Planetes/Awesome


 * For a series that is, basically, about garbage men, Planetes had more than its share of awesome:
 * After being denied a good, long smoke for a very long time (oxygen is a commodity inside a space station, after all) and being thwarted by everything from automatic sprinkler systems to an actual terrorist attack, Fee Carmichel, captain of the Toy Box, sees that
 * Speaking of Fee: her epic smackdown of Hachi in ep seven following his "omg space hates us" bitchfest.
 * Everything Hachi does during the Von Braun crew selection trials, but especially his EVA tests.
 * Hachimaki confronting Hakim for is a favorite.
 * Anime only: Ai Tanabe's unbelievable.
 * At least, for this troper, what really clinched the series for him and made him want to watch the rest of it was Ai Tanabe's amazingly passionate, and well-performed speech (might I even say Hot-Blooded?)in episode three, accompanied by a rising, deep male-voiced chorus. Beyond epic.
 * Every single thing Werner Locksmith says or does. Ever.
 * Everyone in Episode 18, but especially Edel and Chief. Chief tackling the asshole division director, and Edel beating the crap out of the security agents.