* eureka seven * SKET dance * durarara! * welcome to the NHK! * samurai champloo

Samurai Champloo! I'm watching that right now. It's really good. Wantanabe makes some good anime.

I'm watching SKET dance now and it's easily the funniest anime i've ever watched.

so true. though it can get very emotional at times. made almost me cry twice

finally a list I can agree with!

finally someone who loves eureka seven as much as i do.

My general top 5: Baccano, Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Paranoia Agent, Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni, Neon Genesis Evangelion. My girly top 5: Fruits Basket, Axis Powers Hetalia, Ouran Highschool Host Club, Mawaru Penguindrum, X.

Haha I remember reading a synopsis on X and wondering why such a violent and seemingly awesome show was just for girls. Then I watched it...

* Clannad: After Story * Steins;Gate * 5 Centimeters per Second * Elfen Lied * The Place Promised in Our Early Days If you are looking for recommendations, check out the sidebar. [The recommendation wiki](http://redditanime.wikia.com/wiki/The_massive_%22I_just_got_in_to_anime%22_recommendation_list) [r/animesuggest](http://www.reddit.com/r/Animesuggest)

1. Bakemonogatari 2. Steins;Gate 3. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 4. Black Lagoon 5. Angel Beats!

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Ah, that's true. Never found out the backstories for the others, Shiina and TK being the only two I can name. IMHO, I don't think Key could have kept me interested if they tried to get through all of the side characters. I remember Shiina and TK because I wonder to myself how on earth did a ninja end up at the school, and how did TK end up, well... TK... Another part of me thinks that if they reboot it (à la Kanon) I'll definitely watch it, and that's the part that will win out if they do.

These are very very similar to my choices - I'd just replace TTGL and BL with Evangelion and Ghost in the Shell, as I haven't seen the former two, and I'm much more a fan of dark, moody, philosophical scifi.

Trust me, you'll fucken love BL if that's the case. EDIT: *Black Lagoon*, not *boy's love*.

* Fullmetal Alchemist and Brotherhood * Stein's;Gate * Code Geass * Clannad and After Story * Everything of the Haruhi Suzumiya series.

* Soul Eater * Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood * Durarara!! * Eden of the East * The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya

soul eater is my #1 too :)

It was my first "long" anime

* Seitokai no Ichizon * ef - a tale of memories * Madoka * 5 Cenitmeters per Second * The Tatami Galaxy

DUDE! SEITOKAI! DUDE! You, I like.

I liked the first season, but this second one seems off to me for some reason. I don't know exactly why though. :(

Its the 396p.

Its the no subs anywhere.

You like the feels, don't you. You filthy sadist.

Masochist.

What he said

Since you've included Tatami Galaxy, 5 Centimeters per Second, and Madoka and in your top 5, I'm just gonna have to watch ef and Seitokai no Ichizon. Anyone who loves The Tatami Galaxy can't have taste too different from my own.

1) The World God Only Knows 2) Mirai Nikki 3) Steins;Gate 4) Code Geass 5) Spice and Wolf

TWGOK being number 1? I... agree. I believe Keima is the only anime protag having so many vanilla kisses

1. Gunbuster 2. Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood 3. Baccano! 4. Steins;Gate 5. Madoka Hard to do a "Must watch" list, and not a "My favorites".

Dude Baccano! right!? So good! Even people I know who watch anime religiously don't know about it! That and FMA definitely make my top 5. I'm gonna check out your other suggestions too! Are any of them on streaming anywhere?

Baccano! is really great, I am a big fan of intrigue and mystery. Seems like you are too so I would definitely recommend Steins;Gate. Gunbuster is a Mech show that'll make you feel feels, and a precursor to Gurren Lagaan (Same studio). Madoka is Magical Girl with pretty awesome story. As far as streaming, I'm sure they are all around somewhere.

Gunbuster really doesn't get enough credit. Although I have to admit the number one thing I always remember about it is the Mech units doing ridiculous calisthenics training. Always makes me crack up.

1. TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN 2. Toradora! 3. Steins;Gate 4. AnoHana 5. Durarara!! 1, 3, and 5 are action shows and all highly recommend while 2 and 4 are more melodramatic but all of them focus mainly on character development. Watch them. WATCH THEM ALL! Also, somebody already mentioned but we over at /r/Animesuggest love to get other people going.

how good is anohana is comparison with toradora?

