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[Trapezohedron]

@LordInquisitor:

I'd recommend Fullmetal Alchemist[Brotherhood is the one I can vouch is good, not sure about the other one.]. I don't see it anywhere on any of your lists and it seems like it'd fit right in at the very top.

I'd vouch for this because it has some great fights, but greater characters who make sense and approximately 0 filler.

[Orange Wizard]

Disclaimer: Personally SAO is one of my favorite animes for reasons I've outlined here several times

SAO actually doesn't deserve most of the hate it gets IMO. I mean, it's not great, but it's one of the better examples of a shounen harem/battle anime you're going to find.

Also seconding The Devil is a Part-Timer, that show's great.

[IronyOwl]

There are bigger gaps. Pop music, for example.

Nah, pop music's almost always decent at the least, often actually good. Doesn't need to be new or even particularly interesting to be good. SAO is nearly offensively bad, though. I think it's mostly only so popular because it's standard wish fulfillment OP protagonist haremshit that happens to be relatable because it's in an MMO.

Speaking of which, SAO Abridged fully justifies the series' existence IMO. Er... the right one does, anyway. "SAO Abridged Parody," apparently there's a lot of them.

[Insanegame27]

Up to Act 4 in Katawa Shoujo... man, this VN is great.

[JoshuaFH]

Up to Act 4 in Katawa Shoujo... man, this VN is great.

Yeah, Emi is the best, heh?

[Insanegame27]

Lilly. Emi's introduction isn't exactly what I'd say as... Pleasant for Hisao.

I actually don't know how I'm going to bring myself to play on all the other lines for 100% completion... but at least I didnt get Kenji's ending.

[Sirus]

But Kenji's ending is the best one!

If we're talking about KS for a little while, I will say without the slightest bit of hesitation that Hanako was my first non-Kenji route and that I binged the entire thing in pretty much one sitting, staying up far too late because I couldn't be pulled away. And yes, I did cry a little.

[Orange Wizard]

But Kenji's ending is the best one!

+1

Lilly best girl. Didn't like her ending though; there was too much flip-flopping between "It's good end! Nope, it's a bad end! Good end! Bad end!" and keeps happening to the point where you're basically counting down to the next totally surprising plot twist.

[BFEL]

Anyone have any recommendations for ME?

I have practically the exact opposite tastes as LordInquisitor

But yeah, I'm a shonen fanboy who typically doesn't enjoy a work until someone makes a mountain explode by glaring at it.

Ones I've enjoyed:
Kill La Kill (literally the best thing ever)
TTGL (former best thing ever)
Fairy Tail (wish I had started this one in subs, but there was a dub and now I'm stuck a season behind because all the voices sound wrong in the sub)
GATE
Seven Deadly Sins
DBZ (how could I not?)
Hellsing
One Punch Man

There's probably more I've watched, but I can't remember atm.

Things I generally don't enjoy: Overly Depressing Shit. This turned me off of Fullmetal Alchemist, and is why I don't even ATTEMPT to watch Berserk or Evangelion. To clarify, I stop enjoying things when it becomes clear the world is just terrible and not getting better ever. So an Arc where Shit Gets Real is fine, but if the setting is Rapeworld then I won't bother.

Ones I didn't enjoy:
Fullmetal Alchemist (its just TOO DAMN DEPRESSING)
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (I should probably give this one a second chance, because the reason I hated was the doormat first protag.)

[Sirus]

I'll go ahead and recommend PMMM to you as well. No exploding mountains, but the action sequences have plenty of energy. You might have to power through some depressing moments but the ending is totally worth it.

[IronyOwl]

Kill La Kill (literally the best thing ever)

Aw yeah

Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (I should probably give this one a second chance, because the reason I hated was the doormat first protag.)

Depending on which parts you're talking about, this might get better even within Part One. You'll definitely like Part Two either way, though.

Can't think of any recommendations other than to retry JoJo's, though. PPE: I lied

I'll go ahead and recommend PMMM to you as well. No exploding mountains, but the action sequences have plenty of energy. You might have to power through some depressing moments but the ending is totally worth it.

