Recommendations.

I have tried to make one of these before, but I have seen a lot of shows, so it gets tiring. My preferred genres are romance, drama, slice-of-life (if not too boring) and psychological shows, so that's what you will see a lot of. I will also put shows on here that I have started and put on-hold, or just know from people talking about them and these will be marked with a (!) because I haven't actually seen them. All links are to MyAnimeList.net so you can read about the show beforehand. Some shows fall under multiple categories, as well, so I will put them in multiple categories.

(*) - Favorites
(!) - Haven't seen.
(-) - Haven't completed.

[Under construction. Stopped working on list when I finished adding completed/watching anime to the list. Will add the on-hold/plan-to-watch later since that's like 300 more shows.]


Romance - 

• 5 Centimeters Per Second (I don't actually like this movie, but most people do)
• Air (*)
• Bakemonogatari
• Basilisk
• Blue Gender
• Bokura ga Ita (I really liked this show, but I didn't like the main guy)
• Cardcaptor Sakura
• Chobits (*)
• Chrno Crusade (****)
• Clannad (*)
• Clannad After Story (****)
• Cross Game (*)
• D.N. Angel
• ef - A Tale of Memories (*)
• ef - A Tale of Melodies (*)
• Elfen Lied (****)
• Fruits Basket (*)
• Full Metal Panic (*)
• H20: Footprints in the Sand
• Hanasakeru Seishounen (*) I highly suggest this one since it seems no one has even heard of it.
• Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora
• Hatenkou Yuugi (*)
• Eden of the East (*)
• Honey & Clover (*)
• Howl's Moving Castle (*)
• Inuyasha (*)
• Itazura na Kiss (*)
• Kaichou wa Maid-sama (*)
• Kanon 2006 (*)
• Kara no Kyoukai (all movies) (*)
• Kaze no Stigma
• Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
• Kimi ni Todoke (*)
• Kobato. (*)
• Kuragehime (*)
• Lovely Complex (*)
• Macross Frontier (*)
• Myself; Yourself
• NANA (*)
• Ninja Scroll
• Nodame Cantabile (**)
• Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
• Ouran High School Host Club (*)
• Paradise Kiss
• Requiem For The Phantom (*)
• Saikano
• Sailor Moon
• School Days (*)
• Shakugan no Shana
• Skip Beat!
• sola (*) Another one no one watches.. watch it!
• Special A
• Spirited Away
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• Toradora! (*)
• True Tears
• Vampire Knight
• Welcome to the NHK! (*)
• White Album
• School Rumble (-)
• Ah! My Goddess (-)
• Amagami SS (-)
• Berserk (-)

Drama -

• AnoHana (*)
• Air (*)
• Battle Angel Alita
• Blue Gender
• Bokura ga Ita
• Boogiepop Phantom
• Chobits
• Chrno Crusade (*)
• Clannad (*)
• Clannad After Story (*)
• Code Geass & season 2.
• Cowboy Bebop & Knocking on Heaven's Door.
• Cross Game (*)
• ef - A Tale of Memories (*)
• ef - A Tale of Melodies (*)
• Elfen Lied (****)
• Fruits Basket (*)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (*)
• Gantz
• Grave of the Fireflies (*) (Saddest movie ever.)
• Hanasakeru Seishounen (*)
• Hanbun no Tsuki ga Noboru Sora
• Hatenkou Yuugi (*)
• Eden of the East (*)
• Honey & Clover (*)
• Hourou Musuko 
• Howl's Moving Castle (*)
• Itazura na Kiss (*)
• Kanon 2006 (*)
• Kara no Kyoukai (all movies) (*)
• Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
• Kobato. (*)
• Kowarekake no Orgel
• Kure-nai
• Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
• Myself; Yourself
• NANA (*)
• Nodame Cantabile (**)
• Paradise Kiss
• Paranoia Agent
• Requiem For The Phantom (*)
• Rozen Maiden
• Saikano
• School Days (*)
• Serial Experiments Lain
• Skip Beat!
• sola (*) Another one no one watches.. watch it!
• Spirited Away
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• Toradora! (*)
• True Tears
• Vampire Knight
• White Album
• Hanasaku Iroha (-)
• Berserk (-)
• Blue Drop (-)
• Bokurano (-)

