What anime do you consider "classic"?

[hikarichan78]

Being as I am from the previous generation of anime fans, I'm curious to know what current anime fandom considers classic anime. For all intents and purposes, I am going to define "classic" as being anime that still withstands the test of time ten years beyond its creation and is considered "must-see" if you're an anime fan (we're talking 1999 and before).

I want to see your lists to see how much agreement we have across generations... Here are some of my picks being an old-schooler:

Series:
The Rose of Versailles
Maison Ikkoku
Ranma 1/2
Kimagure Orange Road
Slam Dunk
Irresponsible Captain Tylor
Neon Genesis Evangelion
The Vision of Escaflowne
Cowboy Bebop
Revolutionary Girl Utena

Movies:
Akira
Anything Studio Ghibli: esp. Nausicaa, My Neighbor Totoro, Grave of the Fireflies, Princess Mononoke
Castle of Cagliostro (Miyazaki does Lupin III)
Project A-ko

OVAs:
Gunbuster
Giant Robo
Read or Die
Macross Plus
Here is Greenwood (I'm not biased or anything )

[namtubb]

Opinions will vary ^_^

Series:
The Slayers
Serial Experiments Lain
The Super Dimension Fortress Macross
The Super Dimension Cavalry Southern Cross
Genesis Climber Mospeada
(in the US, these three were put together into what many of us know as Robotech)

Movies:
Ninja Scroll (not the series, no offense to it)
Ghost in the Shell
Black Magic M-66
Akira
Princess Mononoke
Vampire Hunter D (not Bloodlust)
Robot Carnival

OVAs:
Iczer Girl Iczelion
M.D. Geist
Devil Hunter Yoko (made ecchi/naughty humor + action more mainstream, I'm sure)

[Nester05]

Stuff that holds up 10 years later... *cracks knuckles* There is going to be a LOT of overlap with Hikarichan's list, but that's because we're from the same generation. Anyway, here goes:

Anime:
Neon Genesis Evangelion
Escaflowne
Trigun
Cowboy Bebop
Tylor
Utena
Initial D
Infinite Ryvius

Movies:
Anything by Ghibli and Miyazaki (natch)
Ghost in the Shell
Patlabor 1 & 2
Ninja Scroll
Perfect Blue
The Wings of Honneamise
Jin-Roh: The Wolf Brigade
Akira
Memories
Macross Plus: The Movie
The End of Evangelion

OVAs:
Macross Plus
Jojo's Bizzare Adventure
Battle Angel
Ruroni Kenshin OVAs
Gunbuster

BTW Hikarichan, I had to edit this post because ANN said Read or Die came out back in '01.

[masamune]

Series:
Mobile Suit Gundam
Trigun
Evangelion
Dragonball
Cowboy Bebop
Irresponsible Cpt Tylor

Movies/OVA:
Ghost in the Shell
Samurai X
Arcadia of my Youth
Otaku no Video
Macross: DYRL
Princess Mononoke (most Ghiblies for that matter)

[neo1337]

Ranma 1/2
Cowboy Bebop
Slayers
Rurouni Kenshin
Cardcaptor Sakura
GitS
Oh My Goddess
Great Teacher Onizuka (this is kind of pushing it with the date since it started in 99 but ended in 2000)
Anything Studio Ghibli