I had a crush on Alita when I first saw Battle Angel. Man, you guys brought up some anime I haven't thought about in a long time, like Dominion Tank Police, Lodoss Wars...hey, did you also get sick of hearing,"Parn!" every two seconds? My ex-fiance got sick of it, then she started doing it all the time, and then it started to drive me nuts! Whew, need to save that for the therapist, sorry.
Instead of being a dork and copying everything you guys just said, I'll just say that I too enjoy all that you've listed. I must say though, I've never seen Fist of the North Star, I'm assuming it's good since it's on your,"required," list. Have either one of you seen Doomed Megalopolis? Crap, I think that was the name, anyway, I only got to see the first episode, and have no idea what all cool stuff happened after that!
Sorry, I didn't intend to blow this thread up, I could go on forever about all this. I'll wait for one of you to reply to this mess I've already made.
Later