Slice of Life - 

• AnoHana (*)
• 5 Centimeters Per Second
• Air (*)
• Bokura ga Ita
• Chi's Sweet Home
• Clannad (*)
• Clannad After Story (*)
• Eve no Jikan
• Fruits Basket (*)
• Honey & Clover (*)
• Kanon 2006 (*)
• Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
• Kowarekake no Orgel
• Kuragehime (*)
• Minami-ke (*) Highly suggest this to anyone.
• NANA (*)
• Nodame Cantabile (**)
• Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai
• Paradise Kiss
• sola (*) Another one no one watches.. watch it!
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Disappearance, too)
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• Toradora! (*)
• Welcome to the NHK! (*)
• Working!
• Usagi Drop (-)
• Hanasaku Iroha (-)
• Nichijou (-)
• Yuru Yuri (-)
• Azumanga Daioh (-)

Action/Adventure -

• Akira
• Angel Beats
• Baccano! (*)
• Basilisk
• Bastard!
• Big O
• Cardcaptor Sakura
• Chrno Crusade (*)
• Code Geass & season 2.
• Cowboy Bebop & Knocking on Heaven's Door.
• D.N. Angel
• Deadman Wonderland
• Dragon Ball Z
• The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk
• Durarara (*)
• Elemental Gelade
• Elfen Lied (****)
• Fate/stay Night
• FLCL - Furi Kuri (*)
• Fractale
• Full Metal Panic (*)
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (*)
• Ga-Rei: Zero
• Gantz
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
• Hatenkou Yuugi (*)
• Eden of the East (*)
• Highschool of the Dead (*)
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (***)
• Howl's Moving Castle (*)
• Inuyasha (*)
• Kara no Kyoukai (all movies) (*)
• Kaze no Stigma
• Macross Frontier (*)
• Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
• Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
• Naruto
• Ninja Scroll
• Pandora Hearts (*)
• Paranoia Agent
• Requiem For The Phantom (*)
• Princess Mononoke
• Record of Lodoss War (*)
• Rozen Maiden
• Sailor Moon
• Samurai Champloo
• Scryed
• Shakugan no Shana
• Soul Eater (*)
• Spirited Away
• Tenga Toppa Gurren Lagann (*)
• Trigun
• Wolf's Rain (*)
• Ao no Exorcist (-)
• Black Lagoon (-)
• Tiger & Bunny (-)
• .hack//Sign (-)
• Berserk (-)
• Black Cat (-)
• Blassreiter (-)
• Bleach (-)
• Canaan (-)

Comedy - 

• Angel Beats
• Arakawa Under The Bridge
• B Gata H Kei (ecchi)
• Bastard!
• Cardcaptor Sakura
• Chi's Sweet Home
• Chobits
• Clannad (*)
• Cowboy Bebop & Knocking on Heaven's Door.
• Cross Game (*)
• D.N. Angel
• Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
• Dragon Ball Z
• The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk
• FLCL - Furi Kuri (*)
• Fruits Basket (*)
• Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (*)
• Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun
• Hatenkou Yuugi (*)
• Eden of the East (*)
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (***)
• Honey & Clover (*)
• Inuyasha (*)
• Itazura na Kiss (*)
• Kaichou wa Maid-sama (*)
• Kuragehime (*)
• Kure-nai
• Lovely Complex (*)
• Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
• Minami-ke (*) Highly suggest this to anyone.
• NANA (*)
• Nodame Cantabile (**)
• Nogizaka Haruka no Himitsu
• Ore no Imouto ga Konnani Kawaii Wake ga Nai
• Ouran High School Host Club (*)
• Paradise Kiss
• Rozen Maiden
• Samurai Champloo
• Shakugan no Shana
• Skip Beat!
• Soul Eater (*)
• Special A
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Disappearance, too)
• Tenga Toppa Gurren Lagann (*)
• Toradora! (*)
• Trigun
• Welcome to the NHK! (*)
• Working!
• Hanasaku Iroha (-)
• School Rumble (-)
• Shugo Chara (-)
• Tiger & Bunny (-)
• Nichijou (-)
• Yuru Yuri (-)
• Ah! My Goddess (-)
• Azumanga Daioh (-)
• Black Cat (-)

