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Action/Adventure

 * 3x3 Eyes
 * Baccano!
 * Berserk
 * Black Lagoon
 * Chrono Crusade
 * Claymore
 * Cowboy Bebop
 * Darker than Black
 * Fist of the North Star/Hokuto no Ken
 * Fullmetal Alchemist
 * Full Metal Panic!
 * Hellsing Ultimate
 * Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
 * Gungrave
 * Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha (A's, StrikerS)
 * Mai-HiME
 * Mai-Otome
 * Outlaw Star
 * One Piece
 * Rurouni Kenshin
 * R.O.D. the TV
 * Saint Seiya
 * Samurai Champloo
 * s-CRY-ed
 * Sengoku Basara
 * Slayers
 * Trigun
 * Utawarerumono
 * Xam'd: Lost Memories
 * Yu Yu Hakusho

Comedy

 * Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai
 * Bakemonogatari
 * Cromartie High School
 * Detroit Metal City
 * Excel Saga
 * FLCL
 * Full Metal Panic? Fumoffu
 * Gintama
 * Golden Boy
 * Kyouran Kazoku Nikki
 * Ninja Nonsense
 * The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya
 * Moyashimon
 * Ouran High School Host Club
 * Pani Poni Dash!
 * Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
 * School Rumble
 * Seitokai no Ichizon
 * Seto no Hanayome
 * Welcome to the NHK!

Drama

 * 12 Kingdoms
 * Clannad
 * Kanon 2006
 * Maria-sama ga Miteru
 * Welcome to the NHK

Ecchi

 * Mahoromatic

Gender Bender

 * Ranma 1/2

Horror

 * Hell Girl

Psychological/Thriller/Mystery

 * Aoi Bungaku
 * Bokurano
 * Death Note
 * Gankutsuou
 * Higurashi no Naku Koro Ni/Kai/Rei
 * Kaiba
 * Kaiji
 * Kino's Journey
 * Monster
 * Mononoke
 * Mushishi
 * Paranoia Agent
 * Revolutionary Girl Utena
 * Serial Experiments Lain
 * Shigofumi

Real Robot

 * Code Geass
 * Eureka Seven
 * Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
 * Neon Genesis Evangelion
 * Mobile Suit Gundam 08th MS Team
 * Turn A Gundam

Romance/Drama

 * Air
 * Clannad
 * Eden of the East
 * ef - a tale of memories./ef - tale of melodies
 * Honey and Clover
 * Kare Kano
 * Kanon (2006)
 * Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
 * Kimi ni Todoke
 * La Maison en Petits Cubes
 * Love Hina
 * Legend of the Galatic Heroes
 * Maison Ikkoku
 * NANA
 * Nodame Cantabile
 * Planetes
 * Princess Tutu
 * Spice & Wolf
 * Sola
 * Toradora!
 * Tokyo Magnitude 8.0

Sci-Fi

 * Cowboy Bebop
 * Code Geass
 * Legend of Galactic Heroes
 * Macross Series
 * Outlaw Star

Shoujo

 * Cardcaptors Sakura
 * Full Moon wo Sagashite
 * Kaleido Star
 * Lovely Complex
 * Ouran High School Host Club
 * Revolutionary Girl Utena
 * Shugo Chara
 * XxxHolic

Shounen

 * Saint Seiya
 * Dragonball Z
 * Bleach
 * Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood
 * Hunter x Hunter
 * Naruto
 * Needless
 * One Piece
 * Yu Yu Hakusho

Slice of Life

 * Aria the Animation/the Natural/the Origination
 * Azumanga Daioh
 * Bamboo Blade
 * Bartender
 * Gakuen Utopia Manabi Straight
 * Genshiken
 * Hidamari Sketch
 * Ichigo Mashimaro/Strawberry Marshmallow
 * Kamichu!
 * K-ON!
 * Lucky Star (Not recommended for new anime watchers. Watch at least 100 shows before this.)
 * Minami-ke
 * Potemayo
 * Sketchbook ~full Color'S~
 * Today in Class 5-2 OVA ( STAY AWAY FROM THE TV VERSION )
 * Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou

