History Anime / TheRebirthOfBuddha

* CrowdPanic: Mr. Arai causes one by hypnotizing all of Japan into thinking there was a devastating tsunami.

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler:Mr. Arai demands Sayako renounce her faith or he'll kill her and everyone inside the stadium where the live broadcast is being held. Sayako refuses to do it, prompting a shocked Mr. Arai to ask if her faith is really worth more to her than the hundreds of innocent civilians that will be killed if she keeps refusing. She says it is.]]

* GreenEyedMonster: Shortly after finding out Tokuzo Kanemoto committed suicide, Sayako sees a ghost behind Mami, who chewed her out for having a boyfriend while she didn't.

It is based on a book written by the late founder/president Ryuho Okawa, titled ''The Rebirth of Buddha: My Eternal Disciples, Hear My Words''. His son, Hiroshi Okawa, contributed to the script before leaving the movement. The full movie can be watched in English [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aAA7nJRc_8I here]].

* RescueEquipmentAttack: An accidental variant is shown when Yuuki and Shunta barges into the Sounen Group's headquarters to take Sayako out of there. When the temple's guards corner the three of them, Shunta knocks over a fire extinguisher, causing it to explode and distract the men, allowing Yuuki and Sayako to leave safely while the kid stops to apologize before leaving as well.

* CreativeClosingCredits: The credits roll while showing a sequence of scenes that serve as an epilogue for [[spoiler:Harry Budson, Tousaku Arai, and ultimately flash-forward to the Amanokawa family, from which Sayako is implied to have become a talk show host like Mari Kimura in adulthood. Afterward, the sequence stops and starts showing images of Japanese cities obscured with a golden Dharma wheel, and the very last shot is a close-up of Master Sorano's stoic eyes.]]

* DullEyesOfUnhappiness: [[spoiler:Sayako sports these as the demon possessing Mr. Arai guilt-tripped her into proclaiming the man as the real Buddha. However, she gathers enough courage to defy him and proclaim Taiyou Sorano as the real Buddha.]]

-->'''Sayako:''' It's just that your drawings and handwriting are horrible!

* TerribleArtist: After Yuuki explains to her how the Spirit World works and the nature of suicidal souls by drawing a relevant yet poorly drawn diagram on a napkin, Sayako criticizes his poor handwriting and drawing, which he takes offense at.

* TerribleArtist: After Yuuki explains to her how the Spirit World works and the nature of suicidal souls, Sayako proceeds to criticize his poor handwriting and drawing, which he takes offense at.

** NBK, the television network chosen by the Sounen Group to hijack all TV stations throughout Japan so that they can take over the country, is based on the real-life NHK.

* DraggedOffToHell: Kanemoto's ghost is sent to Hell in his trial after refusing to repent from taking his own life and writing accusatory, derisive articles against religion and God.
* DreamIntro: The movie introduces its main girl, Sayako Amanokawa, as she's having a nightmare about being run over by a train.
* DrivenToSuicide: Tokuzo Kanemoto, a reporter and a friend of the Amanokawa family, jumps into an oncoming train to take his own life after his latest report has been proven false and ruined his reputation. When Sayako witnesses his spirit's trial, the three judges lambast him for doing that and lament his denial of the Spirit World and God throughout his entire life before sending him to Hell.

* DraggedOffToHell: After Kanemoto denied the existence of God, Buddha, and the Spirit World in his spirit trial on top of deriding them as lies to trick people, the judges sent him to Hell as punishment for it as well as committing suicide.

* MassOhCrap: After mocking Mr. Arai's prediction of a huge tsunami on NBK only for the newscasters to confirm it's happening and it's going to engulf all of Japan, ''everyone'' in the country loses it and flies into a mass panic.

* CreativeClosingCredits: As the credits roll, the movie plays out several scenes depicting how everyone is doing [[spoiler:after the demon behind the Sounen Group is defeated. First, Harry Budson becomes successful at preaching the word to children in his home country, Dr. Amanokawa and his wife strive to live life to the fullest while struggling with his cancer, and Mr. Arai has become a practicing TSI believer while in prison. Then it cuts to a world map as the Japanese islands start shining before flash forwarding to Sayako and Yuuki as adults, with the former implied to have become a talk-show host like Mari Kimura, then ends with a teenage Shunta snapping photos of them for a "scoop".]]

* WhatTheHellHero: [[spoiler: Mr Arai demands Sayako renounce her faith or he'll kill her and everyone inside the stadium where the live broadcast is being held. Sayako refuses to it, prompting a shocked Mr Arai to ask if her faith is really worth more to her than the hundreds of innocent civilians that will be killed if she continues to not comply. She says it is.]]

* CreativeClosingCredits: As the credits roll, the movie plays out several scenes depicting how everyone is doing [[spoiler:after the demon behind the Sounen Group is defeated. First, Harry Budson becomes successful at preaching the word to children in his home country, Dr. Amanokawa and his wife strive to live life to the fullest while struggling with his cancer, and Mr. Arai has become a practicing TSI believer while in prison. Then it cuts to a world map as the Japanese islands start shining before flash forwarding to an adult Sayako who's implied to have followed in Mari Kimura's footsteps, ending with a teenage Shunta snapping photos of her and Yuuki for a "scoop".]]