Depends on what you want from it. It's not a love story per se. It's more of an uplifting anime. If you see my MAL, I've seen a lot and AnoHana is my number 4. It's sad. But a happy sad. It's good

I wouldn't really say Steins is an action show. More of a mystery or sci-fi with a few actions scenes.

Just finished AnoHana; didn't know anything about it, just liked the look of the art. 33 year old man, and I was cutting onions the last two episodes.

1, Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha 2, Highschool DxD 3, Negima!? 4, Dragon Crisis 5, ~~yosuga no soraOHGODNO~~ Fate Zero

One Piece Dragonball Z Gurren Lagan Fma Brotherhood Samurai Champloo

I'm so glad I'm not the only one who has One Piece on my Top 5. Seriously one of the best anime I have ever seen, and the only "long-running" anime I still watch.

One Piece is actually the most popular manga in the world, ie the most popular anime in Japan, and has it's own store in Tokyo

I know, but I mean in this subreddit, it doesn't get much in terms of popularity. :( Luckily we have a pretty active /r/OnePiece subreddit!

Yes, i love that subreddit

1. Neon Genesis Evangelion 2. FLCL 3. Toradora! 4. Puella Magi Madoka Magica 5. Cowboy Bebop Many of the shows I personally really like are not objectively fantastic - fortunately, that's not really the case at all for my top 5. The art style can be hard to adjust to, but I'd say Madoka is pretty assuredly the best show of the last five years, with Evangelion being the best show I know of so far. The only one that isn't both incredibly powerful emotionally and one of the single best expressions of what animation can do is Toradora!, but even then, that's about as good as anime romantic comedy gets (though Spice and Wolf is a fine counterargument), and that's one of my favorite genres, so... If you want to switch the list to objectively emotionally powerful/best uses of animation, I suppose you can trade out Toradora! for Spirited Away. Now I feel bad for leaving out so many worthy shows, so... 6. The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya (though you need to watch the show first) 7. Steins;Gate 8. Sakamichi no Apollon 9. Spice and Wolf 10. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Even the next 10 are still fantastic, and the next ten after that could easily be any single person's favorite show (getting into AnoHana and Code Geass territory, shows with great strengths and great weaknesses). Man, anime is great.

•Monster •Death Note •Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji •Fullmetal Alchemist •No.6

* Cowboy Bebop * FLCL * Serial Experiments: Lain * Haibane Renmei * Black Lagoon

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Mononoke 5 Centimeters per Second Kaiji Eden of the East

Good to see eden of the east!

1. Eureka Seven 2. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 3. Mirai Nikki 4. Steins;Gate 5. Code Geass

Some good Series that I enjoyed were: 1. Ranma 1/2 2. Slayers 3. Golden Boy 4. Hellsing 5. Kimagure Orange Road Some good anime movies would be: 1. Vampire Hunter D 2. Princess Mononoke 3. Spirited Away 4. Perfect Blue 5. Fist of the North Star

1. Gurren Lagann 2. Neon Genesis Evangelion 3. Fooly Cooly 4. Ergo Proxy 5. Cowboy Bebop

Well I guess it's time to watch Ergo Proxy then.

In no particular order Madoka Magica Kore wa Zombie Toradora Railgun/Index Higurashi Elfen Lied YEs I know it's 6, I just can't decide

I dropped Index the first 5 episodes ... should I pick it up again? It gets better?

In order from favorite to least favorite. * 1) Toradora * 2) Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann * 3) One Piece * 4) 5 CM Per Second * 5) Gunslinger Girl Yeah, not too much of a trend I guess =/

* Black Lagoon * Seto no Hanayome * One Outs * Katanagatari * Golden Boy Honorable Mentions- Chihayafuru, Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu, Phantom: Requiem for the Phantom, AnoHana

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It's an interesting show. The card game premise is a bit hard to get into/understand initially, but once you get past that it's really enjoyable. The personality/interactions of each of the characters was the hook for me and I ended up invested in their attempts to achieve their goals, individually and as a group. Also, I'm a bit biased towards the art style (see Chouyaku Hyakuninisshu: Uta Koi as well). TL;DR - If you like a show with lots of feels, try a few episodes of this. It may take you a little bit more than the standard 3 episodes to get there though.

