| Today I was very surprised by seeing that in Yuri Kuma Arashi there are references to the movie Suspiria (1977). |
| If you count references of Godzilla then yeah |
| Yep in a few Anime but I have forgot. 30 character sucks |
| “THERE EXIST IN THIS WORLD SOMETHING NO ONE HAS EVER SEEN IT'S GENTLE SO VERY SWEET THE GLIMPSES IS ALL IT TAKES TO MAKE A PERSON CRAVE IT THAT'S WHY IT'S NEVER BEEN SEEN THAT'S WHY THE WORLD HAS KEPT HIDDEN MAKING IT DIFFICULT TO OBTAIN BUT ONE DAY, IT WILL BE FOUND BY THE PERSON WHO IS MEANT TO FIND IT. BECAUSE THAT'S HOW IT WORKS." |
| Dirty Pair, it's an episodic anime literally indirectly referencing a popular western movie or tv show each arc. |
| I remember a few references, like terminator references but I can't really recall them rn |
| the walking dead in gintama, and many Japanese books in sayonara zetsobou sensei. also many movies too, the school was once named the Hogwarts wizardry school. |
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| kinda thought that Sera's gun in Hellsing being called Harkonnen was just a coincidence until she had some kind of dream where the spirit of the gun talks to her and he's a creepy floating fat man, then I was pretty sure it wasn't a coincidence. |
| I was quite taken aback when Gintama directly referenced Enya. Never expected anime and Enya to overlap, but Hideaki Sorachi—and the anime staff—have commendable awareness of worldly pop culture. |
| I never thought FLCL would ever animate a part in the style of South Park but they did. |
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| If I remember well The Tatami Galaxy mentioned some Hollywood movies. |
| The light novel for Infinite Stratos was surprisingly quite well-informed of European history, particularly the Napoleon era and religious allusion. |
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| There were to much reference, but i will show you few : - terminator 2 (most of anime with parody tags) - Sky High (boku no hero academia) - harry potter (little witch academia) - Narnia (every isekai anime) i cant recall more than this bcoz i dont remember it well. |
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| Poputepipikku has lots of those moments. Parodying fucking Skyrim among other things. |
| The first one that comes to mind is Sabagebu had like half of an episode that was a parody of Predator. |
| The episodes 19 to 21 of Re:Zero seemed like a reference to Moby Dick. CondemneDio said: Poputepipikku has lots of those moments. Parodying fucking Skyrim among other things. Seems interesting, going to check this out sometime. |
KreatorXSep 15, 2018 11:38 PM
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| It's quite common for anime series to reference classic stuff like the mythologies of various cultures, but somewhat less common for them to reference popular culture, probably due to copyright liabilities on one hand and lack of relevance on another. That said, I was surprised to learn that Soukou no Strain is heavily inspired by a few children's novels by Frances Hodgson Burnett, mostly A Little Princess. |
| Avatar character is Gabriel from Gabriel DropOut. |
Youkai Watch makes a lot of references. I never expected one for The Walking Dead. |
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KreatorX said: CondemneDio said: Poputepipikku has lots of those moments. Parodying fucking Skyrim among other things. Seems interesting, going to check this out sometime. Just a friendly warning; Poputepipikku is a massive shitpost of an anime, and the humor is not for all tastes :D |
| An 80s Voltron reference in Osomatsu-san blew my mind once. |
| I remember I was really srurprised when I saw a quote from Jean-Paul Sartre's 'L'existentialisme est un humanisme' in one of the episodes of Classroom of the Elite. They used to show quotes at the start or the end of each I think. The reason I was surprised is because I've actually bought the book a while before... |
 "Le vent se lève!... Il faut tenter de vivre!" - Paul Valéry, Le Cimetière Marin - |
| Senki Zesshou Symphogear pays homage and makes several references to several Hollywood Action films and actors, music artists, fairy tales, and video games such as... - Wild ARMS (Given since the co-creator of the series is also the game designer of Wild ARMS) - Norse Mythology - Bruce Lee - Street Fighter - Rocky - Ip Man - The fictional country "Val Verde" - Metal Gear Rising: Revengenace - The Deadliest Catch - John Wayne - Vercingetorix - Equilibrium - James Bond - The Hulk (2003 film) - Rambo - A possible indirect reference to The Sound of Music - A possible indirect reference to Michael Jackson - A possible indirect reference to Million Dollar Baby - A DIRECT reference of the background of voice actress Nana Mizuki - The Bavarian Illuminati - Jackie Chan's "Police Story" - Tsuki Shrine (a real Shrine in Japan) - Led Zeppelin - Megadeth - Iron Maiden - Arthemis - Red Hot Chili Peppers - Queen - Toccata & Fugue in D Minor - The name "Juliet" - Jabberwocky - Cinderella - Rapunzel - Pinocchio - Tinkerbell - And the insert song "Hanasaku Yuki" has a very familiar Egyptian-like melody at the beginning where I am pretty sure is based on another song...but I can't pinpoint what... And if you want me to include the anime series that it references to as well: - Macross - Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha - Jojo's Bizarre Adventure - Saint Seiya - Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann - Gundam And I'm pretty sure I missed a couple. Crazy list, isn't it? |
TarotistSep 16, 2018 2:18 AM
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blumenbalt said: I remember a few references, like terminator references but I can't really recall them rn This one by any chance? |
