Soul Eater

Probably one of my favorite newish series. The English voice casting is great with a lot of big names. The animation style feels refreshingly up to date and the entire setting is just wonderfully macabre (im a big fan of the mouth bleeding moon). Yes its a little shojoish but I do enjoy the diverse characters.

Something I've not watched, but have a vague interest in and need to check out.

After you finish the anime, I suggest reading the manga since it's still going. It gets into some pretty good stuff. But I would read from the Battle of the Brew which was in the anime but there are some differences.