Steins;Gate is a show that is made up of many disparate parts: a dorky harem comedy, a (fairly) hard sci-fi time travel story, the narrative of a man losing his humanity in order to save another... somehow, all of these elements hold together fairly well. The strength of the ensemble and the interactions between the characters is great, and Okabe's mad science lab has to rate up there with the best series spaces.

This is not to say that it's a perfect show -- some of the more minor characters feel like two-dimensional fanservice, and the last two episodes are a pretty blatant deus ex machina for the hole the writers dug themselves. But there's also a lot of genuine emotion running through it, and the same time of joyful geekiness that, despite all of the urban blight and tears, Steins;Gate is ultimately about celebrating. A solidly above average anime.