On this note, can we have some love for the TV anchor lady? Just so many amazing jokes came from her - the sobbing, the debate questions, Stan's crimes… And they killed it with the facial expressions.

You can tell, can't you? And the way the sky changes when the hand breaks thru the clouds - pure FLCL.

I started to watch Mushishi but fizzled about 8 episodes in… it was nice, but episodic & rather slow. Yet, I keep seeing it in best-of lists. Sell me on it?

How is it possible to create a collection of objects worth $125,000 and have not one of them be something a schmuck that makes 30 grand a year would ever want?