Expert: L. Barnaby - 5/12/2008

Question
hi! i started watching anime a while ago now.. and will all i have watched is bleach, tenchi muyo, yuyu hakashu, sailor moon, inyuyasha and naruto.
ive been trying to get to watch some other anime.  but im not quite sure which ones to watch. i have allready watched the ones ive listed but i want to get to watch some more.
i was just wandering if you could tell me some really cool anime shows that i could watch.  it doesnt matter if i have to buy them ya know.  lol. oh yea it doesnt matter if there old or new, k!!!

Answer
What anime you check out depend on your preferences.  I noticed though that you haven't listed the anime 'The Slayers' in your list, and that's one of those classic animes that everyone should watch.  It's an older one, but it has been recently re-released on DVD in box sets.

If you like magical girl anime (like Sailor Moon) check out the Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha series as well as Ojamajo Doremi.  I suppose that you can include Revolutionary Girl Utena in this genre, though she doesn't transform per se.

Action more your thing?  Try out Trigun, Bubblegum Crisis 2040, Vision of Escaflowne (This is a "You must see in the original Japanese" anime.  The dubbing chopped it up to hell and back), and Tengo Tenje.

Also, I noticed that you didn't list Neon Genesis Evangelion.  I personally don't like this series, but many many people do, so it may work for you.