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I openly recommend Sgt. Frog. (dub name) The first season (sub & dub) are on the Funimation website free, and the rest (just dub) is on Netflix or DVD. NOW RECOMMEND MORE ANIME KTHNXBYE

I LIKE HOW WRITING IN CAPS LOCK MAKES IT LOOK LIKE I'M YELLING.

I REALLY LIKE THAT SHOW. THE CHARACTERIZATION IS AMAZING.

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LIKE A BOSS

Just usual stuff:
Sub:

Dub:

Sub:

(Last one is Higurashi, when they cry)

>Not mentioning Azumanga Daioh

I'll recommend one that is very nostalgic for me:

Dubbed for all these.

Well here's my personal top 4.
1. (dub)
2. Puella Magi Madoka Magica (sub)
3. (dub)
4. (dub)

Clannad is probably the best anime I've ever seen due to its likeable characters and great story. If you don't cry at some of the later episodes then you probably have heart of ice. Funny, sad, happy and depressing this contains a bit of everything.

A more humor based anime, centers around a "F" Class of students who have the worst classroom and must fight other classes in order to get better classrooms. A bit of ecchi but it's still great though the characters aren't very deep.

I've seen my share of animu. These are some of my all time favorites:

Pre-1990:

Mazinger Z
Doraemon
Hokuto no Ken
Gegege no kitaro
Galaxy Express 999
Dragon Ball
Ashita no Joe

1990-2000:

Dragon Ball Z
YuYu Hakusho
Ranma 1/2
Card Captor Sakura
Magic Knight Ray Earth
Dai no Daibouken
FLCL
Excel Saga
Cowboy Bebop

Evangelion is a recommendation, but not one of my personal favorites. Too hyped.

2000-Onwards Now with pics!!

Azumanga Daioh!

Death Note

Gurren Lagann

Suzumiya Haruhi series

Kara no Kyoukai (not all episodes, but some are gems)

Evangelion 1.01, 2.0, etc (yes, it is a very nice improvement)

Puella Magi (F*CKING) Madoka Magica (<-THIS)

Oops, forgot one! Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha!

The first two are mangas, but whatever. They're still awesome.

I'm always a bit surprised when I don't see The Big O anywhere on a suggested list (maybe because no one likes it.) It's Batman in a post-apocalyptic world with giant robots.
 

 
It's the only series I've bought after seeing several anime series in life.

Mushishi

Baccano

Genshiken

Cromartie Highschool

I'm glad this thread's covered everything. Thanks a lot. sob

Edit:

I posted a lot of the anime I've watched in this thread, and most of them are fairly good (since I usually drop bad ones before I get close to completing them), but I won't bore you with such a list. -__-

I will, however, bore you with a list that is still very long :D

My personal, classic favorites:
Ghost in the Shell, Katanagatari, Kara no Kyoukai


Aria, Outlaw Star, Kaiba


Rurouni Kenshin, Monster, Akira


Cowboy Bebop, Baccano!, Gurren Lagann


Neon Genesis Evangelion (not a huge fan of the "rebuild" movies), Kare Kano, Serial Experiments Lain


Fullmetal Alchemist, Ouran High School Host Club, Mushishi
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Koi Kaze, Black Lagoon, Gunslinger Girl
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Favorites right now:
Panty and Stocking, Madoka, Redline, Steins;Gate

Intently watching right now:
Mawaru Penguindrum

And damnit, there are so many more :'(

edit: (also, if you are curious about a somewhat popular anime, chances are I have seen it, and can give you a highly opinionated rundown of it).

Am I the only one who enjoys Durarara!?

Totally forgot to mention the animes refrenced in my name

Kampfer:

Negima (Manga, the anime sucks):

I don't always watch anime, but when I do, its dubbed in English.

Avatar: The Last Airbender is a great one.

I WANNA BE THE VERY BEST

LIKE NO ONE EVER WAAAAAS

(DUN DUN DA DUN)

TO CATCH THEM IS MY REAL TEST

TO TRAIN THEM IS MY CAAAAAAAUSE

ETC.

GOTTA CATCH 'EM ALL!!!! POKEMON!!!!!!1

I'm surprised no one has mentioned Cowboy Bebop, by the way.

I almost feel like Cowboy Bebop is a given. People who don't watch anime have seen Cowboy Bebop.

Im surprised that no one has recommend Boku No Pico to this guy yet.

K-On! (if ya didn't know… I kinda like it. Err… I really like it for Mio, uguu~)

Hetalia

FLCL (my first anime evar… I think someone mentioned it, but I want to reemphasize it's greatness… In just 6 episodes!)

Elfen Lied

Oreimo (It's… I like it, ok? Gotta problem? HUH? HUH? COME AT ME BRO)

Bakuman (I actually preferred the manga, but your call)

If desu I desu say desu 'Rozen Maiden' desu, Suiseiseki desu will desu freaking desu kill desu me desu! Ah… Might as well stop so others have something to post. I really only wanted to say K-On! and I managed to post 6 :/

@Patrick: You imply that Oreimo is something to be ashamed about. ONLY THE MANLIEST OF MANLY MEN CAN WATCH IT!

