Kids With Spunk or Sad Stories

[kickass331]

an obvious answer would be elfen lied. Sad but kickass. You could use it for both parts. Also, Ed from cowboy bebop, best hacker in the known universe, but an orphan that lives alone and has such a terrible father (if you watch the episode about ed's past) And who could forget FLCL, a kid raised with a perverted father and a ridiculous grandfather, a big brother who steals the spotlight, and when he just wants an ordinary mundane life he gets thrusted into a crazy affair between a high schooler and an alien, but in the end he turns around and saves the world twice, as well as falling and love and learning what it means to be a teenager, although he's still a kid, at least according to haruko. If you give up, just throw in some random crap from FMA, or Bleach since they basically follow the whole I'm really young but I'm superpowered thing.

[kickass331]

oh for bleach I would use the girl from urahara's shop, nel tu in both her toddler and adult forms, and ichigo's butch raven haired sister, plus the butch athletic chick that is inoue orihime's best friend if you need more stuff.

[StarMasayume]

Thanks for the suggestions, Kikass I think I have a better idea now what anime I might be using.