1. Full Metal Alchemist | For the stories of how alchemy would change the world really, it's interesting.
2. Death Note | Something I've actually considered. What if I did get to pick who lived. So it was cool to see an anime about it, and one done so well and tied into Japanese folklore too. The play between L and Light was the coolest. For me the series ended when L died, but I appreciated the school he was raised at being shown to have more products than just himself.
3. Psycho-Pass | Probably my favourite ongoing series at the moment. I like the mental health care citizens can have in their world due to hue scanners. I'm also studying psyc' so I guess I've a vested interest in this sort of story. My new Psyc' teacher actually would have an even clearer hue than the female lead, she is the strangest character herself. Sometimes unnerving to be around just due to how chilled she seems to be about the world.
4. Ghost In The Shell | I have always liked the original movie, and I enjoyed the second movie for different reasons. But the new series (Arise: Alternate Architecture) is really well done. For me, it pays the proper respects to the original story while stepping on it's own enough to feel fresh, a difficult feat.
5. Tokyo ESP | One of the more light-hearted anime in my list. I just like it for being a Japanese x-men basically, without the organisation of a school. It's a free-for-all power-fuelled dog-fight.
6. Terror In Resonance | Probably the only anime (or show in general) I've seen to show a story with terrorists as the centre of the plot, and the story is told from their point of view. I think there's a similar idea of a school for the gifted like in Death Note, but they're all that bored with the world upon release that they run amok, unless I'm missing something. Unfortunately we never see
how they were raised there so much, but we see some of the others that they come into conflict with.
7. Fruits Basket | On the surface pretty light-hearted, maybe even boring for some. Unless you happen to connect with the female lead, which I do, exactly. One of the few anime' that attempts comedy that I haven't thought was stupid.
8. Akira | Just like it for being really over-the-top. Also the soundtrack used to give me nightmares as a kid but I really like the mood it sets now. I'm really interested in Akira being something like Genova is to Sephiroth in Final Fantasy, but I have only watched the anime, not read any manga, so I wouldn't know if they delve into that.
9. We Without Wings | Took me a couple goes to get it, but really interesting. I thought the 'you're just delusional' ending was a bit of a cop-out, but the majority of the series kept me happy.
10. Ergo Proxy | Just started watching this and liking it. Vibes kinda like a slower version of Ghost In The Shell less focused on the action and more so on the detective side of things. Keeping in mind I've only watched one episode so far but I'll be finishing it over the nest few days.
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