Thread: Describe your favorite Anime Genre!

I like the CLAMP series, as they are often romantic and funny, but well thought and serious. (MKR, Tsubasa Chronicles, and CCS are the only CLAMP titles I've seen but I'm currently trying to get ahold of some other ones) I beleive that shoujo is the name of the catagory, but I'm not sure...

I also enjoy watching anime like .Hack//SIGN, which pulled me into the story and I ended up getting every clue to The World that I could get my hands on. The first time I watched it, I liked it, but now that I'm paying more attention, I realize that it has a darker draw, but when Tsukasa falls for Subaru, the light at the end of the tunnel seems that much brighter.

I don't enjoy (per se) watching anime like NGE or Elfen lied, but I do find the internal struggle of the characters interesting. Each of them have their demons, and at first they are trying to run away (in NGE) but as the series closes they have to confront the evil in their hearts...

So I guess my favorite genre of anime, is the anime where it has meaning, it's characters can come across realistically, you can feel empathy or sympathy for the character and their situations, friendship is a constant support between the main characters, and the story allows for a romance that spurrs one of the main characters to keep going (or in SIGN to endure pain to find a way back).