My sister's into cosplay but detests Anime with a passion as hot as a thousand burning suns. However, since they dress up as a group on a number of occasions, her friends have made this list of series to watch so she can get into character and whatnot.
Since we're both pretty familiar with the tropes in the medium, she and I developed a drinking game that we play while she's suffering through this stuff. The series that her friends are into are so predictable that we killed a case and a half last night.