Well I've been a fan of animation in general for sometime now but only got into the anime thing for the last few years. I've watched a ton of shows since then and can say I tend to prefer the more "slice of life" and slow paced shows. A good comedy is always welcomed too. My Top 5:
#1 Haibane Renmei
#2 Spice and Wolf
#3 The Girl Who Leapt Through Time
#4 Code Geass
#5 FullMetal Alchemist
I also very much love the soundtracks to most anime. In fact my anime soundtrack collection has even outgrown my movie soundtrack collection. Play a few notes of any song and I can prolly tell you what anime it came from.

Besides anime I like to do pixel art (Kao ani), make 3-d kites, fly fish, and general nerdy stuff like robotics and atari 2600 collecting.
Well that's pretty much me in a nutshell. . .