Anime Mania

I really dig anime, as I do with comics and other cartoons. Perhaps I'm still very much a child at heart. Generally I'm interested in anime that falls under the fantasy or sci fi category, or features one or more of the following: magic/witchcraft, killers/hitmen/women, vampires, racing.

In no particular order/ranking, my favourites are:
Anime series: (I'm probably going to miss some because I can't remember all of them)
- Claymore (one really touching scene between Teresa and Clare)
- Bleach (although I found it tiresome after so many episodes)
- Initial D (not the movie!)
- Hellsing
- Ghost in the Shell
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- Vampire hunter D
- Black Cat
- Samurai Champloo
- Witch Hunter Robin
- Noir
- Serial Experiments Lain
- Hell Girl
- Trinity Blood (love the opening soundtrack)
- Steamboy

Female characters:
- The Major (Ghost in the Shell)
- Robin (Witch Hunter)

Male characters:
- Alucard (Hellsing)
- Black Cat (I love my killers!)
- Amon (Witch Hunter Robin)

Closing the Case for Conan the Detective?

It looks like the end is in sight for the Conan Detective series that I've been following for several years now. I'm so glad because I just want to get to the finale of the series. I love the subplots but sometimes I feel that the main plot isn't advancing quickly enough and some chapters are just fillers.

Read the English version here and the Japanese version here.