Anime recommendations: other

Title	One-Line Description	Studio
Mushishi	A mushishi travels the world helping people with their seemingly supernatural mushi problems.  Mushi are beings that most humans can not see, but are similar to the gods of nature.  I completely love this anime - a nice mellow change of pace with an interesting concept and seperate by linked stories to keep you thinking.	Artland
Natsume Yuujinchou / Zoku Natsume Yuujinchou	Like Mushishi meets Kekkaishi.  Natsume is usually a target for spirits and is troubled by them.  After moving to a new home, he finds the 'Book of Friends' amongst items he inherited from his grandmother, which has the power to command the spirits whose names are in the book.  Natsume is determined to return all the names to their rightful owners, but not all the spirits are nice ones. Seasons 1 and 2.	Brains Base
Top wo Nerae 2 / Aim for the Top 2 / Gunbuster 2	A young runaway aims to become a member of 'Topless', and elite group of pilots who protect their world from space monsters while piloting mech suits.	Gainax
Noein ~ towards another you	A young girl is caught up in the fight with people from the future who have returned to the past in order to save the world from a terrible fate.  Haruka finds out that she has a direct effect on this future, but that there are a multitude of parallel worlds spanning from each decision she may or may not make.	Bandai, Lantis, Satelite
Mai Otome / Mai Otome Zwei	Kind of the sequel to Mai Hime, using some of the same characters in a different setting.  This time students have 'robes' instead of 'children' and are caught up in a war between nations and insurgent groups.  It's funny to see some of the characters in a different light, but this one seems to appeal more to the fan service crowd.	Sunrise
Mai Otome ~0S.ifr~	The prequel to Mai Otome, involving Arika's mother.  Doesn't come out very often.	Sunrise, Bandai
Revolutionary Girl Utena	Tom boy Utena enters high school unknowing she is about to be pulled into a fight for the Rose Bride, one who will bring about change before the end of the world.  Gets into the 'villan of the week' mode, but overall sets itself apart from the rest of them.  The movie (retelling) is artsy and interesting too.	JC Staff, TV Tokyo, SoftX
FLCL / Furi Kuri	Naota's life is drastically altered when a crazy woman on a Vespa knocks him senseless, and causes a strange bump to sprout from his head.  Kind of a coming-of-age story except with crazy space pirates, an shady public organization, and a homeless pyromaniac of a girl friend.	Gainax
Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei	An artsy and very strange story about a teacher who is in despair from everything in the world, and is bent on killing himself.	Starchild