Thezalor

I'll be the mysterious transfer student. (One of the most overused tropes in anime, lol).  

Reading this conversation has changed my perspective a bit, and here is my 2 cents. 

Masterpiece≠10/10. 

What I mean is that 10/10 is quantifying something as whole, and thus as perfect. You can't really quantify something as subjective as art. I use the term masterpiece by splitting up the two words "master" and "piece". A piece of art that required a master at his field to accomplish. Something that only somebody (or a team of people) who know what they are doing very well can accomplish. When you use the term masterpiece, typically (in my view) you would also want to praise the person who created it as a "genius". Likewise, I know the names of all the directors/creators of the anime I listed. And I only bothered to learn their names because I did think of them as geniuses for being able to create something like they did. 

Anyway, after having this slight change of view; I'm going to have to edit my first post a bit. As I made the mistake before of equating "masterpiece" with "10/10". 

Area 88:A pretty old manga adapted into an ova and overall a good tale of how war destroys men and countries.Also one of earliest mangas to be released in the U.S..

Vampire princess Miyu(ova):A very tightly written ova from 1988 due to atmosphere and perfect pacing.

Shiki:Nearly perfect in many respects but overall is hampered by slow start.Stands as one of the best vampire/horror anime.

I've been meaning to watch Area 88 for at least 2 years now. I've also heard great things about Shiki. I must confess I haven't heard of Vampire princess Miyu, but upon looking it up I am intrigued. I have a sweet spot for late 80's - late 90's Shoujo art work.

The 3 anime I've seen that I would give call masterpieces are Revolutionary Girl Utena, Kaiji (first season), and Monster.

Revolutionary Girl Utena: Because it masterly uses it's animation in surrealist ways that only adds to the already surreal story. Utena is one of the few anime that I can rewatch loads of times and still discover new things. And I've rewatched Utena 2 - 3 times this year alone. 

Kaiji: Not only a fantastic thriller that will entertain you, but it's quite philosophical as well. Kaiji really gets you to see the real world for how it is, and you can't help but root for him in his struggle to get out of debt.

Monster: Extraordinarily well written. Every character from minor ones to main characters get well developed and fully fleshed out.

Honorable Mention: Legend of the Galactic Heroes. This is one of the very few titles that even Elitists praise. I think it's handling of political philosophy is very well done. That said, while it's well written and presents interesting themes and questions. I found it kind of boring. Objectively it is good, but it was not something I was very exited by most of the time.    

Like most people in this thread, I would classify myself as above average. I've played FE8 and FE7 countless times. I beat both on the hardest difficulties (Ephraim hard mode and Hector Hard mode). I played FE 6 several times and beat it on hard mode as well. And even though it's one of my favorite games in general, I've only beat FE4 once.

One of my friends got into Fire emblem through Awakening. I was ashamed to find out he played in Casual Mode. Compared to these new Fire Emblem fans I feel like a pro, but when I see DD151's videos I feel like a novice...

I'll admit you didn't post much but you were certainly here. I recognize the username XD.

That's a pleasant surprise.

I'm actually in the process of making a visual novel.

I'm interested in hearing about it. Did you release a demo or information I can read about it somewhere?