First anime I ever watched was way back in the day. I was real young, I was 3 to 4 years old as the series was released in the U.S. in 1984. It was Macross a.k.a. Robotech. I loved the transforming planes, as a kid they rocked my face off and I desperately wanted one for a toy, but my parents wouldn't get me one. I believe though that Starscream from Transformers was just a rip-off of a Macross VF-1 Valkyrie, which I also wanted but never got. Anyways that was the first anime I ever remember seeing (it was probably the first) I didn't really get into anime until later in my life though back in like 92' or 93' when I watch Project A-ko on the Sci-Fi channel back when they used to run those anime movie marathons.