I might actually suggest Yuki Yuna ahead of PMMM. It's more shoneny and mountain-exploding, though possibly also more friendship-oriented.

Also, uh, if you don't like doormat protagonists you might have to bear with it for a bit. I wouldn't say it starts slow, exactly, but its initial main character intro isn't exactly that of a raging berserker.

[Reelya]

Guys, I don't think PMMM or Yuki Yuna are great suggestions to someone who made it clear they don't like depressing stuff.

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, based on the similar genre to Seven Deadly Sin and Fairy Tail. Some arcs do have depressing stuff happen, but overall it's pretty lighthearted.

Kaze no Stigma   was in the recs for Fairy Tail. It's a little darker but not really "depressing". Might be something you'd like.

Concret Revolutio from last year: you might like that one.

Black Lagoon, based on lots of guns + explosions.

BTW for JoJo, the first pro-tag's story only goes for 9 episodes, and he gets more badass during that arc anyway. So, "young and wimpy" really only characterizes the first 2-3 episodes out of a 70+ episode story so far...

Also, you can take a look at sports anime. They can get pretty hot blooded, and don't get too depressing. Hajime no Ippo, Kuroko's Basketball, Yowamishi Pedal. Sure, they don't blow up mountains but they are pretty Gar series.

[BFEL]

Guys, I don't think PMMM or Yuki Yuna are great suggestions to someone who made it clear they don't like depressing stuff.

Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic, based on the similar genre to Seven Deadly Sin and Fairy Tail. Some arcs do have depressing stuff happen, but overall it's pretty lighthearted.

Kaze no Stigma   was in the recs for Fairy Tail. It's a little darker but not really "depressing". Might be something you'd like.

Anything similar to Fairy Tail works for me.
I'll try the suggestions the other guys made though. As I tried to explain, its ok if something is depressing if there is an effort by the characters to make things better, and said effort actually goes somewhere.

For example, I enjoy Attack on Titan. I forgot to mention this in the first post somehow, but I like it because while it has incredibly depressing shit, said shit is presented as a problem to overcome instead of just how things are and always will be.
I.E. people are trying to fix shit in Attack on Titan. In Fullmetal Alchemist however, the protags pretty much shrug their shoulders and just roll with it when that happens.

Concret Revolutio from last year: you might like that one.

Any info other then "it exists"?

Black Lagoon, based on lots of guns + explosions.

Actually already tried this one and found it very VERY boring.
BFEL likes magic shonen OVER 9000 violence. Real world violence is boring.

BTW for JoJo, the first pro-tag's story only goes for 9 episodes, and he gets more badass during that arc anyway. So, "young and wimpy" really only characterizes the first 2-3 episodes out of a 70+ episode story so far...

Also, you can take a look at sports anime. They can get pretty hot blooded, and don't get too depressing. Hajime no Ippo, Kuroko's Basketball, Yowamishi Pedal. Sure, they don't blow up mountains but they are pretty Gar series.

Yeah, I know about JoJo's protag hopping, which is why I noted I should try it again. And it wasn't him being "young and wimpy" that put me off it was him just letting vampire boy walk all over him. "Hey I killed your dog brutally just to be a dick!" "Oh, ok. I'm mad about that, but I'll still spend 3 more years just taking your shit before I do anything about it."

And sports really doesn't do it for me. See above about Black Lagoon.

[Zangi]

Things I generally don't enjoy: Overly Depressing Shit. This turned me off of Fullmetal Alchemist, and is why I don't even ATTEMPT to watch Berserk or Evangelion. To clarify, I stop enjoying things when it becomes clear the world is just terrible and not getting better ever. So an Arc where Shit Gets Real is fine, but if the setting is Rapeworld then I won't bother.

Ones I didn't enjoy:
Fullmetal Alchemist (its just TOO DAMN DEPRESSING)
Jojo's Bizarre Adventure (I should probably give this one a second chance, because the reason I hated was the doormat first protag.)

Seems closer to reality then rapeworld.  At least in my opinion for FMA...
... But then, some places in reality could be considered as such...

[Orange Wizard]

Seems closer to reality then rapeworld.  At least in my opinion for FMA...

I get the feeling he felt like that after seeing Girl x Dog