Most impressionable anime

[Blue Musician]

Maybe most of the animes I have seen, maybe because they aren't so many:

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Angel Beats!
Serial Experiments Lain
Elfen Lied

 

[Blue Musician]

Neon Genesis Evangelion. It was really very strange and probably more psychological than any western movie has been or every could be. It's been about 8 to 10 years since I saw it and I still catch myself thinking about it, trying to figure it out, because a lot of the character's actions seem to go unexplained, leaving it for the viewer to consider.

Then the final two episodes were...well it's really hard to describe...more psychology to be brief. I remember sitting on the edge of my bed, somewhere between 13 and 15 years old and staring intently at the screen (when usually I'm lounging on my bed, playing games whilst watching). It literally left my brain feeling fuzzy in my skull for 2 days afterward.

I loved NGE for that actually, I'm not really sure why though. I mean I watched it at the age of 10 and it made me, well... how do I describe it? Different as how I used to be.
4 years later I watched Serial Experiments Lain, and again it changed my perception of reality, changing me even more, but not as drastically as NGE.
I also watched Elfen Lied at the age of 11, but it didn't really make the mark. My imagination had a lot of gore inside it. But it made me think a little bit more about the humanity of myself, and every person.

I wonder how anime is the only thing that has managed to do this to me though...

 

[D Moness]

I wanted to add 1 more title:

Saikano : she the ultimate weapon

 

[Andantil]

Anything and everything by Studio Rikka, especially Pale Cocoon.

Also, Neon Genesis Evangelion; the first time I watched it I marathoned all 26 episodes in a row. Blew my mind.

 

[V8 Ninja]

Serial Experiments Lain. Not only does it make no sense when you first watch it, but once you figure it out, you get MORE sucked in. It's like quicksand; the more you get into it, the harder it is to get out. For some reason, Digimon Tamers also had a major impression on me. Yes, I understand it's basically a marketing vehicle, but it's got something that almost works really well (and I've got my nostalgia goggles on tighter than my skin).

 

[Death God]

Code Geass. That anime was the first to successfully make me wonder what was going to happen next and the ending still has me confused. I would also say Death Note kept me guessing right up to the end. I was kind of upset about L though but I finished the series to the end.

 

[Naheal]

Code Geass' ending made me think. Same thing with Mai-HiME.

 

[Ghengis John]

Gurren Lagann is so stupid it will believe anything you tell it. Now before you start those wheels of perversion working I caution you, all it can do is drill.

 

[Leg End]

Cardcaptor Sakura. The series that made me feel.

MADE A SOULESS NON-EXISTENT FEEL .

The only series to ever to truly do that.

SHE IS MY OPPOSITE, THE ONE OF CREATION!

 

[Marik2]

Gotta go with Code Geass along with Elfen Lied.

 

[rvbnut]

Elfen Lied.

Oh god Elfen Lied.

Yes!!!! You sir have won awesome award!

 

[Fanta Grape]

I wanted to add 1 more title:

Saikano : she the ultimate weapon

Oh God... Saikano was the second saddest anime I've ever seen. Well actually I read the manga, but same difference. That was... great.

And screw you, OP. Grave of the Fireflies is the saddest thing to have ever existed.

For me though, refer to avatar. Not really emotional or exceptional, just something that makes me casually think about the small things in life. It's... nice.

 

[Sacman]

Serial Experiments Lain... I've literally had sleepless nights over that show... and just about every time I watch it I learn something new...<.<

 

[Lem0nade Inlay]

Welcome to the NHK.

God, that show scared me sometimes, and it's definitely left an impression on me.


EDIT: Also FLCL.
I don't know whether it was the awesomeness of the show itself, or if it was because it was the very first Anime I watched completely.

 

[Wade-DeadPool]

Captain Harlock (or Herlock)
Did see the movie Arcadia of My Youth whene i was a kid and I can still watch it over and over again. Epic as all hell

Spoiler

 

[Motti]

In complete contrast to what the OP said, I'd have to say Cowboy Bebop. Aside from it being what originally dragged me well and truly into anime (i'd watched naruto, bleach and death note before that and hadn't really liked any of them), the pathos after the last episode just left me feeling empty. I also truly want to believe that:

Spoiler

spike's not dead.
He's simply too awesome to die.

 

[TeeBs]

Alright other then the common Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangelion (Great anime will go on record saying its probably the best anime ever) and Elfen Lied (Which I will go on stating as the worst over hyped BEST ANIME EVARRR!!! MUCH WATCH ITS SOOO OVER THE TOP *Sarcasm*) im going to say there is a recent anime I just watch the first episode of that has kind of got me thinking, even if it supposed to be a humorous anime. MM! its about a masochist who is trying to cure his perversion, his friend, who is a cross-dresser tells him to seek help at this one club who councils people who ask for help the clubs leader, who is a sadist as well as someone who has a god complex, the other member of the club is has androphobia a fear of men. The main character is trying to cure his masochism so he can ask out the girl of his dreams, the girl of his dreams confronts him in the shop where he works, whatever she was gonna talk to him about she panics and runs, he pursues and finds out its his friend who he didn't know at the time was a cross-dresser.

 

[Owlslayer]

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, but i suggest that any time someone says the word "anime". Because I love it. It is amazing.

 

[JemothSkarii]

The two for me would be Loveless and Spice and Wolf. Loveless just had this great sense of passion and care which was never really spelt out, and the way it just always conflicted just left me feeling...amazed. Spice and Wolf's character interactions were a masterpiece, and it wasn't over the top and left me with this sense of enlightenment, of how people can act, the world around me...
Even if the setting was completely different.

 

[Betancore]

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann, but i suggest that any time someone says the word "anime". Because I love it. It is amazing.

Same for me; I think the greatest impression it left was just an epicly fucked up mind. I can't believe I watched all of that and still managed to take it seriously.
And Elfen Lied, as cliche as it sounds, made quite an impression on me when I finished it. I felt really empty and dead after watching it.