foreest said:
Ironically, mine was almost a Ghibli movie. It was Naisicaa of the Valley of the Winds.
I occasionally watched episodes of Pokemon or Shanan King on TV previously (and it looked more interesting than most of the other shows airing) but it was not a cautious "watching an anime".
When during my HS years, I think or the first uni year I got into game nodding and one of my mod lteam mates (who worked as a storyboard artist on a big film studio BTW) suggested watching this movie to get into anime. I liked it a lot and asked some of my university group mates who were into media for more recs. Watched Death Note, Code Geass and some more obscure titles like Trinity Blood and Petshop of Horrors as a result. When started to search for more myself.
Ironically, I watched a total of just 3 Miyazaki movies among my almost 1700 MAL entries (and just 3 Ghibli movies as I also watched From Up the Poppy Hills by Miyazaki Jr.).
I honestly don't know that anime!