Best Media Player For Anime On Mac
Actually, there are at least 10 DVD media player for Mac Yosemite on the market that you can choose. Driver for canon mp240 printer. Speaking of your VLC not working with Yosemite, you can search some solutions with Google. Or more advisably, you can use a VLC alternative as you also have thought of. 
Best Media Player For Anime On Macbook Air
Best Media Player For Mkv Files
If you download the 'K-Lite Mega Codec Package' and install it, you have the ultimate anime media player. The codec package contains EVERY SINGLE video codec used online (including Blu-Ray rips, the common formats, and random formats I've never even seen before) and it comes bundled with Media Player Classic - Home Cinema which, in my opinion, is the simplest (yet most clean and effective) media player currently available. So to answer the original question: 'Media Player Classic - Home Cinema' in conjunction with the K-Lite Mega Codec Package.