Recommend Some Anime For Me?

[vectron]

Not really a fan on Anime, but I'll vouch for
* Ghost in the Shell
* Akira
as mandatory watching for anyone that likes movies at all (though this ought to be common knowledge).

[glassiya]

I'd recommend Monogatari series, starting from Bakemonogatari.

Not sure if this is your thing, but you definitely gotta give it a shot. Personally I admire the series as a starting writer for the way dialogues and characters are written. A lot of fun, a lot of drama, a few (but epic) action scenes, and style of that thing is like none another. Just love it.

Oh, and if you're preferring more straightforward, but still dramatic and beautiful as hell action stories - Type Moon, of course. Kara no Kyoukai, Fate/Stay night, Fate/Zero, and Tsukihime (latter one - only as a visual novel, there is no anime of this). Everyone love those.

[Loplod]

Hands down best Anime I have ever watched and will forever recommend to everyone.

TENGAN TOPPA GURREN LAGGAN



People have lived in caves for hundreds of years, one of them unearths a small mecha, this mecha is powered by pure willpower and can connect with other mechas making their power only limited by their human will.

The humans escape the underground and find other mechas and fight the "beastmen" who forced them underground, lots of things happen and there are freaking awesome that end up destroying entire solar systems. watch THREE episodes then make up your mind about it. I laughed.. I cried.. I felt like a better person at the end of it. And that is all I could ever ask of an Anime.


It's full of a great message about believing in yourself and never giving up no matter what. As well as manly as hell fight scenes and dashes of humor. It is all you will ever need and that is the truth. Trust me now, Thank me later.

[PumpkinHead]

I don't know how Trigun was not mentioned in the first post. It is a classic, right along side of Cowboy Beebop.

[glassiya]

Oh, I almost forgot.

If you did liked Baccano, maybe then "Durarara" is worth a shot. Haven't seen it myself, but it was heavily recommended, and from I heard, its from the same author in the same universe and in the same style.

[ZergLord]

I'd strongly recommend the first season of Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni, aka When Cicadas Cry.

The series' setting is a small japanese village of Hinamizawa. The series is made of 5 story arcs, or 5 short stories and each is basically an alternative account of events that happened sometime before and after the vilagge's yearly holy festival. Each story follows 5 kids and the decent into madness by one of them, which usually escallates into a killing spree. Although the story arcs are all alternative stories, some of their elements remain the same throughout the series, like the legend of Oyashiro-sama, mysterious dissapearence of one of the (unseen) side characters, etc. If something is mentioned 2 or more times in the series it is canon. In addition, in each subsequent story you'll learn more about Hinamizawa, their people and the events that happened there in the past. Everything is given to you one layer at a time, so in each story arc you will learn something new - but you will never figure out what the hell is happening.

Every story arc starts like your typical anime junk, almost generic anime animation and those 5 kids are happy and hanging around, then at one point it transitions to being serious, and eventually it becomes disturbing. I really don't want to talk too much about the series because talking about it doesn't serve it's justice, just watch it.

There are 2 seasons. Like I said, watch the first season and forget about the second. The second season explains everything, and IMO the payoff isn't good enough. The second season isn't strong enough, its main shtick is "friendship beats everything" trope, and worst of all the intensity and mystery of the first season will fade away because you will know what was going on behind the scenes. For that reason alone it's not worth it.

[Geneva]

Hey, how ya doin'?

Cheers for all the suggestions guys! Definitely have a sizable 'To Watch' list now to sink my teeth into. I'll probably start with Fullmetal Alchemist, Trigun and Gurren Lagann as they're supposed to be the 'must sees' that I keep hearing about and then go from there.

[mantisstalker]

If its not too late and nobody has said it yet, I'd recommend Darker Than Black, as it got me into anime in the first place. Angel Beats is also awesomly good ^^

And though I probably wouldn't have said anything before, I recently watched Free!, and my my my So I'd say take a quick look at it, and if you think you'd be into that sort of stuff defiantly give it a shot :3

[Silegy]

Honestly, I didnt like FMA: Brotherhood at all. I prefer its older brother Soul Eater (not like it was amazing, but Kid with Stein carried).
If you loved Bebop, go for its hip-hop brother Samurai Champloo. Basically the same series, just different music, time and place.
Didnt read all of the posts, so amybe Ill suggest soemthing already mentioned:
Code Geasss (I know this was mentioned, but you cannot mention Geass too many times)
Black Lagoon - its like average, average, average, 2nd series -> BOOM! HEADSHOT!!! It almost literally blew my head off, didnt even finished it, because the Vempire Twins are unbeatable chapter.
Full Metal Panic - and especially fumoffu. Funny as hell. I cant say its the best or anything, but I have emotions for this one, hehe
Gunslinger girl - psychological drama with cyborg lolis
Hellsing - the old series. That's what you call noir. I hate OVAs tho.
Anything by SHAFT. Because SHAFT. And Bakemonogatari is by far the best series I have ever seen.
Guilty Crown - sort of Code Geass light. Less tragic, more epic. Once you see "Two years later" in the last episode, just shut it down, because it will make the entire time you put into watching the series worthless.

[That's Not Even My Name]

Berserk is one of my favourites. The series ends kind of suddenly but you can watch the movies to find out what happens as the story goes on. You can watch the movies on their own too but the series really is brilliant.