First anime that you KNEW was anime

[Namazzi]

Dragoball Z was the first I watched that I was actually aware of being anime.  I was into pokemon pretty heavily before that, but I didn't realize it was an anime..
haha. I think I was 13(ish) around that time
Princess Mononoke was actually my first real anime movie I had ever watched, and I loved it. =D

[Pie Row Maniac]

Dragonball Z. I saw figurines and images in magazines.

I was weirded out by the eyebrows and body-sized hair, I knew it had to be "that anime stuff"

[Seraph]

ranma 1/2 was the first one I made me learn what anime is.

[Wuntvor]

Now I may be de-railing my own topic here but all this talk of downer anime made me remember something- during the AMV contest there was one anime where a girl was riding her bike down a hill and the brakes failed causing her to end up dying by train. What was that and is it out in the States yet?

The movie in question is Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo / The Girl Who Leapt Through Time.  It is a 100 minute movie.  Not to spoil it but, no, she actually time leaps just before the train hits her.  It is available in the states.  I would recommend getting it.  It is a great movie.

[ichigoxcupcakes]

my very first anime was..[thinks]
Sailor Moon but Tenchi Muyo was the first one. It looked so different.  : D 


I miss it now.

[is watching it now : 333 ]

[Oniyukai]

My first anime that i knew was Anime was Macross 2... I bought it on a whim at suncoast... I loved the action... the whole...J-pop-ballads saving the world was kind of blah to me at the time.
 

[RandomCosplay]

1st anime I watched growing up was Sailor Moon and voltron

[leashy]

I have to say Sailor Moon!!! I used to deny watching it and then I fell in love <3

[MizzArianna]

Pokemon!

[Deviant Spider]

Sailor moon was probably the first I watched But I really didnt start liking Anime specifically untill I was a teenager and started watching Pokemon/Yu-Gi-Oh/Spirited Away. Still, the first anime I watched fully in Japanese was Chobits. From there I realized that Anime's in English are far weaker. I wont be going back. LOL not if I can help it.

[kit2kit]

Pokemon... well I knew it was from Japan but I didn't know it was called anime

The first anime I watched That I actually knew what "anime" meant was Hamtaro

[afanofanime]

The first anime I watched was Robotech. I would get up at 5:30am before school to catch these.
It was also the first cartoon (as I new it at the time) where a character died. (In the begining, I think it was Roy Focker or something. It really surprised me)

[Mr Silmero]

The first anime I watched was Robotech. I would get up at 5:30am before school to catch these.
It was also the first cartoon (as I new it at the time) where a character died. (In the begining, I think it was Roy Focker or something. It really surprised me)

Ahhh the good old days where you wake up before the sun rises to catch an anime...(Sailor Moon for myself)

[Teasel]

For me, it was either Sailor Moon, or Drangon Ball Z on Cartoon Network.