Finally, I got the courage to take this challenge I saw people taking. I’ve always thought of this, but I was hesitant because I’m a bit indecisive. But this is called a ‘challenge’ for a reason, so here am I signing up for it. I just hope I will be able to finish it.
Day 1 – Very First Anime You Watched
From the very start, I already have a problem — I don’t know which is the very first anime series I’ve watched. You see, I started watching way back when I was, what, 4 years old? That’s why I’m not sure which of these is the one:
Choudenji Machine Voltes V, Bishoujo Senshi Sailor Moon, and Dragon Ball. These are classics so I assume all of you who will happen to be reading this don’t need any synopsis. I may not be sure which of these is the very first anime I’ve seen, I’m sure that they’re the first of their respective genres — Voltes V of the mecha anime, Sailor Moon of the mahou shoujo, and Dragon Ball of the fighting ones.
I remember screaming “LET’S VOLT IN!” along with the pilots of the five machines to put together Voltes V and then sputtering nonsense words as the song plays. I also used to do the Voltes V pose after that. I remember carrying a belt so that whenever they use Voltes V’s belt, I would swing it around, too! Whenever they raise their sword, I imitate it with my imaginary sword. So sad that I can’t actually remember much of the things that happened in the story since I never got to re-watch it after those years it was still the hype.
Sailor Moon is my gateway anime for shoujo series. At that time, aside from Magical Stage Fancy Lala, which aired at the time slot before Sailor Moon’s but for some reason I got to know Sailor Moon first, this was the only shoujo anime I diligently watched. If I remember correctly, it was aired every 6pm (weekends?) back then. I recall bugging my father about turning on the TV because I was too afraid to be electrified whenever I plug it on on my own. Usagi was my second most drawn female character during kindergarten years. The first being Daimos‘ Erika. I wanted to have a hair as long as Sailor Venus, but my parents found long hairs trouble so my hair was usually short, even shorter than Sailor Mercury’s.
Ahh, Dragon Ball series. This is one of those anime series my father used to watch with me. I got to watch Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT, too, and Cha-La Head Cha-La remains one of the most memorable OP for me. Goku made me want to ride clouds (though before that, I just wanted to eat them). Whenever Goku had to do that spirit ball thingy, I enthusiastically raised my hands, too. There are times when I played with my friends imitating different anime moves including kamehameha. Oh, and if Erika was my most drawn female character while in kindergarten, her male counterpart is Goku. I remember always drawing that peculiar hair of his but now that I think of it, I wonder why I didn’t go with Vegeta what with his hair easier to draw. Or with Krillin since he has no hair. Oh well.
This may be cheating, but I seriously can’t remember which is the first one, so I just opted to present these three. I’m going to try my hardest to choose only one for the others.
Treasure Box 
It is very hard to remember which anime was first because a lot of us watched anime as kids without knowing it was anime. It was only later we realised that such and such a show that we really liked was actually anime. As a result, I know my first anime was probably something like Astro Boy or whatever, but the first anime I watched knowingly was Sailor Moon.
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True. Ohh, Astro Boy. A classic. I’m pretty sure I wasn’t able to watch that, sadly. Sailor Moon is a first for a lot of girls, I think. Haha
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congrats on taking the challenge.
and pretty good first anime. Voltes V is a classic in my country. that was a 90s show in TV, lol.
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Thank you for reading! It is here in my country, too! It’s got people building some kind of robot for an exhibition for it some few years ago.
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I’ve seen all of them except Voltes V. My first experience with that mecha was playing Super Robot Wars Alpha a long time ago.
The first anime I remember watching was Teknoman AKA Tekkaman Blade.
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