Hayao Miyazaki - Personally I didn't like Princess Mononoke and felt that Spirited away was rather commercialised. My personal favourite film of his is Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind.
A recomendation for people who don't mind slow pacing would be The Sky Crawlers directed by Mamoru Oshii (he and Hayao Miyazaki have some sort of artistic disagrement going apparently) which is Science Fiction in concept even though it doesn't look obviously sci-fi.
I second Haibane Renmai for a multitude of reasons and am totally willing to explain the deeper meaning of the show to anyone who will listen (and some who won't)!
From your description of FMA it sounds like you're talking about the movie - is that right?
Ghost in the Shell - I personally feel the TV series is much better than the movie but that's only my opinion. I do think that Ghost in the Shell, Vexille and Appleseed are all good sci-fi anime although they do contain scantily clad women and cyborgs.
If you're going to include Noir which is not strictly Sci-fi can I suggest Samurai Champloo?
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A recomendation for people who don't mind slow pacing would be The Sky Crawlers directed by Mamoru Oshii (he and Hayao Miyazaki have some sort of artistic disagrement going apparently) which is Science Fiction in concept even though it doesn't look obviously sci-fi.
I second Haibane Renmai for a multitude of reasons and am totally willing to explain the deeper meaning of the show to anyone who will listen (and some who won't)!
From your description of FMA it sounds like you're talking about the movie - is that right?
Ghost in the Shell - I personally feel the TV series is much better than the movie but that's only my opinion. I do think that Ghost in the Shell, Vexille and Appleseed are all good sci-fi anime although they do contain scantily clad women and cyborgs.
If you're going to include Noir which is not strictly Sci-fi can I suggest Samurai Champloo?