Just thought I'd do some quick reviews of the shows I've seen. Remember this will be based off the first episode of each series:
Azumanga Daioh - Very funny! I really felt for Chiyo when she was brought in front of the teacher for not doing her homework

And the cat suddenly biting Sakaki
Pani Poni Dash - Think Azumanga but on speed

Bright colours and crazy jokes flying thick and fast. Characters are all berserk too, Rebecca, her depressed pet bunny, the aliens looking over her because she may or may not save the world, and my personal favourite, the cat living in a vending machine who says he's God
This Ugly Yet Beautiful World - Surprised me. At first I thought, oh it's yet another shy guy meeting girl who fell from the stars. But it gets more interesting than that. For one, the girl looks exactly like the guy's vision of a perfect girl. Second of all, a large gigantic alien comes to attack the girl, and out of desperation the boy transforms into an ass kicking demon, that is borderline cruel and sadistic. The end of the episode shows the dream girl, Hikari, isn't as sweet as she makes out to be either. Hope this keeps up.
Kurau Phantom Memory - Really liked this one. Very nice visuals/music and it's got ghosts, guns and mech action with a nice blend of drama.
Jinki : Extend - Didn't like this. Simple mech vs aliens plot with teenage girl holding some kind of power that mystery organisations want. Done before and the action wasn't quite engaging enough. Yawn.
Innocent Venus - Another case of special teenage girl on the run but this time the action
was well done. One scene in particular looked like a Bourne movie if it was done in anime. Anyway, only downside is that there were too many questions already posed and not enough answers e.g. a long scene involving a group of armed terrorists party crashed in order to take somebody with no explanation as to who these people were, or what they were doing. But at least I'm interested to know how it will unfold.
Planetes - Soooooo good already. From what it looks like, it follows a group of people having to collect junk from space. That's it. But it has lovely animation and the characters are really well done with some drama and humour thrown in.
What Anime Central is showing at the minute is Transformers Headmasters, Bleach, Fullmetal Alchemsit, GITS:SAC, Planetes and Vision of Escaflowne. Definately intend to see Fullmetal Alchemist.