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Crazy Anime Hair
Huge spikes, multiple colors, gravity-defying ponytails... and it's probably all natural somehow too. |
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Cyborgs
A fictional being that is part organic and part machine. |
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Fan Service
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. |
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Gratuitous Changing Scene
Scenes of characters changing clothes shown in part or entirely for the purpose of fan service. |
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Humans
Just your average person! |
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Maids & Butlers
Maids and Butlers are highly popular within anime and manga. They can simply be a job, or they can be a lifestyle for loyal servants to a master or mistress. Identified by a particular uniform. Also popular in cosplay. |
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Pirates
A Pirate is one who steal at sea or and plunders at land. It can also be a term used for adventurers who don't follow the laws of the land. |
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Princess
A female heir to a royal throne. |
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Simulcast
The term generally used when anime is broadcast--usually online--in countries outside of Japan around the same time as it airs in Japan, usually within one week or even within 24 hours. |
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Skin-tight Clothing
A thin type of clothing which clings to the skin and shows off every curve and crevice of the body's natural form. |
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Unreal Hair/Eye Color
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. |