Well you can add most of the Studio Ghibli titles for starters

Movies:

Howl's Moving Castle, Ghost in the Shell, Spirited Away, Princess Mononoke, Porco Rosso, Paprika, Sword of the Stranger, Patlabor 1 & 2, Girl Who Leapt Through Time, Summer Wars, Vampire Hunter D Bloodlust

Series:

Full Metal Alchemist / Full Metal Alchemist Brotherhood (the former if you prefer some standalone eps inbetween the story), Cowboy Bebop, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Samurai 7 (loosely based on Seven Samurai), Paranoia Agent

I don't watch as much anime as I used to, mainly because the stuff that comes out nowadays is pretty crap in comparison to the mid 90s-00s & its over reliance on CG. I can also think of other good series but not sure if you'd like them, some have sexual references

Are you saying Guyver is crap? Note: I haven't watched it

I remember 3x3 Eyes, though I watched the local aussie version which was probably butchered. Oh! Armitage III the OVA is awesome Watch the actual 4 part series, not the movie. They're essentially the same but the movie is a chopped up combination & then they redubbed some of the roles with more well-known people. Think Blade Runner, Armitage III is a tad like that. And watch Trigun! And Berserk! Berserk is pretty violent though & gets a bit sickening in the later episodes

Also I remember Fist of the North Star, lots of heads exploding from fist punching

Nadesico is similar to Neon Genesis Evangelion in some ways although requires some japanese knowledge since the humour can get pretty weird. But the story's awesome. Excel Saga is great although once again, the humour is pretty crazy & fast paced Desert Punk is also great but there's lots of big bouncing boobs. Same with Full Metal Panic, relying on fan service on occasions

I'll just do a bit of copy paste

Set in a fictional universe in which alchemy is one of the most advanced scientific techniques known to man, the story follows the brothers Edward and Alphonse Elric, who want to restore their bodies after a disastrous failed attempt to bring their mother back to life through alchemy during their childhood.

Its an anime that'll appeal to all ages, its a mature series yet knows when to balance comedy into it. There's lots of great characters, twists, great action & drama

Perhaps a trailer would be better

FullMetal Alchemist Commercial

And here's the opening credits of Brotherhood (watch it from the 45 second mark if you want to see some of the other characters + action)

Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood Opening 1

Seriously guys this series should be on your number 1 priority list! The animation remains high quality throughout & if you combine both series there's 120 episodes to watch. Brotherhood is a proper adaption of the manga whereas the original series starts off similar but goes into a different storyline yet both are equally entertaining however Brotherhood is in widescreen & always keeps you on edge wanting more. Also if you can, watch it with japanese audio

If only I could find episodes to download somewhere......it's so difficult to get into an anime series there are always a million episodes to watch.  I started watching Naruto at one point and that just got stupid.

Well...I may have found somewhere N that has Z all the episodes B in one file...

Alrighty, loads to go on, thanks!

I'd heard that Ghost in the shell was good, and that the TV series was better by an order of magnitude than the movie, so I'm getting those.  Watched GitS last night and was impressed, although it left open mroe questions than I would like, so I'm up for the next one.

I saw half of Spirited away not long ago on TV and wasn't that impressed.  Maybe I just needed the second half.

"kenny" said:

Go with Bleach, Mike tis most awesome!!

Until you reach filler hell Better to stick with the first 3 seasons

Also Gurren Lagann is good (but very weird for a newcomer to anime) and imo has a terrible 2nd half when it skips a few years

Currently making my way through Ghost in the Shell animated series.  Very, very good. So far, much better than the films, which weren't bad.  Can't wait to see where they're going with the story line.