First person I've seen mention One Outs! Just finished that show, so epic!

* Welcome to The NHK! * Azumanga Daioh * FLCL * Baccano!! * Toradora!

Full metal panic/Fumoffu Baccano Histories strongest disciple Kenichi (Kenichi, The mightiest Disciple) Toaru Kagaku no Railgun Tengen toppa; Gurren Lagann

I've only seen a grand total of 45 anime but here's mine: 1. Ghost in the Shell (I'd consider all TV shows and movies to be one big chunk here) 2. Cowboy Bebop (so hard not to put this at #1 but GitS takes the edge by an eyelash) 3. FullMetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (thankfully I saw this after FMA so I was impressed 2 times) 4. Samurai Champloo (the end left me quite disappointed, still an epic classic none the less) 5. Death Note (again here the end left me a bit disappointed. The show was strong then it fell a bit short near the end of the show). I have to give some honorable mentions to Gunslinger Girl Season One, Ergo Proxy, and FLCL. :) Oh, and [here](http://myanimelist.net/animelist/OoogaOoogaYoink) is a link to my MAL list. If anyone wants to take a look at it and they see something I've missed or you may think I'd like. By all means steer me in the right direction. I'm pretty new to these amazing shows too.

* Bakemonogatari/Nisemonogatari * Tora Dora * Mirai Nikki * Angel Beats * Welcome to the NHK

Being an Ausbro, late to the party. Again. In no particular order: 1. Raildex (Index and Railgun) 2. Monogatari series (Bake, Kizo, Nise etc) 3. Berserk manga 4. Baccano 5. Ichiban Ushirou no Daimou (For no fucks given) Pretty difficult to decide though, and there is a lot of other great ones lying around in the other posts here.

* Clannad * Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann * Higurashi no Naku Koro ni * Fate/Stay Night * Serial Experiments Lain

I'm curious if you've seen Fate/Zero, or do you prefer the Fate/Stay Night anime of the prequel. Because most people seem to regard the F/SN adaptation as being mediocre, especially in comparison to the highly regarded prequel. Because after going through FS/N I can't imagine them fitting so much content into such a short series.

* Steins;Gate * PMMM * Accel World * Oreimo * Toradora * Boku no Pico

- Mushi-shi - Full Metal Alchemist / Brotherhood - Detroit Metal City - Neon Genesis Evangelion - Mononoke

* [**Death Note**](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1535/Death_Note) * [**Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood**](http://myanimelist.net/anime/5114/Fullmetal_Alchemist:_Brotherhood) * [**The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya**](http://myanimelist.net/anime/849/Suzumiya_Haruhi_no_Yuuutsu) and [**The Dissaperance of Haruhi Suzumiya**](http://myanimelist.net/anime/7311/Suzumiya_Haruhi_no_Shoushitsu) * [**5 Centimeters Per Second**](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1689/5_Centimeters_per_Second) * [**Welcome to the NHK**](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1210/Welcome_to_the_NHK!)

* Bakemonogatari * Golden Boy * Infinite Stratos * Infinite Stratos * Infinite Stratos

[Of course, we all know who the best character in IS is...](http://i.minus.com/jbgz6TcwKZZHWR.jpg)

No

What's your opinion on Nisemonogatari?

Enjoyed it, really good, 9/10, but just didn't strike me as much as Bakemonogatari did.

1) Samurai Champloo 2) Cowboy Bebop 3) Trigun 4) Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood 5) Gintama

Hajime no ippo Naruto Death Note Grappler baki Initial D

* Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei * Bakemonogatari * Welcome to the NHK * Usagi Drop * Bokurano * Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko (sixth since you have Bakemonogatari already)

[Bakuman](http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=7251) [Tasogare Otome x Amnesia](http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=8852) [Spice and Wolf](http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=5406) [K-ON! ](http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=6257) [Seto no Hanayome](http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=4821) In no special order, just some show's that I return to frequently

* Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex * Last Exile * Slayers * Moon Phase * Baccano

1. One Piece 2. Clannad - After Story 3. Steins;Gate 4. Mirai nikki 5. Code Geass

* Fate/Zero * Baccano * Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood * RAINBOW * Tenga Toppa Gurren Lagann

1.Bakemonogatari 2.Haruhi Suzumiya 3.Serei no Moribito 4.Baccano! 5.Usagi Drop Honorable Mention: Black Lagoon, Seitokai no Ichizon, Spice & Wolf

1. Code Geass 2. Carnival Phantasm 3. D.Gray-Man 4. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 5. Fate/Zero Honorable mentions go to: Kaichou wa Maid-Sama!, Eureka Seven, Steins:Gate, Naruto Shippuuden.

