Heaven's Lost Property Concepts

The highly advanced humanoid beings created by the people of Synapse, Angeloids serve various purposes for their masters in Synapse. They come in several different models, and greatly vary in the powers and strength from one model to the other. So far, there are two generations of Angeloids created.

One of the most common forms of fanservice in all anime. Bath scenes can show bonding between characters, but are more often used as just an excuse to exploit a female character.

What is anime without the over-sexualization of women's breasts?

In anime and real life, people barge in and see a person and another person in a compromising position, intentionally or accidentally.

Chibi means to be small in stature. In anime/manga the term is used for a character that is small in appearance and exaggerated features.

Christmas is a holiday that is celebrated on December the 25th where people often exchange presents.

Convenient Censorship such as steam, hair and beams of light are often used in anime and manga to show naked characters while obscuring their "naughty bits".

Huge spikes, multiple colors, gravity-defying ponytails... and it's probably all natural somehow too.

The act of wearing clothes commonly associated with the opposite gender.

What someone does when upset/sad. Sometimes people can also cry from sheer joy.

The imaginary events that goes on in your head when you are asleep. In some anime's they can bring important messages or to haunt a person.

Drowning is death from suffocation (asphyxia) caused by a liquid entering the lungs and preventing the absorption of oxygen leading to cerebral hypoxia and cardiac arrest.

A character can harness their power and shoot energy-based projectiles from their body.

This is the act of secretly watching a person or group to gather information, often for political purposes. Spies typically disguise themselves so that they might sneak around. Espionage is also frequently tied to assassination plots.

Common visual conventions seen in manga and anime to convey emotions, often for comical effect.

When a character has had their face put in the middle of a girls breasts. Though most of the time it may be on accident. Other times it shows sexual relationship between a man and a woman.

Fan Service is often a sexually provocative moment or pose that takes place in manga and anime. It usually has no real purpose to a story, and serves as a lurid visual.

Used frequently in Anime to either recap past events or provide a back story for a character, either their origin story or their off-screen training of new attack. Sometime and entire episode/chapter would be a entire flashback.

The concept of strangers who eventually become roommates.

The "Gainax Bounce" refers to breasts bouncing around gratuitously in anime, often in ways that seem to defy physics.

As the name suggests, it's a situation where a character's gender is switched.

Scenes of characters changing clothes shown in part or entirely for the purpose of fan service.

Japanese Festivals are referred to in Japan as 'Matsuri'. Festivals can be local affairs or even nationwide holidays. In many ways similar to Fairs in the US.

Kissing is the act of pressing your lips to the body of another person. This can be on the cheeks, head, hand, but more commonly to another person's lips.

Characters who exercise their strong libidinous desires in unwholesome ways, such as peeping on the objects of their desire, making inappropriate comments, stealing underwear etc. Though typically middle-aged or elderly men with a penchant for young girls, there are probably a few dirty old women out there.

Telling someone you love them. It usually takes a lot of courage to say it.

A couple who have made an official vow to stay together.

A towel usually worn after bathing or showering to cover up. Sometimes used as censorship even during bathing.

Bleeding from the nose, in manga/anime it mostly used as a sight gag that happens when a character is thinking or witnessing something perverted.

Gratuitous exposure of a character's panties, possibly the biggest fan service concept in anime and manga.

The character has a chance of ending up with the protagonist. It means either the protagonist or the heroine(or maybe both) have feelings for the other.

A concept where characters wear revealing or risque clothing.

In anime and manga, girls sometimes admire each other's assets, to the point of groping either with or without permission. This concept applies to any part of the body and either gender, but it's usually all about boobs.

A new student who comes from another school, they typically come from a mysterious background or they arrive to spark some changes in the story.

The Idea of a character transforming into a animal, monster, creature, demon, or other types of creatures.

Coined by Tom Pinchuk, tricky refers to content that sexualizes minors or characters with the appearance of minors. Generally, these characters have a physical appearance that puts them noticeably under the legal age of consent (17) in the United States.

A popular design choice for characters in anime is to give them natural hair and/or eye colors that do not occur in real nature.