Want to pick up something new.

Kannagi

QFFT.
Quoted for ing truth.

Comedies
Kannagi
Zetsubou Sensei
Lucky Star
Hayate no Gotoku
Minami-ke

Horror
Higurashi
School Days

Romance/Drama
School Days
Clannad/After Story
Air
Kanon (2006)
ef - a tale of memories/melodies
true tears
ToraDora
REC

Currently airing
Eden of the East
Cross Game

Other (because I'm too lazy to keep going with this genre-sorting crap)
Gurren Lagann
Mushishi
Natsume Yuujinchou
Spice and Wolf
Code Geass
La Maison en Petits Cubes <--- (nobody ever watches this Oscar-winner :/)
Beck
Strike Witches

Basically, anything on my MAL that's 8 or above is something I would consider awesome.

Also, must-watch-at-any-cost things are in red (aka famous, generally-considered-way-beyond-incredible anime)

Unnecessarily long post is way too unnecessarily long.