Was the dragon ball series your first anime ?

[sayian_nation_]

Thinking about it now yea Dragonball Z was my first, my uncle introduced it to me during the Freeza saga and I was hooked! Then it was Sailor Moon, Gundam, and anyone remember Zoids? That was a big one for me.

[KingKaiGuy]

Considering the fact that I was said to have watched with my uncle when I was 2 years old, yes. It was my shit as a child. My top three as a young child (4 years old) was probably 1. DBZ, 2. Blues Clues, 3. Any one of those Disney live actions from the late 90's-early 00's. It was what also got my family to believe I was a huge anime/manga fan, which I was not. I really only liked Dragon Ball Z, Yu-Gi-Oh, and Yu Yu Hakusho(second favourite at the time and still in my top 5). Note that I was so young I could not notice how mad Funi's early material was I did not really grow a genuine affection for anime and manga outside of a couple (Dragon Ball, Inuyasha, and Akira) until recently with Kiseijuu/Parasyte, Full Metal Alchemist, and Monster.

[Saiga]

I think Voltron would have been my first anime, but I can't remember if I actually saw it or just had the toys. If not for that, then it would be Pokemon.

Then there was Digimon and Sailor Moon before Dragon Ball. I always knew they were Japanese due to an Australian kid's magazine called k-zone.

[TripleRach]

Nope. I watched Robotech and Voltron as a toddler. I don't remember much about Robotech (though my dad was a big fan), but I loved Voltron. Later I saw those two koala anime a few times.

I saw Akira around the same time I first saw DBZ in syndication (1996-ish), but I'm not sure which came first. And then I was a Pokemon fan before I actually became a Dragon Ball fan.

[The Time Traveller]

Moomin was my first anime, that show was actually kind of creepy.

Dragon Ball was definitely my first manga though!

When Dragon Ball Z first aired in the UK for some reason I connected it to Pokemon, both looked the same but totally different. I couldn't put my finger on it, I figured it was just made by the same people. Then Gundam Wing and Tenchi Muyo started airing on Toonami.

[Singh is King]

Nope: Pokemon was my first Anime, unfortunately. I say unfortunately because that Series in its entirety has long past jumped the shark in my eyes: the English dub especially is downright unbearable in the newer seasons, but that's a different topic altogether.

I think Dragonball Z was second, and third was Yu-Gi-Oh! Duel Monsters.

[Friggin_Krillin]

Nope. The Jungle Book Anime and Stuff like 'The Genie Family', while not knowing that they were Animes. Realising this later was somewhat Mind = Blown Material, while it made oddly sense at the same Time

[Tennessaiyan]

Pokemon was my first anime. I was like... in first grade, I think? Looking back on it, it's not too great, lol, but I still watch the old episodes every now and again for the nostalgia factor.

[Singh is King]

Pokemon was my first anime. I was like... in first grade, I think? Looking back on it, it's not too great, lol, but I still watch the old episodes every now and again for the nostalgia factor.

I can understand why: I feel like the old episodes actually felt like Ash and company were, you know, going somewhere, and Takeshi Shudo wrote really well for the Series in terms of making it a family show for everyone, IMO. Pokemon actually felt a lot like Dragonball Z as a kid to me, if only more episodic and toned down, but then Dragonball Z was my second anime after it.

Spoiler:

The English dub was also a lot better back then than it is now, ironically enough when 4Kids of all people had it: the recast dub voices since TPCi took over from 4Kids are nothing short of horrid nowadays, and the current script writer is also terrible with all the outdated slang, alliterations, and stuff he gives Ash and Team Rocket.

[gohann]

I can't remember my first anime, but the only one out of them I really still watch today is Dragon Ball.

[Dbzfan94]

Wasn't my first anime, that was Pokemon.
However DB/DBZ is the 1st anime I reaally got into