Anime Hunt

So following the 2nd BAMCon being a success, I've become interested in watching some anime again (at least temporarily) and I've realized that I haven't seen anything new (or at least new to me) that I've been able to enjoy in years.

The last anime I was introduced to that I enjoyed was Rune Soldier and Record of Lodoss War which I only watched because we owned them already. Most everything else I've seen in the past few years just isn't interesting to me.

I enjoy fantasy and sci-fi most of the time and love Shonen type things. I loved Trigun, Hellsing, Outlaw Star, Cowboy Bebop, Akira, Spriggan, Transformers, Dragonball Z, Bastard!, Full Metal Alchemist, some Gundam series, Voltron, Yu-Gi-Oh, the first Pokemon series, and a bunch of others of a similar vein.

I've tried to watch things like Vandread, Gurren Lagann, and a few others that have been available on Netflix. I found them too goofy/formulaic/other random complaint for my tastes and never got into them.

I didn't enjoy Naruto. I did enjoy Bleach, the little bit I've watched. (I keep meaning to go back to it...)

Hmmm, I'm really just rambling here. I just want something creative and entertaining that doesn't follow predictable patterns and doesn't murder my eyeballs. Is that too much to ask?

If anyone has some suggestions let me know. I don't have the money to spare going out and buying up discs and I'm not going to pirate things so please make suggestions that are available through Netflix/Hulu or other legitimate places.