What to recommend to you would depend greatly upon your preferences, vanatus, yet I will try to make a few suggestions to you:
Neon Genesis Evangelion, which was recommended to you by Eldritch Knight, is indeed a very good anime, especially if you are looking for an anime with some deep and serious thoughts in it.
Also, if you will decide to watch
Neon Genesis Evangelion animated series, I would also HIGHLY recommend you to get
The End of Evangelion movie, which is supposed to replace two last episodes from
Neon Genesis Evangelion animated series.
Among others serious anime, I would highly recommend you to watch
Wolf's Rain anime. IMHO,
Wolf's Rain is simply awesome, and certainly one of my favorite anime! However,
Wolf's Rain is rather dark and apocalyptic anime.
The other, IMHO, extremely good anime is
X TV series. It is also an apocalyptic anime, but not as dark as Wolf's Rain is, and even has some humor about it, although from time to time this humor tends to be a little bit grim. There is also
X movie, but IMHO, while
X movie is more dark and apocalyptic then
X TV series, the characters from
X movies are rather poorly developed... Well, you can't expect much from about two hours long movie, can you?
If you are looking for a romantic comedy, I would seriously suggest to watch either
Tenchi Universe TV series or
Tenchi Myuo! OVA series. However, I seriously suggest you to think twice before buying either
Tenchi in Tokyo TV series, or various Tenchi movies (there are three of them as far as I am aware -
Tenchi in Love,
Daughter of the Darkness and
Tenchi Forever!). While
Tenchi in Tokyo TV series and various Tenchi movies are somewhat good, they are certainly not on the same level as
Tenchi Universe TV series and
Tenchi Myuo! OVA series are. And so, I would suggest you to buy
Tenchi in Tokyo TV series and/or various Tenchi movies only if you are a REAL Tenchi fan.
Among the others romantic comedies, I can suggest you
Saber Marionette J TV series,
Saber Marionette J Again OVA series and
Saber Marionette J to X TV series. While I have seen only the first nine episodes from
Saber Marionette J TV series, I was highly impressed by them, and they are certainly among my favorite anime, even though they are not on the first place. Anyway, there is a separated thread dedicated to
Saber Marionette J TV series, here is the direct link to it:
shadowdragons69.proboards2.com/index.cgi?board=anime&action=display&n=1&thread=1178Among less humorous romance,
The Visions of Escaflowne TV series are certainly a very good choice. There also is a separated thread dedicated to
The Visions of Escaflowne TV series, here is the direct link to it:
shadowdragons69.proboards2.com/index.cgi?board=anime&action=display&n=1&thread=1182If you are a fan of Cyberpunk reality, or Sci-Fi Action, or possibly both,
Bubblegum Crisis MegaTokyo 2032-2033 OVA series and
Bubblegum Crash OVA series are certainly the excellent choice for you! Despite semi-humorous titles, both these anime are not especially humorous in the most parts, although of course there are a few quite humorous moments in there. At the most parts,
Bubblegum Crisis OVA series and
Bubblegum Crash OVA series are rather serious Sci-Fi Action.
There also are
Bubblegum Crisis MegaTokyo 2040 TV series, but personally I don’t like them much, as they are far less realistic and far less serious comparing to
Bubblegum Crisis OVA series and
Bubblegum Crash OVA series.
And finally, if you like aerial combat action (you know, with all these airplanes and air ships?), I would highly suggest you to watch
Last Exile (or
Lastexile, I really don’t know how to call it right) TV series. It has tons of action, and in addition to battles there are a couple of rather good-looking races. And in addition to action, there is a little bit of romance for a spice. But more important, are quite interesting character as well as quite interesting plot, with some unexpected twists.
Hmmm…
This is all I can think of right now, vanatus, but I will post in this thread again, if I will think of something else.