Dec 4, 2009 1:59 PM
What I've learned from Anime
A friend of mine and I were talking about anime cliches today which prompted me to write this entry.
And so... a list of things that anime has taught me:
1. A shonen hero will not realize when a girl is head over heels in love with him.
2. Girls can naturally have breasts larger than their own heads, and which defy gravity.
3. You can drink as much as you want, you'll be perfectly fine after a bit of sleep.
4. Glasses means you're smart and if a guy, a total cold and uncaring badass. For a girl it means you're shy.
5. You will never run out of bullets. This is a running theme in many Yakuza movies also.
6. Every old man is a pervert and stronger than all the other characters combined.
7. In Japan it's common for parents to leave on business trips for months at a time, or for teens to live on their own.
8. Miyazaki is the greatest anime filmmaker of all time. No this is not an opinion. It is fact!
9. Enemies don't mind waiting till after you've transformed, before attacking you.
10. If a brother and sister start falling in love, it will eventually be revealed that they are not blood related.
11. Bishies always carry roses or are able to call cherry blossom petals to fall on command while they speak to you.
12. Girl's clothes always rip in fights. Just enough to show quite a bit of skin but still hide everything. Likewise a girl who has no top will have long flowing hair to cover the nipples. Or a stray cherry blossom may appear at that moment to hide said nipple.
13. Every fight starts with a staring contest
14. When a man thinks something inappropriate he doesn't get an erection, he gets a nosebleed.
15. It doesn't matter how weak and outnumbered you are, if you try you will win!
16. Men don't have nipples.
17. Cigarettes are cool.
18. People will never realize your secret identity. It doesn't matter that you look exactly as you do when you're in your normal school uniform!
19. The more goofy and dopey the guy, the more girls will fall in love with him.
20. A gust of wind will always lift a girls skirt so the boy she likes can peek at her underwear.
21. Gel is the most used product in Japan. Or perhaps characters just stick their fingers in electrical sockets for a few minutes before going out?
22. When a girl plans to steal your boyfriend, she will always tell you first.
23. If there is a guy who has rubbed you the wrong way from the moment you met him, he will be the one you will fall in love with.
24. Swords kick all other weapons asses.
25. Tokyo will always be destroyed but will manage to rebuild from nothing in a matter of weeks.
26. Everyone in Japan knows karate.
27. The fate of the world is always in the hands of teenagers.
28. The shy quiet girl usually has the best body.
29. If the girl you like is a lesbian don't worry! Something will happen that will turn you into a girl.
30. If there is death in an anime it will always be my favorite character (don't know why it is but it is)
31. Some of the best manga will not get made into an anime or will at best have a short ova made of it. (Pet Shop of Horrors, Battle Royale, The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, and Crying Freeman are perfect examples of this)
32. When a character is dying they will always start a death speech. They will die right before they finish said speech.
33. Most shonen anime will be approximately 1,250,000 episodes long. Over 1/3 of these will be fillers.
That's it for now. I may add more in a bit.
And so... a list of things that anime has taught me:
1. A shonen hero will not realize when a girl is head over heels in love with him.
2. Girls can naturally have breasts larger than their own heads, and which defy gravity.
3. You can drink as much as you want, you'll be perfectly fine after a bit of sleep.
4. Glasses means you're smart and if a guy, a total cold and uncaring badass. For a girl it means you're shy.
5. You will never run out of bullets. This is a running theme in many Yakuza movies also.
6. Every old man is a pervert and stronger than all the other characters combined.
7. In Japan it's common for parents to leave on business trips for months at a time, or for teens to live on their own.
8. Miyazaki is the greatest anime filmmaker of all time. No this is not an opinion. It is fact!
9. Enemies don't mind waiting till after you've transformed, before attacking you.
10. If a brother and sister start falling in love, it will eventually be revealed that they are not blood related.
11. Bishies always carry roses or are able to call cherry blossom petals to fall on command while they speak to you.
12. Girl's clothes always rip in fights. Just enough to show quite a bit of skin but still hide everything. Likewise a girl who has no top will have long flowing hair to cover the nipples. Or a stray cherry blossom may appear at that moment to hide said nipple.
13. Every fight starts with a staring contest
14. When a man thinks something inappropriate he doesn't get an erection, he gets a nosebleed.
15. It doesn't matter how weak and outnumbered you are, if you try you will win!
16. Men don't have nipples.
17. Cigarettes are cool.
18. People will never realize your secret identity. It doesn't matter that you look exactly as you do when you're in your normal school uniform!
19. The more goofy and dopey the guy, the more girls will fall in love with him.
20. A gust of wind will always lift a girls skirt so the boy she likes can peek at her underwear.
21. Gel is the most used product in Japan. Or perhaps characters just stick their fingers in electrical sockets for a few minutes before going out?
22. When a girl plans to steal your boyfriend, she will always tell you first.
23. If there is a guy who has rubbed you the wrong way from the moment you met him, he will be the one you will fall in love with.
24. Swords kick all other weapons asses.
25. Tokyo will always be destroyed but will manage to rebuild from nothing in a matter of weeks.
26. Everyone in Japan knows karate.
27. The fate of the world is always in the hands of teenagers.
28. The shy quiet girl usually has the best body.
29. If the girl you like is a lesbian don't worry! Something will happen that will turn you into a girl.
30. If there is death in an anime it will always be my favorite character (don't know why it is but it is)
31. Some of the best manga will not get made into an anime or will at best have a short ova made of it. (Pet Shop of Horrors, Battle Royale, The Kurosagi Corpse Delivery Service, and Crying Freeman are perfect examples of this)
32. When a character is dying they will always start a death speech. They will die right before they finish said speech.
33. Most shonen anime will be approximately 1,250,000 episodes long. Over 1/3 of these will be fillers.
That's it for now. I may add more in a bit.
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Otacons_Girl
| Dec 4, 2009 1:59 PM |
1 comments
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K_A | Jan 24, 2010 9:13 AM
O_OThis took a lot of thought....wow x'D |