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[Nephtis]

Thanks to the new Fafner anime by studio Xebec, I revisited one of that studio's anime:

Heroic Age (ヒロイック・エイ&#12472

This series as a whole is just incredibly emotionally powerful. It has this sense of awe, like you're truly exploring the uncharted territory, and somewhat inspirational.

There is a particular that to this day resonates with me for some reason. If you've seen it, you'll know what I'm talking about. Episode 16:

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When Age tells Mehitak Pore that they are done fighting each other, and Mehitak starts bawling his eyes out, finally freed from his constant torment. Age hugs him, and holds him to let him cry as much as he wants.

To me, this is amongst my favorite scenes of all time.

Another mention would have to be Natsume Yuujinchou ( 夏目友人&#24115 episode 6, with Tsubame:

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"Natsume: Tsubame, thank you for not hating humans.
Tsubame: I love those who are kind! Those who are warm! So.. I love humans! *she hugs natsume* Natsume-sama... Thank you! Thank you!"

And then later when he sees her picture next to the guy she longed to see. Then of course we transition into that damned song that manages to get me all teary eyed.

Finally, The Twelve Kingdoms (十二国&#35352 episode 39:

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When the entire army finally bows before Youko. The way it was handled was just awesome.

GAF, what are your top 3 scenes in anime? Ones where the scene alone makes you want to watch the entire series all over again?

 

[Anth0ny]

Dragon Ball Z - Goku transforms into Super Saiyan for the first time

Dragon Ball Z - Gohan transforms into Super Saiyan 2 for the first time

Both similar scenes. Perfect voice acting, score, and "shit's about to get real" factor. The payoff involves the above characters fucking up everything around them.

One Piece - Luffy punches Celestial Dragon in the face

Because when a punch is animated that well and looks that satisfying, I just want to start watching cartoons.

Usually when I see these gifs or stumble upon these clips on youtube, I pop in a DBZ or One Piece DVD.

 

[Kuroyume]

http://33.media.tumblr.com/b42a2966b51de9a43e643e766e99d3e4/tumblr_ncc91pFitN1tysz53o1_500.gif

http://38.media.tumblr.com/542ebe339b6acbeb8fb45c13c86b0297/tumblr_mour0xxSl71r5gow3o3_500.gif http://31.media.tumblr.com/75ee4ed6af66e612bdd97fb0daef17f4/tumblr_mlkeu3jQEM1rb06tgo3_500.gif

Spoiler apparently

Berserk - The eclipse top (cartoon) bottom (film)

 

[Anth0ny]

endofevadidhejust.jpg

hahahahaha that's the one

 

[Vulcano's assistant]

I still love to pieces the ending of the original Fullmetal Alchemist (minus movie).

 

[televator]

God damn Hughes in FullMetal Alchemist.

 

[Moaradin]

HxH series is full of them but here's my pick

Also that Eva picture has boobs in it lol.

 

[Regret Upon Approval]

Eh, there is nudity in the background though so you might want to be careful.
But yeah, that really was a scene that left... A considerable impression.
There were a good few others too in EoE and the main series.

 

[rouken]

One Piece

This is the scene that I was very much looking forward to watching in the anime when I read it in the manga. Very emotional and just solidifies how awesome the strawhats are.

Also when robin says she wants to live, tears were shed. Still one of the best episodes of the anime to date.

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood

 

[squidyj]

Two Cowboy Bebop Faye scenes.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MlN7-eNsbCk
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CLVfhTtiLLs

 

[Josh with a J]

The thought the end sequence for Samurai X was really well done

 

[J2 Cool]

I just have two

 

[Ultra Numb]

Hunter x Hunter 116

part 1 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=geh0ukVRBC8
part 2 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7Wrk4ydcSQ

 

[Shining Sunshine]

omg I got deleted ;_;

Well, here's another one.

Also that Eva picture has boobs in it lol.

Oh what? lol I didn't even notice I thought it was one of those life support things. I guess it is after watching the scene.

 

[DiscoShark]

There are few shows that I disliked more than Heroic Age. As for the topic though ...

