Sci-Fi suggestions (Anime/TV Series space opera)

Space, Above and Beyond ? :)

It's old but Farscape if you havn't watched it is a pretty fun watch :)
(Shame you didn't like Babylon 5 - I really enjoyed it. - As for recent scifi-ish stuff, havnt found anything good in recent years :/)

Watch Firefly anyway. Then when you run out of episodes, watch the Serenity movie to wrap it up.

Also: Superdimensional Fortress Macross and it's prequels & sequels. (the original Japanese versions, now also available with subs & dubs I believe)
Or: Robotech - the American series which is cobbled together from the above and 2 unrelated series, as well as a few unrelated movies. 2nd and 3rd arc aren't really "Space Opera" though, they're more alien invasion stories.

Firefly and Farscape are your best bets (Claudia Black is so hot!)

Anime:
Mobile Suit Gundam 0079 (many other gundam series)
Outlaw Star
The Galaxy Railways
Galaxy Express 999
Memories (its 3 short movies, watch the first short movie "magnetic rose")

As everyone else is saying check out FireFly and the movie Serenity (watch the movie after finishing the TV show)

• Ghost in the Shell
• Candidate for Goddess
• Blue Submarine No.6
• Full Metal Panic

And dont forget to watch the OVA´s !

my suggestion would be wings of honneamise and legend of galactiv heroes (both nice space-related anime)

I would give Babylon 5 a second chance. The first season may be a bit weak but the whole show is great.

Sorry I have no idea, anyway,
I loved battlestar, how is stargate and star trek compared to battlestar galactica ?

Macross Zero
Macross Frontier
Starship Operators
Heroic Age

PS: They are all short enough to enjoy and feel satisfied. at least you wont have to worry about spending weeks getting into a sob story to feel it's worth.

• Battlestar Galactica (2004 re-imagined series) for live action sci-fi space opera
• Ghost in the Shell (1995 film) and GITS: Stand Alone Complex (2002-2005 series) for anime

Those are definitely my favourites. I also hear great things about Planetes (anime series) but haven't watched it yet.

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I would say Fringe. The first three seasons are great. The remaining three you might enjoy or not

Has nothing to do with space though, sorry

There's always Legend of the Galactic Heroes if you want to dig back, which is considered by many to be THE space opera anime. And don't go "oh man, that's 110 episodes" because by the end you'll want more only to discover everything is either a prequel or retelling.

Red dwarf.
a bit old, but great. makes fun of all the ST and stuff

what about Stargate SG1? and it's offseries? great all of them (except the last one - universe, couldn't stand that)
Edit: oops, you saw SG1...

the man in the hight castle

Crest of the Stars and sequels.

I'd recommend Akira if you haven't already seen it. It's a very good science fiction anime that takes place in a futuristic Tokyo.

Lexx, as nobody has mentioned it yet. It was often dark but it was a really different sci-fi and I enjoyed it.

Go back and watch Firefly unless it being cancelled reallllllly bugs you. It's a great little series, so it would be at the top of my recommendations list.

For anime, I recommend Planetes. It's near future "hard" sci-fi that is more about exploring the concept and character development than action, but still pretty fun none the less.

in terms of anime the best space opera will be Legend of the Galactic Hero, but it is an old one,