Fullmetal Alchemist is the best, in my opinion. In fact, read the manga too. You can Google it and find a million sites that have the scanlations available for your reading pleasure. Thus far, there is nothing better than FMA.

Samurai Champloo is turning out to be a pretty cool series. I'm about halfway through it now, and it's delightfully amusing while still managing to keep the dark style and mood in tact.

Of course, these are all commercialised anime that are now (or have previously) aired on Toonami or Adult Swim. If possible, try and find the original Japanese versions of the show. Trust me, they are way better.

I am also enjoying Bleach, in a throwback-to-DBZ-with-death-gods-and-big-swords kind of way. Naruto is the same idea, only on a smaller scale. It's a good series to watch through once, but I have absolutely no desire to sit down and watch it over and over.

Serial Experiments: Lain was pretty good, too, although a lot of people claim to not “get it”. I don’t know… maybe I’m just weird, but I understood it just fine.

Oh, but if you want to have a complete “WTF?” experience, go looking for the Japanese version of Furi Kuri. O.o

Above and beyond television shows, anything by Hayao Miyazaki is guaranteed to be a masterpiece. Of that there is no doubt. That man is a friggin genius and he puts so much feeling into his work.

If I think of anything else, I’ll be sure to list it down. Personally, I’m very, very selective when it comes to anime. I'm not as die-hard otaku as I used to be. Unlike a lot of my friends, I won’t just eat up anything and everything just because it’s drawn with big eyes and small mouths. They would watch anything, no matter how crappy it was, and if I didn’t enjoy it, I was the outcast. Thankfully high school is over and I can get back to watching anime with a more artistic eye.

Anyway, if I’ve forgotten anything, I’m sure someone will pick up my slack. **looks at Ramu nee-chan**