Shows I've finished by year of release:
1982: 1
1983: 1
1984: 1
1985: 3
1986: 2
1987: 7
1988: 5
1989: 4
1990: 5
1991: 3
1992: 3
1993: 3
1994: 4
1995: 10
1996: 5
1997: 6
1998: 10
1999: 7
2000: 10
2001: 5
2002: 15
2003: 12
2004: 8
2005: 13
2006: 16
2007: 25
2008: 19
2009: 15
2010: 15
2011: 23
2012: 29
2013: 39
2014: 18
2015: 13
2016: 15
2017: 11
2018: 12
*anime falls off a cliff and dies*
2019: 2
2020: 2
2021: 4
2022: 5
2023: 7
2024: 4

So it seems the glory days at least to my taste was between the mid 00s and the early 10s.