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The highly stylized nature of [[Anime]] (or [[Manga]]) allows room for really cool things to happen. Here are some of the more memorable of those scenes.

Remember...the ''spoiler tag'' is your friend. If saying too much would ruin the surprise, '''leave it in spoilers'''.

 

* [[Ai to Yuuki no Pig Girl Tonde Buurin/Awesome|Ai to Yuuki no Pig Girl Tonde Buurin]]

* [[Air Gear/Awesome|Air Gear]]

* [[Akira/Awesome|Akira]]

* [[ARAGO/Awesome|ARAGO]]

* [[Arisa/Awesome|Arisa]]

* [[Axis Powers Hetalia/Awesome|Axis Powers Hetalia]]

** [[Hetalia Bloodbath 2011/Awesome|Hetalia Bloodbath 2011]]

* [[Azumanga Daioh/Awesome|Azumanga Daioh]]

* [[Baki the Grappler/Awesome|Baki the Grappler]]

* [[Bakuman｡/Awesome|Bakuman｡]]

* [[Bokurano/Awesome|Bokurano]]

* [[Busou Renkin/Awesome|Busou Renkin]]

* [[Cage of Eden/Awesome|Cage of Eden]]

* [[Cardfight Vanguard/Awesome|Cardfight Vanguard]]

* [[Carnival Phantasm/Awesome|Carnival Phantasm]]

* [[Claymore/Awesome|Claymore]]

* [[Code Geass/Awesome|Code Geass]]

* [[Combattler V/Awesome|Combattler V]]

* [[Cowboy Bebop/Awesome|Cowboy Bebop]]

* [[Cyborg 009/Awesome|Cyborg 009]]

* [[D.Gray-man/Awesome|D Gray Man]]

* [[Dance in the Vampire Bund/Awesome|Dance in The Vampire Bund]]

* [[Daphne in the Brilliant Blue/Awesome|Daphne in The Brilliant Blue]]

* [[Daughter of Twenty Faces/Awesome|The Daughter of Twenty Faces]]

* [[Deadman Wonderland/Awesome|Deadman Wonderland]]

** [[Digimon Savers/Awesome|Digimon Savers]]

** [[Digimon Xros Wars/Awesome|Digimon Xros Wars]]

* [[Dragon Ball/Awesome|Dragon Ball]]

* [[Dragon Ball GT/Awesome|Dragon Ball GT]]

* [[Dragon Ball Kai/Awesome|Dragon Ball Kai]]

* [[Drama Con/Awesome|Drama Con]]

* [[Elfen Lied/Awesome|Elfen Lied]]

* [[Ergo Proxy/Awesome|Ergo Proxy]]

* [[Irresponsible Captain Tylor/Awesome|Irresponsible Captain Tylor]]

* [[Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari/Awesome|Isekai no Seikishi Monogatari]]

* [[Jormungand/Awesome|Jormungand]]

* [[Kaichou wa Maid-sama/Awesome|Kaichou wa Maid Sama]]

* [[Kure-nai/Awesome|Kure-nai]]

* [[Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon/Awesome|Kyoukai Senjou no Horizon]]

* [[Last Exile/Awesome|Last Exile]]

* [[The Law of Ueki/Awesome|The Law of Ueki]]

* [[Lucky Star/Awesome|Lucky Star]]

* [[Lupin III/Awesome|Lupin III]]

* [[Madlax/Awesome|Madlax]]

* [[Lyrical Nanoha/Awesome|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]

* [[Magico/Awesome|Magico]]

* [[Magi: The Labyrinth of Magic/Awesome|Magi: Labyrinth of Magic]]

* [[Mahou Sensei Negima/Awesome|Mahou Sensei Negima]]

* [[Mai-Otome/Awesome|Mai-Otome]] and associated [[OVA|OVAs]]

* [[Maison Ikkoku/Awesome|Maison Ikkoku]]

* [[Oniisama e.../Awesome|Oniisama E]]