i cant recall quickly about unexpected encounter but the whole chapters of prison school is basically movie spoof |
 la critique de l'intention pure |
| pretty sure makishima in psycho pass references a famous author |
AnimeFreak-San said: is this a male gender issure...human issue...mental illness perhaps? |
Milennin said: blumenbalt said: I remember a few references, like terminator references but I can't really recall them rn This one by any chance? I don't think so, it was probally in a cute girls doing cute things anime as far as my memory goes, but this is a nice one hahah |
| Both seasons of Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex are rife with allusions to other works. Season 1 repeatedly references JD Salinger's stuff (he even wrote a short story called The Laughing Man, which is damn good) and it referenced the classic Jean-Luc Godard film Breathless in one episode. In the second there weren't as many iirc but one of my favourite episodes was essentially a homage to Taxi Driver. |
Take care of yourself |
| All the irl people the servants in Fate are based off of |
 'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
Short_Circut said: that wouldn't be unexpected though All the irl people the servants in Fate are based off of |
Insertanamehere said: Short_Circut said: that wouldn't be unexpected though All the irl people the servants in Fate are based off of Eh, true. Didn't really read the title properly lel |
'On-Hold' is another way for a completionist to say 'Dropped' |
| The prologue sequences of Asobi ni Iku yo! are references to American (and at least one British) TV shows from the 60s through the 80s. Some of them left me wondering if Japanese viewers would get the references, or if perhaps they were later additions for western audiences (they consist mostly if not entirely of clips from elsewhere in the episodes). |
A møøse once bit my sister... |
| I found out that in XXXHolic when they kept making references to Watanuki being the main character Nobita from Doraemon and the sly references of him Doumeki being a pair, that Nobita's crush was his childhood friend "Shizuka" Doumeki first name. Like that's obscure and funny I found that out, I feel more scorned over this. |
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| yes omg. in Bander Book there is a reference to The Forbidden Planet. Tezuka had great taste |
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| Ha, the opposite actually. It's mostly when I listen to a song or single out a fragment from a book, that I can apply it to the anime or to some event or character in it. I guess that's not really within the context of the thread, since it happens after I watch the anime, so yeah. Hm, there's a small one I remember from Yuri Kuma Arashi, in the Lulu-centred episode, in which a bee would constantly swirl around her or her brother, or at least that's how I remember it, and I remembered that in Greek mythology bees were guides or something to the underworld, and indeed, at the end of the episode, her brother died from a bee. Well, it is an anime full of symbolism, so maybe it can be interpreted differently or maybe I'm wrong, but that's what it reminded me of. |
| Yes, I found references of my Science Textbook in the anime Stein;s Gate. |
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| I remember references to: Terminator Star Wars Star Trek Top Gun Bruce Willis Bruce Lee Metallica The Count of Monte Cristo Sherlock Holmes The Lord of the Rings The CIA and FBI (Often confusing one for the other) MI6 (Possibly a James Bond reference) |
KruszerSep 16, 2018 1:11 PM
| "The name's Gambit. Remember it." -Gambit "X-Men '97"  |
| The most striking for me was when 100% Pascal-sensei referenced the "Water, water everywhere..." statement from the Rime of the Ancient Mariner. The line is somewhat famous, but I was floored when I saw them making that reference. |
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| Not sure if this is "unexpected", but "Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep" in Psycho Pass. |
_Bergamot said: Ha, the opposite actually. It's mostly when I listen to a song or single out a fragment from a book, that I can apply it to the anime or to some event or character in it. I guess that's not really within the context of the thread, since it happens after I watch the anime, so yeah. Hm, there's a small one I remember from Yuri Kuma Arashi, in the Lulu-centred episode, in which a bee would constantly swirl around her or her brother, or at least that's how I remember it, and I remembered that in Greek mythology bees were guides or something to the underworld, and indeed, at the end of the episode, her brother died from a bee. Well, it is an anime full of symbolism, so maybe it can be interpreted differently or maybe I'm wrong, but that's what it reminded me of. Ikuhara works are so full of symbols that you're overwhelmed by them, it's difficult to focus on every aspect of his works, then thank you for let me know this thing about the bee symbol |
| FLCL has a really cool South Park reference. |
| Just watch Gintama and you'll find lots of them |
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ryo-san said: Just watch Gintama and you'll find lots of them Those are expected tho. I guess 4 years ago OP meant things like the Thunderbirds references in Macross II: Lovers Again, Fushigi no Umi no Nadia and One Piece (where the ship Sunny has many such references, including one to another series called Stingray, which is a similar puppet show to Thunderbirds made by the same team). Talking about puppet shows, there is a reference to Hyokkori Hyotan Jima (which I never watched) in Omoide Poroporo. Surely I didn't expected those. |
| That Amélie Poulain reference in Detroit Metal City was pretty unexpected. |
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