anyone know these series?

Betterman
all i remember about this series was the massive amount of mind that it was. lots of ecchi fanservice from the main girl characters though, minus the obligatory lolicon... i digress. i loved the main girls hairstyle ... and her brother was badass

Loved it! G4 when they used to show anime

Rurouni Kenshin
just another anime about feudal samurai? nope, nuh uh. its been a while, but from what i can recall, the story was very moving, and guy that had the shirt with "evil" on the back was pretty badass. series' last arc was when kenshin fought that bandaged guy, right?

Used to be Adult Swim and my friend and I couldn't get enough of it

Excel Saga
...this series, really mean this, speaks for itself. its like, its a self parody of a parody. theres just too much here. its awesomeness injected with heroin laced with crazy zany action comedy. plus, Afro-shin. 'nuf said.

Gotthe whole series on DVD for christmas one year. LOVED the last episode! Great anime to watch, and your description is spot on!

How about Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040? I used to watch it on one of the movie channels forever ago. It had great music and a great plot.