Do yo have a suggestion for a lengthy anime with a good story and for older audience?

I am an avid anime fan (OTAKU!) My preference is for anime with good storyline. I liked Maison Ikkoku, Monster, Death Note, Fushigi Yugi, Samurai Champloo, Bleach (though I had to fast forward whene there is lenghty (and boring) fight sequence. Though, I did not like Cawboy Beepop that much!





Could you recommend an anime series (preferably a lenghty one) for older audience that has a gripping and strong storyline. But at the same time it should not be overly slow (i.e. boring). I do not mind if it is a fantasy, comedy, psychological, or drama.





In summary, I am looking for an anime with the following criteria:


1. For older audience (college and above), i.e. requers thinking, analysis, understanding, concentration, that younger audience would not appreciate.


2. NOT hentai, mature, or with excessive fan service


3. Based on a story (i.e., has a logical beginning and ending)


4. Lenghty (preferably %26gt; 24 episodes)


5. Fast paced (so you do not have to fast forward all the time)

Do yo have a suggestion for a lengthy anime with a good story and for older audience?
*Plasma High 5's the Otaku, wasup homeboy/girl? ;p





Lengthy story driven Anime that might appeal to an older audience w/o any slowing down in appeal?





Black Lagoon 1st %26amp; 2nd Barrage, 12+12 Eps - Going from office clerk to modern day ship pirate of the orient amidst the Russian Mafia, Japanese Yakuza %26amp; Chinese Triads.


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Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex 1st %26amp; 2nd Gig: 26+26 eps, Para-military police law down the law amount a cyber-punk world full of hackers, conspiracies, %26amp; law-breakers.


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*Great Teacher Onizuka: 43 eps. Onizuka brings his own style of moral justice %26amp; problem solving into the school full of up-tight %26amp; stubborn teens.


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Hajime no Ippo: 75 eps +2 movies - I have to admit, that it's not as story-dramatic as GTO or Planetes, but Ippo's long %26amp; full of the best fully drawn out action scenes in the business. None of that thousands of DBZ punches going in a blur. Ippo has every punch fully animated, so viewers can enjoy it from start to finish as a fist hits a face.


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Neon Genesis Evangelion: 26 eps - 'nuff said


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*Planetes: 26 eps, Slice of Life, that will strike close to the heart for many older viewers. It explores life's purpose, social networks, %26amp; "working" to get by.


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*Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: 27 eps, "Manliness" %26amp; adrenaline to the core. The art, music, %26amp; dialogue oozes "masculinity" but not in a super-violent way like Fist of the North Star.


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Welcome to the NHK: - 24 eps, Not one of my favorites (as the characters were simply too self-destructive), but loved by many who can take its emotions %26amp; messages.


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-Will be editing more in as I remember them


*Those marked with an asterisk (*) are in my top 10 of the 180+ series I've seen.





[Edit] Thumbs up for Jazmin's choices of:


Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion


Samurai 7


Jigoku Shoujo





[Edit] Other lengthy Series with story (too sleepy to add links):


Full Metal Alchemist:


Read or Die


R.O.D. TV


The Twelve Kingdoms - some eps are slow.


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[Edit] Thumbs up for JeremyC's picks. Mushishi %26amp; Kino's Travels do have story, %26amp; a nice mellow pace. But it's that mellow pace that sometimes detracts those who have ADD (attention deficit disorder). But if you want a series to watch just to relax %26amp; right before bed, Mushishi is what you want.

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