It's not shojou, but Steel of the Celestial Shadows is also a good one to look at. I'm a big fan of the art style in the series.

Kiyo in Kyoto - Follows a pair of childhood friends as they go to Kyoto to become maiko. I love the designs of the maiko and geisha.

I know it's been said, but I also recommend A Bride's Story as well as The Guy She Was Interested in Wasn't a Guy at All!.

Yeah, sadly he's been like this for a while. If you want, you can look up Michael Salvatori, the co-composer (and he did quite a few fan favorites in Halo 3), he's not a wackjob like O'Donnell.

Ayre gang

The two Mgalekgolo are Lixego Suhi Uyafo and Roxahu Suhi Toxra. Their main goal is to find a slipspace path back to Te before the Banished do so they can protect their brethren.

Also, I accidentally made the Jackal pose like Bear Grylls. So I did this:

My armored worms have never looked so tough