Titles are 'approximately' ordered by favorite to less favorite, but don't let that throw you off, I recommend all the anime on this page.
Organized in table format with info links, descriptions, and studio info; because it's interesting to see a trend in the good studios.
| Title | One-Line Description | Studio |
| Dennou Coil: A Circle of Children | Story of kids with glasses that allow them to see a digital world mapped on to of reality, and trying to discover the truth behind a virus that emerges from corrupted spaces. | Madhouse, Bandai |
| Xam'd: Lost Memories | Like Eureka Seven and Nausicaa put into one! This one comes out on the US Playstation network before it comes out on the one in Japan. Update: releasing again! | Bones |
| Full Metal Alchemist | Two young boys attempt to bring their mother back to life, but pay a heavy price. Now they travel the world to regain the bodies that they have lost. | Bones, Aniplex, Square-Enix |
| The Twelve Kingdoms (Juuni Kokki) | Epic story of a high school girl who receives allegiance from a mysterious man, is chased by large monsters, and is taken away to another world with two of her friends. | Studio Pierrot |
| Rahxephon | Story of a high school boy unaware of the world outside Tokyo and the blue-blooded aliens who live next to him. Similar to the Truman Show and the Matrix, but with mechas and beautiful art. "Evangelion done right." | Bones |
| Scrapped Princess | A princess deemed as the 'poison that will destroy the world' by the followers of God Mauser, struggles to stay alive with the help of her siblings. | Bones, Kadokawa |
| Darker Than Black | With the appearance of an impentrable field came a rise in individuals posessing supernatual powers at the expense of their conscience. | Bones, Aniplex |
| Ghost in the Shell SAC / 2nd Gig | In the future where there is little difference between man and machine, a secret orginazation known as Section 9 is established to deal wth cyber terrorism and international conspiracy. | Production I.G. |
| Seirei no Moribito | Epic story of female bodygard protecting a young prince posessed by a spirit, who is being targeted for assassination by the king. | Production I.G. |
| Kare Kano (His and her Circumstances) | The two top students at high school find their rivalry may be love instead. | Gainax |
| Full Metal Panic! / FMP! TSR / Fumoffu? | A teenage military specialist is assigned to protect a high school girl suspected of becoming the next target of an organization after kids possessing the 'whispered' knowledge. | Kadokawa |
| Vision of Escaflowne | A high school girls gets thrown into a world where the Earth appears as a second moon. She travels with a young king to unite the countries against the Zaibach empire which is trying to obtain them all. | Sunrise |
| Last Exile | Two young pilots take on the mission of protecting a mysterious girl when they pull her from a plane crash. | Gonzo |
| Read or Die / Read or Die TV | A klutzy secret operative for the British Library posessing the ability to control paper seeks to obtain a stolen book which could be used to end the world. / A trio of sisters for hire, all who have the ability to control paper. | Studio Deen, Aniplex, Studio Orphee, JC Staff |
| Cowboy Bebop | Bounty hunters in space! A crew of mismatched characters take down wanted criminals and come to terms with their own pasts. | Bandai , Sunrise |
| Rurouni Kenshin TV / OVA1 / OVA2 | Near the end of the Meiji restoration, the most feared assassin disappeared without a trace. Ten years later he returns as a cheery vagabond who vows not to kill, trying to escape his past. The first OVA of this series is the one of the best anime I've ever seen (Kenshin's past). The second takes place after everything and was a let down. | SME Visual, Fuji TV, Aniplex |
| Bamboo Blade | A high school girls kendo club aims for the nationals, led by an elite freshman who would rather watch anime. | AIC |
| RD Sennou Chousashitsu (Real Dive) | In the future, humans are connected directly to the internet or 'the Metal'. A young man is put into a coma during a diving accident only to wake up 50 years later and find that the world has drastically changed. | Production I.G. |
| Michiko & Hatchin | In Brazil a woman escapes from a high security prision, and further away a foster child deals with the abuse from her foster family. What happens when the two get together? By the people of Cowboy Bebop, Ergo Proxy, and Samurai Champloo, this one looks interesting with a high production value. :D | Manglobe |
| Baccano! | A pulp-fuction style of individual stories congregating into 1920's story of the mafia and immortality. | Brains Base |
| Kurau: Phantom Memory | A scientist researching a new form of energy loses his daughter when an experiment goes awry and a pair of energy life forms take over her body. One of the pair goes dormant, and the other promises to return the girl's body when her pair awakens. | Bones |
| Samurai Champloo | A deliquent, a samurai, and a waitress go in search of a samurai that smells like sunflowers. Random, crazy, and fun! | Manglobe, Fuji TV |
| Toshokan Sensou (Library Wars) | A young woman strives to become a member of an elite library task force in the fight against government supression of free media. | Production I.G. |
| Rideback | After losing her ability to dance, a dance prodigy joins a rideback club (specialized motorcycles) at her college. Little does she know her abilities will be targeted by government and terrorist organizations. A little like Full Metal Panic and Toshokan Sensou. | Madhouse |
Haibane Renmei | People with charcoal wings born from coccons are forced to live as second class citizens to the normal humans. | Kadokawa, Fuji TV |
