Most of my exposure with anime was whatever was on Toonami and Adult Swim in the 2000s. I've not watched stuff like, Ghost In The Shell, Cowboy Bebop (only disjointed episodes out of order), Neon Genesis Evangelion, which I know are highly regarded.
I've seen just about every Miyazaki movie at this point. I've seen Akeria.
I'm sure there's more mainstream shows and non mainstream shows that I'm missing and would enjoy.
Thoughts?
check out future boy conan for a classic miyazaki adventure series. late 70s, incredible animation, kinda establishes a lot of the standard miyazaki tropes in a post-apocalyptic agrarian vs doom tech world. available on yewchube last i checked