Also Akira admittedly is one hell of a movie. Don’t have much interest in anime though. Not crazy about tentacles.
The style of a lot of anime from the 80’s to the mid 90’s I find particularly appealing. This is from Magnetic Rose:
The detail is reminiscent of the greebling done on Star Wars miniatures, at least to me.
Also there’s One Punch Man, which is highly recommended:
It’s a humorous and intelligent commentary on many genres of anime, especially the more derivative ‘Shonen’ genre. Good animation here as well.