History Anime / OriginSpiritsOfThePast

* WhamLine: How [[spoiler:Jessica finds out Shunack's true colors]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Shunack''']]: What's inside belongs to those of us from the past. It's not for your eyes.
-->'''Jessica''': [[TranquilFury You intend to betray the Ragna Army]].
-->[[spoiler:'''Shunack''']]: As though there were anything you could do to stop me. ''[he and Toola walk through the portal]'' We'll not meet again.
-->'''Jessica''': ''[the door closes]'' Colonel! So, we ''finally'' see your true colors.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Towards the end of the film, Shunack [[spoiler:abandons Jessica and the Ragna army as part of his evil plans]].

-->'''Jessica''': ''[the door closes]'' Come back! So, we ''finally'' see your true colors.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: The conflict between Ragna and the Forest ultimately turns out to be this. Ragna is a seemingly anti-environmental ruthless empire, but they first-and-foremost only want to live independantly from the Forest and avert the AlwaysChaoticEvil trope. On the other hand, the altered "eco-system" of the Earth is a sentient, animalistic, mass-murdering, force of literal nature that demands that its protectors be turned into trees. However, it's still capable to coexist with humans. It is explained by Yolda to Toola that Neutral City is meant to be both a "bridge and a barrier" between the two extremes.

* KickTheDog: Shunack's decision to destroy the Neutral City out of spite along with the Forest shows that, while he may be a WellIntentionedExtremist, he's far more evil the the Forest.

* GreyAndGrayMorality: The conflict between Ragna and the Forest ultimately turns out to be this. Ragna is a seemingly anti-environmental ruthless empire, but they first-and-foremost only want to live independantly from the Forest and avert the AlwaysChaoticEvil trope. On the other hand, the altered "eco-system" of the Earth is a sentient, animalistic, mass-murdering, force of literal nature that demands that its protectors be turned into trees. However, it's still capable to coexist with humans. It is explained by Yolda to Toola that Neutral City is mean to be both a "bridge and a barrier" between the two extremes.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: Ragna is a seemingly anti-environmental ruthless empire, but they first-and-foremost only want to live independantly from the Forest and avert the AlwaysChaoticEvil trope. On the other hand, the altered "eco-system" of the Earth is a sentient, animalistic, mass-murdering, force of literal nature that demands that its protectors be turned into trees. It is explained by Yolda to Toola that Neutral City is mean to be both a "bridge and a barrier" between the two extremes.

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: It is a downplayed trope. Shunack has white hair and is the BigBad but so does TheHero and his father, TheHeroOfAnotherStory and two other heroic characters (Yolda and Hajan). Shunack himself is a WellIntentionedExtremist.

* TheDulcineaEffect: Classic example with Agito and Toola. As soon as he finds her, he becomes deadest on helping her. This ranges from aiding her adjustment to the new world and then saving her from the BigBad.

** Shunack felt this trope too when awoke and saw what had become of the world [[spoiler: because of his impatience in the plant experiment that caused it go wrong]].

* RomanticismVersusEnlightenment: The Forest and Ragna, though which side is which is debatable. On the one hand, there's the whole nature vs. science thing; on the other, Ragna and especially Shunack are obsessed with the past while the Forest is a genetically engineered HiveMind of plants (possibly a biotech [[{{Transhuman}} Posthuman]]) that brought down the old order.

* ApocalypseHow: Somewhere around class 1 or 2, apparently.

* ArtMajorBiology: Pretty much everything involving The Forest.

* BareYourMidriff: Agito's outfit after becoming enhanced.
* BigBad: Shunack is the main villain of the film.

