Haha, that's exactly how I got into manga! My friend showed me some she'd gotten from the library, and I thought it was cool, so I started buying it. That was when I was twelve or thirteen. Even then, it wasn't a huge thing like it is now. I think most people (at least in my area) still associated anime with Pokemon and Yugioh, which were marketed to seven-year-olds. But now I know some people who were introduced to it through Cowboy Bebop and Fullmetal Alchemist. It's awesome!

I hope I can end up sharing it with my nephew. He's not even two yet, so there's a little ways to go before I can show him FMA, but I have hopes! XD