really? As an Anime connoisseur, what have you seen? I don't mean that in a snarky way - I know that some things that are absolute canon amongst the otaku are just... shit. Wings of the Honneamase, for example. Blood. Appleseed. For me, I pretty much break it up into "Miyazaki" and "things that are not Miyazaki but kind of worth watching anyway." It's a short list - Ghost in the Shell, Akira, Ghost in the shell... ...Akira... EDIT - man, that came off even more dickish than if I hadn't said "I'm not trying to be a dick." Lemme try again: I'd love to find some anime that isn't woman-hating paper-thin rip-offs of Western movies. I actually really liked Genesis Climber Mospeada but everything I've tried since has been... underwhelming. Except Miyazaki. Even Ponyo was rad, once you accepted that you need to be on mescaline to truly appreciate it.