I dunno what's been mentioned and what hasn't. I'm just gonna list some anyhow.
First of all, Neon Genesis Evangelion - if you haven't, you should.
People dismiss it as "just another mecha", but it's not. It's a lot more fucked up than that.
A lot of people don't seem to get it, but people who like to psychoanalyze will find they've struck gold. All the characters are veritably fucked up in the head in various ways, and you'll find at one point or another that you don't like ANY of the characters... but in a good way.
Oh, and the obligatory mecha fights are usually actually good.
I've gotta say, it does start slow and seem like another mecha, "monster-of-the-week" kind of thing, but it picks up quick enough, and the anime is only 26 episodes, so it's not so bad.
The movie follows after, okay? It's aptly named The End of Evangelion.
Oh, and there's a remake quadrilogy of movies, called the Rebuild of Evangelion, of which the first two have been released, but they're quite hard to find on the internet, and haven't been released on DVD in the west yet. They're awesome though, all of the animation has been brought up to date, and the story has been reworked.
Full Metal Alchemist (both the original anime series, and the Brotherhood series, which followed the manga instead) - Simply amazing. The fights are superb, but the story is better. You'll grow to love many of the characters, and some scenes are simply heart-pulling (I won't give anything away though). Words cannot describe how awesome this shit is, so stop reading this post and go watch one of them. I should say that the original anime series also has a movie follow-up, The Something-or-other of Shamballa.
First of all, Neon Genesis Evangelion - if you haven't, you should.
People dismiss it as "just another mecha", but it's not. It's a lot more fucked up than that.
A lot of people don't seem to get it, but people who like to psychoanalyze will find they've struck gold. All the characters are veritably fucked up in the head in various ways, and you'll find at one point or another that you don't like ANY of the characters... but in a good way.
Oh, and the obligatory mecha fights are usually actually good.
I've gotta say, it does start slow and seem like another mecha, "monster-of-the-week" kind of thing, but it picks up quick enough, and the anime is only 26 episodes, so it's not so bad.
The movie follows after, okay? It's aptly named The End of Evangelion.
Oh, and there's a remake quadrilogy of movies, called the Rebuild of Evangelion, of which the first two have been released, but they're quite hard to find on the internet, and haven't been released on DVD in the west yet. They're awesome though, all of the animation has been brought up to date, and the story has been reworked.
Full Metal Alchemist (both the original anime series, and the Brotherhood series, which followed the manga instead) - Simply amazing. The fights are superb, but the story is better. You'll grow to love many of the characters, and some scenes are simply heart-pulling (I won't give anything away though). Words cannot describe how awesome this shit is, so stop reading this post and go watch one of them. I should say that the original anime series also has a movie follow-up, The Something-or-other of Shamballa.
Their team is the craziest basketball team in the history. 
For me, Kaiji is the best psychological anime.
