Anime Suggestions
 

Well i dont really know any fun hyper active anime but I would suggesst Elmental gelade, tsubasa resevior chronicles,and of course fruits basket.
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( . .) for manga i would really suggest vampire knight , the gentlemens allience cross, paradise kiss, and kare first love.:pinksong: :kittycake:

( these are only suggestions i dont know if these are really to ur taste.)

Maybe u could try:
Blood Plus
InuYasha
Bleach
Fruits Basket
Idk wat u have seen yet so these are just some of my faves^_^
Oh and Blood Plus is a gorey anime...and Death Note (I'm shure u've heard of all of these tho)

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those are all my favorites too

ダRK-- Oops. Forgot to change out of katakana mode. XD

DARKER THAN BLACK! HOLY COW THAT ANIME IS AMAZING. Got some gore, too!
As for manga, this one is FAR from gory, but I like Hot Gimmick. :]

Here are some of my favorites that I would suggest:
Higurashi No Naku Koro Ni
Blood +
Saiyuki Reload
Le Portrait de Petit Cossette
~~~~ The ones above are the action/gorey ones
~~~HYPER ACTIVE! Or just fun and cute
Lucky Star
Di Gi Charat
Love Hina
Angelic Layer

OK, try gurren lagann

OH YEAH. TENGEN TOPPA GURREN LAGANN. (I think that's what it was called. I can't really remember.) That's a good one. :]

Try these anime (the one with * by them have great manga adaptations, too):

Gravitation*
Hayate no Gotoku!* (Look for Hayate the Battle Butler)
Black Cat*
Pet Shop of Horrors - the anime is hard to find. >.<*
Claymore*
Kyo Kara Maoh!
Black Blood Brothers
Zombie - Loan
Sumomo mo Momo mo
Zero no Tsukaima
12 Kingdoms

For manga try these:

The Wallflower
Pet Shop of Horrors: Tokyo
Black Sun Silver Moon
Yurara
Fake

These are some of my favorites. I hope you will like them.