*sigh......

fma brotherhood
psycho-pass
steins;gate
snk
zankyou no terror
samurai champloo
cowboy bebop
monster

parks and rec

Neon Genesis Evangelion and End of Evangelion afterwards
Cowboy Bebop
Monogatari Series (Bakemonogatari, Nisemonogatari etc.)
Ghost in the Shell
Katanagatari
Samurai Champloo
Madoka Magica
FMA: Brotherhood
Little Witch Academia (so god damn good)
Everything either by Studio Ghibli or Hayao Miyazaki
Black Lagoon
Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt

https://youtu.be/hc7_muIkPbw?t=5m59s
http://myanimelist.net/animelist/indecencyy

MaRsLoweeLL

FLCL
Needless
High school of the Dead( if you love fanservice this is one for you)
S-cryed
Welcome to the NHK
Clannad
Honey and Clover
Demon City Shinjuku( movie)
Mushishi
Blue Exorcist
Angel beats.
Fairy Tail

fuck Dio

No recommendations for Baccano? I feel it's a pretty good one, though the POV skipping might throw people for a loop.

If u don't think Dio is the greatest being to ever exist, then u need to rewatch all of Jojo.

wall of text incoming

Hunter x Hunter (2011) (it's the best. episode number is high but it's enjoyable for every minute of it. animation, ost, characters and story are all A+++)
Your Lie in April (best i've seen in recent memory. it's simply beautiful.)
One Punch Man (what's currently popular and it's definitely popular for a reason (it's great))
Welcome to the NHK (unbelievably incredible and the message is absolutely amazing.)
Fate/ series (unlimited blade works and zero, not the 2006 one)
Magi the Labyrinth/Kingdom of Magic
Food Wars (Shokugeki no Soma) - (starts off weird but becomes crazy good and super hype)
The World God Only Knows (amazing OST, one of the best main characters and a really great supporting cast)

and then the always recommended but great:
Toradora (if you liked toradora, sakurasou might be up your alley.)
Code Geass (both seasons obviously)
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Steins;Gate
Fullmetal Alchemist/Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (two different stories, both are incredible and worth watching,)
Durarara!! (currently 3 seasons out, it's about to get it's fourth and final one)
A Certain Magical Index / A Certain Scientific Railgun

also the monogatari series is really good but if you're not like super into anime and how weird/different it can be i'd stay away from it.

oh yes. brilliant anime. forgot that one. definitely for mature people, those shounen fuckboys won't get this anime at all.

also forgot about darker than black, durarara, death note and fate/zero, gosh my memory sucks...

it DOES say "popular"; doesn't necessarily mean it's "good".

Also, wtf at that flowchart :| that's a decent amount to read.

psycho-pass and darker than black are both amazing

Didn't see these...
Sword Art Online
Attack on Titan
^^^^ Very mainstream thrillers, sorry
Others...
Ouran High School Host Club (BEST FUCKING STORY HOLY SHIT)
Heaven's Lost Property
Black Bullet

amen. the use of classical literature in psycho-pass and the "villain's" general intelligence and wisdom mixed with his crazyness in a futuristic, false utopia setting in psycho-pass gives me such a weeabo boner.

and darker than black is basically electric batman. how can that NOT be awesome.

although it generally works that way, mainstream doesn't necessarily mean "bad quality". Shingeki no Kyojin's excellence is overshadowed by its popularity which obviously generates controversy and unnecessary drama/equivocated criticism.

trust me, if nobody knew about attack on titan, then no one would have anything bad to say about it. watch it please. It's not perfect because there's no perfect anime, but it sure is a great anime.

I keep forgetting about this one. I may have to go back and rewatch it with how adorable it is.

Rurouni Kenshin: Trust and Betrayal (Tsuiokuhen).

One of the greatest cinematic experiences to come out of Japan. You do not need to watch the Rurouni Kenshin main anime series to fully understand and appreciate this anime.

Ghost in the Shell 1 & 2
Patlabor 1 & 2
Anything from Studio Ghibli (really)
i preffer movies to series due to how much filler they have sometimes
Trigun is cool tho

Not One Punch Man.

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I'm relatively new to watching outside of the longer stuff. Here's some quality starters:

Clannad->Clannad: After Story
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Hajime no Ippo
Hunter x Hunter
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Studio Ghibli films

http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Brodogs

Fate/Stay Night/Fate Zero
Full Metal Alchemist obviously is a common suggestion but it's really good anyways.
Psycho Pass
Mekakucity Actors
Jojo's Bizarre Adventures
Madoka Magica
Gurren Lagann
Cowboy Bebop
Berserk (edit: oh and read the manga too if you have the time)

I've been looking to try anime recently, so I decided to look for mature sci-fi series with a dark and/or psychological bent. Here's what I watched so far:

• Neon Genesis Evangelion: Having grown up on merch-driven shonen series and Power Rangers, I recognized it being a bit cliche in the beginning. Halfway through it goes off the deep end, though, and that's where it shines: sci-fi psychological horror with religious undertones. The series finale and the EoE semi-retcon are equally great, each in its own twisted way. Heavily recommended.
  
• Serial Experiments Lain: After NGE, this series' beginning came as a bit of a shock: the first couple of episodes are really slow paced, and that's in a pretty short series to boot. Overall, it's a great cyberpunk story with an increasingly loose grip on reality. The sound and music are of particular note here; they serve to enhance the surreal feel even further. Heavily recommended.
  
• Texhnolyze: I was looking forward to seeing this, as it shared some key staff with SEL (including the writer). However, I was kind of disappointed with the sci-fi elements taking a backseat to other, vaguely explained concepts. Also, if SEL started off slow, this one starts SUPER slow; expect excessive meandering for several episodes. The plot follows several characters at once and feels a bit disjointed. It's alright if you want something really odd and depressing.
  
• Ghost in the Shell - Stand Alone Complex: I was already a fan of the first movie, but it felt super condensed. Wanting more, I then tried getting into the original manga, but it seems to carry a completely different tone and is way too wordy. This series is in the sweet spot: it takes just enough time to explain things, but is also livelier than the film (Batou in particular doesn't seem like a mere male counterpart to Motoko anymore). There's a lot going on here: memory hacking, espionage, character drama, adorable spider-like tanks(!), and a pinch of political intrigue. It's amazing. Watch it.

By the way, I'm open to suggestions in the same vein. I already plan on watching Cowboy Bebop, Psycho-Pass, Monster, Berserk and 2nd GIG. I also watched Akira, of course.

@inhake
Try Ergo Proxy,animatrix, steins;gate and gantz.

calling bs. My old housemates made me watch that with them and I didn't enjoy it at all. Perfectly reasonable that someone might criticise it.

The real question is : where's pankeyman for all the anime suggestions

gintama

subjective likes and dislikes do not account into criticism. real criticism is funded in the objective analysis into a work's fundamental characteristics in a given medium, which literally nobody does. someone can like something bad just as much someone can dislike something good. the likes and dislikes do not define an anime in its essence, just its general popularity and how its viewed by the media.

also, with just the little information you released, i can pretty much think about plenty of reasons why you wouldn't like it that doesn't include the anime itself being bad...not that i feel like i should expand on this.

http://i.imgur.com/ciQaI5E.jpg