After the disappointment with 4th Edition, I thought I would play Pathfinder, but the size of the books was bothering me - they are really too big to open and read while playing. So, I went for a mixed approach: Sometimes "Old School Essentials" (quick and simple), other times, for long...
The Brazilian RPG Tormenta20. It's a lite type D&D with mana pool. The spell list is shorter, and each spell has intensity modifiers tied to class level. The mana pool is unified (by char) and the spell effect modifiers are quite diverse. An English version is planned to be released. I believe...
The show was so popular in Brazil (until the 90s) that we even received a comic book adaptation of Requiem*.
All the kids used to watch the show, most of whom never played D&D.
The cartoon is called "Caverna do Dragão" (dragon's lair) in Brazil and the Dungeon Master was "Mestre dos Magos"...