What was your first anime?

The first anime I went out of my way to watch in Japanese was Cardcaptor Sakura. I was watching AMVs online and saw there were scenes in the original that weren't in the heavily censored English version.

...that I actively watched? Death Note. Dunno if I unknowingly watched anything before that.

Slayers ♥

I'm not exactly sure but it could be Dr. Slump Arale-chan.

Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (1984)

The earliest I have any recollection of is probably Starzinger.

The first one I can clearly remember watching as a kid was Voltron: Defender of the Universe.

The one that actually awakened my true interest in anime was Akira, when I was a teenager.

And finally, the one that fully grabbed my attention as an adult and fully shaped my current tastes in anime was Trigun.

Leaving the "casual" TV shows aside (Pokemon, One Piece etc...) my first anime was Mirai Nikki.
An old friend of mine made me watch it - it was quite fun and got me into watching more animes :P

Probably Bugs Bunny or Tom & Jerry. Akira was the first thing I saw promoted as anime (well, it was actually incorrectly promoted as manga because the Japanese terms were new to Australia), although I'd watched Astro Boy years earlier.

If we exclude the child shows on american tv (like transformers and such), my first anime was Akira. Man was it awesome.

When was a kid saw many like Pokemon, Digimon, Yu-Gi-Oh, Dragon Ball, Rurouni Kenshin, etc... But that was like until 10/12 years old. Stopped watching and one day when i was 16 or 17 a girl told me to watch Death Note. I just checked online, saw in less than 24h and didn't leave the anime world ;)

samurai champloo <3

Dragon Ball (Z).

Ranma and Ken
*and something with robot, but I can't remember the names, didn't liked it ages ago and now neither

I had my "anime phase" between the ages of 10 and 16, then I stopped completely.. but in those years, man I watched hundreds of anime! XD
My very first, I still remember it of course and probably is still my favourite even after 15 years!
It was Ranma ½, which aired from 1996 onwards in Italy ;)

First proper anime that got me down the rabbit hole; D.Gray-man. Never look back.

Definitely DB or DBZ. Got me into Toonami, which led to Yu-gi-oh!, Tenchi Muyo, Inuyasha, etc. Then I learned how much was out there and have probably watched well over 100 series since. DBZ will remain one of my all time favorites though.

Either pokemon or Naruto. Both were airing in a similar time period, and I watched both.

Heidi x)

Although I have seen anime many times beforehand, the original Vampire Hunter D is what really got me into it. Thanks to the dominant CG and remake/reboot trend in recent years, I appreciate and prefer the originality of anime and foreign films over the endless, OP stuff Hollywood puts out..

I can't really say for sure, but these are some of the animes/cartoons that shaped my childhood :

Aoki densetsu shoot!, Captain Tsubasa, Challenge of the GoBots, Chibi Maruko-chan, Conan, Doraemon, Dragon Quest: The Adventure of Dai, Grendizer, Haikara-san ga Tōru (Mademoiselle Anne), Kimba the White Lion, Moero! Top Striker, Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, Plawres Sanshiro, Princess Sarah, Sangokushi, The Legend of Prince Valiant, The Twins of Destiny, Thumbelina: A Magical Story, Thunder Jet, Tiger Mask, Vicky the Viking...

Of course, these were dubbed in my language, I had no idea what they're called in their original/international versions. Those were the days, not getting any younger, right ?

Space Cobra
Hadashi no Gen

Not sure but I think it would be around Doraemon, Crayon Shin-chan, or Dragon Ball.

If we are talking about when I become started regularly watch anime, the first is Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood in 2010