What were the First Anime/Manga/LN you have watched/Read Knowing what they were.

Paul Nebeling

My turn.

Anime: Akira
Light Novel: Sword Art Online
Manga: I don't do manga

Now of you want to include from before I knew what anime was, I'll toss out an obscure series called Prince Planet.

Jtamaki

First anime: Tenchi Muyo! Or outlaw star
First manga: InuYasha
First Light Novel: Oreimo

Terrence

@jack-tamaki said in What were the First Anime/Manga/LN you have watched/Read Knowing what they were.:

First anime: Tenchi Muyo!

Are you going to be getting the Tenchi Muyo Light Novels? (I think Seven Seas is publishing)

Jtamaki

@terrence Honestly I don't know yet. After reading your post, I looked it up and did see that they are going to release it both in print and digital so it would be easier on the wallet with the other light novels I'm getting but I got a huge back log of books that I need to finish still lol XD

DTTA

Anime: Doomed Megalopolis
Manga: ... not sure. Maybe Ghost in the Shell.
LN: High School DXD.

Rootbeermaster

my first's knowing what they were,
Anime:
Gundam Wing
Vandread
Blood +
Samurai champloo
The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

Manga:
Rosario + Vampire
Negima
himari omamori

Light Novel:
Accel World vol. 1
Is It wrong to pick up girls in a dungeon vol. 1

however my first before knowing what anime was is
Voltron
Sailor Moon
Monster Ranchers
Pokemon
Digimon

flarecde

Anime: Sword Art Online
Manga: Arpeggio of Blue Steel
Light Novel: Accel World

the green death

Yeah Robotech was the first I remember but were things like The Lost Cities of Gold or whatever anime? I remember ordering the VHS of the first volume of Dangaioh and I was so excited to see anime with subtitles!

For manga I bought Mai, Xenon, Kamui and all those early Eclipse/Viz titles.

Yep, I’m old.

gunsablazing

I think mine was full metal alchemist: brother hood
and this was when I was nine, so I was defiantly traumatized by Nina, but still enjoyed it.

Terrence

@gunsablazing said in What were the First Anime/Manga/LN you have watched/Read Knowing what they were.:

I think mine was full metal alchemist: brother hood
and this was when I was nine, so I was defiantly traumatized by Nina, but still enjoyed it.

Ha ha. Yeah, that was messed up. In FMA anime original...

spoiler

DrYuriMom

I actually knew Star Blazers was originally Japanese. So that and Kimba, I suppose. My first fansub would have been Dirty Pair in 1989. :-)

Paul Nebeling

@dryurimom Oooh. Kimba. Going way back with that one.

DrYuriMom

@paul-nebeling IMHO you can't call yourself an otaku without a full appreciation of Tezuka :-)

Steelblaidd

@the-green-death I'll sing that refrain with you as I grew up on Robotech, Voltron, and G-force. First actual light novel was Onegai Teacher, 1st manga was probably Oh! My Goddess. For bonus points I met my wife in the Anime club in college and our fan sub distributor was the lady that married Largo, of Megatokyo's Piro and Largo.

DrYuriMom

@steelblaidd high-five Our relationship developed over tabletop games and anime and we named our daughter Nausicaa.

fozzedout

Anime: Guyver and Dominion Tank Police (can't remember which came first)
Manga: I have no idea... I've read so much!
LN: In another world with my smartphone (I had no idea that translating LN was a thing until a few months ago!)