Story and art, Gasaraki. Hands down. It was 23 episodes. Real deep military/politics and some Japanese mythology. The art was good/high quality but the story carried it overall.
People love it or hate it.
The AD police spinoff was midlin on art but the stories (3 about 20 min each) was not kid stuff. Hard Cyborg/police drama.
Gunparade March was another love or hate it with a solid story.
Fullmetal Panic split hard sci fi with Japanese teen comedy but was a lot more deep/good than the previews let on by far. Very philosophical.
If you can find any of them, especially Gasaraki, you will not likely be disappointed.
Bedtime for Bonzo ;)
Thanks, my string’s run out too.
Freegards