Tell me animes that I should watch

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I'm afraid I have no idea what you may or may not like, so I recommend you do some extra research on any suggestions I may give you. With that in mind, here is some of the stuff I enjoyed:

- Full Metal Alchemist (2003) and Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood - Both great shows with a relatively unique setting and very likable characters. Some people find the relatively quick transitions from comedy to drama and vice-versa to be somewhat jarring, but I personally thought the shows managed to mix the two quite well. Though the 2003 series gets a lot of flak and does deviate from the plot of the manga (Brotherhood is a faithful adaptation of the manga), it is nevertheless a great show in its own right and arguably even does a few things better than the manga/Brotherhood (though, inevitably, it also does some things worse). Also, both shows are famous for having excellent dubs, so you need not be concerned about that.

That said, I don't recommend Conqueror of Shamballa, the movie follow-up to the 2003 series. In spite of a decent premise, the end result was just kind of meh.

- Yu-Gi-Oh and Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters - Though I personally didn't really care for the few episodes of GX that I watched and haven't bothered with any the shows that followed after that, I can recommend the first two series. Before I say anything else, I need to clarify that Yu-Gi-Oh: Duel Monsters is known simply as Yu-Gi-Oh outside of Japan, since the original Toei series was never dubbed.

That said, I would recommend both. If you can look past the fact that it isn't dubbed, the original Toei series is a decent watch for the simple fact that it depicts a variety of games and not just Duel Monsters like the later shows. As for Duel Monsters, it has a pretty novel mythology and the focus on battling via card games really changes up the dynamic (even if it does essentially fall into its own routine as a result of this approach). Also, though it contains a fair bit of censorship, there's no denying that the quality of the actual voice acting in the dub is quite good.

A word of warning, though: Duel Monsters is quite a lengthy series (I think it has over 500 episodes). That said, with the exception of the Waking the Dragons/DOMA arc, you could safely skip most of the filler episodes. For the most part, they're pretty awful.

- Shaman King - It's been a long time since I've watched this series, but I remember enjoying it quite a bit. Though it is a relatively standard shonen series, I think it's still worth a watch. Though it is dubbed, I only watched it subbed, so I cannot vouch for its quality. Also, you might want to check out some of the other shonen shows before you consider this one.

- Ghost in the Shell (the first movie) - probably one of the most defining cyberpunk works. Admittedly, it is a bit heavy-handed with its themes, but is nevertheless a very compelling movie. I can't talk about the other GitS works that take place in their own continuities, but at least this one is a must watch. However, you can safely skip the sequel, Innocence, as it is horribly pretentious to the point of just being tedious to watch.

I have some more recommendations, but that's all I have time to write down right now. I'll return to this topic later.