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** This troper is pretty sure that if Yotsuba were a real little girl, world peace would occur right then and there, the moment she popped into existance. She would give a half-wilted dandelion to a horrible dictator, say, "Enjoy everything!" and walk off acting like an airplane and singing. He would "awwww" so deeply, [[How the Grinch Stole Christmas! (novel)|his heart would grow three sizes]], he'd call off every war or imposition he'd ever made, free the wrongly-imprisoned, and start giving out puppies. Air-lift her to the next country with issues, lather, rinse, repeat. In fact, I'm starting to think this is a pretty good strategy. Yotsuba Not Bombs, anyone?

* This troper really liked ''[[Darker Thanthan Black]]'' and wishes another season would be made (although difficult given the series' ending). It has competent (often [[Badass]]) and sympathetic characters and makes one of the best uses of the "[[X-Men]]" [[Fantastic Aesop]].

** How awesome is ''[[Darker Thanthan Black]]'', exactly? Why, enough that the second series seems to feature a previously unheard of 13-year-old girl as the protagonist ''and it still looks awesome''.

** How awesome is ''[[Darker Thanthan Black]]''? If you do not know how to use your powers, you can GTFO. If you can reality warp the area around your body, you had better put your powers to better use than only summoning a ''shotgun and twin swords.'' If you know how to use your powers, come and stay. If you have pyrokinesis, you will use it to spontaneously ignite people. If you have ice powers, you will not use it to make the "ice block around a person" gimmick, you will use it to ''freeze the blood of their veins.'' And if {{spoiler|you have the power to "change structures on an atomic level, you won't be changing bullets into rubber, or some of the more immediate effects that come into mind- no, you'll be altering a particle stream on your very first go.}}

* ''[[Baccano!]]'', where every episode involves cuts to events taking place minutes, days, months or years before or after the scene you were just watching. Combine that with the 1930s, trains, monsters, immortal alchemists, and a whole pack of wacky, lovable characters and you're in for an awesome series. And if that doesn't make you want to check it out, [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Msg8ypnLqaw the opening sure as hell will.]

** Oh, I am one of the many fans who watched ''[[Baccano!]]'' ''because'' of the OP. In fact, I first started reading the first novel (1930 novel) and just had to watch the anime. After watching the anime, I can say that I love all the characters, I love Ryogo Narita (I like [[Durarara!!]] too) , and I love everything about it. Oh, and I became a Graham Specter Fangirl.

** This troper feels like she's in the thirties whenever she watches ''[[Baccano!]]''. Also to this troper, the show ''feels'' so realistic that at one point she thought that she's ''with'' the cast when they're doing their crazy antics.

* The fact that [[Beck]] hasn't yet been mentioned on this page, and is in fact woefully underdeveloped in terms of support all over the site, makes me sad. Simply put, Beck is probably my favorite series of the past five years, at least in part because it's so very, very unassuming. No giant robots, no super-deformed humor, no magic, no absurd relationships between characters that neither will ever admit, none of that crap. It does what it does, youth drama with romance and friendship and bullying all woven through with the power of great music, and does it really, really well. Slice of life anime with a great climax? Not since [[Kiki's Delivery Service|Kiki]] has it been done so well, and never since. But the characters are what really make it. Everyone acts like a normal person, and the illusion of deep characterization is so pervasive that I had to watch the anime three times to realize that, actually, it really WAS just an illusion. The coming-of-age story is masterful, the bonding of the band members {{spoiler|and their breakup and reformation}} is wonderful, and... well, I think Maho and Koyuki have the single best-written romance EVER. Seriously, it's incredible. The style is nothing to scoff at either. The art is very unique, but not in a strange way like [[Studio Shaft]] or [[Kaiba]], just in its realism and its very, very low-key nature. The atmosphere and sound effects are never anything less that functional, and that's all they ever need to be, because we have the MUSIC. Oh my dear sweet Jesus, the music... Anyway, I've gone on long enough, but the last thing I have to say is that this is one of precisely three anime (the others being [[Cowboy Bebop]] and [[Baccano!]]) that I categorically refuse to watch subtitled. The dub is just far, far too good, and it's the icing on the dense, small, incredibly tasting cake that is Beck.

* I will admit that I'm NOT surprised that ''[[Bobobobo Bobobo-Bo Bo-bobo]]'' hasn't gotten any gushing yet. For a series that was on CN for its entire run, it's vastly underappreciated and bashed unjustly. But consider this: It an [[Affectionate Parody]] of anime ITSELF, concentrated into a 76-episode series, mocking every part of every genre. In reality, it's like the /b/ of anime, and I love it. The English VA casting is surprisingly well done, with each character's personality shining through immediately. But more than that, for me and the many fans I've spoken to, this show is escapism in hilarity, [[Crazy Awesome]] [[Sweet Dreams Fuel]] with enough utterly lovable characters to fuel my Perverse Asexual Cuddlelust into the end of time. Not to mention it has one of the friendliest fanbases I've EVER seen, probably due to the nature of the show. It's not brilliant, it's not the "greatest anime of all time", but it's genuinely bizarre and bizarrely genuine. To anyone who ever watched five minutes of the show and dismissed it (ALL SIX THOUSAND OF YOU), I suggest you give it another try.