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Each person chooses their favorites 0-5 animes for each genre:

action/adventure/fantasy
comedy
slice of life (love included)
horror
ecchi
sports

If one anime has more than one genre, just put it where you think it fits the best. I think that's enough genres, but if I missed something, just let me know. Don't try to put more animes into your list if you don't think they're that good, just for the sake of having more animes on your list. Write down just the names of series that you really think were worth your time. And try to avoid abbreviations, otherwise people might not be able to google it.

So I'll start:

Action/adventure/fantasy:

Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Hikaru no Go
Tokyo no Ghoul
No Game No Life
Hunter x Hunter (2011)

Comedy:

Great Teacher Onizuka
B Gata H Kei

Slice of Life/Love:

Golden Time
Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso

Sports:

Hajime no Ippo
Eyeshield21

Gyrozen 10y
Probably missing or already misplaced many things. Will add and take away as I go. Some of these I consider "bad" or "meh" but include nonetheless.

Fantasy

Claymore
Berserk
Fate
Magi

Action/Adventure

JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Samurai Champloo
Afro Samurai
Trigun

Drama

Welcome to the NHK
Tokyo Magnitude 8.0
Kokoro Connect
Spice and Wolf
Baccano

CGDCT

Non Non Biyori
YuruYuri
Lucky Star

Mecha

Code Geass
Gurren Lagann
Eureka Seven
Evangelion

Romance

Toradora
Clannad (mostly for Afterstory, but something you should watch at some point)

SciFi/futuristic/Space

Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Mardock Scramble
Steins;Gate
Knights of Sidonia

Thrillers/Mystery/Psychological

Monster
Kara no Kyoukai
Terror in Resonance
Death Note (loved it until a certain point like most others)
Durarara

Comedy/Parody

School Rumble
Panty and Stocking
Ninja Slayer
Prison School (ecchi)
Nichijou
- Reizel 10y
  Thanks for your contribution =D
  
  I am thinking about watching Kokoro Connect and Non Non Biyori. The second one looks really cool, but I'm afraid it's gonna turn out really boring liko Shirobako...
Peng 10y
/u/lukeatlook's flowchart is pretty good for this type of thing

From what little I've watched:

Sci-fi
Ghost in the Shell
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Cowboy Bebop
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Ergo Proxy

Fantasy
Shinsekai Yori
Mushishi
Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood
Fate/Zero
Wolf Children

Psychological
Paranoia Agent
Perfect Blue (or anything Satoshi Kon for that matter)
Monster
Neon Genesis Evangelion

Romance
Nana
White Album 2
Kokoro Connect
Spice and Wolf

Drama
Mawaru Penguindrum
Welcome to the NHK
The Tatami Galaxy

Comedy
FLCL
Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt
Monogatari Series

Action
Baccano!
Black Lagoon
Kill la Kill
- RogueTofu 10y
  Great list! Have either watched or am planning on watching everything on your list!
- Reizel 10y
  Thanks for your contribution =D
- MiraLIST 10y
  bro i watched white album 2 xD i think just watched another version of school days lol
MiraLIST 10y
i will try not to fit some mainstream favorite like one piece , bleach or fairy tail because everybody knows what that is .

action/adventure/fantasy

Fullmetal Alchemist : Brotherhood
Seven deadly sins
Psycho pass
FATE stay night UBW
GET Backers

Slice of life/Romance/Drama
Toradora
Tasogare Otome x Amnesia
Golden Time
Welcome to the NHK
Yahari Ore no Seishun Love Comedy wa Machigatteiru ( both seasons )

Mystery/Psychological/Horror
Steins Gate
Higurashi no naka koro ni
Rokka no yusha
Zetsuen no Tempest
Elfen Lied

Comedy/Sport ( will sort it out as these 2 combo is confusing )

Slam Dunk ( comedy /sport )
Gintama ( comedy )
One punch man ( comedy )
yamada kun to 7 nin no majo ( comedy )
Haikyuu!! ( Sport )
- Reizel 10y
  But FMA is a mainstream favorite XD
  
  Btw, don't steal my characters' avatar =(
  MiraLIST 10y
  FMA is still underrated considering how good it is :(
  
  didnt even realize your's was link now that i look closer lol
  
  and btw its surprising never knew i would see someone favor B GATA H Kei that was one funny and awkward anime
  LordZage 10y
  Are you serious?
  
