Sigh... Ok, I've got the itch for anime again

[PlasmaFrog]

Okay! Listen hard and listen now! The Great Kamina has had enough of your mediocre anime series, so I'm here telling you to man up and watch a real anime; Unless your weak little beastman body not strong enough for the manly machine that is Gurran Lagann!

"All jokes aside, the anime series is Tengen Toppa Gurran Lagann. Fantastic series, just don't take it seriously."

 

[Drakmeire]

Puella Magi Madoka Magica really caught me off guard and is now one of my favorite series.
http://www.gifsoup.com/webroot/animatedgifs3/2269885_o.gif
Fear the Kyubey
for amazing shows Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann is the best anime I've ever seen, some people say the plot is too dumb but it's put together so well with such great characters that you WILL get some kind of reaction.
if you want something REALLY off-the-wall try Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt, it's love it or hate it but if you can make it to episode 2 you will know which group you're in.
All you need to know about the series is this quote
"Look at your series. Now back to mine. Now back to yours. Now back to mine! Sadly, it isn't mine. But if you stopped producing mediocre garbage and started pushing boundaries it could look like mine.

Where are you? You're in Japan with the series your series could look like! What's in my hand? It's panties. Look again. The panties are now firearms! Anything is possible when you start being original and not generic. I'm on a pole."

 

[Konaerix]

Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni.

It's a comedy with a surprisingly involved plot. If you enjoy a few laughs with your webs of intrigue, there you go.

...Comedy?
This is a show where a girl's fingernails get ripped off and then goes on a psychotic killing spree on her former friends.
I'm pretty sure its not a comedy in any form.
But I will say that it's a great super-natural murder mystery with a VERY intricate plot.
Definitely worth a watch.

 

[Nostalgia Ripoff]

Angel Beats. Go watch it now.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Angel_Beats

Do what the man says. You will not regret it.

OT: I can't really give you a suggestion unless you give a list of what you've already seen. Although, I did just finish watching Soul Eater, so I can give you that much.

 

[Konaerix]

Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni.

It's a comedy with a surprisingly involved plot. If you enjoy a few laughs with your webs of intrigue, there you go.

...Comedy?
This is a show where a girl's fingernails get ripped off and then goes on a psychotic killing spree on her former friends.
I'm pretty sure its not a comedy in any form.
But I will say that it's a great super-natural murder mystery with a VERY intricate plot.
Definitely worth a watch.

Edit: Just realized the guy was joking...nice one, you sure fooled me.

 

[Codeman90]

Samurai 7

20 some episodes of the only anime I've bothered to actually watch, its that awesome. Hell, watch Akira Kurosawa's "Seven Samurai" while you're at it!

 

[Grabbin Keelz]

If you haven't done so already

Close your blinds, lock yourself in a dark room, and watch My Little Pony.

Dunno if it's anime, but it's the best I've seen in a while (I don't watch much anyway)

 

[Zeema]

Elfen Lied why?

BECAUSE ITS AWESOME

please watch it NOW

 

[Genixma]

Hellsing Ultimate - Better than Hellsing, a lot longer, a lot fewer.

Also Known as Hellsing OVAs and it actually follows the manga. It is all you need for the pure win that is anime.

 

[Ghengis John]

It happens every month or so, but I'm feeling the need to go through a whole series of anime, or at least watch a few movies in japanese animation. Shojo, action, mecha, samurai, just give me what you have, but I've been feeling for something GOOD recently, as I've been smacked around quite a bit by mediocrity.

If you haven't caught them let me recommend you Berserk and Spice and Wolf. Two very different shows with one thing in common: Even though they both have fantastic elements, they both keep one eye on reality. They are not the kind of shows where anybody gets punched into the sky and turns into a star or where horny people get nosebleeds.

Berserk: A violent dark fantasy about a mercenary named Guts and his time in the mercenary band: Band Of The Hawk. Things are mostly set in a low-fantasy European setting, however there's an element of magic that seems to be ever bleeding into the story. We see Guts become an ever greater warrior while also growing as a person, seeking to find himself. More adult and far better written and intelligent than a series about a man with a giant sword has a right to be.

Spice and Wolf: A merchant named Lawrence visits a small pagan town and winds up with the local harvest goddess hiding in his cart. She can change forms between giant wolf and young woman and strikes a deal with Lawrence to return to her home in the north. Together Lawrence and the goddess Holo, wait for it... solve economic mysteries. The show doesn't really focus on magic or battles or anything like that, there's a lot of intrigue, and a lot to do with business, politics and religion. Also there's a romantic angle involved as well. It's far better written and intelligent than a series about a man with a giant wolf has a right to be.

Berserk is available on DVD, you can probably find it someplace online. A new series is coming in 2012, but there's no better time to jump in than now. Besides, I don't know how the pacing will be on the new one.

Spice and Wolf is available streaming Via Netflix, and is also available on anime news network's site. (I recommend netflix so much for that HD picture though).

 

[s0m3th1ng]

Haven't seen Shingu mentioned yet. I found it to be one of the weirdest animes since FLCL. On one hand you have this sappy high-school slice of life show yet every so often you get these odd glimpses of the true nature of the town it takes place in, seemingly at random intervals. For half of an episode you can have all the characters taking place in some lame cultural project while the latter half depicts a battle between psychic mechas orbiting Mars.

I actually enjoyed it's portrayal of what a Terran-Alien confrontation might be like(If we happened to be hiding a super-weapon that the aliens want) and the disparity in technological development. I'm a couple episodes from the end though so I'll withhold further judgement for now. All I can say is avoid the Dub, it is TERRIBLE.

 

[Dango]

If you haven't seen it, Clannad and Clannad After Story.

A truly brilliant anime. Incredibly touching and emotional, while still making you laugh and love the characters you follow. I loved absolutely every minute of it.

By the time it's over, you will have cried, you will have cried lots.

 

[Ghengis John]

It's like everybody on the Escapist is Bill Murray,

Now come on, these boards are not that funny. Am I right? Or am I right?