Okay, time to stretch it.
I could list stuff like Baccano, Full Metal Alchemist, Bebop and the like but I'm going to assume since you're into anime you'll see them sometime eventually, I want to bring to your attention stuff that is a little more obscure. I like the adventure stuff, or stuff with good characters and story.
Lawrence the merchant finds a tricky, proud, slightly bothersome but ultimately intelligent and beautiful Wise Wolf Holo in his wagon. Series consists of them traveling and slowly getting to know each other and it really is a joy to watch this slow comfy series progress. On of their first adventures for instance is collecting Trenni Silver Coins as the kingdom that mints is is decreasing the Silver quality of it, making who can get enough of them and sell it back rich. Devaluing currency, where have I heard that before? Highly Recommend, S1 & S2 plus the bridging OVA. Season 3 never ever but I still hope.
Kino has had 2 adaptations, both good. the 2003 one is still beautiful despite it's age and the recent 2017 is a bit new but still a really good adaptation, especially the OP. The story is about a girl called Kino who travels on a talking bike called Hermes (I think is just her schizophrenia). Anyway, she dresses like a boy because if people saw she was a girl they take advantage of her. She also learnt how to use firearms from a Sensei and spends a good amount of time cleaning them. Most of the story is just her traveling between cities and the sort of stories she gets up to. Kinda laid back but is known for the Colosseum arc which is exciting.
I'm biased on Mushishi. I watched it back in 2005 and it was my introduction into Anime and I think I made a pretty good choice. The 2005 series follows it's own a bit more while the 2013 series follows closely to the Manga. I want to mention that Mushishi was one of the last anime's made by Artland, who made this and LGH. The story follows Ginko, a Mushishi, who acts as a traveling doctor for Mortals who are caught up in mysterious wisp likes beings called Mushi, one Mushi could be a rain cloud that follows a certain mortal, so that mortal has to move around not only providing the outlying farms with seasonal rain but staying in one area will eventually flood it. That's just one story. Well worth your time.
Obligatory Sea of Stars for Legends of Galactic Heroes
This OVA series, 110 episodes over 4 season and 10 years distributed on old VCR taps. This series not only has that legacy of being on of the first translated with the yellow subs, it's just that fugging good even 40 years later.
The stage is the Empire, led by the decadent and corrupt Goldenbaum Dynasty is about to undergo change as a young Reinhard von Lohengramm has seized enough military support to rescue his sister from the Kaiser who took an interest in her. On the otherside of the Issalon Corridor, Yang Wen Lee is rising in prominence as an officer with the Free Planets Alliance, but while it's military is strong, it's Democratic structure has become weak and corrupt and even Yang might not be enough to turn back the might of the Empire.
The reason this anime is endorsed by /pol/ isn't because of it's obvious political themes that it leaves up to the viewer to sort out, it's endorsed because this is the very essence of a Space Opera who's creator went to great lengths to not include anything culturally Japanese into it.
There are 2 side stoies that take place before the main series. They arn't mandatory though but if you want more series and backstory, there you go. And I can't stress this enough,DO NOT watch the 2018 series. Everything has been Bishified and it's horrible.
I quite like this series, not only because spear wielding warrior woman with pony tail but she frequently gets injured while looking after her charge, making you think she might not make it. The story is Balsa, a spear weilding heroine is looking for people to protect. Her master took the lives of 7 people and so far she's saved 6. She comes across a young Shota who's the prince to the local kingdom but has been thrown out of the palace by his father. She has to protect him as he has some spiritual significance and he has to grow up and become self reliant like she has. It's a decent series, if laid back. I enjoyed it. Don't let the /ss/ implications scare you off.
Should also note the same author who wrote the book on this, Uehashi Nahoko, also made Kemono no Souja Erin, a decent series about a girl who learns to tame a magical beast. It really homes in on the fact that said beast isn't your friend after she loses her fingers to it. Just a warning about that one though, it's 50 eps long but they only had enough material for about 33, so they repeat and repeat and repeat scenes over and over. It's still worth a watch in my opinion.
I love this series. You know how in LOTR you can get lost in the world of Middl-Earth because of how detailed it is, how the characters interact with it and you just get transported over there. That's this anime in a nutshell. Story is that a schoolgirl named Youko gets taken by a magiclal unicorn called Keiki into the kingdoms to be the leader of Kei. Now, things start off here because Youko wasn't the only one dragged into the portal and she can speak the local language of not-chinese/japanese thanks to the sword she has but the others can't. She has to lead her occupied country of Kei against Kou and that's the reason why Keiki picked her. It was planned to have 50 episodes, the last 5 were the Black Kirin from the books but the director died before it could start, they paused to mourn and moved onto other projects, leaving the series where it rests today. Highly recommended.
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Okay, time to stretch it. I could list stuff like Baccano, Full Metal Alchemist, Bebop and the like but I'm going to assume since you're into anime you'll see them sometime eventually, I want to bring to your attention stuff that is a little more obscure. I like the adventure stuff, or stuff with good characters and story.
