What do you deem absolutely essential anime? meaning...

I don't think it really matters which ones, but people need to see their share of genuinely garbage anime, 2/10 and worse, before they have a proper perspective for judging good anime. Zig Forums has too many idiots that get upset everytime a 7/10 becomes popular despite being far from perfect

Neon Genesis
Lain
Haruhi
Steins Gate

The Rapeman.

Utena

You might have had an iota of credibility had you mentioned king of the hill.
Inuyasha.

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Based. Reading trash give you a better understanding of what makes a manga good or bad and makes you value the good ones even more

Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei
PaniPoni Dash
Azumanga Daioh
Milky Holmes
Di Gi Charat

Yotsubato

Lupin the Third

Code Geass
Death Note
Kill la Kill
OP Pic related

Rozen Maiden
Bottle Fairy
Original FMA
Mai Hime
Azumanga Daioh

I think a list of an essential anime is unnecessary.

makes the most sense.

...

Ashita no joe

About 50 great shows, 30 just for how influential they where, 100 seasonal mediocre or ok shows and 20 trainwrecks sound about right

TTLG. Soul

Neon Genesis Evangelion
Akira
Legend of the Galactic Heroes
Slayers
Urusei Yatsura
Black Lagoon
Inuyasha
Full Metal Panic
Yuojo Senki

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Kaiji
Hunter x Hunter
Gundam

Yuru Yuri

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Neon Genesis Evangelion
Serial Experiments Lain
Cowboy Bebop
Outlaw Star
Any 2 of Bleach, Naruto, Dragonball Z or One Piece
Any 3 of the Gundams
Konosuba
Any 2 of the Type-Moon anime (The Garden of Sinners movies all together count as one)
Puella Magi Madoka Magica+Rebellion Story
Mai Hime
FLCL
Big O
JoJos Bizzare Adventure
Symphogear
Nichijou
Any one of Lucky Star, The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya or Azumanga Daioh

Baccano.
God that was some good shit.

There are no essential anime. There are no rules.