Trust me, there's better anime out there. It's okay for starters and I hope you really enjoy it and come away with good memories of it! If you like more shounen-oriented anime I suggest watching/reading Berserk (lots of NSFW stuff and heavy violence though, warning you now), Evangelion, or One Piece if you want some more stuff for when you're all caught up on SNK. 

As far as shoujo with a little action I'll always fondly remember Revolutionary Girl Utena, Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Card Captor Sakura. (All magical girl anime but I LOVE magical girl anime :p)

Sorry if you don't want anyone's input! Just figured it'd be nice to get a couple ideas of where you might want to check out next. We can always just chat it up a little instead.