Either when Tomo is chasing a bug and the entire room is in choas except for Osaka who is chasing the fuzzes on her eyes in Azumanga Daioh.
~or~
The entire episode of Ranma 1/2 when Ranma makes Happosai mad and he has to suffer his "wrath".
Naota swinging the bat in FLCL.
The end of Cowboy Bebop--the show, not the movie. The movie was good, but the show's ending was far and away more powerful.
The episode of Rahxephon in which (SPOILER)Ayato kills Asahina.
The last episode of Berserk.
I could go on, but those are some of the biggest that immediately come to mind. I think FLCL and RahXephon had the more powerful moments of the four I listed.
I was definitely going to bring up that one scene in RahXephon if noone else did. That scene literally changed my life and I think I cried when I first saw it in 2002.
RahXephon was one of the first few anime I was into on fansubs, but up until that point I was just under the impression that anime was 'cool'. After all, all I had seen up until then was Cartoon Network/kid's WB stuff. When I got into college, a new friend exposed me to fansubs, and I started out with RahXephon, Zone of the Enders and another show I can't remember. RahXephon in particular blasted open my view and appreciation of anime, and remains at the top of my all-time favourite list. I have a gorgeous box set that contains all the DVDs and the movie, possibly my most prized DVDs.
Also, the first episode I'd ever seen of FLCL (a couple weeks ago :P) was the one where the kid swung the bat. It was pretty cool, but that is one weird show :P
One of the best scenes in anime was in outlaw star when hilda sacrificed herself for the team (just so emotional and epic) plus the last episode of outlaw star when final battle the unity of Melfina and Gene is just awesome!!!
Plus end of magic knight rayearth was pretty significant and cool....plus the end of Ghost in the Shell when Major Kusanagi gets a new shell it just brings a whole element of mystery to the ending.
But my favorite moment of all time has to be the end of Ninja Scroll when Kagero dies and her and Jubei have an emotional moment together before Jubei goes for his vengence against Genma....
Nerd. :P
Whenever someone dies in End of Evangelion.
(SPOILER)When Lucy kills all of those children and awakens as a... whatever the hell they were called in Elfen Lied. Also, (SPOILER)when it's revealed that Lucy killed Kouta's family.
Oh god. The first episode of Gundam Wing when (SPOILER)Releena gives Heero an invitation to her party and everyone claps, and then he rips it in half and drops it on the ground. Then as he's walking past, he whispers into her ear; "I'm going to destroy you," or something along those lines. That was awesome.
The ending of Cowboy Bebop and Berserk are ones that come instantly to mind.
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Ausuka's mental breakdown in episode 22 of Evangelion (Directors Cut).
The ending of Cowboy Bebop.
The opening scene in episode 1 of Elfen Lied, and pretty much everything in episode 8.
Asahina's death in Rahxephon.
Bähbem's death in the Rahxephon movie.
Pretty much every scene that involved Osaka in Azumanga Daioh. Athletic Carnival episodes in particular though.
Tima's 'death' in Metropolis.
I'm probably missing a few that I will kick myself for later. Oh well.
As mentioned previously, the end of Real Folk Blues Part 2 (Cowboy Bebop). It was touching to say the least.
well anime favorites are hard but maybe in Full Metal Alchemist on the last episode (warning spoilers if you like FMA and havn't seen the last episode)
When Ed dies and Al gives his life up for Ed to be alive again though Ed gave his life up to give all his body and life back
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lolspoilers. Seriously, some of that material should've been covered up by the spoiler tags.
But for me, it was the final episode of Elfen Lied. Really powerful stuff to me.
The part in Kill Bill Vol. 1 where young O-Ren Ishii kills the guy that murdered her parents. I don't watch anime lol. I'd like to buy season 1 of InuYasha and give it a try. What anime(s) do you guys think I should watch?
Good anime
ie not InuYasha