* [[Ookami-san/Awesome|Ookami San]]

* [[Ouran High School Host Club/Awesome|Ouran High School Host Club]]

* [[Outlaw Star/Awesome|Outlaw Star]]

* [[Puella Magi Madoka Magica/Awesome|Puella Magi Madoka Magica]]

* [[Pumpkin Scissors/Awesome|Pumpkin Scissors]]

* [[Rave Master/Awesome|Rave Master]]

* [[Read or Die/Awesome|Read or Die]]

* [[Revolutionary Girl Utena/Awesome|Revolutionary Girl Utena]]

* [[Riding Bean/Awesome|Riding Bean]]

* [[Rurouni Kenshin/Awesome|Rurouni Kenshin]]

* [[Sailor Moon/Awesome|Sailor Moon]]

* [[Saint Seiya/Awesome|Saint Seiya]]

* [[Seikon no Qwaser/Awesome|Seikon no Qwaser]]

* [[Serial Experiments Lain/Awesome|Serial Experiments Lain]]

* [[Shakugan no Shana/Awesome|Shakugan no Shana]]

* [[Shaman King/Awesome|Shaman King]]

* [[Slayers/Awesome|Slayers]]

* [[Sonic X/Awesome|Sonic X]]

* [[Toriko/Awesome|Toriko]]

* [[Trigun/Awesome|Trigun]]

* [[Tokyo Majin/Awesome|Tokyo Majin]]

* [[Tower of God/Awesome|Tower of God]]

* [[Tsukihime/Awesome|Tsukihime]]

* [[The Twelve Kingdoms/Awesome|The Twelve Kingdoms]]

* [[Umineko no Naku Koro ni/Awesome|Umineko no Naku Koro Ni]]

* [[Until Death Do Us Part/Awesome|Until Death Do Us Part]]

* [[Watashi ni XX Shinasai/Awesome|Watashi Ni XX Shinasai]]

* [[Wedding Peach/Awesome|Wedding Peach]]

* [[Witchblade (anime)/Awesome|Witchblade]]

* [[Witch Hunter Robin/Awesome|Witch Hunter Robin]]

* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! GX/Awesome|Yu-Gi-Oh GX]]

* [[Yu-Gi-Oh! 5D's/Awesome|Yu-Gi-Oh 5 Ds]]

* [[Yu Yu Hakusho/Awesome|Yu Yu Hakusho]]

* [[Zatch Bell/Awesome|Zatch Bell]]

* [[Zero no Tsukaima/Awesome|Zero no Tsukaima]]

* [[Zoids: Chaotic Century/Awesome|Zoids Chaotic Century]]

 

* If anyone ever has to know why people are willing to pay millions of yen to Dr. Black Jack just for the privilege of having him slice you open, here is why: The man once successfully operated on his ''own intestines while lying in the middle of the Austrailian outback and surrounded by rabid dingos.'' Hol-Ay ''[[HSQ|Shit]]!''

* ''[[Uchuu Senkan Yamato|Space Battleship Yamato]]'' has a Moment of Awesome in the second movie, ''Farewell to Space Battleship Yamato'' not in a specific action, but by its pure inspiration. After watching the entire, built in the last 2 years, Earth Defense space navy get devastated on live TV, the alien Comet Empire demands Earth's surrender. Just before the surrender, the ''Yamato'' warps in between the Empire and Earth, and '''everyone on the planet''' says "It's ''Yamato!'' We still have the ''Yamato!'' We're gonna ''win!''". Keep in mind we're talking about a SINGLE SHIP apprearing as a reinforcement after an entire FLEET was almost effortlessly destroyed by the enemy.

** FOLGORE earns one when {{spoiler|Kanchome begins abusing his power, wanting to crush Goomu with his new found Mind Rape powers. Folgore blocks a punch from a now Faudo level Kanchome, and talks down a now psycho demon.}} Chapter 300 has turned the simple pop star into pure awesome. Also, his badass normal status for being being every bit the Determinator as Kiyo and Sherry, and a bit of Made of Iron for never seeming to get more than cut up for all the attacks he takes for {{spoiler|and from}} Kanchome.