Spice and Wolf S1 OP Lawrence the merchant finds a tricky, proud, slightly bothersome but ultimately intelligent and beautiful Wise Wolf Holo in his wagon. Series consists of them traveling and slowly getting to know each other and it really is a joy to watch this slow comfy series progress. On of their first adventures for instance is collecting Trenni Silver Coins as the kingdom that mints is is decreasing the Silver quality of it, making who can get enough of them and sell it back rich. Devaluing currency, where have I heard that before? Highly Recommend, S1 & S2 plus the bridging OVA. Season 3 never ever but I still hope. Anidb Dub example Spanish Wolf AMV
Kino 2003 ED Kino has had 2 adaptations, both good. the 2003 one is still beautiful despite it's age and the recent 2017 is a bit new but still a really good adaptation, especially the OP. The story is about a girl called Kino who travels on a talking bike called Hermes (I think is just her schizophrenia). Anyway, she dresses like a boy because if people saw she was a girl they take advantage of her. She also learnt how to use firearms from a Sensei and spends a good amount of time cleaning them. Most of the story is just her traveling between cities and the sort of stories she gets up to. Kinda laid back but is known for the Colosseum arc which is exciting.
Mushishi S2 OP I'm biased on Mushishi. I watched it back in 2005 and it was my introduction into Anime and I think I made a pretty good choice. The 2005 series follows it's own a bit more while the 2013 series follows closely to the Manga. I want to mention that Mushishi was one of the last anime's made by Artland, who made this and LGH. The story follows Ginko, a Mushishi, who acts as a traveling doctor for Mortals who are caught up in mysterious wisp likes beings called Mushi, one Mushi could be a rain cloud that follows a certain mortal, so that mortal has to move around not only providing the outlying farms with seasonal rain but staying in one area will eventually flood it. That's just one story. Well worth your time.
Obligatory Sea of Stars for Legends of Galactic Heroes This OVA series, 110 episodes over 4 season and 10 years distributed on old VCR taps. This series not only has that legacy of being on of the first translated with the yellow subs, it's just that fugging good even 40 years later. The stage is the Empire, led by the decadent and corrupt Goldenbaum Dynasty is about to undergo change as a young Reinhard von Lohengramm has seized enough military support to rescue his sister from the Kaiser who took an interest in her. On the otherside of the Issalon Corridor, Yang Wen Lee is rising in prominence as an officer with the Free Planets Alliance, but while it's military is strong, it's Democratic structure has become weak and corrupt and even Yang might not be enough to turn back the might of the Empire. The reason this anime is endorsed by /pol/ isn't because of it's obvious political themes that it leaves up to the viewer to sort out, it's endorsed because this is the very essence of a Space Opera who's creator went to great lengths to not include anything culturally Japanese into it. There are 2 side stoies that take place before the main series. They arn't mandatory though but if you want more series and backstory, there you go. And I can't stress this enough,DO NOT watch the 2018 series. Everything has been Bishified and it's horrible. LGH out of context
Moribito OP I quite like this series, not only because spear wielding warrior woman with pony tail but she frequently gets injured while looking after her charge, making you think she might not make it. The story is Balsa, a spear weilding heroine is looking for people to protect. Her master took the lives of 7 people and so far she's saved 6. She comes across a young Shota who's the prince to the local kingdom but has been thrown out of the palace by his father. She has to protect him as he has some spiritual significance and he has to grow up and become self reliant like she has. It's a decent series, if laid back. I enjoyed it. Don't let the /ss/ implications scare you off. Should also note the same author who wrote the book on this, Uehashi Nahoko, also made Kemono no Souja Erin, a decent series about a girl who learns to tame a magical beast. It really homes in on the fact that said beast isn't your friend after she loses her fingers to it. Just a warning about that one though, it's 50 eps long but they only had enough material for about 33, so they repeat and repeat and repeat scenes over and over. It's still worth a watch in my opinion.
12 Kingdoms OP I love this series. You know how in LOTR you can get lost in the world of Middl-Earth because of how detailed it is, how the characters interact with it and you just get transported over there. That's this anime in a nutshell. Story is that a schoolgirl named Youko gets taken by a magiclal unicorn called Keiki into the kingdoms to be the leader of Kei. Now, things start off here because Youko wasn't the only one dragged into the portal and she can speak the local language of not-chinese/japanese thanks to the sword she has but the others can't. She has to lead her occupied country of Kei against Kou and that's the reason why Keiki picked her. It was planned to have 50 episodes, the last 5 were the Black Kirin from the books but the director died before it could start, they paused to mourn and moved onto other projects, leaving the series where it rests today. Highly recommended.
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Off the top of my head, Spice and Wolf, Kino, Mushishi if you like traveling stories. Legend of Galactic Heroes is endorsed by /pol/ but will actually teach you something about ideology. Moribito and Twelve Kingdoms if you want pure fantasy. (Kingdoms is mostly finished, it just ends in a bad place, never got to ep 50). Yamato 2013 OVA series is really good rendition of Yamato, avoid the sequel. Thunderbolt Fantasy is a puppet Wuxia I adore. Houseki no Kuni is Steven Universe without the gay prechiness and instead focuses on the tenets of Buddhism, it's amazing for a 3DCG. Kemono Friends is big but I still love it for how adventurous it is. Zone of the Enders has an anime about a Father looking to find his wife on Mars during the conflict and reconnect with his kids, Dub is really good and Dolores is cute. Space Dandy is also another decent space one, Episode 17 is one that focuses on death and has such interesting concepts I'm recommending it on that alone. Plus soundtrack is great.
I'll format better and provide Anidb links later as I gotta run, also want to include some movies like Redline, Mononoke-Hime and Interstella 5555