Pokemon. It ended up being my morning show that would end right before I had to leave for school. But what really put anime on my radar was the old YouTube algorithm, constantly showing me pirated episodes of obscure anime lol. Good times. Thank god I never ran into anything traumatic, cuz I just winged it for a while.

I still love the anime as a childhood experience, but I don't consider it great. Probably one of the only childhood shows I'd be willing to watch today would be Avatar The Last Airbender, but I know it doesn't exactly count as anime.