An Anime for me.

[Lazy Kitty]

Dragonball
Dragonball Z
Dragonball GT
Fullmetal Alchenmist
One Piece
Fairy Tail
.hack//Sign
Code Geass
Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040
Death Notr
Hellsing
Bleach
Naruto
Naruto Shippuuden

 

[Jazoni89]

Just as A Notice to those asking, I don't care about age barriers. Just as long as it's not some Yaoi, or just blood all over the place.

Actually i'll retract my statement and recommend you don't watch Elfen lied

 

[drisky]

Well thinking about the ones you already like, Monster Rancher has similarities to pokemon, digimon, and metabots. I never really considered it as good as any of those three, but its the only one I can think of recommending thats like the others.

 

[Gladion]

Elfen Lied is not bad, and pretty short, too. 12 or 13 episodes, I think. Decent Story, very emotional.
And why the hell didn't you watch Dragonball yet?! 80% of all Anime series from the 90s on rip it off.

Edit: Matrix: Revolutions does that as well.

Not bad is a biggest understatement to discribe Elfen lied. Bloody amazing comes to mind when i think of Elfen lied (my favourite anime ever) and i throughly recommend it if you don't mind sexual themes, volence & gore and nudity (hell..watch it anyway).

I also recommend Trigun, Love hina, paranoia agent, death note and Hellsing

Hehe, well, personally many of the characters pissed me off to no end and seemed very cliché - not bad might be an understatement, I'll admit that, but I couldn't say it was a masterpiece (in my book, masterpieces are nearly flawless, the word is overused). "Just" a very good series.

 

[Jazoni89]

Elfen Lied is not bad, and pretty short, too. 12 or 13 episodes, I think. Decent Story, very emotional.
And why the hell didn't you watch Dragonball yet?! 80% of all Anime series from the 90s on rip it off.

Edit: Matrix: Revolutions does that as well.

Not bad is a biggest understatement to discribe Elfen lied. Bloody amazing comes to mind when i think of Elfen lied (my favourite anime ever) and i throughly recommend it if you don't mind sexual themes, volence & gore and nudity (hell..watch it anyway).

I also recommend Trigun, Love hina, paranoia agent, death note and Hellsing

Hehe, well, personally many of the characters pissed me off to no end and seemed very cliché - not bad might be an understatement, I'll admit that, but I couldn't say it was a masterpiece (in my book, masterpieces are nearly flawless, the word is overused). "Just" a very good series.

Well it is Anime, what anime isn't cliche in one way or another i thought i was much less cliche than other anime's i have seen (despite the whole amnesia sub plot). It was well thought out with little to no plot holes at all and it made me think alot especially about the discrimination people put on people who are different (i suffer with asbergers syndrome so i feel a somewhat relation with the darclonius and their feelings of indifference) so the plot itself feels very personal to me. I also like the fact it didnt shy away from various topics that is still considered taboo in video media such as sexual abuse, homelessness, and incest. What i would change though is the fact the ending felt rushed and everything happened far too quickly in the end but overall i think it is a masterpiece but that's just my opinion i know there are many people out there who would watch the first five or so minutes of it and just turn it off because of the nudity and the high amounts of blood and gore but im much more opened minded than most people anyway so...

 

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queen's blade

 

[Russian_Assassin]

Definitely One Piece. Epic storyline, awesome powers and many sad and funny moments. There's also Bleach, but I wouldn't recommend it, since it has overdone it with the fillers.

 

[Helgi]

Seirei no moribito (<= This one is my favorite, everybody should check it out.)
Haibane renmei
Black Lagoon
Cowboy Bebop
Claymore
Ergo Proxy
Darker Than Black
Death Note
Lucky Star
Trigun
Elfen Lied

I really recommend these animes.

 

[Lullabye]

Definitely One Piece. Epic storyline, awesome powers and many sad and funny moments. There's also Bleach, but I wouldn't recommend it, since it has overdone it with the fillers.

I love how both Naruto and Bleach have well over 200 filler episodes, but One Piece doesn't and will probably have more episodes in the end.(I mean, they're only 1/3 of the way through the series)
Hmm, a good anime....
Ergo Proxy
Full Metal Alchemist:BROTHERHOOD(I cannot enforce this enough)
Soul Eater
oh bugger, there's nothing that hasn't been said already.
Try Heroic Age and Jyu Ho Sei

 

[Xanadeas]

I've got quite a few...

Petshop of Horrors: Not so much action-y but horror and suspense. It's based off a manga but is only a few episodes long. :< I rather enjoyed it regardless.

Gurren Lagan: It was quite a great anime. The characters are all loveable and it's got a fairly compelling story.

Bleach: More or less DBZ with swords. I still love it anyways.

