I'm sure I'm in the fairly common boat of "I'm open-minded to it, but I've seen little that grabs my attention".

I was underwhelmed by Akira, and I'm pretty sure I've seen Ghost in The Shell (movie) and was underwhelmed by that (if I'm even remembering the right thing), and those are almost always found in a top-5 list of recommendations.

But!

I watched Ghost in The Shell: Stand Alone Complex, and I hugely enjoyed both seasons of that. There's some likable characterization, the animation is really nice (and sometimes very beautiful), and there's a lot of well-rounded social/political themes that are explored quite deftly. So, yeah, that's my recommendation.

Disclaimer: if you dislike the tone of a post I make, re-read it in a North/East London accent until it sounds sufficiently playful

FYI: Everything I posted is from the last couple of years. If you haven't seen anime since Cowboy Bebop or Trigun (15 years old now), you really need to see what's going on now.

I watched my first Strange+ episodes today. They're about 3 minutes long and stuffed with comedy and absurdity.

Check to see how the anime was first distributed. The last three may have been direct to video, as a way to promote the books. In the 90's there were an annoying number of short anime that existed solely as ads for books, so were intentionally incomplete.

I've started re-watching Gunbuster. I'll probably post a review at some point.

I don't watch much anime, but I have seen Fate/Zero and I loved it. I was going to watch Fate/Stay Night, and my friends (who do watch a lot of anime) say it isn't nearly as good.