>>280803787
You ain't an anime fan if you haven't watch the Gainax core shows. To really appreciate Gainax shows you have to have a certain appreciation animation as a whole as the stories range from poopbrain to 2deep4me. For once I'll actually allow this rec thread.

>Daicon (just 2 short Opening animation pieces and a girl you'll see referenced a lot in a lot of Gainax shows)
>Gunbuster
>Diebuster the sequel to Gunbuster
>Diebuster movie(just a recap but with added and changed scenes)
>Fushigi no Umi no Nadia/Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water(been on my backlog for decades, just haven't gotten around to it)
>Neon Genesis Evangelion
>End of Evangelion (movie that ends the tv series)
>Rebuild of Evangelion (a 4 part movies retelling of the original Eva tv series but changes by part 2 and does its own thing, watch them just to form your own opinions)
>FLCL (just to repeat the other anon "ignore all of the sequels" they were made because american tv networks threw money at it)
>Abenobashi Mahou Shoutengai/MagicalShopping Arcade Abenobashi (fun comedy)
>Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann tv series
>Gurren Lagann movies(recap movies but added some really great scenes)
>Panty&Stocking season 1(too soon to tell how season 2 will turn out)

As for Trigger, just ignore them. They're like Gainax but without the heart and soul. Interesting promises but fizzes out early or halfway into the show. That's all their shows in a nutshell.