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hmm ok, depends on what you like.
hands down, best two new series out right now:
Witch Hunter Robin
Juuni Kokki
i agree with the Hellsing suggestion but witch hunter robin is better. its essentially hellsing with witches instead of vampires, and way better animation. perhaps not as much action, and the first 11 episodes are really episode-centric, but as of episode 12 theres already starting to be a really interesting plot. its just damn good.
juuni kokki needs no explanation, it just kicks ass.
if you are looking for mind fucks, theres Boogiepop Phantom, Lain, FLCL. im also told Soul Taker is a good mind fuck, i have it but havent watched it yet.
a really great series out there is Berserk. it is probably the most violent anime ive seen, and is COMPLETELY not the type of thing i would normally watch. (lots of violence, swordsman shit, etc)... but ill tell ya, its extremely fuckin good. to date its the only series that has made me incredibly angry (because of the end, which is undoubtedly the worst "ending" ever as far as im concerned.) luckily a second season is in pre production so hopefully we can see more.
Scryed is another good action series, about these people who have special powers called alters. again, not my usual cup of tea but its really good.
if you are looking for good mecha series, RahXephon supposedly is good. i watched the first 8 or so and it was boring but im told it gets a lot better. Vandread is something i think most people would like, lots of mecha, first season is so-so, second season kicks ass.
if you are looking for comedy type stuff (seems like youve never seen any, so it might be good to pick some up)
Fruits Basket (definitely get this one)
Digi Charat (its meant for kids but its really quite twisted and hilarious... even my dark industrial friends laugh at this)
Siawase Apartment's Okojo-san - this is a "new" series that one unknown group only subbed 3 episodes and then dropped it. its still playing in japan, luckily xenonfansubs has decided to pick it up. its really hilarious, about a ferret who escapes from a pet store, and lives with a guy and thinks everyone is his servant. he scratches everyone and is just really funny. not super cutesy.
Chobits newer series, kinda ecchi tho, i normally dont like ecchi but its entertaining
i recommend that you quickly go download Spirited Away, and insanely good movie.
ok thats a long list, so if i had to choose a few id get Juuni Kokki, Witch Hunter Robin, Fruits Basket, Lain. that covers some of the groups.
i wouldnt recommend irc to go get a lot of new stuff, tho. irc is good for getting new episodes, or episodes for a certain fansub group. direct connect is a much better way to get mass quantity, or complete series. im usually in a hub called AnimePlanet, but its a 25 gig min share. sounds like a lot, but its really not once you start getting anime. server is animeplanet.server41.com
i have been slowly leeching witch hunter robin to a lot of people in the chat room, one person has them all on her ftp so come in the chat room and you can get hooked up somehow. once everyone in dc and irc stops leeching spirited away from me (goddammit) i was going to start giving everyone juuni kokki and whatever else. so, if you dont want to deal with irc/dc, come in the chat 
let me know if you need more suggestions.. again, it really depends on what genre you like, and when you are first getting into anime its hard to tell what you like or not, so you should try out a bit of everything.
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