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For a long time, "lain, serial experiments" was my favorite Japanese animation series. This has changed last weekend when I saw the first seven episodes of Haibane Renmei, which roughly translates into "Alliance of the charcoal feathers".

Yoshitoshi Abe does a great job in telling the story of Rakka, a girl who finds herself without memories and "transformed" into a "Haibane", an angelic creature, complete with charcoal wings and a freshly baked (!) halo. The story is neither action-packed nor fast-paced, but a very subtle tale of Rakka's life and it's mysteries in the beautiful town of Glie.

Heroic-Cinema.com has a very apt review at: http://www.heroic-cinema.com/review.php?ID=haibane
The official homepage is located here: http://www.haibanerenmei.com/

If you have time to watch one single anime series in your life, it should be this one in my opinion.

Growing wings - a painful experience.
Pictures from the Haibane Renmei Shrine