Literally all of the Ghibli Movies. All of them. Even the ones Miyazaiki didn't make are great. Go watch them now. In addition, watch Neon Gensis Evangelion (watch the TV show before the remake movies imo) its fantastic, in depth and psychological. Also badass mechs n explosions. Ghost in the Shell is great too, one of the…
If anybody comes into this thread thinking most of this anime looks really ridiculous and stupid (like I kind of do, no offense), but still wants to get something out of it, here's some stuff I liked that had an uncommon theme, good story and generally none of the ridiculousness I dislike in most anime: Ghost In The Shell…
I'll jump on this train. But I'll start off addressing the original post's desire for shorter-form anime, leaning toward inspiring/interesting works. For my initial post I will limit it to films and shorter OVA series, less than the standard 13 episode season. Anything by Miyazaki/Studio Ghibli: Seriously. You'll hear this…