Sgt. Frog Concepts

When a character changes their age, either growing older or younger, and typically not simply by having time pass but as the result of some power or outside source.

Beings from another planet.

Doing deals for large amounts of cash. Usually hunts people wanted by the law.

The act of Breaking the 4th Wall is when a character seem to show knowledge that they are in a fictional series. Normally by talking directly to the audience.

Girls with cat-like features, primarily ears and tail. Feline mannerisms are also common.

Feline animal with four legs and says "meow." Many are found hanging around animes and mangas.

The practice of dressing like characters from anime, manga, video games, and even novels, TV shows, celebrities, etc.

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

Not to be confused with "Evil Twin" which is a completely different person who is an evil version of a character, the Dark Side is an internal evil persona of a character. It is often seen as a figure that must be defeated to gain control over one's own body and gain extra powers.

A group of animals that went extinct 65 million years ago. They often appear in or influenced various manga/anime.

Canine animal with four legs that is seen as a pet.

A double or look-alike of another person.

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.

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The extinction of all life on Earth or the destruction of Earth itself. Also known as; Armageddon, Ragnarok, and the Apocalypse.

Explosions are featured in a wide array of anime/manga, created from various weapons/attacks.

Eyecatches are short scenes or illustrations used to begin and end a commercial break in anime.

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.

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.

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.

A trace or piece of an organism that existed in the past, such as a skeleton, shell, or leaf that has been preserved in the earth. The most common fossils found in the world are of Dinosaurs.

A ghost is a dead persons spirit that roams the earth usually attached to where they died or refusing to go to the after life until there are finished on earth.

A concept given to the telling of scary stories, folktales and urban legends.

An enormous creature generally the size of a building or larger. Giant Monster is also a popular theme in Japanese anime and horror, with Godzilla as it's most iconic example.

Halloween is a holiday celebrated on October 31st.

Seeing things that aren't there

Just your average person!

A creature from Japanese folklore.

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.

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

Seen in just about every form of anime at least at one point. The key component that makes Shounen popular among boys. As well as Ancient art in itself

Generally refers to a large, usually humanoid weapon-type robot, usually piloted from within.

A mythological creature that is half-human and half-fish. Are said to be related to the sirens.

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.

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.

Parody is a style of work that closely resembles or mocks preexisting material or genres for comedic effect.

The Police are a form of law enforcement officers that work on the local levels. Uniforms are normally in either blue or black.

Pop Idols in Japan are classically females in their teens to early twenties. Not only are they singers, but they can also be models and general media personalities.

In addition to being just weather, the rain can symbolize many things. It can represent life, foreshadowing, sadness, and many things.

Rock Paper Scissors is known in Japan as "janken". The hand gestures and rules are similar. A game that is often used to decide friendly disputes.

Sometimes the pursuit of scientific knowledge goes far beyond what is accepted in polite society. When normal Science can't get the job done, we turn to "Science!" and the perverse minds that practice it.

Commonly known as football. Soccer is a sport played between two teams of eleven players with a spherical ball. It is one the world's most popular sport. Inazuma Eleven is a great example.

A condition where a character has two or more personalities sharing one body.

Specialized strategies and methods of exercise used in various anime and manga series to develop characters and prepare them for performing in events.

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