Favorite anime and why? (For otakus/hardcore anime fans, casuals welcome to though)

favorite is probably yuyu hakusho

ONE PIECE, you MUST watch it

Also Evangelion, Code Geass, Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood, Fate/Stay Night, Dragon Ball.

I´ll watch it when I have time:

• Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagan
• Eureka 7

Well spirited away was my introduction into the anime world when it showed one time on cartoon network I think. Still I think my favorite anime is Fullmetal Alchemist

Cowboy Bebop

Sword Art Online is really good, not sure it's my favorite, but it's the most recent one I've seen and actually liked. Favorite of all time though I think would be Digimon (especially S1 and S2), I just love the world and the whole idea behind it.

Also anything by Miyazaki is wonderful. Gundam Wing, Robotech, Star Blazers, Sailor Moon, Keroro Gunso, Yu Yu Hakusho, I could list dozens of anime I love, picking an absolutely favorite is hard, but Digimon I think gets by with the victory. I like a lot of anime though :P

Gintama <3

One of my favourites is Samurai Champloo

Angel Beats! Cause this.

It's always a real tough choice to pick just one, I'll pick Paranoia Agent, but it's always skirting around a few others.

Your favorite ending is from School Days? :O, gah the pain from watching it hasn't gone away :(

My personal favorite is Higurashi as a series, and probably Perfect Blue as a movie. I really really enjoyed Kara no Kyoukai and Welcome to the NHK though, so they're pretty far up there. Also Serial Experiments Lain, Paranoia Agent and Steins;Gate, and I think I'll stop there before I can't lol.

Some that come to mind that I've recently watched are Darker than Black, Canaan, and Mirai Nikki.

Im not quite sure what my favorite is. There are several that I have enjoyed over the years. Excel Saga, Azumanga Daioh, Chobits, Hellsing Ultimate, Haruhi Suzumiya, Yuru Yuri, Shuffle!, Ouran High School Host Club, High School of the Dead, Trigun and a few others.

best anime? PSG, of course!

More seriously, a good anime I haven't seen in this thread is Nodame Cantabile.

Just thought of two others. Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple, and Katekyō Hitman Reborn!

Both of which I would really enjoy seeing some more seasons. Kenichi is starting to get some OVAs but it's just not the same as a full on season. :(

ikkitousen why mmmmm i like boobs

I usually don't watch anime cause I find most of them boring and nothing special(already seen thing) but there are a few that i liked.
Maybe the one I like the most is Kaiji, it's something a little different than the usual anime, I like it's storyline, the drawing style and the way they make it feel the anime to you in general.
Another that I liked is One Outs.

For me it would have to be One Piece. I remember when it was shown in America. My bro and I got addicted to that, and got sad when they stopped showing it. Eventually I found it and watched it online. The story is awesome.

Guilty Crown

Death Note

Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon / Kyoukaisenjou no Horizon 2

K

Btooom!

and Dragon Ball Z of course :D

BECK Mongolian Chop Squad

Monster

Mushi-Shi

Great Teacher Onizuka

Bake/Nise/Nekomonogatari series, Carnival Phantasm, and Steins;Gate.
The only movie I've seen is Summer Wars.

I can't give a single favorite. I'll have to give a top 5 with reasoning:

Sailor Moon series (jap unc fansub) - Sailor Moon cannot truly be experienced in licensed translations. So much nuance, innuendo, and some times entire scenes and episodes are lost to censors. The "kissing cousins", the tensions surrounding Chibiusa and Michiru, the entirety of the Stars saga, the Ami special... the list goes on. Story depth slowly evolves from the beginning "morals for little girls" style into a legitimate series that, while outwardly casual, is hardcore if you analyze it. Can be appreciated by all groups if they can get past the fact that they're watching Sailor Moon.

Outlaw Star (any version) - One could say Outlaw Star is what happens when Cowboy Bebop stops taking itself so seriously. Surprisingly, the licensed translation loses very little, and is one of the few english translations that actually had good voice acting. Moderately deep story, well paced narration across the series, with just enough nuance to keep an analytical mind entertained. Definitely casual, but on the cusp of hardcore. A great transitional.

Battle Programmer Shirase (jap unc fansub) - Sadly never officially licensed for distribution outside of Japan. Quick, humorous storytelling, off the wall plot, but very deeply mature themes. I mean come on: lolicon hacker gets paired with adorable little girls when doing jobs, and it's NOT hentai but wants to be (scene when one girl starts goading the antihero's complex; the dialogue wouldn't exist in translated versions). A translation of this would have its dialogue destroyed similar to how all of Ranma 1/2 would be if aired in most territories. Absolutely casual, but you have to be otaku to actually look for it. On an interesting note, the last episode actually thanks its viewers, specifically thanking viewers of fansubbed versions, and apologizes for the rushed ending. A continuation was hoped for, but never materialized.

Angelic Layer (any version) - Little girls battling each other with semi-sentient, home grown robots. Attachment, love, loss, emotion... Card Captor Sakura without a whiny mascot. Undeniably casual, undeniably adorable.

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and S.A.C. 2nd GIG (any version) - I like to compare GitS:SAC to the old cop show Dragnet but with a decidedly cyberpunk veneer. English voice acting is one of the best matches and localization lost almost nothing (to the point that some episodes aired had to be prefaced with a content warning screen). Deep, detailed story, heavy individual characterization, well-built world, and touches on themes many dare not go near. Hardcore.

Hunter X Hunter 2011 is pretty much the best show that's still ongoing. Favorite is probably Dragonball series, which got me into anime in the first place. DBZ hasn't aged particularly well, but there is a reboot (Dragonball Kai) for those who haven't watched it.

Cowboy bebop
GTO
Monster
Baccano!
Durarara!!
Death Note (the first half)
Mushi-shi
Detriot Metal City
Trigun
Redline
Akira
Perfect Blue
Mind Game
Ghost in the Shell (movies + series)
Ninja Scroll
Sword of the Stranger
Hellsing + Hellsing Ultimate
5cm/s
Howl's moving castle

Clannad After Story, Toradora, Jormungand, Nodame Cantabile, GTO, Ghost in the Shell and Planetes

For movies: GitS (first movie), Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo and some Ghibli movies: Whisper of the Heart, Totoro, Spirited Away and Grave of the Fireflies.

Dont have a favorite but I really like Great Teacher Onizuka, Monster and Planetes. Bleach was great up to the Soul Society then went downhill, Naruto was good until "that" chase and went nuts on filler.

Maybe One Piece.