Next Time On Apparently Artist...?

I think John still has one to put in, but for now (When we get time around all our deadlines) I humbly sumbit the next round:

The first Anime or Anime series I ever watched. Or the first series you saw after you realised what Anime was. I grew up watching Astro Boy and Samurai Pizza cats. But after I learned that it was a particular form of animation from Japan it was a different series.