Some that predate DB and Sailor Moon are Kimba the White Lion, Mach Go Go Go!(Speed Racer in english) and the original Astro Boy.Fū-Jutsushi|EL wrote: mainly people dislike anime because of one thing... the first anime to broad cast over north america... DBZ and Sailor Moon turned off alot of cartoon fans which later started to believe all anime were like that
I think some people don't like anime because it came from somewhere that isnt the US.(thatswhat some cretin at my old school said, which got him a lot of dirty looks) Another possible reason is because of 4-kids killing some animes like, Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh! in later years. But then, Pokemon set this weird train of thought for people (In my area) that all anime consisted of yellow mice that shot electricity. The whole "Anime is for nerds" deal came along around the time Cartoon Network started showing Ronin Warriors or so.. Or possibly before that. I never will understand the mentality of some peoples
.4-Kids should burn for what they did to Sonic X
) in the UK and more decent stores are gonna start selling them! Anime is quite a rare thing here apart from the odd anime shops in London and Stevenage!!
The ones that don't like it have either never seen it, or don't like the way it is set up because they just don't understand. ^^ Most people think Anime is just porn for some odd reason. I don't own much anime -has a bunch of managas though- But a friend of mine broke two computers by overloading anime into them -I didn't know you could do that...- 
Plus American's draw the comics in a western style. -icky- that bulges out the muscles way to much. It just looks to stupid. -doesn't read nor watch American animation.- and has the strangest sound effects that take over the whole page and/or screen.