* BigNo: Toola after Agito inadvertently wakes her up.
* BlackAndGrayMorality: At first the entire point of the film seems to be an {{Anvilicious}} GreenAesop; however, it also kind of appears to be a {{Deconstruction}} of one as well. Ragna is a seemingly anti-environmental ruthless empire, but they first-and-foremost only want to live independantly from the Forest and avert the AlwaysChaoticEvil trope. On the other hand, the altered "eco-system" of the Earth is a sentient, animalistic, mass-murdering, force of literal nature that demands that its protectors be turned into trees.
* BoringInvincibleHero: [[spoiler:Agito with superpowers finds literally nothing that can actually threaten him. Except Shunack, another super-powered human.]]
* ClingyJealousGirl: Minka is strongly implied to be this, she has a crush on Agito so naturally Toola is competition.
* ConvectionSchmonvection: Near the end of the movie, Agito runs down an exploding volcano with Toola in his arms while being closely pursued by a very fast (and presumably very hot) lava flow. The ground he's running across is glowing red and actually looks molten in some places and yet neither of them suffer so much as a singed hair.
* CreepyTwins: The twin forest spirits. Especially the one with the high, squeaky voice.
* CursedWithAwesome: Those who become enhanced by the forest gain extraordinary super-strength, but using that power can gradually cause {{Metamorphosis}} and effectively an early death. When their time comes, they mostly accept their fate, claiming to finally be in peace with nature and themselves.
* DangerouslyShortSkirt: Until she joins Shunack in Ragna, Toola wears nothing but her short hospital gown was wearing in the medical facility where she was in suspended animation. Minka's family gives her something wear over it but her short skirt is still visible.

* {{Determinator}}: Agito, he'll get Toola back no matter how far he has to go or how long it takes. Shunack as well, who wants to correct his past mistakes, and he'll do whatever it takes and let ''nobody'' get in his way.

* TheDulcineaEffect: Classic example with Agito and Toola.
* TheEmpire: Everything about Ragna ''screams'' this trope, from their blood red armor to their HumongousMecha to their heavily industrialized, military society. [[spoiler:However, they're far from AlwaysChaoticEvil. For the most part, they're generally decent people trying to live independently from the Forest, which is easy enough to see as a monstrous, tyrannical entity.]]
* EtTuBrute: Jessica's reaction to Shunack when [[spoiler:he reveals his true motives]].

* {{Fanservice}}: There's a decent amount: Toola in her short, tight hospital gown, Agito's revealing top and muscles after he's enhanced. Also, Minka sleeps naked, or at least topless.

* FishOutOfTemporalWater: Toola and Shunack.

* HighHeelFaceTurn: [[spoiler:Jessica decides she has had enough of Shunack after she learns of his true colors and helps fight off E.S.T.O.C. to help Agito rescue Toola]].
* HiveMind: The Forest seems to behave this way.
* HoistByHisOwnPetard: At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Agito uses his powers from the forest and transforms into a tree to trap Shunack, who also has powers from the forest]].
* HumanPopsicle: Toola and Shunack were frozen years earlier. It's also implied that others are still sleeping.

* LostSuperweapon: Much of the plot involves the search for an old-world device intended to reclaim the world from the feral forest. It turns out to be [[spoiler: a walking volcano cannon, which is as ridiculous as it sounds. The precursors obviously played a lot of ''Videogame/DwarfFortress''.]]

* MadeOfIron: Every enhanced human, even if they're really made of plants.
* ManipulativeBastard: Shunack [[spoiler:manipulates the Ragna Army so he can achieve E.S.T.O.C. for his own plans]].
* MindScrew: So many parts of the movie and its world produce more questions than answers -- [[FlatWhat flat whats]] abound.
* MysticalWhiteHair: [[spoiler:Agito]], though it's not much of a spoiler since his hair is showed white in the advertisements for the movie... and is also ''the Japanese title''. [[spoiler:''Gin-iro no Kami no Agito'', lit. "[[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin Silver-haired Agito]]". Subtle.]]
* MyGodWhatHaveIDone: Toola, when she realizes [[spoiler:Agito sacrificed himself to save her because of her actions in help Shunack gain control of E.S.T.O.C.]], Shunack likely felt this trope too when awoke and saw what had become of the world [[spoiler: because of his impatience in the plant experiment that caused it go wrong]].
* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Shunack's abandonment of Jessica as well as the Ragna Army end up being his undoing]].
* NatureHero: [[spoiler:Agito]]
* OfficialCouple: Agito and Toola get together by the end of the film.
* OneManArmy: Anyone, who was touched by the Forest. [[spoiler:Agito doesn't seem to have a problem with jumping great heights and singlehandedly destroying tanks. Literally singlehandedly, when he slices a tank in half with one hand]].
* OurDragonsAreDifferent: They're dragon-shaped amalgams of plants.
* PlantPerson: Enhanced humans. There's also the druids and the forest spirit twins.

