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Nov 13, 2012 2:47 PM
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Here's a few off the top of my head.

Chibi
Shadow making the eyes invisible
Blue fog over the head
Giant sweat drop
Veins popping out
Falling backwards on head
Giant eyes
Dot eyes
Heart eyes
Star eyes
Stuff flying around the head (after being hit in the head)
Nosebleeds

and some more

A breath of sigh with a 'puff'
"Shiny" boobs.
*Jiiiiiiiii~*
UMI DA (what?)
Boobs moving on their own
Steam coming out of one's nose (when it isn't cold outside)
Spirally eyes
Lack of a mouth
Mouth with a drop of drool the same color as the mouth
:3 face
Making a V sign with the fingers
Slightly sunburned or reddened spots on boobs
Blushing ALOT
3 3 eyes that megane characters have
Buckets of tears

Please add to the list.

Pics also welcome if you can't explain.
wazzupyallNov 13, 2012 5:00 PM
Nov 13, 2012 2:48 PM
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Nov 13, 2012 2:49 PM
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wazzupyall said:
Here's a few off the top of my head.

Chibi
Shadow making the eyes invisible
Blue fog over the head
Giant sweat drop
Veins popping out
Falling backwards on head
Giant eyes
Dot eyes
Nosebleeds
A breath of sigh with a 'puff'
Make the list bigger.

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Nov 13, 2012 2:50 PM
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*Jiiiiiiiii~*
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Resurrected said:
*Jiiiiiiiii~*

Ummm...
Pic please?
Nov 13, 2012 2:54 PM
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"Shiny" boobs.
Nov 13, 2012 2:58 PM
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UMI DA
Nov 13, 2012 3:02 PM
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So far:
Chibi
Shadow making the eyes invisible
Blue fog over the head
Giant sweat drop
Veins popping out
Falling backwards on head
Giant eyes
Dot eyes
Nosebleeds
A breath of sigh with a 'puff'
"Shiny" boobs.


*Jiiiiiiiii~*
UMI DA ? (I dont think those counts as effects or features)
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Putting like red marks on certain spots on their body to draw the viewer to that spot. usually around the thigh and boob area
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Nov 13, 2012 3:12 PM

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wazzupyall said:
Resurrected said:
*Jiiiiiiiii~*

Ummm...
Pic please?


It's a sound characters typically make when staring hard at someone. Almost always for comedic purposes.
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Nov 13, 2012 3:13 PM

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wazzupyall said:
Resurrected said:
*Jiiiiiiiii~*

Ummm...
Pic please?

It's a sound effect.

Edit: NINJA'D
Nov 13, 2012 3:30 PM

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So far:

Chibi
Shadow making the eyes invisible
Blue fog over the head
Giant sweat drop
Veins popping out
Falling backwards on head
Giant eyes
Dot eyes
Nosebleeds
A breath of sigh with a 'puff'
"Shiny" boobs.
*Jiiiiiiiii~*
UMI DA (what?)
Boobs moving on their own
Steam coming out of one's nose (when it isn't cold outside)
Spiraly eyes
Lack of a mouth
Mouth with a drop of drool the same color as the mouth
wazzupyallNov 13, 2012 3:34 PM
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The ":3" face

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Making a V sign with the fingers.
Nov 13, 2012 3:37 PM
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Deziah said:
"Shiny" boobs.
Also add to that they look slightly sunburned.

You watch an ecchi series, you see sunburn on the boobs, and red spots on the shoulders, & knees.

Chicks from Campione! and others prove this.
Nov 13, 2012 3:41 PM

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OP, just edit your first post so others can see the list more easily.

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"Datte-bayo" ? Oh wait, that's just that stupid ninja.
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The_Butcher said:
Deziah said:
"Shiny" boobs.
Also add to that they look slightly sunburned.

You watch an ecchi series, you see sunburn on the boobs, and red spots on the shoulders, & knees.

Chicks from Campione! and others prove this.

Like this?

Yeah, I've been seeing "that" more and more myself. I guess spots of glare are hot..? Idk... I don't really see the appeal.
Nov 13, 2012 3:53 PM

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Deziah said:
The_Butcher said:
Deziah said:
"Shiny" boobs.
Also add to that they look slightly sunburned.

You watch an ecchi series, you see sunburn on the boobs, and red spots on the shoulders, & knees.

Chicks from Campione! and others prove this.

Like this?

