I guess I'm sort of an anime newbie, I'm not too sure. A few animes I like would be:
Full Moon wo Sagashite
[The beginning is a bit slow but it picks up the pace later on. This is sort of sad. >Romance<]
Chobits
[This is fairly sad except for the light humoured parts. Overall, the storyline is sad. >Romance<]
Ayashi no Ceres<3
[This is a wonderful anime/manga, whichever you you prefer. It also has a sad plot. It's filled with romance and action. Not so much on the humour part but there are occasional (sp?) light humour within it. According to the manga it's >Romance/Horror<]
Slam Dunk
[This is a fairly old anime. However, it's still awesome. ;D Sadly, the creator has already died so it sort of leaves you hanging. I don't know if someone else may have picked up the anime. I believe there are 100+ episodes, correct me if I'm wrong. I haven't seen this in several years. There are many humourous parts in it. The main story is about basketball. >Humour/Action(?)<]
Saint Seiya
[Saint Seiya is known as 'Knights of the Zodiac' by those in Canada (I'm not sure about the states). In my opnion Saint Seiya and Knights of the Zodiac are two completely different stories with the same characters. The Saint Seiya anime I have known and semi-loved since childhood was VERY different from the Knights of the Zodiac. Bah. That's what they do when they dub it and air it on YTV or what-not. For those who happen to like 'Knights of the Zodiac' I recommend you ditch those dubbed and cut things and watch the REAL deal. >Action(?<]
Zodiac P.I
[This is a wonderful short manga series published by Tokyo Pop. It's roughly around 15 dollars at Chapters and there are 4 volumes, coming to an approx. total of $60. There should be some scanlations of it online. >Romance/Mystery<
Kare Kano<3
[I haven't seen much of it. I've only read a few volumes of the manga and I aboslutely adore it. There's a very sweet storyline. (Does that make sense? ;/) The anime has around 60 episodes I think? ;x -cough- Sorry for the short memory span. The manga series is still going on but the anime already stopped so it's incomplete. >Romance<]
Oh god... This is such a long reply thing. ;x I think I'm going to just start listing from here on.
Spiral
Fullmetal Alchemist<3
Chrno Crusade<3
HunterxHunter
Prince of Tennis<3
Initial D
One Piece<3
Gundam Seed<3
Gundam Seed Destiny<3
Oh! My Goddess
Akira
Cooking Master Boy
Hikaru no Go
Kindaichi Shounen no Jikenbo [Suspenseful storyline.]
Detective Conan
><" Okay, that's it. I've probably spent way too much time on this than I should have. God knows if anyone is going to read this post.