Puella Magi Madoka Magica/Awesome

"Madoka: I...*takes a deep breath* I want to . Kyubey: That wish..If your wish is fulfilled, it'll surpass even space-time interference! It violates the law of causality itself! Do you really want to ? Madoka: . This is my prayer. This is my wish. Fulfill it, !"
 * Mami's first battle scene in episode 1. With the familiars closing in and Madoka and Sayaka trapped, a burst of light appears and Mami transforms for the first time... Her theme starts playing as she raises into the air and summons dozens if not hundreds of floating magic muskets, all with a gentle smile on her face. Even with knowledge of everything that happens afterward, this scene never fails to be awe-inspiring.
 * Mami's fight against Gertrud in episode 2 is pretty cool too, especially when she whips out Grand Finale.
 * The fact that Madoka never lost hope for a happy ending. Even when the audience already had (Gen Urobuchi isn't known for his happy endings).
 * When Sayaka rejects Kyoko's ideals while still understanding her in episode 7. The Crowning Music of Awesome definitely helped. It's a shame about the rest of the episode...
 * Whenever Homura uses her abilities, awesomeness tends to ensue. The most notable one would be in episode 8 where she . That scene is pure fanservice for people who hate Kyubey, which is pretty much everyone at this point.
 * Major props to the animators at the end of episode 8.
 * Episode 10, When Homura Akemi was revealed . In particular,
 * After watching Madoka putter around and cry for nine episodes, the tenth treats us to.
 * Yeah, you know how it says above that Homura ? Well, her fight against Walpurgis Night in Episode 11 epitomized this, with her
 * On episode 12
 * Heck, the entire episode 12 was a crowning moment of awesome.
 * The way the showrunners used the opening song, Connect, qualifies. It is a normal bouncy magical girl opening, which seems to become Soundtrack Dissonance as the series gets darker. In episode 10, the viewer gets the impression that  is singing it, which makes it a   Then this gets turned on its head in episode 12, when it seems as if   is singing it as an affirmation that   And the lyrics make sense no matter which way you're looking at them.
 * In Ep 12, the Madoka of the current timeline shows that she's going to protect everyone with one last heroic speech right before she makes her wish.


 * This is the first time we hear Madoka speak with complete authority, no hesitation whatsoever. She KNOWS what she's doing and she KNOWS Kyubey has no choice but to help.