Anime Recommendation (again...)

[sextus the crazy]

Puella Magi Madoka Magica. If you have any love of Magical Girl shows, Drama, action series, or just good shit in general, watch it. It's one of the best series in recent memory.

Not sure what a Magical Girl show is, but I'll give it a go. My girlfriend may enjoy it, if nothing else.

stuff like sailor moon, cardcaptor sakura, and Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha. Generally, they are the bread and butter of shoujo demographic (i.e. targeted at teen female audiences). However, PMMM can be enjoyed by anyone, even if one doesn't enjoy these sorts of shows.

 

[Talaris]

Excluding High School of the Dead from your list, I get the feeling your prefer more serious, in some cases darker anime than most.

If so, then I have one recommendation for you:

Spoiler: Monster

A crime thriller set in Europe, Monster depicts a deep twisting narrative that follows neuro-surgeon Kenzo Tenma after being framed for multiple murders. Tenma follows a mysterious man named Johan Liebert, whom he saved from near death many years, and who he believes is behind the serial murders.

At 74 episodes, it may take some dedication to watch the whole series if you're used to shorter anime, but boy is it worth it. Rarely has any show been more gripping than Monster.

 

[AyaReiko]

I noticed you have GitS listed in your liked Movies.

Why not give GitS: Stand Alone Complex a try?

 

[Dr. Cakey]

I like seeing the big variety here. Not that I think a lot of the variety is good, but I appreciate the diversity nonetheless.

I strongly second the following recommendations:
Baccano!
Durara!!
Fate/Zero
Puella Magi Madoka Magica

I also second these:
Gurren Lagann
Mirai Nikki

So, if I haven't mentioned it, you can conclude that I either haven't seen it or it sucks. Or I have seen it but I just thought it wouldn't be a good fit based on your description. In other words, you can't conclude anything.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica. If you have any love of Magical Girl shows, Drama, action series, or just good shit in general, watch it. It's one of the best series in recent memory.

Not sure what a Magical Girl show is, but I'll give it a go. My girlfriend may enjoy it, if nothing else.

I will strongly second the recommendation of PMMM. I will not say anything else about it, and if anyone tries to tell you anything about it, close your eyes and put your fingers in your ears. I went in knowing nothing about it other than its genre and that "no srsly, it's good", and...well, it's hard to overstate how much I liked it. But looking at people talking about it, I've found the more you know about the show beforehand, the less enjoyable it is.

As for my own recommendations separate from that...well, I'll go with the obvious and say: have you seen Death Note or Code Geass? Both are excellent. Code Geass is mecha, but even people who dislike mecha like Code Geass.

As for the "intellectual" stuff...I'm a bad person to ask about that. I have...weird...ideas about what is and isn't intellectual, because I'm a pseudo-intellectual hipster. But if you were to ask me, I'd say Star Driver, I shouldn't say Code Geass but I will, and maybe Bakemonogatari. Oh, and I've only seen the first episode of it, but probably Kino's Journey as well.