I'm merely a dabbler in anime. But this Ruruoni Kenshin is absolutely superb.
Others I've seen and liked: Vision of Escaflowne (my favorite, at least for a little longer). Vampire Princess Miyu. Ranma 1/2 - it's really, really weird. Um. The title character takes 'transgendered' to a whole new level. Only it's funny. Scrapped Princess (that one's not really available over here, I think). Lost Universe.
I understand Slayers is good. Um... I have a friend who likes Cowboy Bebop but it's a little dark for me. Never seen Fushuugi Yuugi but enough people talk about it. Neon Genesis Evangelion you either love or hate or just don't get. I've never seen it.
Also the movies... Spirited Away, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds, Grave of the Fireflie, Mononoke Hime are the limit of what I've seen, but there's lots of others. Um, Blockbuster often has anime movies or even the first few disks of an anime if you want to look at it.
Thanks! I can get
Cowboy Bebop on Carton Network. Also this:
Toonami
Unfortunately Cartoon Network doesn't seem to show a lot of the other stuff you mention, though apparently at one point they were supposed to show Escaflowne:
Escaflowne On Toonami
Toonami will premier Escaflowne sometime this year. It's still too early to know if the Cartoon Network will be the heavily edited American Fox Television version or the less edited Canadian version broadcast on YTV. Apparently the Cartoon Network is also considering broadcast an edited version of Cowboy Bebop.
I guess this is what happened:
Get back good anime, good anime (12/03)
>Who else thinks that toonami should put back some of the good anime like Gundam wing,Gundam 0080,Outlaw star,Tenchi,Ronin warriors, some like that there are more if you want to talk about that just send me a message or email me at iam_brownsowhat@hotmail.com
Cartoon Network doesn't have the rights to those shows anymore. That's why they're not on.
I'm also seeing Fox had a kids' version of Escaflowne on once and cancelled it:
Escaflowne on FOX/YTV