in a dark room like you were supposed to?
No.116312
Kissu is a millenial board
No.116322
>>116312Unfortunately, I am of the Gen Z variety. Outside of the usual Pokemon or Big 3 (mine was Bleach), the first anime I can think of is Angel Beats.
Still waiting for Second Beat. Any day, now.
No.116323
>>116312Considering
>>>/poll/8994Most people here are gen Z.
No.116324
Pokemon, Digimon, Cardcaptors, and Sailor Moon as a kid. I watched anime my whole life after that, but only less mainstream stuff after I found 4chan.
First manga was Keroro Gunsou.
No.116327
>>116226You're making me turn the clock way back lol.
When I was a little kid, I liked watching Howl's Moving Castle on TV. Throughout my early teenage years, I would get very small bits and pieces of exposure to Pokemon. I remember seeing that infamous Professor Ivy episode airing.
Later on, I would get bits and pieces of Dragon Ball exposure.
The first actual show I watched was One Punch Man. Afterwards, it was Kill La Kill. Moar from there
No.116331
>>116226Sailor Moon, before I even knew what an anime was.
Got aired at like 4-5AM at some smalltime channel where I live for some reason.. After that it was probably Princess Mononoke a few years later.
No.116332
>>116312Generational neuroticism is fucking insufferable.
No.116336
>>116331>Got aired at like 4-5AMThat brings some weird memories. City Hunter would only air between 3 and 5 AM, the adult programming block. Those channels never respected the schedule. Using a entire 180 minutes tape, it started so late that only 15 minutes were recorded at the end of the tape.
No.116338
Why'd you give the title such a gross name? Full metal alchemist was the first one that I'd classify as anime. Naruto would otherwise be the first one I've watched.
>>116241This one could've also been it. It's hard to remember.
No.116340
>>116338Is this your first week on the interwebz?
No.116342
>>116339Much too lewd for pure innocent otome anon.
No.116344
>>116343Cherry popping sounds weird when applied to males, as if it could refer to either having their balls pop or losing their anal virginity.
No.116346
>>116344Wouldn't it be referring to breaking a hymen? It doesn't apply to males.
No.116348
Cherry boy has been used in Japan for males.
You can see it sometimes like in
>>116341Cherry is a cute word and JKs like sex.
No.116353
The japanese don't have a solid grasp on the male anatomy.
No.116356
>>116338I didn't want to say it but indeed.
It's also extremely norm-coded