Supernatural - 

• Air (*)
• Angel Beats
• Baccano! (*)
• Bakemonogatari
• Basilisk
• Boogiepop Phantom
• Chrno Crusade (*)
• Clannad (*)
• Clannad After Story (*)
• Code Geass & season 2.
• D.N. Angel
• Death Note
• Durarara (*)
• ef - A Tale of Memories (*)
• ef - A Tale of Melodies (*)
• Fate/stay Night
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (*)
• Ga-Rei: Zero
• Gantz
• Goshuushou-sama Ninomiya-kun
• Hatenkou Yuugi (*)
• Highschool of the Dead (*)
• Inuyasha (*)
• Jigoku Shoujo (*)
• Kakurenbo
• Paranoia Agent
• Kanon 2006 (*)
• Kara no Kyoukai (all movies) (*)
• Kaze no Stigma
• Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
• My Neighbor Totoro
• Naruto
• Ninja Scroll
• Pandora Hearts (*)
• Record of Lodoss War (*)
• Rozen Maiden
• Serial Experiments Lain
• Shakugan no Shana
• Shiki
• sola (*) Another one no one watches.. watch it!
• Soul Eater (*)
• Vampire Knight
• Ao no Exorcist (-)
• Mushishi (-)
• Shugo Chara (-)
• Tiger & Bunny (-)
• Ah! My Goddess (-)
• Berserk (-)
• Black Cat (-)
• Bleach (-)
• Blood: The Last Vampire (-)

Horror/Thriller - 

• Akira
• Blue Gender
• Boogiepop Phantom
• Deadman Wonderland
• Death Note (more of a thriller)
• Denpa teki na Kanojo
• Elfen Lied (****)
• Ga-Rei: Zero
• Gantz
• Highschool of the Dead (*)
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (***)
• Jigoku Shoujo (*)
• Kakurenbo
• Kara no Kyoukai (all movies) (*)
• Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
• Ninja Scroll
• Paranoia Agent
• Requiem For The Phantom (*)
• Shiki
• Berserk (-)
• Blood: The Last Vampire (-)

Fantasy - 

• Chrno Crusade (****)
• Basilisk
• Bastard!
• The Tower of Druaga: The Aegis of Uruk
• Fractale
• Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood (*)
• Ponyo (*)
• Hatenkou Yuugi (*)
• Howl's Moving Castle (*)
• Inuyasha (*)
• Kaze no Stigma
• Kobato. (*)
• My Neighbor Totoro
• Ninja Scroll
• Pandora Hearts (*)
• Princess Mononoke
• Record of Lodoss War (*)
• Shakugan no Shana
• Soul Eater (*)
• Spirited Away
• Wolf's Rain (*)
• Ao no Exorcist (-)
• Mushishi (-)
• .hack//Sign (-)
• Berserk (-)

Science-Fiction

• Akira
• Battle Angel Alita
• Big O
• Blue Gender
• Chobits
• Cowboy Bebop & Knocking on Heaven's Door.
• Deadman Wonderland
• Denpa Onna to Seishun Otoko
• Elfen Lied (****)
• Eve no Jikan
• FLCL - Furi Kuri (*)
• Fractale
• Full Metal Panic (*)
• Gantz
• Ghost In The Shell
• Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
• Eden of the East (*)
• Kowarekake no Orgel
• Macross Frontier (*)
• Paranoia Agent
• Saikano
• Scryed
• Serial Experiments Lain
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Disappearance, too)
• Tenga Toppa Gurren Lagann (*)
• The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
• Trigun
• Wolf's Rain (*)
• Black Cat (-)
• Blassreiter (-)
• Blue Drop (-)
• Bokurano (-)

Historical -

• Basilisk
• Grave of the Fireflies (*)
• Millennium Actress
• Ninja Scroll

Psychological -

• Big O
• Boogiepop Phantom
• Death Note
• ef - A Tale of Memories (*)
• ef - A Tale of Melodies (*)
• Elfen Lied (****)
• Gantz
• Ghost In The Shell
• Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei (*)
• Grave of the Fireflies (*)
• H20: Footprints in the Sand
• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (***)
• Jigoku Shoujo (*)
• Kakurenbo
• Kimi ga Nozomu Eien
• Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
• Paranoia Agent
• School Days (*)
• Serial Experiments Lain
• Welcome to the NHK! (*)
• Bokurano (-)

Mystery -

• Higurashi no Naku Koro ni (***)
• Bakemonogatari
• Big O
• Boogiepop Phantom
• Death Note
• Denpa teki na Kanojo
• Jigoku Shoujo (*)
• Paranoia Agent
• Serial Experiments Lain
• Shiki
• The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya (Disappearance, too)
• Vampire Knight
• Wolf's Rain (*)
• Mushishi (-)
• Tiger & Bunny (-)
• Kamisama no Memochou
• .hack//Sign (-)

Magical Girls - Mahou Shoujo

• Cardcaptor Sakura
• Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha
• Mahou Shoujo Madoka Magica
• Sailor Moon
• Shugo Chara (-)