Favorite anime and why? (For otakus/hardcore anime fans, casuals welcome to though)

ANIME? CODE GEASS
The protaganist seems real effing cool.
And the whole story with its twists and characters, like just WOW

Code Geass Definitely my favourite anime

Am mostly reading manga lately, but still watched plenty of anime series.

BACCANO!
Battle Angel (there were only two episodes, but the manga is great!)
both FMA
One Piece
HotD
Yu Yu Hakusho

Loved Naruto (my first anime) in my teenage years (and still am reading manga just to see how it ends)

Code Geass both R1 and R2, Darker then Black (and the it's Manga ^^) and finally SteinsGate

Elfen Lied, Shakugan no Shana, Zero no Tsukaima, Toradora, Chobits, One Piece, Fairy tail, Angel Beats!, Gosick, and othersss... Ohh, School Days too!!! ......... Okay I'm just kidding now LOL!

I haven't completed many but I guess mine are FMA and Soul Eater.

Another, Death Note, Steins Gate, Seitokai Yakuindomo, Darker than black,Baccano, Durarara,Fullmetal Alchemist brotherhood, shki....(And lot lot more lolz)

http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Roju

I have many Anime that i realy like but there is few best for me. Another, Death Note, Steins;Gate, Mirai Nikki (TV), Seitokai Yakuindomo , Shiki , Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood and Fate/Zero & Stay Night, Great Teacher Onizuka, Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu + 2nd series + Movie, Code Geass: Hangyaku no Lelouch and 2nd series and Baccano and there is still many anime that i realy like.
There is my Mal: http://myanimelist.net/animelist/Indrug

Sword Art Online, as for the why...well...dunno. Maybe because I like games. xD

Probably Slam Dunk is my #1 fav, even though it's old, it still has great animation, the characters are great, jokes are hilarious, music is really good and story is as great a the rest. It's a classic probably every anime fan should see, even if they don't really like basketball. The only flaw is that it's not full adaptation of the manga, it just stops halfway through. But the manga is just as good - same artist that draws Vagabond.

The other favourites are: Katanagatari, Hunter x Hunter (the new one), Cross Game, Baccano!, Kaiji, One Outs, Akagi, Mushishi, Steins;Gate, Sword of the Stranger, Natsume Yuujinchou, Mononoke - that's all I remember now :D

Monster best anime I have watched so far. It has really interesting story, characters are very well developed. Just try it you will like it.

my favorite is Shadowstar Narutaru because i dunno it is everything i ever wanted in an anime. i like the pokemon kinda overtones it has and then underneath it downward spirals into full-fledged horror. 8^) beautiful stuff.

i would have put Shinsekai Yori if it was finished airing... i already like it better than Narutaru, though.

and for movies... Paprika. i'm just a huge sucker for surrealism :S the animation is top notch.

I'm not too sure on my #1 favorite, but my recent favorite is JoJo's Bizarre Adventure. Event though the animation is poor because of low budget, they basically nailed the show in EVERY OTHER ASPECT. The music is fantastic, art is nice, perfect representation of the manga...

films: ghost in the shell, akira, memories, any ghibli studio film
series: trigun, flcl, evangelion
Anything without "nyaaa" or "uguuuu" or fanservice or any kind of shit like that. Burn all that, watch it burn and laugh.

Darker than Black because I said so.

In no particular order... Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex, Naruto, Naruto Shippuden, Wolf's Rain, Samurai Champloo, and Marsian Successor Nadesico.

D Gray Man,

Toradora! and Gurren Lagann. I love them, they never cease to entertain me.

Sword art online, campione, vampire + rosario, Dakara Boku wa, Say "I love you", Nazo no Kanojo X, Upotte!, My little monster, Nyarko-san: Another crawling chaos, Problem Children are coming from another world, aren't they?...

There is no order, I just love this animes.

I haven't seen a lot of animu, but I enjoyed Death Note (the first season more than the 2nd and 3rd). I thought Elfen Lied was fantastic, as well. OH. TRIGUN. Yeah, I liked Trigun.

Mushi-Shi, because it doesn't have too many things going on and it only focuses on one character mostly, which is amazing, and I like the idea of it.

that's such a heard question I have several fav's. I love Bleach for the action, Another for the horror, and Natsume Yujin-cho to turn my make me smile. If I had to pick just one I would pick Natsume Yujin-cho I could watch that series till the end of time. I used to think bleach was my fav but then I found Natsume Yujin-cho. dang I love crunchyroll

The Tatami Galaxy. Good story, great ED. mal