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I wish to become a more qualified fan! Take a look at my list and plkease recommend some great shows! Preferably one of a genre that isn't covered by any of the shows I have seen? I wish to broaden my horizons... by watching shows that all good fans should see!

Thank you!

I won't say they're essential but you should watch.

Legend of Galactic Heroes
Baccano!
Durarara!!
Hellsing Ultimate
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Kaiji
Kara no Kyoukai
Mahou Shoujo Madoka★Magica
Monster
Samurai Champloo
Steins;Gate


for lighthearted/comedy:
Minami-ke
School Rumble
Usagi Drop
Baka to Test

Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Monster
Mushishi
Ookiku Furikabutte
Terra e...
Rose of Versailles
Gankutsuou
Baccano!
Durarara!!!
Tiger & Bunny

Edit...I haven't seen them myself yet but I have heard great things about Natsume Yuujinchou and Mononoke

Everything from #1 to 100 will probably do. You don't need to watch every title but at the very least know of them.

Princess Mononoke.

Seconding Madoka Magica, Baccano, Durarara, Steins;Gate and Minami-ke.

Also:
Toradora, romance-comedy with a depth in characters (including side characters)
Spice and Wolf, the two mains are simply charming
Michiko to Hatchin, episodic in a not boring way, it has a really great and realistic storyline, as well as animation
AnoHana, tearjerker
Bakemonogatari, a bit of a harem with a bunch of fanservice, but interesting dialogues and characters, beautiful SHAFT animation
Arakawa Under the Bridge, one of my favourite comedies
Ghibli movies (Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, Princess Mononoke, etc)
5 Centimetres Per Second, amazing artwork, scenery porn
Fullmetal Alchemist, a shounen series that stays true to it's genre/demographic, but adds an huge amount of depth, and doesn't continue on forever (I consider it the best of its kind)

aand, super biased on this, but you should really watch Sakamichi no Apollon (currently airing). Has jazz in it, if that's one of the reasons you liked Cowboy Bebop. Josei shows are generally amazing, but underrated.

Ha, you want to broaden you horizons? How about sekaiichi hatsukoi. It's a genre people usually either dislike strongly or love. It's boy x boy love. Now I'm not sure about you, but when I first heard about it I didn't have much of an opinion and thought nothing of the genre. Then one day I was curious and instantly fell for it. I'm completely obssessed with it now.

The rest is in you hands my friend.

I will add Princess Tutu, as nobody has mentioned it yet (including the top 100 and that image Neane posted. I don't believe that La Maison en Perirs Cubes has been mentioned either as an example of a short story dome right.

I will also give Haibane Renmei a mention in text

And seconding Rose of Versailles, naturally.

I take it you mean "essential" from an historical perspective.

Akira
Ashita no Joe
Dragon Ball (the original one)
Hokuto no Ken
Lupin III
Neon Genesis Evangelion + End of Evangelion
Ranma 1/2
Rurouni Kenshin
Princess Mononoke (or anything Miyazaki for that matter)
Mobile Suit Gundam

And everything related to WMT.

The Tatami Galaxy

Pretty much every movie created by Hayao Miyazaki, this should be a rule for when you start watching anime that you have to watch these.

Ghost in the Shell (Movie and Series)
Neon Genesis Evangelion (Series + End of Evangelion movie + the new "remake" movies)
Mobile Suit Gundam (Just from looking at your list you seem to enjoy the action series, so you'll probably likes this series)
Trigun (I wasn't a huge fan of this, but it's a decent series, the "new" movie they made of it was pretty good though)
Black Lagoon
Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (Deep psychological horror series, very good watch especially if you enjoy that type of series).
Natsume Yuujinchou (I had to recommend something more light-hearted after all that, this is a really cute and sweet series, so this will be like a huge breath of fresh air after the above series).

Can't believe no one's mentioned the classics like Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura yet.

If you ain't watchin' Pokémon, you ain't watchin' the right shit.

Lol no one on this site can tell you that.

You have to find your own things to watch and get into the culture.
Besides as you would notice with most of the posts they give mostly entry level crap anyway.

I was definitely tempted too, but going through his list, I though these problem won't suit him.

Just pick something from the top list.

Get up to date with One Piece, then watch:

Sailor Moon
Spirited Away
Tenchi Muyo!
Bokurano
Ergo Proxy
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Aria the Animation
Azumanga Daioh!
Macross
Macross Frontier
Mahou Shoujo★Madoka Magica
Steins;Gate
Nichijou
Higurashi no naku koro ni
Death Note
Haibane Renmei

Higurashi no Naku Koro ni
Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
Steins;Gate
Serial Experiments Lain

Well he's talking about "essential" anime so hopefully he's talking about classics regardless of whether they suit his taste or not.