I'm gonna go ahead and assume this hasn't been mentioned only because everyone has watched it… because if you haven't… HAVE YOU NO SOUL!?

Samurai Champloo:

Word.

And if we can mention movies…
Tekkon Kinkreet

Memories

Edit: I almost forgot! One more:
Paprika (aka, Inception before Inception)

Afro Samurai is awesome too.
Yes its on youtube, yes its edited, yes its dubbed, but its still pretty awesome.

Also get netflix, they got all sorts of good stuff to watch instantly.

Oh, and I'll just leave this here:

Too many great animu. Life is too short to watch them all.

I watched ergo proxy, it pulls you in, but it really starts getting off plot, I did not even finish it, the game show was just totally out of place.

No recommendations on Boku no Pico? I am (not really) disappoint.

As for the actual recommendations. Go watch Serial Experiments Lain, if you haven't already. It's an awesome combination of an acid trip, and a total mindfuck. I love it. And with its 13 episodes, it's not too long either.

There's obviously only one Anime i can recommend…

Also, most great anime has been recommended here… btw no one suggested inuyasha yet?

Personally, its one of my favorites, also i recommend the fatal fury OVA's

…
Great, now I feel like I live under a rock…

Actually this thread could be quite helpful.
I've never watched an anime in my life (aside from some Pokemon as a kid, and some of Miyazaki's movies, which I liked). But I like the anime art style, and I'm be willing to give one a shot.
So does anyone have a suggestion for a good "entry-level" anime?
Preferably something that's not over-the-top. I hate things with completely unrealistic feats or ridiculous attacks like what I've seen of DBZ or Gurren Laggen. My willing suspension of disbelief is easily broken by that sort of thing (in fact, it's easily broken in general).
I'd prefer something that's clever and funny, without being cheesy. I'm not looking for something with a big, epic storyline, just one that's relatable and easy to get into.
Oh, and snarky characters? Always a good thing.

@ Nintendork64: Sounds like slice-of-life is your genre. Unfortunately, not too many of those get dubbed, and I can't really think of any particularly good ones.
Cowboy Bebop is a pretty good starter (and it will help you stop living under a rock). Taking away everything I saw as a kid, .hack//sign pretty much got me into anime. Also, Monster is incredibly realistic and also an excellent series if you can stomach one person surviving after getting shot in the head because of a genius neurosurgeon.

That's a little bit hard, son. Animu is made so rather "unreal", "surreal", "superb-something", "sci-fi", etc. is presented. Almost always you'll have at least of something "over-the-top".

Else, they would do it as J-Dramas, and that is another huge world, almost as large as animu.

Even Cowboy Bebop has its fighting and space scenes that might be rather "over-the-top".

Then I would greatly recommend the ones made by Satoshi Kon, Tokyo Godfathers, Perfect Blue:, or Paprika (as mentioned above, the Inception before Inception).

Or, as mentioned by Silver Chariot, Memories.

Hellsing, Both the origional and the OVA.

My list of suggestions.

I forgot to include "Mushi-Shi" in my list…

SUP'

oh and I also liked this:

There is some other interesting things I've seen, I could just throw there names out there but IDK. Also heres a interesting one my sister really likes (maybe):

Time for some great anime that have not been mentioned =)
One Piece

Skip Beat

Hayate no Gotoku

Nodame Cantabile

Yes

Well…Maria Holic is also pretty entertaining.

no i like durarara too

also on topic watch tiger and bunny

@Wsxdas is the king Of the Dino army
Fuck yes.

@Thread
These are my personal favorites:

Baccano!

Durarara!!!

Tiger & Bunny

Eyeshield 21

Gintama

Nichijou

Better start watching. Need more coffee.

I agree. It was interesting but just got more and more fucked up as the plot went along. I never finished it eitheir.

A lot of you have mentioned some of my favourite animes like Black Lagoon and One Piece, I'll mention something else (forget Hiroman's huge ass /a/ list :P )

Legend of the Galactic Heroes:

Think something like Victorian era colonialism and combat….,but in Space and in the far future.

The Galactic Empire and the Free Planets Alliance have been at war for decades due to their differing philosophies. The Empire is styled after 19th Century Prussia and the FPA are a republican democracy similar to the United States.

Within these two giant organizations rise two men who would change the face of history: Reinhard Von Lohengramm seeks to become the next Kaiser to free his concubine sister and end the corruption of the current dynasty. Yang Wen-Li simply entered the FPA Navy to pay for his college debts and become a historian, unfortunately for him, he's a genius at war and takes the mantle of protecting democracy from Reinhard's attempts to place the entire galaxy under his autocratic rule.

While these two giants face off, several shadow organization vie for power such as the planet-state (like a city state on a galactic scale) of Phezzan and the Terra Cult, a dogmatic religious organization that seeks to return all of humanity to Earth, whether they like it or not. (Earth is a backwater that was abandoned long ago)

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