A little help with panel creation please.

Banta

I've been working on a panel for my local con. I'm planning on it being a beginners guide to anime, giving suggestions to new anime fans on shows/movies to watch from various genres. I've hit a roadblock in that I can't think of more shows/movies to put on my list, I know I've seen something from each genre but it's not coming to mind at the moment.

action
Air Master
Birdy the Mighty (OVA and Decode)

thriller
Serial Experiments Lain
Perfect Blue

horror
Ghost Hunt
Blood: The Last Vampire

drama

romance
5 Centimeters Per Second
Romeo and Juliet

sci-fi
Innocent Venus

comedy

fantasy
Slayers
Record of Lodoss War

robot
The Big O
Pat Labor

super robot
King of Braves: GaoGaiGar
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team

fanservice
Rosario+Vampire

slice of life

The Catch All
Cowboy Bebop

Any help on this would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks.

Neito

No Kodomo no Jikan or StrikeWitches? :P

Cremlian

Might I sugggest going a bit old school with a few picks, I mean there are plenty of older and better super robot shows out there :-p

And you have one sci-fi show on there and it's a pretty new one and you can't think of other shows that would be good for beginnners?

(I'm running a Anime you should see Panel at the Video game expo in Philly on Saturday).

Banta

I want to have two, maybe three, shows for each genre since it will allow me to have enough time to talk about each show equally.

Like I already said, my mind is blank on anything else to recommenced; it's why I started this thread in the first place, to jog my memory and to get the opinions of people who I respect.

MrRoboto

Missing a sports category, add Hajime no Ippo to that

Drama:
GTO

Action:
Lupin III (the Ghibli one at least)
Read or Die TV

Slice of life/comedy
GTO
Azumanga Daioh
Welcome to the NHK
Moyashimon
Gokusen

Thriller
Paranoia Agent

Action/Thriller/Horror/Drama/Romance/Sci-fi/Comedy/Fantasy/Robot/Super robot/Gundam/Fanservice/Slice of life/The Catch All:

HOKUTO NO KEN

Omae wa mo shindeiru...

kiwi_bird

I'd say instead of Romeo and Juliet The Girl who leapt through time.

Adelbert

thriller
Serial Experiments Lain

This series is way too slow for a beginners show. The lack of clear plot will also intimidate those who just want to watch "coo" adult animation.
I suggest replacing it with Boogiepop Phantom - it has a similar menacing urban surrounding along with a complex narrative, but there's a lot more action and drama to keep you interested.

Banta

Thanks for the help, here is a reworked list. Anything else you all think I should add or get rid of?

action
Black Lagoon
Birdy the Mighty (OVA and DeCode)

thriller
Boogiepop Phantom
Perfect Blue

horror
Ghost Hunt
Monster

drama
Ef: A Tale of Memories
Millennium Actress

romance
5 Centimeters Per Second
The Girl Who Lept Through Time

sci-fi
Innocent Venus
Ghost in the Shell

comedy
Kanakon
Full Metal Panic: Fumofu

fantasy
Slayers
Record of Lodoss War

robot
Robotech/Macross
Pat Labor

super robot
The Big O
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

gundam
Mobile Suit Gundam 0080: War in the Pocket
Mobile Suit Gundam 0083: Stardust Memory
Mobile Suit Gundam: The 08th MS Team

fanservice
Sekirei
Rosario+Vampire
To Love-Ru

slice of life
Azumanga Daioh
Your'e Under Arrest

Sports
Hajime no Ippo
Eyeshield 21

The Catch All
Cowboy Bebop

Cremlian

Irresponsible Captain Tyler
escaflowne
Laputa
Lupin III: Castle of Cagliostro
Nadesico
Maho Tsuki Tai (Magic User's Club
Macross Plus
Read or Die
Grave of the firefly
Utena

djfooboo

Comedy: English dub of Ghost Stories

csrjjsmp

A lot of people these days get into anime by watching Naruto or Bleach. Even if you don't want to recommend either, I think you should at least mention them.

gomidog

Kanokon? KANOKON??! Put that under fanservice if you are going to have that in there at all. What about Lucky Star or Azumanga instead.

I don't think that Gundam needs to be a separate category. Put it in Robot, because before Gundam it was all super robots and stuff.

You under arrest is not really slice of life. It's more "Action Comedy Police Show" You don't usually put cop shows in "slice of life."

Eyeshield 21 is more a comedy than a straight up sports show. For a more realistic sports show that came out recently, I recommend the baseball series Oofuri, or the older series Touch.

Many of these shows are in multiple categories. Tokikake (The girl who leapt through time) is High School, Slice of Life, Sci Fi, Romance, Drama with comedic elements. It's tough to categorize these by genre.

Here are my suggestions, based off what you seem to be going for.

action
Black Lagoon
Birdy the Mighty (OVA and DeCode)
Read or Die

thriller
Perfect Blue
Baccano

horror
Boogiepop Phantom
Ayakashi
Hakaba Kitaro

drama
Honey and Clover
Millennium Actress
5 Centimeters Per Second
Grave of the fireflies

romance
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time

sci-fi
Ghost in the Shell
Appleseed

comedy
Nodame Cantabile
Full Metal Panic: Fumoffu

fantasy
Slayers
Record of Lodoss War
Brave Story
escaflowne

robot
Robotech/Macross
Pat Labor
Gundam Series
Gasaraki

super robot
The Big O
Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Giant Robo

slice of life
Azumanga Daioh
Lucky Star
Niea_7

Sports
Hajime no Ippo
Touch
Ookiku Furikabutte

fanservice
Sekirei
Rosario+Vampire
To Love-Ru

The Catch All
Cowboy Bebop

Nuri

Sci-Fi/Action/Drama:

Galaxy Express 999
Harlock Saga
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Arcadia of My Youth
Queen Emeraldas
Maetel Legend/Space Symphony Maetel

Cremlian

Sci-Fi/Action/Drama:

Galaxy Express 999
Harlock Saga
Space Pirate Captain Harlock
Arcadia of My Youth
Queen Emeraldas
Maetel Legend/Space Symphony Maetel

I think if you were running a "beginner's guide to anime" I'd only list one of these.... I'd probably go with "Arcadia of my youth"