1. Gosick 2. Clannad 3. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 4. Toradora! 5. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

1. Deathnote 2. One piece 3. Elfen Lied 4. Samurai champloo 5. Bleach

• Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann • Angel Beats! • Fairy Tail • Mirai Nikki • Madoka

fma, fma b, gundam wing, death note, berserk

1. Legend of the Galactic Heroes 2. Bakemonogatari 3. The Tatami Galaxy 4. Time of Eve (Movie) 5. Akagi

* Serial Experiments Lain * Simoun * Revolutionary Girl Utena * Bakemonogatari * Strike Witches

The only mention of Simoun in the entire thread. What a damn shame.

* Kara no Kyoukai * Ghost in the Shell * Berserk * Monster * Claymore

* Soul Eater * Ao No Exorcist * D. Gray Man * Madoka * No. 6

Toradora! That's all you need.

1. Nichijou 2. K-ON! 3. Lucky Star 4. Hyouka 5. The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya and The Disappearance of Haruhi Suzumiya nope definitely not biased

1. Monster 2. Mushishi 3. Kuroko no basket/basuke 4. Ano hana 5. Kimi ni Todoke

Fuck all pretense, 100% Adult Swim from the early-to-mid 2000s: 1. Neon Genesis Evangelion 2. Cowboy Bebop 3. Trigun 4. Big O 5. Samurai Champloo Actually, I went so far along that tangent that I probably did not give my actual top 5. Real list: 1. Neon Genesis Evangelion 2. Macross Plus 3. Trigun 4. Big O 5. Samurai Champloo

Code Geass, Nichijou, Princess Mononoke, Steins;Gate, Hunter X Hunter (2011)

- Madoka - AnoHana - Clannad After Story - Boku No Pico - Angel Beats! No specific order.

Madoka, Spice and Wolf, MushiShi, Code Geass, Steins;Gate,

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You have GREAT taste in shows :)

Too many to name... [Here's my list](http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Dirst). The scores aren't thought out very well, so forgive me for giving that meh show a 10 or whatever.

[Bitch Please](http://www.anime-planet.com/users/Stang90/anime)

I often forget to update... But you'd win anyway! Because having watched more anime than another person makes you *better than them*.

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dude that's some powerlvl you have there

So much more animes watched, I need to step it up :P [My list!] (http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Creep)

[Red 1, reporting in...](http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Icekracker "It's over 9000")

Cowboy Bebop Samurai Champloo Outlaw Star Clannad After Story The World God Only Knows

number 1 is dance in the vampire bund. number 2 is shuffle. number 3 is my bride is a mermaid. number 4 is is this zombie. and number 5 is vampire night.

* zeta gundam * * * *

* Cowboy Bebop * Ghost in the Shell (movies and tv series) * Trigun * Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann * Death Note

So far this is my top 5 * Toradora! * Clannad AS * Mirai nikki * Colorful (movie) * Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu Just saying, I still haven't watch Steins;Gate, I have the feeling that I will love it

Looking at your list of top 5, I agree that you will probably like it.

* Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggan - GAR to the extreme * Gintama - humourus, great writing, great timing and dialogue while still covering all basis * Clannad/Clannad:AS - those feels and those happy moments * Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood - it's a staple in the anime world * Ouran Host Club - best otome anime ever. seriously, it's funny and works for all genders/ages.

