I admit I love the tale of Cinderella because I saw the bare bones of my earliest fantasies in poor, oppressed, abused Cinderella. ^_^ I actually don't like the character in the Disney version. She seems disgustingly passive to me, losing herself in dreams.

I'm watching the series via downloads that can be had in anime-eden.com and aarinfantasy.com. It's gen rather than yaoi but the writers clearly adore playing with the subtext; serious deliberate teasing by the writers, I'm tellin' ya.

I haven't made a good comprehensive post on the anime I recommend--would like to remedy that!--but the ones I've enjoyed include:

Death Note (utter favorite) (gen but slashy)
Code Geass (gen but slashy)
Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo (gen but slashy)
Kuroshitsuji (pretends to be gen)
Junjou Romantica (yaoi)
Zombie-Loan (gen but slashy)
Antique Bakery (gay-friendly rather than true yaoi)
Loveless (yaoi)
Ai no Kusabi (yaoi)
Strawberry Panic (yuri)
Simoun (yuri)
Cowboy Bebop (still working my way through these; too amusingly plotty for me to slash)