Though it is hard to put my favourites into 'order', it would be something
like this:

Serial Experiments Lain
Jin Roh: Wolf Brigade
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Neon Genesis Evangelion: Death & Rebirth
Neon Genesis Evangelion: The End of Evangeion
Ghost In The Shell
Spirited Away
Cowboy Bebop
Akira


I kept this list seperate, because it is all comedy anime, and Love Hina
deserves a place at the top here :)

Love Hina OVA
Love Hina Final Selection
Love Hina Xmas Special
Love Hina Spring Break
Love Hina Again
Hand Maid Mai

Also recommend:
Blood The Last Vampire (wonderful, but too short..)
Gundam Wing
Gundamin Wing Endless Waltz
Ah! My Goddess!
Trigun
FLCL (pronounced Full Cool - spelt Furi Kuri in japanese)


I get alot of fansubs purely because all I want is the Japanese audio with
English
subs... I couldn't watch 2 minutes of Love Hina english dub - and I highly
recommend getting fansubs - you will save lots of money, the only difference
(in most but not all cases) is that you wont get English audio.


Email me if you want to know more about fansubs
gary@wiredevolution.com

Regards,
Gary



"Moloney Family" <moloneyfamily@charter.net> wrote in message
news:utr833p518tl28@corp.supernews.com...
> What about Rurouni Kenshin, Yu Yu hakusho, Inu yasha, and Gundam Wing??
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> "Trace Vaughn" <tracerv1@comcast.net> wrote in message
> news:DuCdnZwiedNH7CegXTWcqw@comcast.com...
> > If you were putting together the top essential anime series to start a
> > collection, what would you suggest? I have already started with (in no
> > order) evangelion, x, gto, fist of northstar, cowboy bebop, dbz, trigun,
> > vampire hunter d, those who hunt elves, neia under 7, akira, and
spriggan.
> > Help me out with some others.
> >
> > Thanks,Trace
> >
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