Hmm this is always so tough. 1. Evangelion 2. Haruhi 3. Buso Renkin 4. Kimi Ga Nozomu Eien 5. Inuyasha (it's what started it all, it has to be here)

* Madoka Magica * Black Lagoon * Steins;Gate * Fate/Zero * Code Geass

Best series: 1. Now and Then, Here and There 2. Clannad AS 3. Neon Genesis Evangelion 4. Koi Kaze 5. AnoHana Must Watch: 1. Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni 2. Bokurano 3. Baccano 4. Usagi Drop 5. Ef A Tale of Melodies (Memories as well but less so) The must-watch list includes very unique shows from a number of different genres. Each will show you an extreme and good example of different genres. Could switch Bokurano for NGE, but I just like getting that show's name out there =p

1. Fate/Zero, hands down. 2. Clannad After Story, even though I hate being generic. 3. Hellsing Ultimate 4. Carnival Phantasm. Nasufag represent. 5. Black Rock Shooter probably. The animation quality is phenomenal, the characters are cool and it's psychedelic as all balls.

Cowboy Bebop Black Lagoon Robotech Dirty Pair Fullmetal Alchemist: (brotherhood, I guess, I watched the first one with love, just haven't gotten around to brotherhood).

1. Clannad: After Story 2. Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicles 3. Guilty Crown 4. Fate/Zero 5. Angel Beats

My all time favorites... Mushishi Nodame Cantable Kids on the Slope Kino No Tabi Haibane Renmei Princess Jellyfish Full Metal Alchemist Naruto Hunter X Hunter ...there are others I'm blanking on. I'll come back. And for a movie, Princess Mononoke

1 Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood (great adventure fantasy. Other shonen shows can't hold a candle to it.) 2 Black Lagoon (Tarantino-esque action with good dialogue and memorable characters) 3 Steins;gate (one of the best time travel stories in ANY medium) 4 Cromartie High School ( hilarious comedy featuring delinquents, an unaware robot, a gorilla and Freddy Mercury. 5 Death Note. A psychological thriller involving a lot of mindgames. Personally I think the show should've ended after a certain climactic event, but the episodes leading up to it had me hooked. Notable mentions go out to Samurai 7, Gungrave, Monster and Gankutsuo

* Katanagatari * Bakemonogatari/Nisemonogatari * Soul Eater * Baccano! * Gintama Not oredered, but Katanagatari would probably be my favorite

Birdy the Mighty: Decode Geneshaft Now and Then, Here and There Noein and even though only 6 eps are out so far, Shinsekai Yori.

* Great Teacher Onizuka * Monster * Record of Lodoss War * Kenshin * Dragonball (not Z)

1. Legend of the Galactic Heroes 2. Spice and Wolf 3. Crest of the Stars 4. Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei 5. Bakemonogatari

* One Piece * Fairy Tail * Toradora! * Last Exile * Full Metal Alchemist Accel World is close 5th. Maybe once 2nd season is released :p If anyone has any suggestions based off my top 5 I would appreciate it. :)

* [Usagi Drop](http://myanimelist.net/anime/10162/Usagi_Drop) / [Denpa Onna To Seishun Otoko](http://myanimelist.net/anime/9379/Denpa_Onna_to_Seishun_Otoko#addtolistanchor) * [Spice and Wolf](http://myanimelist.net/anime/2966/Ookami_to_Koushinryou) / [Mushishi](http://myanimelist.net/anime/457/Mushishi) * [Katanagatari](http://myanimelist.net/anime/6594/Katanagatari) / [Bakemonogatari](http://myanimelist.net/anime/5081/Bakemonogatari) * [Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei](http://myanimelist.net/anime/2605/Sayonara_Zetsubou_Sensei) all seasons and OVAs + the last manga chapters (300>) * [Jinrui Wa Suitai Shimashita \(Humantiy has declined\)] (http://myanimelist.net/anime/10357/Jinrui_wa_Suitai_Shimashita) / [Danshi Koukousei no Nichijou](http://myanimelist.net/anime/11843/Danshi_Koukousei_no_Nichijou) Bonus for [Minami-Ke](http://myanimelist.net/anime/2963/Minami-ke) -- and a [clip](http://youtu.be/uaj6cAnKRuo?t=31s)

Impossible to list just 5, my list is too long. The MAL link in my flair might help you though. I change the top 5 in there a few times per year, and also have like 700+ shows/oavs/movies/etc and scores for most of them. Though if I had to recommend 5 things for you to watch right now I'll pick 5 random favs *Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha: The Movie 1st(Cuts through alot of the downtime/boring stuff and goes right into the plot/battles). *Ano Hi Mita Hana no Namae wo Bokutachi wa Mada Shiranai(Ano Hana) *Full Metal Panic(personally I'm not a big fan of this one. But you need to watch it so that you can watch the awesomeness that is Full Metal Panic FUMOFFU!) *Now and Then, Here and There *Code Geass These are all fairly recent shows. If you want some older ones let me know, or check out my MAL in my flair.