*** I also liked Folgore's Badass metaphor thing (not sure if there is a trope for that), that he used to convince Kanchome to stop (I'm paraphrasing but this is the main conversation the two have, minus the flashback).

'''Folgore:''' "Kanchome... I forgot to tell you that night... but the hippo is strong... especially when it's protecting it's children... IT CAN EVEN DEFEAT A LION!!!" }}

** Won Lei is plenty awesome, but especially when {{spoiler|after being separated from the rest of the group by a nigh impenetrable wall, he gets the living crap utterly beat out of him by Unko Tin-tin, until his partner Lee Yen powers him up from the other side (while BLINDFOLDED) and he turns the tables by beating him to a point where Unko decides to self destruct in order to have the last laugh, with a blast powerful enough to destroy above mentioned impenetrable wall and kill everyone on the other side of it. Won Lei, whilst in the process of being sent back to the Demon World, resolves himself to protect those on the other side of the wall by STANDING BACK UP and [[Heroic Sacrifice Using Himself And The Awesome Of His Presence As A Shield]]]. By the time the self destruction is over, all that's left of the wall is HIS SILHOUETTE, behind which Lee Yen and the others were hiding.}}

* Near the end of ''[[The Third: The Girl with the Blue Eye]]'', Bogie (an AI-controlled tank) takes on {{spoiler|an an anti-tank helicopter (also AI-controlled). He eventually takes it out by using a clever trick to ''leap into the air'' and shoot it <s>in the face</s> at close range}}.

** In the final episode, Honoka {{spoiler|wipes out an entire army with a single sword-stroke}}.

** Miura gets her moment of awesome as well, in the procession for a local shrine's [[Festival Episode|festival]] -- so awesome, Yotsuba tries to imitate her.

** Yotsuba gets a moment in being [[Cheerful Child|so freaking cute]] that the denizens of [[Image Boards|4chan]] -- easily the most infamous and [[Squick|squick-filled]] place on the internet -- will [[Internet Backlash|flame anyone into eternity]] for posting [[Rule 34]] of her, something not even her predecessor [[Azumanga Daioh|Chiyo-chan]] (see [[Cheerful Child]]) could pull off.

* ''[[Pretty Sammy]]'' has Misao, for the first time ever, transforming into Pixy Misa with the use of a baton, along with the magic words, "Pixy Mutation! Magical Recall!".

** On the top of that, she gives a speech to Rumiya to encourage herself:

* Deedlit in ''[[Record of Lodoss War]]'': ''Chronicles of the Heroic Knight''. With a bit of assistance from Parn and Ashram, {{spoiler|she all but drowned the huge dragon Shooting Star in a pool of lava with her shamanistic magic}}. This all but took the [[Faux Action Girl|"faux"]] off of "faux [[Action Girl]]".

* May Wong in ''[[Kaleido Star]]''. Two words. "DEEEEEEMONIC SPIRAAAAAAAAAL!"

* ''[[Lone Wolf and Cub]]'' is largely a string of Moments of Awesome for the main character, Ogami Itto. Simply hearing his name is enough to make a grown man scream in terror. But the epic nature of the series leads up to one of the most Awesome endings ever printed. {{spoiler|His quest has led him to battle the Kurokuwa ninja many times throughout the series. By the time the final battle with his nemesis, Retsudo, rolls around, Itto has quite literally killed his way through '''every ninja in Japan.''' Most of them in the last couple of chapters.}} Also worth mentioning is the episode ''Will of the Fang'', where Itto is forced to fight Masatsune, one of his old sword students who never quite finished his studies. Now the local lord, Masatsune leads his whole army against Itto. After hacking his way through them all, Itto kills Masatsune in a [[Single Stroke Bat]]

 

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