MrShowerHead said:
Me? I'm watching the original. I've heard OVA isn't that good...
Strange as I would say most people consider the TV series to be the poorer of the two, mainly as it tries doing it's own plotline and ends up falling on its face. Still I always enjoyed the series despite it's flaws. The OVAs are better IMO although it needs to be said that the OVAs are not finished, as each OVA covers a volume of manga of which there are 10, and so far only 7 OVAs which I think only 4 have been officially released in English (though the other 3 are set for release this year). The OVA might not be completely finished for another 2-3 years yet.
Anyhow recommendations...
Giant Robo
Princess Tutu
Gurren Laggan
Gundam (any)
Baccanno
Also just to enter the FMA Vs FMA:Brotherhood debate, both series are good, I don't personally think one is better than the other. The first series worked its original plotline in seamlessly and Brotherhood is a faithful adaptation of the manga (which is awesome) and both series stand on their own merits, but good help me the FMA movie was weak, lets hope the Brotherhood movie is decent.