hmmmmm,if not wrong my first anime was patlabor, this anime aired in the morning in my country, so i think i watched this after wake up from my sleep, and it maybe first anime i watched lol
Looks like most of us in the US started our anime careers from Toonami on Cartoon Network back in the day.
My first anime ever would have to be Akira, but my first anime series was Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball then Dragon Ball Z. The very first anime I was ever extremely hyped about to the point I even wrote its release date on my calender back as a child was Gundam Wing. I basically became a chuunibyou to that show, idolizing Heero Yui - talking like him, acting like him and everything. Ah childhood...
I think my first anime series was Dragon Ball. But back then I couldn't tell the difference between an anime and any cartoon series.
The moment that got me into anime was when X and Hellsing aired on TV about 2 or 3 years after that.
The first anime I ever watched was Choudenji Mashin Voltes V, I was around 3-5 years old at the time. then it was followed by dragon ball, time quest or time travel tondekeman, sailormoon and super pig oh and at one point, anpanman. (the latter series aired at around the same time during the golden age of anime in my country, the 90's)