Naruto/Naruto Shippuuden: Again it's pretty much DBZ only with ninjas instead. It's got a good bit of action and it has its humorous moments. I suggest watching it subbed rather than dubbed.

Fafnir: A relatively unknown anime. It's got good action and it's mecha too.

Escaflowne: Also seems to be a rare one to watch anymore and it's also mecha. It's got a nice bit of action and a rather interesting story.

Blue Gender: Again with the mecha... This one's quite nice. Mecha VS. Giant bugs.

Kemono no Souja Erin (Or just Erin): A VERY good anime... Very sad though. It'll have moments where it tugs at your heart strings. It tells the story of a young girl's life from childhood to adulthood.

Tegami Bachi (Letter Bee): Another anime that'll tug at your heart.

That's all I can think of for now... A bit of forewarning, all of the anime I listed has action to it but it's not always the main focus. Sometimes it's just there to further the plot or to emphasize something.

 

[Gladion]

Well it is Anime, what anime isn't cliche in one way or another

Ghost in the Shell.

i thought i was much less cliche than other anime's i have seen (despite the whole amnesia sub plot). It was well thought out with little to no plot holes at all and it made me think alot especially about the discrimination people put on people who are different (i suffer with asbergers syndrome so i feel a somewhat relation with the darclonius and their feelings of indifference) so the plot itself feels very personal to me. I also like the fact it didnt shy away from various topics that is still considered taboo in video media such as sexual abuse, homelessness, and incest.

Well, I didn't mean the story but the characters. Story is pretty good (especially for a TV-series), but some of the characters... ech. Please excuse I don't remember any names, but for instance that ultra-asshole of a soldier who wouldn't even apologize when accidently hitting a girl. Making him be an environment-nut didn't help that. Same for the brown-haired housewife girlfriend (cousin?) of the main guy... Being pissed off about everything he does while having a crush on him - this may not be too cliché, but it's seriously annyoing.

What i would change though is the fact the ending felt rushed and everything happened far too quickly in the end

Yeah, well, keep in mind the story wasn't even finished before the anime was released. I would've liked a sequel series as well, but, as far as I know, the manga differs a lot later.

The biggest problem I had with the anime was that I'm sure it's trying to tell me something but I can't quite figure it out because of the unbelievable amounts of blood and titties.

 

[Gladion]

Well it is Anime, what anime isn't cliche in one way or another

Ghost in the Shell.

Bad ass robot chick with a gun in skimpy clothing. Totally not cliche in any way.

If that's all you see in it, fine by me, but in that logic, every medium ever with a character and a gun in it is clichéd to no end.
Sorry, I don't feel like discussing that, it's not like the movies and the series offer nothing else.

 

[Ansem-The-Wise]

I recommend Soul Eater.

 

[Asickorphan]

Samarai Jack
One Piece
Deathnote
Bleach
YuYu Hakusho
Gundum! FTW
Code Geass
DevilMayCry may want to fast forward...
Blood+ (really creepy)
DeuceX Machina (if i spelt it right) its not a series just a movie!
Fullmetal Alchamist
But definitly watch Samurai Jack!
If any1 even remembers it exists!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[commasplice]

Boku no--I mean, uh...


Movies/OVAs:
Princess Mononoke, Time of Eve, Blood: The Last Vampire (If you're going to watch Blood+, watch B:TLV first), Spirited Away and Hellsing Ultimate (the original's good, but I, personally, think the manga story is more coherent).

Series:
Mononoke (it's something different, trust me), Serei no Moribito, Last Exile, Kemonozume, Haibane Renmei (shut up), Serial Experiments Lain, Dennou Coil, Mushishi, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (see my caption about Hellsing Ultimate), Baccano!, Durarara!! and, uh... Monster.

All of these are highly recommended by me, but Princess Mononoke, Blood, Moribito, Lain and Dennou Coil are not to be missed. Monster's really good, but it gets kinda slow at times. I tried not to name stuff that I knew other people would mention or that might be super mainstream, so if I did (like with FMA and Moribito, for example), it's because they're just that good.

Edit: Oh yeah, Soul Eater, too. I'd put that and FMA up in the top tier of shounen anime. Good production values and actual plots. Though Soul Eater does like to lean towards the disjointedness of its shounen brethren from time to time aaaand Black Star is effectively Naruto... Airmaster is also worth mentioning for its simplicity, if nothing else. It doesn't have a real story outside of "Maki likes to break bones," but it also doesn't pretend to be anything more than it is.

More edit: I'd also recommend checking out some manga, too. Blame! and Uzumaki are probably higher on my list of favorites than just about every anime I've seen. 20th Century Boys (by the guy behind Monster) and Historie are awesome, too. Oh, oh, and Basilisk. The manga is great and the anime is beautiful.