There are some anime series which make some impact on viewers. Steins;Gate is not such case (nah, just kidding).
Let me put this on the table right now: the beginning is boring. For some reason, both in the main anime series, 1st OVA and one the films I watched, the story starts in a boring environment full of weird characters. But this weirdness in them makes them special - makes them human.
The urge for a dumb, reckless and truly "maddo scientistu",