Yeah, I've been seeing "that" more and more myself. I guess spots of glare are hot..? Idk... I don't really see the appeal.


Appealing to a sadists maybe. I gotta say , I have no problem with that. Kinda appealing.
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the end of gurren lagann.. more so on the setting and mechs but still it was exaggerated and stupidly fuking awesome
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whitesox123 said:
the end of gurren lagann.. more so on the setting and mechs but still it was exaggerated and stupidly fuking awesome


I'm thinking more of things done to the characters in physical appearance.
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wazzupyall said:
whitesox123 said:
the end of gurren lagann.. more so on the setting and mechs but still it was exaggerated and stupidly fuking awesome


I'm thinking more of things done to the characters in physical appearance.
hmmmmm then probaly dbz with the veins sticking out everywhere
Nov 13, 2012 7:10 PM

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-whenever someone is hit (punched, kicked, etc.) blood comes out of the mouth
-excessive use of O_O face
-when metal objects clash there is too much "spark" effects (it's like they put light bulbs inside, not to mention they are colored)

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whitesox123 said:
wazzupyall said:
whitesox123 said:
the end of gurren lagann.. more so on the setting and mechs but still it was exaggerated and stupidly fuking awesome


I'm thinking more of things done to the characters in physical appearance.
hmmmmm then probaly dbz with the veins sticking out everywhere


That's not really an exaggeration. Look up vascularity. If you are going to draw a very muscular character you will need to think about how many protruding veins to also draw. It's kind of like drawing a golfball but not putting in any dimples, it just shows how into the details you are or not.

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Anime_Name said:
whitesox123 said:
wazzupyall said:
whitesox123 said:
the end of gurren lagann.. more so on the setting and mechs but still it was exaggerated and stupidly fuking awesome


I'm thinking more of things done to the characters in physical appearance.
hmmmmm then probaly dbz with the veins sticking out everywhere


That's not really an exaggeration. Look up vascularity. If you are going to draw a very muscular character you will need to think about how many protruding veins to also draw. It's kind of like drawing a golfball but not putting in any dimples, it just shows how into the details you are or not.
i guess but the way the veins move on there own was a bit much and a lil weird
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Dunno what you mean by weird. That's how veins are if you are muscular and don't have a lot of body fat.

Nov 13, 2012 8:13 PM

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Not in anime, but in japanese RPGs there are a fucking lot of belts in characters for some reason.
Nov 13, 2012 8:55 PM

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How about in hentai? Men always came a lot as if their penis is just like a faucet.


Nov 13, 2012 9:16 PM

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peace sign
Nov 13, 2012 9:18 PM

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Crashing to the ground with twisted limbs sticking up into the picture whenever someone says something stupid.
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Wind comes from somewhere... even if you are inside... (makes for near pantsu shots and constantly moving hair...)

Evil smirk... (face usually darkness and eyes glow either yellow or red...)

Evil Aura... (Is either black or purplish in color...)

Characters recovering from serious looking injuries as if they never happened...
Nov 13, 2012 9:42 PM

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The dark shadow person in every mystery anime.
Nov 13, 2012 10:36 PM
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Well , Steins;Gate is a fuckin good anime , ok . But let's agree on somethin , that ''-tuturu'' thing really had to be done several times on the same episode ? Mayumi really pissed me off with that .
There are another things displayed on Comedy animes that really have no sense ... The blood coming from the nose of the male (generally protagonist) character next to a very hot girl is an all time cliche of the genre , lol
Nov 13, 2012 10:38 PM

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This doesn't really fall into either category..

But as soon as a character gets sick they are always stuck in bed with an apparently high fever. They are unable to get up, and if they do they faint or whatever... I mean, what is wrong with their immune system.

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"Datte-bayo" ? Oh wait, that's just that stupid ninja.


He hasn't said that in a long long long time
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Well , Steins;Gate is a fuckin good anime , ok . But let's agree on somethin , that ''-tuturu'' thing really had to be done several times on the same episode ? Mayumi really pissed me off with that .
There are another things displayed on Comedy animes that really have no sense ... The blood coming from the nose of the male (generally protagonist) character next to a very hot girl is an all time cliche of the genre , lol


First, it's Mayuri, not Mayumi.

Second, Tuturu is fucking amazing.
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Sacrophagus said:
"Datte-bayo" ? Oh wait, that's just that stupid ninja.


