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Angels
Angels are beings that reside in Heaven. They are often portrayed with wings, halos, or both. |
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Anime Anatomy
A type of censorship used in non-pornographic anime and manga. Instead of pixelating or covering nipples or genitals, they're simply not drawn. |
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Bathing Scene
Bathing Scenes, while occasionally meaningful to plot or character development, are generally excuses for fan service. |
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Big Boobs
What is anime without the over-sexualization of women's breasts? |
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Blu-ray Release
Anime episodes or movies released on Blu-ray should be linked to this page. |
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Clothing Damage
When a character's clothes become torn from an attack, such as an explosion or energy blast. |
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Convenient Censorship
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". |
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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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DVD Release
Anime episodes and movies released on DVD should be linked to this page. |
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Elf
Elves are a race found in a lot of fantasy media. They are recognizable by their elongated ears and often have longer lifespans than humans. |
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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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Female Ninjas
A Female Ninja in Japanese is referred to as a kunoichi. They were given special training that took advantage of a woman's natural gifts. |
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Flashback
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. |
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Humans
Just your average person! |
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Hybrids
Hybrid characters are often a mixture of different background that are normally thought to be in opposition. These are mostly seen as a mixture of humans with either aliens, spirits, or demons. |
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Japanese Honorifics
Japanese Honorifics are best described as a sign of respect and endearment. Politeness is an important part of Japanese culture and language. |
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Limited Wardrobe
Limited Wardrobe applies when a character always wears the same outfit constantly, regardless of the setting or season, despite it being non-mandatory as opposed to wearing a uniform. |
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Magic
Magic is an often used term in fiction. It is the concept of affecting the universe through supernatural methods and breaking the physical laws. |
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Ninjas
A ninja is a (typically Japanese) warrior, trained in martial arts fighting styles, and whom typically specializes in stealthy tactics and unorthodox arts of war. |
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Panty Shot
Gratuitous exposure of a character's panties, possibly the biggest fan service concept in anime and manga. |
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Priest
The character is working as a priest, a guide and teacher of God. Often leads holy rituals such as marriage and burials. |
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Revealing Attire
A concept where characters wear revealing or risque clothing. |
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Sacred Pose
Usually seen in the Queen's Blade Franchise. It is a variety of provocative poses used to attack and or defend. |
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Tournament
A battle between participants to see who is the strongest. It usually involves brackets and moving up the line, but it can also be in other formats such as a "survival of the fittest" format. |
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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. |
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World of Buxom
When large is standard and the majority of female characters are big-breasted, usually with very few exceptions. |