Seeking new show/movie recs

[sanet]

Another quickie post, I'm afraid, but I have a question for anyone who actually has time to do more than skim the Anime News Network in the mornings. What's looking good in the fall anime season? Any promising Noitamina shows? Anything that looks a little different from the usual genre/otaku-bait shows? I've moved away from my RL anime friends and miss their casual advice!

I am also open to recs for North American/live-action shows with fannish potential. Is "Once Upon a Time" any good?

Comments

[merin-chan.livejournal.com]

I looked up Chihayafuru, and it looks cool! Things like karuta (especially hanafuda) are really making a comeback, aren't they? Thanks for the rec, I'll check it out!

[boku (from livejournal.com)]

No prob! If you watch it, I would wait until after seeing the first three episodes before passing judgement on it, as it takes a little while to build.