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[Chairmanchuck]

Fellow Gaffers.

Whats your favorite anime trope?

I really like the characters in Battle Shounen who have their eyes closed most of the time, but when they open it, shit is about to go down.

 

[Leunam]

Mecha.

 

[Meatfist]

gratuitous tiddies as fanservice

 

[Luminaire]

Yandere.

Something about a psychopath hiding behind a moeblob is fascinating.

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

Playing the opening during the final fight.

 

[Hexxen-Panda]

That super excessive glare whenever someone pushes their glasses up. Always hilarious.

 

[Farsi]

Saying the names of their special attacks while doing them.

 

[Khaos Kontrol]

Perverted old men.

 

[killatopak]

Training arc.

 

[Htown]

Saying the names of their special attacks while doing them.

yeah, this is the one

 

[nhlducks35]

1000 year old girl in suggestive clothing

 

[muteki]

Dropping big stuff from space on earth.

 

[Akuun]

Excessive amounts of missiles.

Calling out another trope. "Everything you just said makes no sense."

 

[jack_package_200]

Playing the opening during the final fight.

This

Saying the names of their special attacks while doing them.

And this

 

[Cosmo Clock 21]

ohohoho

 

[MetroidPrimeRib]

When you cut someone with a sword and the blood only sprays out when you sheathe the sword back in slowly

 

[Soriku]

Overpowered villains

 

[iRAWRasaurus]

 

[Boss Doggie]

transformation/combining sequences

Saying the names of their special attacks while doing them.

This.

Alternatively, battle cries.

CHESSSSSSSSSUTO!
UUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUWAAAAAAAA!
YAAAAAAAAAATTE YARU ZE!
MOU IPPAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAATSU!

 

[DiipuSurotu]

Overpowered main character suddenly turns the tables thanks to Power of Friendship

 

[Nightbird]

Saying the names of their special attacks while doing them.

When you cut someone with a sword and the blood only sprays out when you sheathe the sword back in slowly

Those two for sure

 

[hipbabboom]

I have a few but an obscure one I've always loved in anime is when they want to show intense light from an energy explosion, they make everything around the focal point dim to darkness. I find the technique so badass and while its more of a technique than a trope, its certainly part of the anime trope of trying to find interesting way to express difference in power whether its numerically or visually - something I'm quite fond of.

 

[Whompa02]

Mecha.

first post nails it

 

[jack_package_200]

Japanese text appearing on screen

 

[PillarEN]

Petting, patting, punching the person's head.

Tsundere shit with the typical stutter speak stuff is also super adorable.

 

[Enduin]

Overpowered main character suddenly turns the tables thanks to Power of Friendship

I get a twitch in my eye anytime I see this nonsense.

 

[Linkark07]

The fool who no one takes seriously and suddenly, that characters shows his/her real powers and takes the enemy and allies by surprise.

Some examples are Urahara or Isshin in Bleach. Hei from Darker than Black too, but we as the audience, know very well how awesome he is.

Overpowered main character suddenly turns the tables thanks to Power of Friendship

Or the Heart of the Cards.

 

[ZedLeppelin006]

I've always been a fan of a good face fault.

 

[Boss Doggie]

first post nails it

Mecha.

is a genre/flavor

 

[Polioliolio]

The tropes generally make me cringe... I guess one fun one is how no matter what's going on, there's a dialogue dissecting the physics of a punch or even things far more mundane.

 

[KeyBladerXIII]

Playing the opening during the final fight.

One Punch Man's version of this trope was amazing.

My favorite is whenever an amazing attack is launched or an important character is hurt or killed, the action is repeated three times from different angles.

 

[wamberz1]

Saying the names of their special attacks while doing them.

It's this

 

[ultron87]

Playing the opening during the final fight.

This one is so good.

 

[sixteen-bit]

awesome opening songs

 

[Rue]

Yandere.

Something about a psychopath hiding behind a moeblob is fascinating.

This one!

I also really like the trope of rage mode, but it only really works if the character wasn't already a hothead. (ex. Gon or Gohan)

 

[Leunam]

Excessive amounts of missiles.

Related, but the Itano Circus as well.

Just looked it up but apparently Itano Circus is just a massive glut of missiles, I thought it included the high speed missile dodging that usually comes immediately after.

 

[Firemind]

Bouncing tits shots

 

[DeathoftheEndless]

Audible gasps.

 

[Conciliator]

i like it when the camera just goes around to different characters as they each stare astonished at something while making moany grunt noises

 

[Akuun]

Audible gasps.

i like it when the camera just goes around to different characters as they each stare astonished at something while making moany grunt noises

Akagi is pretty much UNNGHHH!?: The Anime.

 

[Servbot24]

Hyper-exaggerated action scenes with dramatic perspective - Kill la Kill, One Punch Man, etc

Eccentric Geniuses - L, Johan Liebert, etc

 

[Lagamorph]

Anime hair

 

[PSqueak]

"those two guys", the classic trope of 2 secondary or background characters having an epic bromance.

Doesn't have to be specifically two actual guys, just two characters that are always hanging out.

 

[E92 M3]

Every tournament arc should be like Yu Yu Hakusho.

 

[Kain-Nosgoth]

not really an anime trope, but i love the manzai style of humor we find in a lot of anime, especially gintama!

also hyper exagerated facial expressions :

And one last thing, animating a scene like in a manga, black and white

 

[kewlmyc]

Playing the opening during the final fight.

I hate how much this hypes me up, even till this day. It even somehow works in non action oriented shows.

 

[Chuckie]

When thousands of tanks and cannons are shooting millions of shells on a threat but it is useless af. Like Evangelion.

 

[Koren]

Excessive amounts of missiles.

Probably a reason I enjoyed Starship Operators (the only anime I know where they do (space) war using reality TV as a source of funding, and thus can only use a lot of missiles if the producer feels the result on TV will worth it )

 

[DiipuSurotu]

also hyper exagerated facial expressions :

One of the best things about GTO

 

[Usobuko]

Nobody actually dies.