I think the first show that I ever saw that got me hooked onto mechas and the entire space slash science fiction genre is Neon Genesis Evangelion. It is one of those memorable shows of my youth that I'll never forget. I even remember all the words to the theme songs, "A Cruel Angel's Thesis," "Fly Me to the Moon" and a "Beautiful World." I didn't know it at the time, but "Fly Me to the Moon" is a Frank Sinatra song by the same name.
The premise of the show starts in the year 2015. Half of the Earth's entire population is dead -- victims of the disaster known as Second Impact that occurred 15 years prior. A young 14 year old boy named Shinji Ikari arrives in the rebuilt city of New Tokyo-3. His enigmatic father has summoned him for reasons unbeknownst to him. Just as he reaches the city, a gigantic creature identified as an “Angel” attacks. This forces Shinji into the cockpit of a giant bio-mechanical construct known as an Eva. Turns out that the most "capable" pilots of an Eva machine are those who were born after Second Impact.
I just started watching it over again on satellite TV from directstartv.com via the Anime Network and it's definitely just as good today as it was back in 1995 when it first aired.
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