oh and if you like sport animes try major - its went for 5 seasons so far. (because u have hikaru no go, ippo, capeta and Yakitate!! Japan) im putting those together because its a story that shows the development of characters. (similar to kenichi to but you havent seen that.)
season 1 a young kid before his teens
season 2 high school first year
season 3 high school
season 4 saying anymore would be spoilers
anyway you should maybe try that (its sad to admit but i cried on season1 :P )
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl...anime&aid=2168 - season 1
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl...anime&aid=5839 - the movie set between season 1 and 2
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl...anime&aid=3423 - season 2 (you can see hes older now)
http://anidb.net/perl-bin/animedb.pl?show=anime&aid=739 - quite a good racing one.
anyway let me know which ones you decide to watch (and if they are good), its nice to see how your recommendations go down.
on another note an action one kenichi - im quite certain you might give that a 10, its got a good mix of comedy and action.
hunter x hunter is also a good one with a good mix of friendship and action - but i warn you ... it starts off slowwwwwww maybe like 7 eps before you can really get into it or possibly 10 but its worth it.
plus if you like these animes i have many more i can recommend ya.