I find the best Mecha show are the ones that ultimately distract you from being a mecha show since conventional series rely on you treating the machines as characters rather than tools. Like Gurren Lagann, Suisei no Gargantia and Daimdaler they all use mecha as a means of storytelling rather than the purpose. Evangelion while I'm not too much of a fan it has it's popularity and deserves a mention.XenoMortem wrote:
Reasoning is:
-Mecha: overall because I have problem with fighting anime and also never really liked the transformer kind of anime, and Mecha anime is mostly around thoses elements.
-Harem: because I love Romance Anime, and most of the time, harem aren't conclusive and when they are, it isn't really satisfying
-Magical Girl: Is mostly target hate, like all Magical Girl anime I've seen, I've hated it, with the exception of Cardcaptor Sakura, maybe if I would get some good recommendations, this opinion would change.
Herems are generally the result of just copying some usually awfully written galge and trying to adapt it so it pleases everyone and awful ones really demonstrate it. However you could say Clannad and Kanon are technically harem anime as the focus on a central male character and a group of cute females but in terms of more traditional harems I'd point to Amagami or Mashiro-iro symphony (I just llke this one for some reason)
Magical girl animes are some what a rarity and are extremely hit of miss. Nanoha and Madoka are largely considered the two to see and focus one one story for the whole series. The majority of others operate on and monster of the week stucture which means you have to like the heroines to enjoy the show but once an important story arc happens the series can really pay off for your endurance. I always direct to Precure for these and I am definitely biased but they have their charming characters pay off arcs at around episodes 20-25 and 40-50.