Sports

 * Akagi
 * Big Windup
 * Captain Tsubasa
 * Cross Game
 * Eyeshield 21
 * Hajime no Ippo
 * Hikaru no Go
 * Major
 * One Outs
 * Prince of Tennis
 * Saki
 * Shion no Ou
 * Slam Dunk
 * Taisho Yakyuu Musume

Super Robot

 * G Gundam
 * GaoGaiGar
 * Giant Robo
 * Shin Mazinger Shougeki! Z-hen
 * Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
 * Top wo Nerae! (Gunbuster)
 * Top wo Nerae! 2 (Diebuster)

Yuri

 * Maria-sama ga Miteru

OVAs/ONAs/Specials

 * Bokusatsu Tenshi Dokuro-chan
 * Eve no Jikan
 * FLCL
 * Giant Robo
 * Gunbuster/Diebuster/Aim for the Top
 * Naisho no Tsubomi
 * Ryofuko-chan
 * 5 Centimeters per Second
 * Akira
 * The Girl who Leapt Through Time/Toki wo Kakeru Shoujo
 * Grave of the Fireflies
 * Kara no Kyoukai
 * Laputa: Castle in the Sky
 * Metropolis
 * Millennium Actress
 * Mind Game
 * My Neighbor Totoro
 * Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind
 * Paprika
 * Princess Mononoke
 * Spirited Away
 * Sword of the Stranger
 * Tokyo Godfathers

Action

 * Alive: The Final Evolution
 * Berserk
 * Blazer Drive
 * Claymore
 * Code: Breaker
 * Flame of Recca
 * Fullmetal Alchemist
 * Kongou Banchou
 * Mahou Sensei Negima!
 * Mx0
 * Nurarihyon no Mago
 * Pokemon Special
 * Psyren
 * Shin Angyo Onshi
 * Trigun
 * Trigun Maximum
 * Vinland Saga
 * Worst

Comedy

 * Cromartie High School
 * The World Only God Knows

Ecchi

 * AIKI
 * Change 123
 * Omamori Himari
 * My Balls (Oretama)
 * Yomeiro-Choice

Gender Bender

 * Hourou Musuko
 * Pretty Face
 * Ranma 1/2

Horror

 * Uzumaki

One Shot

 * Apple
 * Hotel
 * Island
 * Williams

Psychological/Thriller/Mystery

 * 20th Century Boys
 * Akira
 * Bokurano
 * Detective Ritual
 * Gambling Emperor Legend Zero
 * Kaiji
 * Liar Game
 * Majin Tantei Nougami Neuro
 * Mirai Nikki
 * Monster

Romance/Drama

 * Maison Ikkoku
 * Planetes
 * Sanctuary

Slice of Life

 * Aqua/Aria
 * Amanchu!
 * Azumanga Daioh
 * Bamboo Blade
 * Ichigo Mashimaro
 * Minami-ke
 * Sketchbook
 * Saint Young Men
 * Solanin
 * Yokohama Kaidashi Kikou
 * Yotsuba&!

Sports

 * Eyeshield 21
 * New Prince of Tennis
 * Prince of Tennis
 * Slam Dunk

Visual Novels

 * Tsukihime
 * Kagetsu Tohya
 * Fate/Stay Night
 * Cross Channel
 * Ever17 ~the out of infinity~
 * Phoenix Wright series
 * Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
 * Umineko no Naku Koro ni
 * Symphonic Rain
 * Yume Miru Kusuri
 * Katawa Shoujo
 * Saya no Uta
 * CLANNAD
 * Kanon
 * Brass Restoration
 * Utawarerumono
 * Sharin no Kuni, Himawari no Shoujo
 * Kana ~Imouto~