Recommend me good anime series

[Key West]

I'm not an anime buff, but I do crave and appreciate the genre.

I CANNOT, for the life of me, stand childish juvenile anime. This is my biggest criteria! Anime I loved are Evangelion, & Cowboy Bebop. Samurai Chanploo & Guranlagenn (although most childish of all) are worthy of mention.

Can't stand Bleach/Naruto/DBZ/Pokemon/etc...

So you know where I'm going with this. High production quality and entertaining storyline...

What's good and new in the last 5 years?

 

[NikolaeVarius]

Planetes

 

[Drako]

Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and 2nd GIG were alright.

 

[DaveSimmons]

The Place Promised in Our Early Days
Gunslinger Girl
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo
Clannad (high school romance + comedy), Clannad After Story (the years after high school)
Witch Hunter Robin

(Planetes and GitS above were good too.)

 

[DaveSimmons]

Slower, but good:
Aria: The Animation
Moribito

If you like Ghibli movies:
Kamichu!

 

[Kirby]

Ouran High School Host Club

 

[QueBert]

Shin Chan

 

[joesmoke]

Wolf's Rain

tho for the record, Naruto r0x

 

[MagnusTheBrewer]

I recently finished Pumpkin Scissors on Hulu and enjoyed it quite a bit.

 

[Anonemous]

Code Geass

 

[Key West]

Can you guys come to unison and narrow down to few that everyone likes?

 

[Drako]

Can you guys come to unison and narrow down to few that everyone likes?

LOL, that will never happen.

 

[ChaoZ]

Genshiken
Monster

 

[joesmoke]

Kino's Journey

 

[TecHNooB]

Berserk

 

[Aikouka]

Gurren Lagann was good... until

Spoiler

they defeated the Spiral King and it got all retarded wanna-be philosophical

.

Hmm try watching Soul Eater. It's probably as "childish" as Gurren Lagann, but it's a decent series overall. Unfortunately, the series actually ends before the manga, so if you want to go past it, you'll have to break out them readin' glasses .

The new Full Metal Alchemist is almost done (has... 2 more episodes?), so you might want to try getting into that. It's 64 episodes long, so there's plenty to watch while the last episodes air.

EDIT:

The last series I finished was Cross Game, which is a drama mostly dealing with Baseball, but has a bit of a softer side to it than your typical Sports anime (Major probably being one of the best known baseball animes). I enjoyed it if you wouldn't mind a drama, but the first episode is a bit of a tear-jerker.

 

[joesmoke]

Berserk

tho they end it after 1 season with no resolution

 

[DaveSimmons]

Kino's Journey

That's another good one. It's sort of a far-future outer limits road movie.

 

[satyajitmenon]

Although not strictly anime in its normal sense, how about Avatar - The Last Airbender?

 

[evetstech]

i'm not an anime buff, but i do crave and appreciate the genre.

I cannot, for the life of me, stand childish juvenile anime. This is my biggest criteria! Anime i loved are evangelion, & cowboy bebop. Samurai chanploo & guranlagenn (although most childish of all) are worthy of mention.

Can't stand bleach/naruto/dbz/pokemon/etc...

So you know where i'm going with this. High production quality and entertaining storyline...

What's good and new in the last 5 years?

who the hell do you think i am??

 

[joesmoke]

That's another good one. It's sort of a far-future outer limits road movie.

years ago, a local library had given it away and my mother picked it up for me knowing i liked anime. the cover looked less than exciting so i stowed it in a box... years later i found it going through some things and decided to give it a go. a very pleasant surprise!

tho to my knowledge its only 13 or so eps.

 

[ChaoZ]

Also want to add: Kimi ga Nozomu Eien

That's probably the most anime show I've ever watched. It's pretty depressing so be warned.

 

[Key West]

who the hell do you think i am??

identify yourself.

 

[Key West]

I'll check out Kino's by two votes... anything else?

Nothing really stands out nowadays like Bebop, Chanploo, and Eva did?

 

[timosyy]

Last Exile
Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
Haibane Renmei