Evangelion is ok till the gay stuff kicks in. Trigun I didn't like but I can't really put my finger on what i generally disliked, maybe it was just Vash that pissed me off .
But, as for cons, here in Finland there are only a few cons with ppl dressed in Naruto/Sailor Moon chars so its a no go for me
What comes to good anime, here's my list.
Fullmetal Alchemist
Great Teacher Onizuka
Ouran koukou host club
NHK ni youkoso! (would really recommend to the kimi ga nozumo eien and genshiken fans)
those two
Juuni kokuki
For a reason or another i liked both gundam seeds
Eureka seven
Ghost in the shell
and last but not least Ergo Proxy, i gotta say this is the best anime i've seen in a while