I'd say that my top favorite animes at the moment have to be
InuYasha - ...Kagome is a normal girl with a normal life. But her house is a thousand year old temple with a dark legend surrounding it. Supposedly, the temple keeps some demon imprisoned so it cannot hurt anyone. However, Kagome does not believe this fairy tale. Suddenly, Kagome is sucked into a well where she ends up in an ancient world of demons. Turns out that Kagome is related to Kikuyo, a young girl who used a talisman known as the Shikon No Tama to seal off a powerful half-demon named Inu-Yasha. Now, Kagome is chased down by some demon who wants the Shikon No Tama. To save herself, she unleashes Inu-Yasha, but realizes that that was not a very good idea.
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Yu Yu Hakusho - Urameshi Yusuke, 14 years of age, is about as troublesome and violent as teenagers come. He is constantly ditching school, causing trouble, and getting into numerous fights everyday. One day however, he does the unexpected, sacrificing himself to save a young child. Such an action, was never ever expected, especially coming from someone as troublesome as Urameshi Yusuke. The afterlife is not prepared for Yusuke, as they never thought he would make such a sacrifice. Nowhere to go, and dead, Yusuke becomes a ghost and must earn his way back into existence.