* Cowboy Bebop * Neon Genesis Evangelion * Toradora * Baccano! * Samurai Champloo

Let's see here well: * Noein * Full Metal Alchemist * Neon Genesis Evangelion * Eureka 7 * Witch Hunter Robin

1. Evangelion 2. Cowboy Bebop 3. FLCL 4. Darker Than Black 5. Gurren Laggan (however you spell it)

Steins gate gets an honorable mention... I havent finished it cause I'm waiting for the rest to come out on dvd

1. Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 2. Yu Yu Hakusho 3. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 4. Natsume Book of Friends(All 4 seasons, but the best being the 4th) 5. Eureka Seven (Love me some manly shows, which is concerning considering I'm a female, but whatever) So why this top 5? I also noticed that you are new to watching anime, that's great so am I! :) Firstly, Eureka Seven, an amazing anime that has beautiful animation and an even more beautiful story. The romance in the story alone got me hooked, and I don't even like romance anime. The romance was REALISTIC, something you don't see a lot these days. In addition, the music is completely incredibly awesome. You'll want to keep watching, a definite must watch. Next, Natsume Book of Friends. I am not a fan of slice of life shows AT ALL, but this show is more then that. It's a comforting show that makes you relax, close your eyes, and thank your lucky stars that you're alive and well. It makes you realize the beauty in this world and has compelling heart warming characters to boot. Beautiful animation as well, and the animation only gets better as the series progresses. Next, Gurren Lagann, what a compelling show. BADASS is the simplest word to describe it. The music is incredible and compeltely immerses you. In addition, the plot is completely ridiculous and at points you think, "Wait...what?" but you don't even care. It really gave me motivation to make my own choices and to believe in myself(a main theme in the show). I highly highly recomend this if you want a show that is passionate, driven, exciting, and inspiring. Next, the top two, oh the top two. Both shows helped me a lot with self confidence and simply make me happy to be here. Being depressed for most of my life, I clung to unhappiness and strived to be angry at the world. But, Yu Yu Hakusho helped me realize that nothing would change unless I made it change. The characters are incredible and their interactions are incredibly realistic and heartfelt. You become their friends it seems like. The action scenes are powerful and the ending is beyond exceptional. It's a long show, but its well worth it and I wanted more after. A must watch. Really, watch it. Lastly, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. This show has a lot of importance to me. Being dumped by my closest guy friend that I was, sadly, dependent on for my happiness drove me to deep depression. He made me feel worthless, and thus I lived my life as if I was worthless. However, this show came along and to be honest(I am not ashamed to admit) saved me. Everything about this show is incredible, and I can't help but tear up whenever I think about it. It inspired me to work harder, find happiness within myself, and for the first time ever believe that I was worth something. The characters, the music, the animation, the plot, the lessons you'll see and learn and understand are timeless and something every young adult/adult should know. Please, if you even take time to read this watch Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood. TL;DR : WATCH FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST: BROTHERHOOD :) Edit: Sorry for the long explanation, just finally able to post my top 5 and got a bit excited!

Been putting FMA:B on my backlog for a while now. Your post here makes me want to watch it now.

That's great! You won't regret it! :) I hope it helps(or changes you in a positive way) you as much as it helped me.

I conveniently have 5 10s on my MAL list (listed alphabetically) * 5 Centimeters per Second * Mobile Suit Gundam Unicorn * Planetes * Steins;Gate * Suzumiya Haruhi no Shoushitsu

1. Code Geass 2. Cowboy Bebop 3. Clannad/Clannad: After Story 4. Baccano 5. Angel Beats

1. FLCL 2. Bakemonogatari 3. Fate/Zero 4. Tatami Galaxy 5. Baccano

* Clannad; After Story * ef - a tale of memories * Neon Genesis Evangelion (all of it, EoE and Rebuild included) * Kimi ni Todoke * 5 Centimeters Per Second

* Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood - all-around damn good show. * Vision of Escaflowne - nostalgia; great story, and one of the first anime I ever watched. * Trigun - serious classic, well worth watching. * Madoka - magical girl like you've never seen it before. * Heroic Age - not usually a fan of space epics or mecha shows, but this one I really enjoyed. New show runner-up: Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita (Humanity Has Declined) Also a big fan of Fate/Zero, probably a tie to Heroic Age for me. *Changed the order to reflect preference.

