Gunbuster/YMMV


 * Crowning Moment of Awesome (The Super Inazuma Kick, and everything that comes after.)
 * Crowning Moment of Heartwarming: The very ending.
 * Crowning Music of Awesome:The Gunbuster March.
 * Lesser known but no less awesome, there is a version with manly anthem lyrics called the Exelion March.
 * Don't forget "Top o Nerae ~ Fly High", played during below-mentioned Foe-Tossing Charge.
 * HSQ: It is commonly held by fans of the series that once the Gunbuster activates in Episode 5, this gets knocked up several notches.
 * Tear Jerker: Oh sweet God in heaven, the last episode will drain gigantic amounts of Manly Tears from you if you have anything resembling a soul.
 * Even those without the conventional concept of a soul would like to add that the last episode is really sad.
 * The sheer social abuse Noriko goes through in the first episode as a result of being selected for the space mission is brutal. She breaks down into hysterical sobs for a while.
 * The Woobie: Noriko early on, after she gets selected for the space mission. Poor Noriko - little to no self-esteem to begin with - suffers so much social abuse that she has a short breakdown not long after and ends up begging the Coach to rescind her selection.... And this makes the sheer Badass later on so much more satisfying.