Interesting. ^.^
First anime was of course pokemon when I was like four (the original 150), but I didn't really know it was anime and everyone likes Pokemon so I don't think that really counts. My first manga encounter was in 6th grade when a friend forced me to read Ranma 1/2. I totally hated it and freaked out cuz it had nudity lol, so I went searching around the bookstores for A rated manga, but couldn't find any. Until one day, when a booksale came to our school and I found Ultra Maniac. (after Ultra Maniac, I was hooked :heart:)
Shortly after, I started watching Naruto because all of my friends liked it. At first it scared me, because I had never seen cartoon blood before (besides in Mulan) but I began to really like it, and it was the first anime I can say I have ever gone "Otaku" for.