My mom also loved Candy Candy and I didn't like it much either hahahaha, I think all moms liked that anime. I think Dragon Ball marked the childhood of many of us, not to mention the success of Naruto. I loved the mentions! Higurashi no naku koro ni is pretty interesting gore and FLCL always gave me a laugh.
I loved your post!♡
Yay! Higurashi and Umineko are others that search in the dark of human nature, despite of all the magic, there is always a human in the background. Not so many people know about FLCL and less people understand, I personally think, it's better don't try it, just gonna get a headache hahaha
But I the one I really haven't meet another fan yet is Witch Hunter Robin, I found out about that in an old anime magazine