Srs Bsns Anime Recs

[Monitor Zombie]

I'm looking for something new to watch, but find myself fed up with the dumbed down goofy anime out there. I'm someone who loved Gungrave/Hellsing/Blood+/Ergo Proxy/Witch Hunter Robin and wish they had cut the crap in Trigun and given us more legit story, cuz there was a ton of interesting backstory there that was screwed over in favor of making Vash even MORE retarded. 24 eps of being silly and then 2 last minute eps of plot is not okay to me. There is a time when anime can use more cowbell, but more and more lately, I find myself thinking like a cranky old lady and looking for something more mature, hopefully without a full blown mature rating. 30/70 goofy-to-serious is fine, but everything I seem to come across is more Fumoffu and less Memnosyne.

I'm also not a big real life drama fan. It should have at least some type of supernatural/horror/fantasy/sci-fi element.

[mirkosp]

Watch Monster.

[irriadin]

Berserk, Black Lagoon, Claymore for starters. If you liked Ergo Proxy, chances are you'll also like Casshern Sins.

[Radical_Yue]

Kara no Kyoukai (The Garden of Sinners) movies.

[Flame-X]

Fate Zero, Basilisk, Broken Blade, Gundam 00, Crest/Banner of the Stars, Steins Gate, Ghost in the Shell, and Time of Eve.