Top 15 Anime Recommendations (By Sampparts)

Samurai Champloo (2004)

Two samurai, and a girl team up to find the samurai that smells of sunflowers. Yep, the plot is pretty straight forward, but what makes the show great, is its character interactions, beautifully animated fight scenes, and its humor and hiphop/beatbox soundtrack.

FLCL (2000)

Or Fooly Cooly as some like to call it. This is your show if you're into ridiculous bullshit. I'm telling you, its awesome. And one of my absolute favourites. It's a story about growing up, with some over the top fight scenes, Alien chicks, robots and kickass soundtrack from the pillows. Oh, and did i mention its only 6 episodes long? So go watch it!

Fullmetal Alchemist (2003)

I've seen many list's that recommend Fullmetal Alchemist Brotherhood over the original, usually because of its superior animation quality, but i'm gonna recommend you watch the original first and THEN see brotherhood. Why? Because the 2003 version has an original(and quite good) ending, and after that, you can see how the manga did it, with brotherhood. Also my favourite series of all time, so please give it a try if you havent.

Steins;Gate (2011)

Tutturuu! Probably the best time travel anime that exists at the moment. Even though the plot may seem like the pretty basic "oops fucked with time, now i gotta fix things" scenario, the way its executed and the character interactions make the show, so naturally you should watch it.

Berserk (1997)

Story about Guts and his time fighting alongside the band of the hawk.
One of the manliest and goriest anime you will find, with great story and action. And if you've seen it id recommend reading the manga. It's great.

Bakuman. (2010)

Story about friends, making manga, deadlines, editors, and romance. Got your interest yet? This is a pretty heartfelt story about chasing your dreams, and its 3 seasons long (around 75 episodes) so if you're looking for a quality show with bit of an longer runtime, this is the show for you.

Welcome To The N.H.K. (2006)

Feeling insecure and awkward around people? Then im guessing this show is kinda like made for us imgurians, am i right?! So yeah 24 episodes of dealing with social anxiety, get ready for some hilarity!
Also, this show leaves you with that special feeling of being dead inside. So it must be great.

Cowboy Bebop (1998)

Descriped with one word, Cowboy Bebop is cool. It's also one of those anime that is kind of a notch in your belt if you've seen it, if at all you're into anime. An epic space adventure with some awesome directing, from Watanabe, the guy who also did Samurai Champloo.

Great Teacher Onizuka (1999)

My comedic relief on this list, and i consider GTO to be one of the best comedies that anime has to offer. The show follows Onizuka, a former biker gang leader becoming a teacher, and his class of mischievous students. The art may seem bit outdated at times but don't let it discourage you from givin it a go.

Kids On The Slope (2012)

Story about friendship, jazz, love, and growing up in the 1960's.
Kids On The Slope is one of the shows that got me teared up at the end. Excellent animation and soundtrack. So watch it. if you're into that sorta thang.

Barakamon (2014)

Young calligrapher gets exiled to an island after loosing his cool, when a veteran labels his work as unoriginal. At the island as he's doing some self reflecting, the protagonist befriends some of the local kids,and learns some important life lessons. A heartwarming pace changer, in case you're in a need of one.

Code Geass: Lelouch Of The Rebellion (2006)

Story about an exiled prince lelouch trying to climb back to the top. It's has psychological warfare(quite literally), super powers, mechs and oh did i mention, a school setting? what else do you need?

Neon Genesis Evangelion (1995)

You should watch this, just so you can say you've watched it. It's an classic and a pretty stellar mech anime, but the reason i left Neon Genesis for latter on the list because of it's controversial ending, that might be better enjoyed drunk.

Yu Yu Hakusho (1992)

If you enjoy Hunter x Hunter, you'll enjoy this. Togashi's first anime adaptation of his shounen manga, is one of the more longer ones on this list, and if you're new to anime, i wouldn't necessarily recommend this one for you. But if you're a bit more versed, it's a classic, and a must watch.

The Bio Booster Armor Tax

So if you're in to 80's anime, i would highly recommend The Guyver: Bio-Booster Armor from 1989. It's pretty ridiculous, but oh so good.