There are very few shows in recent memory that had as many "wow" moments as Flower of Evil for me :

• Classroom scene. You know it if you've seen it. It's the defining moment in the show. There's this buildup to
  Spoiler

  the breaking down of the "walls" of the protagonist's basic social conventions and letting out the raw unfiltered person beneath and this is when everything breaks. Everything about this moment and in the way the "walk back home" scene was executed was just absolutely sublime.
• Post-Classroom episode -
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  The fucking bait and switch pulled off here is hilariously awesome. The show runners almost make you feel like it's a cop out, "no one knows it was him" that did it and so an excuse to extend the material beyond the shit storm that was the previous episode, he can put up his walls again and continue life as normal. Then at the episode's end the main love interest walks up to him, looks him in the eyes, and tells him that she knows it was him. Fuuuuuuuuuck.
• Hill scene. Though not reaching the emotional heights as the Classroom scene this sort of final breakdown of the protagonist was pretty fucking great.

Berserk - The eclipse top (cartoon) bottom (film)

Buddy. What are you doing? Edit out the spoilers dude.

 

[Omega Ultimus]

HxH series is full of them but here's my pick



Also that Eva picture has boobs in it lol.

Yeah, the end of that arc sticks the landing, better than any other Shonen that I've ever seen.

And, since I haven't watched much anime, here's another HxH moment that gave me goosebumps:

Edit: Also worth mentioning (spoilers):

Spoiler

Netero's death scene

 

[Ferrio]

Nami scene in One Piece is one of my favorites. It turned an okay anime into a great one. Everything from this point on was golden.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dM0tpzY8nFc

 

[Kuroyume]

Buddy. What are you doing? Edit out the spoilers dude.

Spoiler? For a 26 year old manga?

 

[DiscoShark]

Spoiler? For a 26 year old manga?

That many in the west haven't seen or been exposed to? Yes. This isn't some title specific OT, you're going to have a lot of people pop up in these threads who've only seen DBZ or Attack on Titan or only whats been aired on Toonami or something similar. Berserk is amazing, the way the Golden Age arc is a lot of the reason why.

 

[Mailbox]

oooooo this is actually a hard one.

I'd say
-Cowboy Bebop's ending
-Either of the 2 "end of arc" battles in Gurren Lagann
-Mustang vs Envy (The way Mustang is just pure hate is just... bone chilling for me) FMA:Brotherhood

Special thanks goes to
-"I am a human" speech from Maoyuu Maou Yuusha
-The prologue scene from Kotoura-san (ie: the only really good part of the entire thing)

There are a few others i'm missing, but those are the ones I always tend to get back to watching (with the exception of Bebop because i need to rewatch it.... and the first episode is beyond boring... i really need to rewatch it)

 

[Nickle]

nvm, wrong idea

 

[Haly]

Oh god those hirai faces.

They're meltiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing.

Millennium Actress

(Actually I think the running sequence was more powerful but I'm too lazy to dig up the screencap so here you go.)

La Maison En Petit Cubes

This is like, the real shit. All of your favorite "powerful scenes" are child's play compared to this.

5 Centimeters Per Second

Too bad the story is junk.

Runner Up:

Revolutionary Girl Utena Adolescence Apocalypse

THE ROSE IS OUR DESTINY
MICHIBIKARE

 

[Ken]

When Amuro gets in the Gundam and needs to check his manual while Zakus are blowing the colony up.

 

[GrandHarrier]

Thanks to the new Fafner anime by studio Xebec, I revisited one of that studio's anime:

Heroic Age (ヒロイック・エイ&#12472

This series as a whole is just incredibly emotionally powerful. It has this sense of awe, like you're truly exploring the uncharted territory, and somewhat inspirational.

That entire series is pretty hype. I especially love the battle between Age and Lekty. When she realizes that

Spoiler

in an INFINITE NUMBER OF REALITIES, there isn't a single one where she wins. It was like, Lolwut.

 

[cajunator]

a certain scene in Full Moon O Sagashite. If you have seen it you can probably guess.

Spoiler

when Mitsuki discovers that Eichi died in a car accident.

Holy shit.

in Kino's journey

Spoiler

final episode when it seems like just another episode, then Kino leaves reluctantly and then that gut punch as her favorite country gets destroyed along with everyone in it as she watched from a mountain. then that letter from the little girl.

FUCK.

in Haibane Renmei

Spoiler

when Rakka rescues Reki from self destruction so she can finally achieve her day of flight

 

[Venture]

Haibane Renmei - episode 13

Spoiler

The scene in Reki's studio when Rakka confronts her and gets Reki to ask for help.
http://youtu.be/z5Pg0uJQyL4?t=14m45s

Berserk - episode 19

Spoiler

Guts decides to leave the Band of The Hawk and is confronted by Griffith.
http://youtu.be/e_vE8wI8Kpg?t=11m1s

Trigun -episode 24

Spoiler

Vash is forced to kill Legato to save Meryl and Milly.
http://youtu.be/F-2ZjSFmovI?t=18m12s

 

[Angel_DvA]

Gon meet Pitou :

Chopper and Hiluluk :

Brothers to the end ( One Piece ) :

 

[Joeku]

In my limited experience I kinda just want to post a few Gurren Lagann and Kill la Kill scenes, but I'll hold my incredibly surface tongue.

