Alright, I'm done searching...

[Zardoch]

...for good anime. Besides Death Note, I have been on a never-ending search for the next best anime I could actually pay attention to without getting deja vu that it' basically like all the other average anime out there. And by average I mean the , A) Typical anime about some high-school kid with has/or gets super powers and is dumb as hell or the, B) Anything that has a shitty mediocre story, characters you can find any almost any anime, and rehashed animes that have the SAME damn story of other anime. Think of something like yugioh, but not as popular.

I'm sick and tired of it and I want new refreshing experiences with original, non-cliche, interesting animes that don't end up being the same as everything else. Take Busou Renkin as an example. There are some pretty interesting things in it, but in the end it's as typical as it gets with an idiot high school main character with "incredible powers" that eventually goes "super saiyan" and fights to "protect the ones he loves"! -sticks fingers into mouth to make vomiting sound-.

Now, the reason I am making this thread is to see if any of YOU can solve my problem with good suggestions. Can't say it's certain in helping me find some new and original animes, but I honestly don't know where to look anymore. At one point I even went through the entire list of anime on wikipedia [took me half a week] and only found about 3 or 4 anime that interested me in the least. I'm losing faith in anime and it saddens me.

At this point, however, you're probably wondering how can you give me any good suggestions unless you know what I like? I shall get to that now.

I like a lot of different kinds of anime, but above all I mostly enjoy mature, intelligent, and less childish anime that go beyond the typical "anime falls" and chibi art. Anime like Berserk, Samurai X [main movie], Twilight of the Dark Master, or X. Stuff that is not just a cartoon. Hell, here's a list of anime I've seen.

.hack//Legend of the Twilight, 3X3 Eyes, Akira, Angel Sanctuary, Appleseed, Astroy Boy, Baki the grappler [+Remake of series], Basilisk, Bastard!!, Berserk, Beyblade, Big O, Bleach, Blue Gender, Blue Seed, Bubblegum Crisis, Candidate for Goddess, Cardcaptor Sakura, Castle in the Sky, Chrono Crusade, Cowboy Bebop, Crest of the Stars, Cutie Honey, Death Note, Demon City Shinjuku, Digimon (first series, others sucked + movie), Dirty Pair, Doomed Megalopolis, Dragonball (original, Z, and a few movies), Ergo Proxy, Escaflowne (movie + series), Fatal Fury (all movies), Final Fantasy (legend of the crystals + Unlimited), Fist of the North Star (movies, series, and new FOTNS), Flame of Recca, Fullmetal Alchemist, GANTZ, Generator Gawl, GetBackers, Ghost in the Shell (first movie), Golden Boy, Gundam (every single series + movies), Gunsmith Cats, Guyver, Hamtaro, Heat Guy J, Heavy Metal, Hellsing (series and latest OVA), Inuyasha, Karas, King of Bandit Jing, La Blue Girl, Lupin the 3rd, Monster Ranger, Naruto, Neon Genesis Evangelion, Nightwalker, Ninja Scroll (movie + series), Ogre Slayer, Outlaw Star, Peacemaker, Pet Shop of Horrors, Pokemon, Princess Mononoke, RahXephon, Ranma 1/2th, Record of Lodoss War, Reign, Robotech, Ronin Warriors, Rurouni Kenshin, Sailor Moon, Samurai 7, Samurai Champloo, Samurai Deeper Kyo, Samurai Pizza Cats, Samurai X, Silent Mobius, Slayers, Sol Bianca, Speed Racer, Street Fighter 2 the animated movie, Tekkeman Blade, Tekken (animated movie), Tenchi Muyo (and every other Tenchi out there), Tenjho Tenge, Texhnolyze, Transformers (yes, it was an anime, lol), Trigun, Trinity Blood, Twilight of the Dark Master, Vampire Hunter D (Both movies), Vandread, Voltron, X (movie + series), Yu Yu Hakusho, Zoids, Zone of the Enders 2167 IDOLO

NOTE: These are not a list of my "favorite" anime, lol. Oh, and I probably left a few if not many anime out that skipped my mind.

Lastly, considering what genres I like are: Shonen [duh], Seinen, Sentai's alright, mecha, Post-Apocalyptic, and Harem. Then when it comes to specific genres I enjoy fantasy, dark fantasy, some sci-fi, medieval/historic, modern day [only if it's GOOD], and futuristic. I usually love comedy, but "anime comedy" seems too childish to me some times so it's not my favorite thing [Unless there's something that goes beyond the typical "anime falls" and chibi illustrations of characters].

Suggest away and revive my love for anime.

EDIT: Doh, wrong forum, lol. Move to the animation forum.