What is the 1st anime you watched that turned you into an Otaku??

Detective Conan is what got me interested in anime and Japanese culture. Wanted to learn the language so I could read ahead of what Funimation was showing on Adult Swim at the time. Then found out that Pokemon/Digimon/DBZ were also anime. No regrets.

Grew up with DBZ, Pokemon, YuGiOh. Got addicted to anime in high school when my friend showed me Sword art online for some reason lol

Hello, I watched DBZ and Naruto as a kid, and while watching Naruto Shippuden in High School I decided to give another anime a chance which happened to be Akame ga Kill. I was hooked to anime ever since :)

Mum letting me watch Sailor Moon was the gateway into me falling into the abyss and sono hanabira was the rot that destroyed my future.

Most definitely Evangelion, even if I wouldn't consider it my favourite anymore. It made me feel like a really deep, edgy boy and mari from the "new" movies, will forever be my waifu, even if her existence is unnecessary and I would generally say that the movies are aside from the animation pretty meh, especially in comparison to the original.

Naruto, mainly bc of the music. I wasnt that interested in the story till like ep 200+ and i always hated naruto (still do) but the music and most of the other characters kept me going.

When I was little back in the early 90s, my older brother, my cousins, and I always got addicted to old school anime from the 60s, 70s, 80s, & 90s but my first anime series were Gatchaman, Dirty Pair, Speed Racer, Astro Boy, Captain Harlock, Vampire Princess Miyu, Ranma 1/2, Robotech, Galaxy Express 999, Fist of the North Star, Maison Ikkoku, Ronin Warriors & Bubblegum Crisis. My first anime movie was Akira, Fatal Fury movies, Ninja Scroll, Samurai Shodown, Ghost in the Shell, X/1999, Macross Plus, Tenchi the Movie: Tenchi Muyo in Love, Slayers Return, Cutie Honey Flash, Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth, Tekken: The Motion Picture, & Tenchi Forever! The Movie