He hasn't said that in a long long long time

I agree on that ... But the ''-That's my ninja style'' is really non sense , lets agree with that . Other thing i really hate about Naturo (wich i used to love) is how the things changes with a small talk , like in the battle of Naruto x Pain . Come on ! This shows to me a week psicologhical development done by the author and , yet , a complete lack of will or wathever u may call from the characters . You dont completely change your mind from ''-im gonna kill you all'' to ''-im gonna sacrifice to save the ones i killed'' in 15 minutes of friendly and emotional cliche talk , come on ...
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ZLight said:
itsok2bu said:
Sacrophagus said:
"Datte-bayo" ? Oh wait, that's just that stupid ninja.


He hasn't said that in a long long long time

I agree on that ... But the ''-That's my ninja style'' is really non sense , lets agree with that . Other thing i really hate about Naturo (wich i used to love) is how the things changes with a small talk , like in the battle of Naruto x Pain . Come on ! This shows to me a week psicologhical development done by the author and , yet , a complete lack of will or wathever u may call from the characters . You dont completely change your mind from ''-im gonna kill you all'' to ''-im gonna sacrifice to save the ones i killed'' in 15 minutes of friendly and emotional cliche talk , come on ...


I always figured that's why they made Sasuke. He isn't phased by anything. No amount of talking will change his mind. However he does it to the point where he becomes a psycho-goth like character.
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Well , yeah , Sasuke is something apart from the whole series . At the begginin , as a revolted pre-teen I found his attitude to be fuckin badass , but now he is just another dark and mysterious character that comes in almost shonnen series ... When u start seeing different animes you realize that
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Clothes that rip like like toilet paper in Ecchis and the shy guy walking in on the girl changing, she blushes and then it cuts to a high pitched scream.
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Clothes that rip like like toilet paper in Ecchis and the shy guy walking in on the girl changing, she blushes and then it cuts to a high pitched scream.

Yeah , and the shy boy is 90% the time the protagonist . Some series make their protagonist to be a very nice guy , honest and stuff like that cause it sells nice , been a traditional and over proved way to achieve sucess . There are few animes with the protagonist beeing a fuckin psycho that achieves great commercial sucess . Death Note is an example of that
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ZLight said:
itsok2bu said:
Sacrophagus said:
"Datte-bayo" ? Oh wait, that's just that stupid ninja.


He hasn't said that in a long long long time

I agree on that ... But the ''-That's my ninja style'' is really non sense , lets agree with that . Other thing i really hate about Naturo (wich i used to love) is how the things changes with a small talk , like in the battle of Naruto x Pain . Come on ! This shows to me a week psicologhical development done by the author and , yet , a complete lack of will or wathever u may call from the characters . You dont completely change your mind from ''-im gonna kill you all'' to ''-im gonna sacrifice to save the ones i killed'' in 15 minutes of friendly and emotional cliche talk , come on ...


Small talk? It's called conversations and revelations. Sometimes a character can be out talked of whatever they convinced themselves of if said talking is convincing enough. Is such talk psychological? It sure is. Is that kind of talk a bad thing just because it cut a fight or two short? Nope.

Explain how talking is an exaggerated effect in anime.

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Extremely spikey hair
Hair blowing backwards during fight scenes
*Raining after someone dies
Bleeding from the mouth after getting hit or excessive blood loss

*Not a physical anime characteristic but just adding it in there
Also this website, while it may not have physical traits I found it amusing. It does have some generic or exaggerated features that appear in anime. [like a troll version of wiki]
http://uncyclopedia.wikia.com/wiki/User:Andorin_Kato/Laws_of_Anime_Physics
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Overly huge eyes, overly shiny skin etc.
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ZLight said:
itsok2bu said:
Sacrophagus said:
"Datte-bayo" ? Oh wait, that's just that stupid ninja.


He hasn't said that in a long long long time

I agree on that ... But the ''-That's my ninja style'' is really non sense , lets agree with that . Other thing i really hate about Naturo (wich i used to love) is how the things changes with a small talk , like in the battle of Naruto x Pain . Come on ! This shows to me a week psicologhical development done by the author and , yet , a complete lack of will or wathever u may call from the characters . You dont completely change your mind from ''-im gonna kill you all'' to ''-im gonna sacrifice to save the ones i killed'' in 15 minutes of friendly and emotional cliche talk , come on ...


Maybe Pain's zodiac sign is the Gemini :troll:
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A character's face turning blue when they are scared.
Breathing out fire when they eat something spicy.

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