yo i totally agree i even really enjoyed and grew up with the Gundam series and Gundam Wing was good and the Best truthfully is MS Gundam00 3 seasons and 2 or 3 main movies but i only have the first so far it was out in 2007 and its a bad ass mecha anime from start to finixh. however it came on sci-fi and not toon net so now the iron blooded orphans ive tried to watxh and i hate it and the story of such petty squaballs i mean Gundam is a run and gun hard core show thats been top notch before and now i weep for it and Sunrise animation co.the trully awesome anime that i have is a little older like Death Note and Bleach and Gundam00 but all ive seen since is not that good and is focusd on pre teens that wine about everything and yet are super powerful? the newest anime that is really my personal favorite collection of both series and movies is the Ghost in the Shell saga and the new Arise anime sets are pretty good abd the newest movie is really getting back the original feeling of the anime that started the most overwhelming flood of anime to America cause after 97 when the original GitS movie came out and hit theaters the whole industry took off even more than it was before and it was doing well anyway but the great late 90's and 2000's anime is mostly drawing from the style, action, or character developement that is a hallmark for Ghost in the Shell and the rest are mostly wanna be anime that are okay but not the same quality and interest in those, except the sebond movie called Innocence which im not a fan of but i hear both sides so rent it ad decide for yourself and the second stand Alone called the Individual Eleven happens to be my personal favorite. some other high quality artworks start with movies like Akira, the Original Appleseed and lesser so Appleseed EX Machina, and Armitage movies, and not to skip some amazing stories and genre films like the Cowboy Bebop Series and Neon Genesis Evangelion, both Vampire Hunter D movies are cool and Afro Samurai, as well as the highly enjoyed Samorai Champloo, and i have not been able to buy the Steamboy movie so i dont know yet but im guessing its good, and LASTLY BUT NO Means the Least any of the following Hayao Miyazaki movies......like Howl's Moving Castle, Princess Monoke, and Spirited Away. if you need anything else i have a collection of over 300 dvd that are all good thats the judgement i use to see how bad i want a movie if i buy it then its good at least, just because the newbies are all about the new it does not make it good so just watch what you like and screw the fakers........ cause im pretty hardcore into anime and you sound like i do and the references you make are good quality so go with you then if you need or want to ask me whats up i also have the anime encyclopedia from the first one through 2006........ so i kinda keep up. good luck and holler if you feel like it, laters!