Suggestion from you anime-fanatics

Pretty much. Funny seeing Vision of Escaflowne on that 'list' too, I chuckled quite a bit. I've seen Spice and Wolf, it's not bad. Oh, Shakugan no Shana was okay for the first 10 episodes, then it got so overly repetitive that it felt more like a tedious chore for me to even try to watch it, so I stopped.