Giving anime a try

So all anime fanboys I know are faggots. And up to now I hated anime. And Dragon Ball Z sucks. But I thought to myself, if so many /b/tards like that stuff, there has to be something to it.

I want to give it a try. What should a noob watch?

Preferably something with few or no tentacle rape.

I watched Evangelion first, and it's intelligence and intrigue made me continue to seek out other anime, in hopes that they'd be similar.  Memorable for me: RahXephon, Wolf's Rain, Chobits, Cowboy Bebop, Trigun, Full Metal Alchemist, etc.

Gankutsuou is the best anime series I've ever seen; based on the story of The Count of Monte Cristo. GONZO studio seems to produce a lot of enjoyable stuff.