>>7306805I don't even keep track but I'd assume between 500 - 700 desu, I don't pick up on things based on how "essential" or popular, only based on things like the staff involved, catching synopsises or artstyles and character designs, so there's "classics" I haven't even bothered watching. I only watched anime casually (dubbed and on TV channels) between 2000-2007 until 2008 and hopped on the Chode Gayass train while R2 was airing.