How did you get into anime?

well if we exclude digimon and pokemon, watching bleach and fullmetal alchemist on tv at the age of 7 is what got me interested in the medium, but not really an anime fan
it was only after marathoning naruto that i've actually tried to find more anime, and then went on to sao and stuff
what kept me going was prolly wanting to become a part of the anime usergroup on leakforums, and that made me look beyond mainstream and so i became a true anime lover