Since you prefer action oriented anime I will give you some of my suggestions
Ghost in the shell:stand alone complex
Noir
Trigun
Hellsing
Vampire Hunter D:Bloodlust(movie)
Scryed
Appleseed 2004(movie)
X tv
Ninja Scroll(movie)

Now some others
FLCL(action/comedy)
12 Kingdoms(Juuni Kokki)Action/drama
RahXephon action/drama
Voices of a distant star(Hoshi no koe) drama/romance with a few very good battles.It is a 25 minute ova

From the series that are still on Japanese tv i have heard that Bleach is also good although i have not seen any episode