I tend to stick with the classics for the most part. I got into anime in the late 80's, early 90's when I was a pre-teen and have loved it ever since. However, anime in the last decade and a half seems to have gone downhill IMO. There just aren't anymore classics and you don't see things like this stuff anymore...
Record of Lodoss War
Project A-ko
Bubblegum Crisis
The Original Macross
Dominion Tank Police
Vampire Hunter D
Ah! My Goddess
Ranma 1/2
Urusei Yatsura
You just don't see great titles like these anymore and it's sad. Anime has been spun into a teenager's emo dream, at least for the most part. If it's not dark and depressing and violent, it's not popular. Granted there are exceptions but for the most part this is true. Oh well, at least there are still SOME good shows still out there.