The Vision of Escaflowne/Awesome

The Vision of Escaflowne, being a mecha series with lots of action as well as development, has several of these.


 * Van getting a quick crash course in psychic powers, then proceeding to walk straight into an ambush set by entirety of Dilandau's elite bishonen squad, and hacking through them at a rate of roughly one per second, despite them being invisible, while their omnicidal psychopath leader more or less goes catatonic.
 * For that matter, Balgus parrying blows from a Guymelef on foot, with his opponent and both of the involved swords being a few times his size.
 * This troper was impressed beyond words by the scene near the end where.
 * One could argue that his first appearance is a Crowning Moment; the skinny short kid kills a dragon with nothing but a katana, a shield and a breastplate -- and the katana's all he has left at the end.
 * Don't forget Hitomi Kanzaki running through half an Astorian city wearing a fancy gown, ripping her long skirt when it gets in the way and managing to tackle Van to the ground to save him from a surprise attack from Dilandau.
 * And when everything comes crashing after Hitomi tried to use her tarot readings to, what does Hitomi do? Instead of going into an Heroic BSOD, Hitomi   For an Ordinary High School Student who's got no Action Girl skills, Hitomi demonstrates lots of guts.
 * Princess Millerna working her ass off to save Allen's life and pretty much bring him back from the dead. Since this is a Medic who's NOT a White Magician Girl and was using a very old manual as a guide as she raced against the clock... wow.
 * Merle gets her own moment when
 * Also, how Folken Lacour de Fanel finally ? By   Wow, just... WOW