You all have just given all the more reasons to stick with old school anime. I just recently started with Shippuuden and before that, I had only watched Naruto till episode 130 or something (where Naruto and Sasuke fight). And I didn't miss a thing. That's almost 100 fillers I guess. With Bleach I won't bother anymore. Both shows are good only when watched in masses. You can basicly skip any fillers that way. Waiting one week for some episode which turns out to be a filler is just insane. Best anime comes around millennium mostly (1998-2002) with few exceptions.
Yes the ending in Eva is far from "We really thought this through". Most of those I've seen. GTO is very entertaining. Hellsing quite nice too. Vandread is too cheezy for me (Still I watched both seasons).
I can't say this enough, every animelover should seek out Now and Then, Here and There. Trust me
Of course I've seen both GitS movies and some of those eps too. Doesn't quite give me the same emotional satisfaction like some of the great ones I mentioned. I don't watch much no more. I might if some off you can persuade me. But still at any given day I would prefer old school 26 ep series over 100+ eps (even 200+ eps) /show filled with fillers.
Haha I just realized there was a thread like this. There has been some epic series in the past. All the new stuff is mostly crap. Titles worth mentioning:
Rurouni Kenshin OVA's, Trigun, Cowboy Bebop, Outlaw Star and last but not least Now and Then, Here and There. For the movies of course most of the Miyazaki's.
The skin file has a disclaimer saying you are allowed to change the numbers. However it doesn't say you are allowed to copy the shapes. Have some common sense will you.