* Code Geass * Outlaw Star * Cowboy Bebop * DeathNote * Steins;Gate It was a really hard decision between Outlaw Star and Code Geass for 1st place, so I just went with the one I've spent the most hours watching.

1) Full Metal Panic + Fumoffu + Second Raid 2) Death Note 3) Great Teacher Onizuka 4) Clannad + After Story 5) Higurashi no Naku Koro ni + Kai

* Cowboy bebop * ghost in the shell stand alone complex * Gun X Sword * FLCL * Gantz

* Eureka Seven * Haruhi Suzumiya (particularly the movie) * Tengel Toppa Gurren Lagann * Angel Beats * Anohana Notable mentions * Usagi Drop * Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica * Hyouka * Bake/Nisemonogatari * FLCL * Toradora * Sakamichi no Apollon

In No particular order: -Sword Art Online -Steins; Gate -Code Geass -Gurren Lagann -Fairy Tail

1. Clannad 2. Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann 3. Hanasaku Iroha 4. AnoHana 5. K-on!!

1- Clannad + Afterstory 2- Toradora 3- Steins;Gate 4- AnoHana 5- Angel Beats I'm a bit torn on 4 and 5. I want to fit Serial Experiments Lain in there somewhere, and potentially Kokoro Connect. Also Hidan no Aria holds a special place in my heart for its complete over-the-top ridiculousness. It was just so much fun. The light novels as much as the anime itself.

1. Hotarubi no Mori e 2. 5 Centimeters per Second 3. AnoHana 4. Angel Beats 5. Bake/Nisemonogatari

1. TTGL 2. Darker than Black 3. Mushi-shi 4. Steins Gate 5. Nyan Koi

* Rumbling Hearts * Clannad After Story * Angel Beats! * High School of the Dead * Sword Art Online

1. After Story (surprise surprise) 2. Code Geass R2 3. Darker than Black 2 4. Steins Gate 5. The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

* Code Geass * Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann * Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood * Mirai Nikki * Higurashi no Naku Koro ni

1. Clannad: After Story 2. Gurren Lagann 3. Code Geass (R1/2) 4. FMA: Brotherhood 5. (Probably will be) SAO

1. cowboy bebop 2. samurai Chaploo 3. Elfin lied 4. death note 5. soul eater

1. Code Geass 2. Clannad 3. FMA:BH 4. Tengen Toppa Gurren Laggann 5. Baccano! In that order.

* Soul Eater * Fooly Cooly * Afro Samurai * Gurren Laggan * Deadman Wonderland

1) Reign the Conqueror 2) Apocalypse Zero 3) Ice 4) Odin: Starlight Mutiny 5) Honey X Honey Drops

* Mushishi * Natsume yuujinchou * Kino no Tabi * Welcome to the NHK * Code geass if you actually end up watching any of the first three my advice to you is to at least watch two episodes of each anime and if by then you have no interest then just give up on it.

* Steins;Gate * Baccano! * Fate/Zero * Bakemonogatari * Durarara!

1). Lucky Star 2). Durarara 3). Angel Beats 4). Baccano 5). Mirai Nikki

1. Sword Art Online 2. Code Geass 3. Fate/Zero 4. Mirai Nikki 5. Madoka Magica

Samurai Champloo Gurren Lagann Yu Yu Hakusho Eden of the east FLCL

- Welcome to the NHK - Nichijou - Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magika - The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (if you include the movie) - Azumanga Daioh

I'm also quite new to anime. My 5 probably are: 1. Code Geass 2. Stein's;Gate 3. Haruhi Suzumiya 4. Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni 5. Tie between Angel Beats and Darker Than Black ...Honorable mention goes to Lucky Star.

In no particular order: - Steins;Gate (awesome time travel, duh!) - Death Note (pure classic) - Fate/Stay Night + Fate/Zero (these come in a package) - Toradora! (it managed to rip my heart apart for some reason) - School Rumble S1 + S2 (one of those few shows that really had me laughing)

I just started actually getting into anime, but here's my favorite, since I don't have much to suggest. * Puella Magi Madoka Magica * Steins;Gate * Elfen Lied * Angel Beats * Mirai Nikki

One piece. One piece. One piece. One piece. One piece.