  FMAB is widely considered to be among the best anime there is. Even if one personally doesn't like it, practically none considers it a bad anime...
  MiraLIST 10y
  i know still XD btw i think it has the highest ranking in this site
  Reizel 10y
  That anime was really something, lol
  
  Weird in all aspects, but still a lot of fun to watch.
  MiraLIST 10y
  it was really awkward but i liked the moments XD and the sex jokes
- ReBuggy 10y
  Elfen Lied? Ew. Ew, ew, ew,
  MiraLIST 10y
  you may not like it but its not ew ew ew thats your opinion it was pretty good and it has alot of positive feedback's
  ReBuggy 10y
  Of course it has a lot of positive feedback. A lot of things that are absolutely awful have postive feedback. Some people just really like a lot of shitty things because they're too dumb to realize that they're bad. Judging by the grammar of your post, in which you have a horrible run-on sentence and completely disregard apostrophes (except for the one at the end that is used laughably incorrectly), you seem to be among this unfortunate group of people who lack the mental capacity to understand that Elfen Lied is really, really, really fucking terrible.
  MiraLIST 10y
  stop being salty and learn the difference between facts and opinions .
  ReBuggy 10y
  Stop deflecting with "it's just your opinion" and back your own opinion up. If it's good, explain why it's good instead of saying "no, you're wrong for thinking it's bad." I can give you plenty of reasons why Elfen Lied is utter shit. If you can't defend it, well, it's still your opinion and you're allowed to think it's good, but it kind of means that my opinion holds more weight than yours does.
  continue this thread →
Xinti 10y
Had to stop myself from putting more than five in each category ehe

Action/adventure

Michiko to Hatchin
Space Brothers
Baccano!
Toki wa kakeru shoujo
Tiger & Bunny

Slice of life/Drama

Tatami Galaxy
Sakamichi no apollon
Shigatsu wa kimi no uso
Eve no jikan
Tsuritama

Comedy

Gintama
Nichijou
Kuragehime
Gekkan shoujo nozaki kun
Daily lives of high school boys

Thriller/Horror/Mystery

Higurashi no naku koro ni + kai
Death note
Shiki
Rainbow Nisha Rokubou no Shichinin
Perfect Blue

Psychological

Neon Genesis Evangelion + End of evangelion
Revolutionary Girl Utena
Mawaru Penguindrum
Shinsekai Yori (honestly had no idea where to put this)
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
ReBuggy 10y
Action

Darker than Black
JoJo's Bizarre Adventure
Gurren Lagann
Psycho-Pass
Baccano

Comedy

Nichijou
Gugure! Kokkuri-san
Golden Boy (MUST be watched dubbed)
Osomatsu-san (it's still only 6 episodes in but I'm calling this one)

Romance

Danna ga Nani/I Can't Understand what my Husband is Saying
Bokura wa Minna Kawaisou
Golden Time

Drama

Welcome to the NHK
Hibike! Euphonium
Nobunaga Concerto
Shirobako (a lot of places it could fit but I'm putting this one here)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica (same, just didn't have a better place to put it)

Slice of LIfe

Hidamari Sketch
Silver Spoon
Barakamon

Pretentious Artsy Bullshit

The Tatami Galaxy
Ping Pong
Mushi-shi
Inferno Cop
Mimi 10y
Sci-Fi/Adventure
Last Exile
Fantastic Children
Noein: To Your Other Self
Steins;Gate
Dennou Coil

Space
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Space Battleship Yamato 2199
Toward the Terra
Space Brothers
Planetes

Psychological/Thriller
Monster
Psycho Pass
Madoka Magica
Death Parade
Ergo Proxy

Romance/Drama
The Rose of Versailles
Emma: A Victorian Romance
My Love Story
NANA
Glass Mask (2005)

Sports
Chihayafuru
Haikyu!!
Diamond no Ace
Giant Killing
Hajime no Ippo
Poppybros 10y
one punch man
one punch man
one punch man
one much man and
one punch man

youre welcome.
- Reizel 10y
  It hasn't ended airing yet =(
bdubs 10y
Action
Gurren Lagann
FMA: Brotherhood
Psycho Pass
Cowboy Bebop
Black Lagoon

Comedy
FLCL
Daily Lives of High School Boys
The Melancholy of Haurhi Suzumiya

Slice of Life
Tari Tari
Non Non Biyori

Romance
The Pet Girl of Sakurasou
Your Lie in April
Anohana
Nagi no Asukara

Ecchi
Prison School
Shokugeki no Soma
Trinity Seven

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