* SaveTheWorldClimax: The anime starts with a FishOutOfWater exploring a new world and ends with saving the WorldTree.

* SuperStrength: Enhanced humans get this UpToEleven.

* TookALevelInBadass: Agito, in spades thanks to the forest powers.

* WellIntentionedExtremist: Shunack plans to undo the damage he's done to Earth... by using Toola and the Ragna Army [[spoiler:to gain control of E.S.T.O.C.]].

* WhiteHairBlackHeart: Shunack has white hair and is the BigBad.

* BrokenAesop: [[spoiler:Remember, we have to live in ''harmony'' with the creepy sentient forest that cuts off our water supply if we don't bow to its wishes. Trying to undo humanity's mistake in creating killer vine-dragon-things is ''bad.'']]

* TwentyMinutesIntoTheFuture: The setting.

* AscendToAHigherPlaneOfExistence: At the end of the film, [[spoiler:Shunack becomes one with the forest after Agito transforms into a tree]].

* AlienSky: Although the film is set on Earth, the moon is clearly cracked and has a line of debris extending from it.
* ApocalypseHow: Somewhere around class 1 or 2, apparently.
* BadassGrandpa: Only shown in one scene, but Hajan of the Neutral City towards the end of the film punches a falling boulder in mid-air and ''destroys'' it.

* BadassGrandpa: Only shown in one scene, but one of the three enhanced founders (Minka and Kain's father) of the Neutral City towards the end of the film punches a falling boulder in mid-air and ''destroys'' it.

* EvilSoundsDeep: Shunack has a deep, booming voice befitting for a villain.

* GoneHorriblyWrong: Genetically modified plants break the moon in half, land on Earth, and kill most of humanity when [[spoiler:one of the scientists, Shunack, got impatient and decided to speed the experiment along a little]].

* HumanPopsicle: Toola and Shunack used to be these, it's implied others are still sleeping.

* ShesGotLegs: Toola has long and slender legs.

* {{Fanservice}}: There's a decent amount: Toola in her short, tight hospital gown, Agito's revealing top and muscles after he's enhanced. Also, Minka sleeps naked, or at least topless.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:Shunack's abandonment of his subordinates ends up being his undoing]].

* TakingYouWithMe: Towards the end of the film, Agito [[spoiler:traps Shunack into a tree. Agito gets better]].
* TookALevelInBadass: Agito, in spades.

* WhamLine: How [[spoiler:Jessica finds out Shunack's deception]].

* BadassGrandpa: Only shown in one scene, but one of the three enhanced founders (Minka and Kain's father) of the Neutral City at some point punches a falling boulder in mid-air and ''destroys'' it.

* OfficialCouple: Agito and Toola become this by the end of the film.

-->'''Jessica''': You intend to betray the Ragna Army.

-->'''Jessica''': Come back! ''[the door closes]'' So, we ''finally'' see your true colors.

-->[[spoiler:'''Shunack''']]: As though there were anything you could do to stop me. ''[he and Toola walk through the portal]'' We'll not meet again. ''[the door closes]''
-->'''Jessica''': Come back! So, we ''finally'' see your true colors.

* NiceJobFixingItVillain: [[spoiler:His use of Toola and abandonment of his subordinates ends up being his undoing]].

* WhenTreesAttack: Don't piss off the [[PlantPeople Druids]]. Just don't.

* BadassGrandpa: Only shown in one scene, but one of three enhanced founders (Minka and Kain's father) of the Neutral City.

* YouHaveOutlivedYourUsefulness: Shunack does this to Jessica and her army at the end of the film.

* BlackAndGrayMorality: At first the entire point of the film seems to be an {{Anvilicious}} GreenAesop; however, it also kind of appears to be a {{Deconstruction}} of one as well. Ragna is a seemingly anti-environmental ruthless empire, but they first-and-foremost only want to live independently from the Forest and avert the AlwaysChaoticEvil trope. On the other hand, the altered "eco-system" of the Earth is a sentient, animalistic, mass-murdering, force of literal nature that demands that its protectors be turned into trees.