Elfen Lied

To begin with, this animee series is NOT FOR KIDS. Reason for that is not only the nudity content but the extreme violence of the fighting scenes. It does beat most of the horror movies I've seen. Really powerfull scenes... Impressive...

Now that the warning was issued, let us look a bit at the other stuff. The idea beind the story is good, it reminded me somehow of Arthur C. Clark's "Childhood's End". The plot and the character are both interesting, though the story is sometimes a bit predictable. The soundtrack is well picked, it doesn't stick to your mind as much as the theme from Noir, but is still really good and fits nicely with the world of the series. All in all, one can understand why Elfen Lied is one of the top all time anime series :)

The good news for the fans is that apparently this is just the begining...

Nowaru

Noir is a 26 episodes animee series. I finally got the DVD version, and it was definetly worth the effort.
The story concerns two young assasin girls, with misterious origins. One of them doesn't remeber any of her past, while the other has her own life puzzle to solve, that is reavealed piece by piece. The two girls form an alliance, decided to solve the misteryes while also dealing with a misterious organization that seems to be behind them. The characters of the story are very well developing throughout the series.
The episodes are higly entertainig and the mistery of the series is revealled gradually, keeping specatator's interest till the end. The animation is also great!
One downside I see is the amount of flashbacks related mostly to the puzzle, but I think this may be a problem only if you try to see the whole series in a short time interval.
All in all, if you have the opportunity to see it, don't miss it. Great animation! Great story!