Death Note -
fantastic, awesome, superb direction on a
crappy and stupid plot.
The plot is laughable, seriously. It was so stupid that I wanted to cry in an instant. But it was so well animated, the music was so well on-spot, that I forgot stupid and lame was (plot-wise)
and I let myself enjoy it. And the Bible reference was excellent (and of course it would be, because it wasn't inside the manga).
MADHOUSE ROCKS.