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[Turin Turambar]

Nice effort put into the list! It's be great if you could also include if a show is streamable on any service, and what service(s)! But that's a lot of extra research.

Not only it would be a lot of extra effort, the fact is that surely, lots of series that have more than 6-7 years are not available at any streaming services. People just didn't negotiate streaming rights in the year they were released. Streaming wasn't a thing then!

 

[DVCY201]

There's a lot of good shows there! I'd probably also toss in or replace some with Ranma 1/2, Psycho Pass, Welcome to the NHK, Lovely Complex, Toradora, and Darker Than Black

 

[trejo]

This reminds me, does anyone have saved the infamous animegaf 'List'? Did it ever exist in the first place or was always an abstract concept called 'The List', containing pure meaning??

You can find a copy of it here, though I'm not sure how up to date it is.

I advise caution when handling it. There's some truly dangerous stuff contained within.

 

[Jotaka]

Where is?
- Eve no Jikan

- Black Lagoon

- Space Brothers

 

[Turin Turambar]

There's a lot of good shows there! I'd probably also toss in or replace some with Ranma 1/2, Psycho Pass, Welcome to the NHK, Lovely Complex, Toradora, and Darker Than Black

See final note in second post. I always liked Ranma 1/2 a lot.

Where is?
- Eve no Jikan

I totally forgot about it! Now it isn't going to be '75' anymore.

 

[John Blade]

This top list of anime is going to be controversial as they will be anime which people here wish it have to be in here (you can't win really). Also, most of the anime on the list is recent or very recent show which mean older show might not be call unless you watch it when it aired or is a classic show people need to watch.

I guess this list should be divide under the Top 200 anime for each decade and make people here post what anime at that decade which people should watch and why.

 

[Funyarinpa]

I thought Turin Turambar was a Game Of Thrones character and was momentously confused before coming into the thread

 

[petran79]

Not only it would be a lot of extra effort, the fact is that surely, lots of series that have more than 6-7 years are not available at any streaming services. People just didn't negotiate streaming rights in the year they were released. Streaming wasn't a thing then!

I would have ordered more Anime DVDs if lack of space wasnt an issue.

 

[RespectThySole]

Shouwa Genroku Rakugo Shinjuu and Hunter x Hunter are top tier.

 

[Elfforkusu]

Some interesting looking stuff I haven't seen.

However, putting FMA on the list instead of FMA: Brotherhood is a serious party foul, friend

 

[Secret Fawful]

Some interesting looking stuff I haven't seen.

However, putting FMA on the list instead of FMA: Brotherhood is a serious party foul, friend

No it isn't. He put the one that's well-directed with better animation and better character development.

 

[Jex]

This is a damn fine list.

Damn fine.

 

[maruchan]

This list is shit to much stuff from 2000 and beyond. Which is when anime became trash especially with Moe shit..

 

[Turin Turambar]

This list is shit to much stuff from 2000 and beyond. Which is when anime became trash especially with Moe shit..

And still, zero moeshit in the list...

 

[The Silver]

fine list, they're all good shows, I don't need to nitpick

 

[Hyoukokun]

That's a solid, well-reasoned list. There's a handful that I'd add, based on your apparent tastes:

The Twelve Kingdoms

One of the progenitors of the Isekai (other-world) genre, following (at least initially) the story of a girl who is selected to be empress of a country in another world. She and her friends struggle to adapt to the politics and realities of a world with which they are ill-equipped to deal. The show has some truly wonderful characters, but I have to caution that it may feel somewhat incomplete - they ran out of novel material to adapt and had to put it on ice.

Hyouka

Kyoto Animation's masterpiece. A wonderfully-animated slice-of-life story following the members of a small literary club as they solve minor mysteries. The hook here lies in the evolution of the characters (particularly the protagonist, who is slowly drawn out of his shell over the course of the show).

Space Battleship Yamato 2199

Straight-up old-school space opera fun, executed perfectly. You'll be singing along to the opening song before you know it.

Sora no Woto (Sound of the Sky)

Cute girls doing small-town things.

...while in the military, in what appears to be one of the last few remaining oases of non-apocalypse-ized land. Works far better than you'd think.

Honorable mentions:

• NieA_7 (to round out your old-school ABe oeuvre)
• A Lull in the Sea / Nagi no Asukara (emotionally manipulative magical realist romance, with an impressively complicated love polygon)
• Gargantia (Sci-fi + slice of life + fuckery from the author behind Fate/Zero and Madoka)
• Humanity Has Declined (post-singularity absurdism)
• Non Non Biyori (total slice-of-life fluff, but very relaxing)
• The Devil is a Part-Timer / Hataraku no Maou-sama (turns out Satan fits in well at McDonalds)
• Tonari no Sekki-kun (brilliant comedy shorts about a boy who really won't pay attention in class)