>Your milage may vary though...
>
>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6617
>Flag is a war documentary styled show about a photojournalist
>and her assignment with the military and it's new battlefield
>weapon. One aspect is the conflict the UN is involved with.
>The other is the main characters search for meaning in her
>work and how it affects the outcome of the war.
>
>The art and animation are great and the story seems to be
>grounded in the real world politics of Middle Eastern
>conflicts. The most interesting thing about the show is that
>it's being told through the various still images and video
>files of the journalist that are involved. Consequently, you
>get a show that's almost entirely made up of camera POV
>sequences and stolen moments.
>
>Promo
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QW18X1MCZoE
>
>If anyone is thinking the character design is familiar, it's
>because the designer used to work on the Disney TV shows like
>Duck Tales. He also animated the German Sheppard attack scene
>in Akira. His style is very western and it shows in the
>dialogue scenes when characters interact.
>
>
>http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6722
>Kemonozume is a tragic romance between a monster hunter and
>the monster he unwittingly falls in love with. Done in a
>style simular to Bill Plympton's animation but with more of a
>pop art/indy comic feel, it looks and feels very different
>from most current animation. It's coarse and rough around the
>edges but at the same time, very effective for the kind of
>surreal story they're trying to tell.
>
>Looking into the development of the show, it seems some of the
>more experimental tallents in Japan's animation scene are
>connected with the show. Most of animation will be done by
>the director but others will step in to take up the slack as
>the series progersses. The roster shows tallent from Samurai
>Champloo, Beck and Eureka 7 stepping up to show off what they
>can bring to the mix.
>
>Promo
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zbNgy2bacuI
>OP
>http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p3DnZYlwP2g
>
>Is Gundam Seed the only Gundam you've seen so far?
>

Those two series ("Flag" & "Kemonozume") are what I would've recommended as well. Very good series.
If I were to pick two other's I'd say:

"Welcome to the NHK!"
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6357

"Chevalier D'Eon"
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=6536