I'm surprised you haven't seen it until now. It's one of the classics and with good reason. Hm, I should watch it again some time.
I surprised too, but then again, I haven't exactly seen many of the classics like Ranma 1/2, Slayers, Sailor Moon (le gasp), nor Escaflowne (and I just have the movie, gasp). So I'm not
that surprised it's taken me so long to see it. For some years, I've been pretty picky about the anime I watch, and even then, prior to me-college years, the only other way for me to watch anime was what was being shown on Saturday/Sunday morning cartoons (Kids WB/4KIDS) or anything by Studio Ghibli. Worse is I don't have cable, and even then I hardly watch TV anymore. Mom has been pretty strict about anime, that was another reason.
Of course, now that I'm an adult, she doesn't really care what I watch now, since she does trust me around anime and manga more than my brothers. Like I bought DragonBall Z seasons (because I know she wouldn't be thrilled with DragonBall), and though she doesn't watch it, she hasn't really spoken out about it. Dad's been slightly more lenient. I had my door wide open, so my dad walked into my room while I was watching FLCL, and it was during the scene where a robot was slowly popping out of Naota's head, and he wondered what I was watching. I didn't know how to answer, so I just said, "Something really weird," and left it be. He didn't question it any further. Mom probably would've stood there with a weird look on her face, but I think she would've left and not question it either. I dunno. My grandparents don't seem to care either, and I leave my door open almost all the time with my volume pretty high.
/tl;dr
So I guess timing was crucial for me. I was bored last night, so I figured I might as well start on a new anime, and I chose
Cowboy Bebop. I found a YouTube channel that has a playlist along with a few other anime shows like Trigun and Outlaw Star, so I may watch those right after. Who knows. Though I think I'd like a good list of the classics, it seems to vary from person to person I've noticed.