 

[cajunator]

Oh god those hirai faces.

They're meltiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiing.

Millennium Actress

(Actually I think the running sequence was more powerful but I'm too lazy to dig up the screencap so here you go.)

La Maison En Petit Cubes

This is like, the real shit. All of your favorite "powerful scenes" are child's play compared to this.

5 Centimeters Per Second

Too bad the story is junk.

Runner Up:

Revolutionary Girl Utena Adolescence Apocalypse

THE ROSE IS OUR DESTINY
MICHIBIKARE

Yeah basically the entire Millennium Actress movie is one big Wow moment.

 

[Venture]

in Kino's journey

Spoiler

final episode when it seems like just another episode, then Kino leaves reluctantly and then that gut punch as her favorite country gets destroyed along with everyone in it as she watched from a mountain. then that letter from the little girl.

FUCK.

I almost picked that one. There are several good choices in Kino's Journey.

 

[Hellsing321]

End of Speak Like a Child episode from Cowboy Bebop

Live action section from End of Evangelion

All of Wolf Children

 

[ugoo18]

DBZ and One Piece moments

No Vegeta mention makes Vegeta an unhappy Saiyan.

Vegeta's Attachment Speech

 

[True Savior]

Guts -> Arm > Eclipse (the brutality of the events vs the brutality of his reaction to what he'ss seeing in front of his eyes)

Bebop's Ending (especially when Blue kicks in) is the easy choice but i go with the final moments of Episode 18 (Speak Like a Child) when Faye is watching herself on a vhs-tape while she was young.

And this one caught me really off guard the first time i watched it

 

[Zoolader]

Also when robin says she wants to live, tears were shed. Still one of the best episodes of the anime to date.

Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood

How about when when Rick finally ditched that bitch Minmei and got with Lisa.

 

[nubbe]

Haku was extremely depressing for me

 

[Nightbird]

Gintama is really powerful at making emotional Moments (even more so for current Manga Readers)

The Moment i wanted to a Video to, the Deathscene of Kintaro the Dog, is not available on Youtube. so i took the next best thing wich was the "Death" of Otose in the Begining of the second Series.
The Fight Scene wich followed had me on the Edge the whole Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nlsBphNXzTc

 

[TheVampire]

Vegeta's son is killed and he goes crazy

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0jLrecR9FcA

 

[ArchAngel]

GATTAI!

Well, Gunbuster and Diebuster are full of power IMO

 

[ugoo18]

Voices of a Distant Star in general.

 

[gretos]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cuVMvzz4g_Q

One of the best and powerful moments in One Piece

And I'm sure we'll be getting another powerful scan within this year when the anime catch on to the current arc in the manga

Spoiler

Corazon death scan in the manga made me cry him a river : (

 

[abstract alien]

Vegeta - "He has stolen my honor...and his debts, muuust be paaaaid."

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSAoB_MnTxo#t=239

 

[G.ZZZ]

The HxH scene where the King is asked his name always gave the chills to me in the Manga much more than the anime tbh.

 

[Chariot]

HxH series is full of them but here's my pick

Chopper and Hiluluk :

damn, this thread is going to kill me ;__;

 

[Aaron-Lagann]

That moment at the end of Monster 44,

Spoiler

where Johan smiles

had me more moved than most anime.

 

[A Huge Battleship]

Came in here to post the climax of Haibane Renmei, but I see cajun has me covered.

 

[Sölf]

Now I only have to think of a third one, even though the postef FMA: Brotherhood would be a close contender.

But ugh, why do you have to remind me that this scenes exist? ;__;

Edit: Actually, this:

The Eclipse scene in Berserk

And all that follows until it ends.

 

[Hex]

The end of X/1999

 

[Hyun Sai]

That "Green Bird" scene from Cowboy BeBop was so perfect and masterfully shot...

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-jcE8kqK9k

 

[Chariot]

Gunslinger Girl il teatrino

Are you going to the Scarborough Fair?

Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann

Gainax somehow managed to make the last episodes one giant powerful scene.

Ghost in the Shell SAC

Man, that whole episode was amazing.

 

[Stereogatari]

Planetes where Hachimaki feels isolated in space and when he goes in the isolation chamber. The series suddenly turned into a psychological thriller.