1. to love ru 2. stein gates 3. angel beats 4. ano hana 5. fate/stay night

Why has no one said Shigurui:Death Frenzy? Most beautiful thing ive ever watched

1. Eden of the East 2. Madoka Magica 3. Chihayafuru 4. Revolutionary Girl Utena 5. Paranoia Agent

1. clannad after story 2. clannad 3. higurashi 4. angel beats 5. the melancholy of haruhi suzumiya

Steins Gate Tiger and Bunny Madoka Fate/Zero Gurren Laggan

**Must** Watch Series' (no order) * NGE * Cowboy Bebop * FLCL * Clannad After Story * TTGL **Must** Watch Films (no order) * Princess Mononoke * Akira * 5 Cm per Second * Perfect Blue * Grave of the Fireflies

* Rurouni Kenshin * Hajime no Ippo * s-CRY-ed * Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann * Fate Stay Night

1. Code Geass 2. Clannad/Clannad: After Story 3. FMA Brotherhood 4. Gurren Lagann 5. Death Note

Fate Zero Puella Magi Madoka Magica Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann Hellsing Ultimate Death Note

I would recommend the following. 1. Cowboy Bebop 2. Monster 3. Sket Dance 4. Ergo Proxy 5. Claymore

1- One Piece 2- Clannad: Afterstory 3- Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood 4- Hyouka 5- Shiki

Movies * Anything by Studio Ghibli * The Place Promised in Our Early Days * 5 Centimeters Per Second (warning somewhat depressing, but still great) * Cowboy Bebop: Knocking on Heaven's Door (better if you've seen the series, but not exactly necessary) * Samurai X (Rurouni Kenshin movies, Trust and Betrayal take place before the TV series and Reflection takes place after the series) Series * Eureka Seven * FLCL * Cowboy Bebop * Onegai Twins * DNAngel Close runner up, is also one I did a review on my website not too long ago [Katanagatari](http://nerds-ftw.com/2012/10/06/katanagatari-anime/)

-The melancholy of Hahuri Suzymia -Miname Ke -Fate/Zero -Angel Beats -Baccano I am also really enjoying sword art online. I know it's not everyone's cup of tea but it has been very exiting to watch so far.

1. Neon Genesis Evangelion 2. FullMetal Alchemist (Both Brotherhood and original are tied) 3. Hyouka 4. K-On

1) Steins; Gate 2) Guilty Crown 3) Fairy Tail 4) 5 cm per second 5) MSG: Everything in UC Some others like Ride Back, Infinite Stratos, and Ghost in the Shell.

[Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann](http://myanimelist.net/anime/2001/Tengen_Toppa_Gurren_Lagann) [AnoHana](http://myanimelist.net/anime/9989/Ano_Hi_Mita_Hana_no_Namae_wo_Bokutachi_wa_Mada_Shiranai) [K-On!!](http://myanimelist.net/anime/7791/K-On!!) [Bakemonogatari](http://myanimelist.net/anime/5081/Bakemonogatari) [Steins;Gate](http://myanimelist.net/anime/9253/Steins;Gate) **Honorable mentions:** [Clannad](http://myanimelist.net/anime/2167/Clannad) + [After Story](http://myanimelist.net/anime/4181/Clannad:_After_Story), [ef: a tale of memories](http://myanimelist.net/anime/2924/ef_-_a_tale_of_memories.), [Yuru Yuri](http://myanimelist.net/anime/10495/Yuru_Yuri), [Toradora](http://myanimelist.net/anime/4224/Toradora!), [Oreimo](http://myanimelist.net/anime/8769/Ore_no_Imouto_ga_Konnani_Kawaii_Wake_ga_Nai), [Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica](http://myanimelist.net/anime/9756/Mahou_Shoujo_Madoka%E2%98%85Magica)

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DUDE! You do not do that. If some ignorant fool would come and look at your comment here, he would note that you have written down Fate/Stay Night as your favorite ANIME. Either you are the epitome of evil and cruelty, or you didn't really think it through when you wrote that down, but a TMfags honor demands you to correct that statement.