i’m an anime junkie… i admit it. i’m not ashamed! anime is a great form of entertainment. i’ve seen many animes (trigun, neo genesis evangelion, cowboy bebop, deathnote, etc.) and am currently watching some (naruto, bleach). i love them all, but i’m in need of a new one to watch. this is where i call for your help. i’ve been busy lately, so i haven’t got a clue if any of the new animes are any count. please leave all suggestions in the comments and i’ll try to see as many as i can. i normally don’t care for one with a lot of the huge robots (ex. the gundam series), but i enjoy most others.
thanks 
~klaki
ps – tomorrow i’ll post something, its been crazy here at work lately.
If you haven’t checked it out yet I would suggest “Berserk”. Though I would caution you not to watch it with young children as it tends to be a bit gory. This was the series I found that sparked my interest in Anime.
Not sure if you post anymore these days but I wanted to suggest Tekkonkinkreet (spelling?). It’s a movie. Not your typical pretty boy anime where you sometimes wonder if that guy might be a girl…
The way it’s drawn is different. I liked the story-line as well. It’s about two orphan boys who live on the streets and make their way “owning” a town. Well…they like to think they own it.
Some odd scenes with nightmares where the one boy is being drawn to do the wrong thing, but other than that I don’t recall it being gory or anything like Akira.
Very good suggestions, I’ll check them both out this weekend assuming I can find a place I can get them from. Thank you. I’ll comment what I think about them when I’m done watching a few episodes of each.