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** ''Why'' is this anime so underrated? It's ''brilliant''. [[Needs More Love]].

* This troper read the first volume of ''[[Read or Die]]''. It's fucking awesome. Yomiko is a cute and [[Hot Librarian]] whose book fetish and occasional bouts of ditziness brought about by said book fetish make her even cuter. Not to mention her [[Crowning Moment of Awesome]] at the end of the volume. Barring the fact that she's fictional and a product of an author's imagination, she makes this troper want to give her a big hug.

** Hell yes. Very few series are original anymore, but JJBA has stayed fresh after 20 years and just keeps getting better (''Steel Ball Run'' is nothing short of epic). And the early arcs of the series still manage to me awesome after all of this time. Either Araki is on drugs 24/7, the biggest genius on the planet, or both.

** In how many series can you see [http://img242.imageshack.us/img242/5100/dionosaurhorsezn5.jpg DINOSAURS HITCHING RIDES ON THE BACKS OF DINOSAURS!?] JoJo's Bizarre Adventure takes the [[Rule of Cool]] as far as it can go without any [[Camp]].

** This troper never even knew about a lot of the other countries like the Baltic states, Belarus, and for goodness' sake who would've heard of Sealand? I love this series so damn much.

** Hetalia is this troper's only anime/manga fandom, and it's just too much fun to watch. I'm sure my roommates thought I had lost it because I mainlined the entire series in about a week and was laughing like a loon for most of that time.

* I know that whenever I'm having a bad day or anything is going wrong I can pop in ''[[Azumanga Daioh]]'' and within minutes will have a huge goofy grin on my face. I think its [[Cloudcuckoolander|Osaka]].

** Definitely Osaka. And Chiyo (Chiyo-chan in a [[Everything's Better with Penguins|penguin suit]] for the cute). And Sakaki. And Tomo. And Yukari. Hell, even ''Kimura''. When a series has such a vastly varied set of characters with almost one-note personalities yet makes them all lovable, you know you have a good thing.

** On the art: the manga is so much more realistic than the anime. Harold Sakuishi seems to love [[Scenery Porn]], and still it works. Also, when you finish the anime and see that there's still much more backstory to follow in the manga, you can't help but find yourself ensnared into it; the band members struggle with their day jobs to keep BECK alive, they are shown to have bad days sometimes (and not just in the plot development sense; just check in the manga and see how many of their live performances tanked, despite their collective musical badassery), and they keep going on like you'd expect from real rags-to-riches rockstars. In short: just because you're a musical genius it doesn't mean you'll be an overnight hit. There's a long, hard road to achieve it, and the manga and anime both make sure you remember that, even if you want to start a band (which you might as well, after getting through the series), life's no ''[[Guitar Hero]]''.

** I love both the anime and the manga, particularly Ryuthke'th exthtremely thexthy lithp when he speaks in English. (And I'm not being sarcastic. That made me crack up and love the series even more)

* No love for the ''[[Rozen Maiden]]'' seasons/OVA? How could there not be love for the show that spawned the "desu" meme? The costumes are wonderful, so much so that I cosplay Sugintou. The names are even awesome. (So much so that the cat rescue I volunteer at now has a kitten named Rozen and a pretty black cat named Sugintou.) The plot is awesome, the characters are moe to the extreme, and everybody has a decent backstory. The music is just gorgeous in every way. Both the English and the Japanese versions are excellent, and I usually fall on the "sub" side of things.

** Seconded, this troper quite enjoyed both the anime and the manga (which hasn't ended yet!). Like so many good anime, it takes a seemingly absurd concept and pulls it together into an amazing, innovative story with incredible potential. It flawlessly mixes humor and dark intensity, and every single character is intriguing and developed. This troper's personal favorite is the cool, serious Souseiseki.

* [[Fan Service]] anime with quite some heavy plot, interesting characters that develop themselves and subvert conventional harem tropes [[Mind Screw|while STILL managing to play up the harem part]]? A whole load of [[Magical Girlfriend]] including loli twins and a [[Cute Ghost Girl]]? Nope, I'm not talking about [[Mahou Sensei Negima]]. I'm talking about [[To Love Ru]] of all things. For all the bad things said about this story, you have a main character who is honestly in love with the female lead(s) and genuinely nice towards everyone, who develops from angsty brat to capable fighter, readying himself to become the new emperor of the galaxy (maybe) while one of his female friends manages the task to build his harem (indifferent of his opinion obviously). This is a story that manages to delve itself into deep questions like "Is it better to get engaged with someone and serve only society or choose for yourself even ignoring what your parents wish?" (Lala) next to having a girl [[Going Commando]] because another girl accidentially destroyed her panties. [[Captain Obvious|And there is a lot of]] [[Fan Service]].

* Gundam. Just, all of it. I'm perhaps one of the few fans I know that can enjoy every series in some way, and boy do I love Gundam. I've watched since Wing debuted in 2000, and have continued to delve into the series as a whole since. Here are the stand outs to me:

** ''[[Mobile Fighter G Gundam|G Gundam]]'': Wacky but lovable characters, kick ass fights and [[Crowning Music of Awesome|soundtrack]], with truly emotional scenes. Shining and God Gundam are only the top of a magnificent, if eccentric, robot line-up.

** ''[[Mobile Suit Gundam Wing|Gundam Wing]]'': Nearly [[Nigh Invulnerability|invincible]] Gundams, lovably psychologically disturbed pilots, one of the best female leads in Gundam (Relena), and a [[Magnificent Bastard]] in Trieze that would make [[Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam|Paptimus Scirroco]] blush. Zechs is also a superb Char clone, and the first real heroic version as well.