Rumiko Takahashi's Anime

Of all the anime series, Rumiko's "big 4" anime are tops on my favorites list.

"Urusei Yatsura" -an alien princess falls for a girl-chasing Earthling teen boy. Large cast of characters where the Earthlings are just as weird as the aliens.
196 half-hour shows . 5 movies 10 OAVs (original anime videos...newly made for video).

"Ranma 1/2"-A teenage martial artist can change from boy to girl when splashed with water. 161 half hour shows. 2 movies 12 OAVS

"Maison Ikkoku"-Soap opera romance between a young attractive widow/apartment manager and a hapless college student who lives there. No super heroes. No fantastic creatures. Just the day-to-day lives of ordinary people in a residential section of a Japanese city.
96 half hour shows. 1 movie, 1 OAV

"Inu Yasha"-A high school girl gets transported back in ancient Japan and becomes an unlikely friend to a hostile half-dog/half-human demon in a quest to search for crystals to defeat a giant supernatural threat.
171 half hour shows. 5 movies thus far.

Clever, engaging, and memorable characters and stories...great character development and emotional depth. Darn funny too.