History AnyoneCanDie / AnimeAndManga

!!As a DeathTrope, contains many spoilers. Tread with care.

* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', the series is very idealistic and quite the formulaic shounen, however, despite being a fairly modern work (2016), the death toll present here actually mirrors types of shounen series from decades past, where death among named and well-rounded characters was quite common.

* In the manga (and anime to an extent) of ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', creator Ishida Sui seems to practically have fun making a character that the audience will grow to like and love, even giving them great backstories...all just to dramatically rip off their heads with a surprise panel. That [[spoiler: Hairu women ]] that's been kicking ass and taking names? This literally happens. That [[spoiler: Boy Shirazu ]] working against a force that feasts on human flesh and modified his own body to [[spoiler: help support his hospitalized sister? ]] All to just get impaled by a well known enemy in the series [[spoiler: (Whom was ultimately a flesh puppet corpse)]]

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' Has been averting this for a very long time where death was only frequent in flashbacks. The paramount war slowly starts this trope as [[SacrificialLion Ace and Whitebeard]] lose their lives in the war, the timeskip era went for a downplayed variant, only occasionaly offing a tiny portion of allies and enemies per arc. Come the Final Saga however and this trope is starting to get played straight with the deaths of T Bone, Cobra, Mjosgard and Garp. While Kidd and Law's fates are unknown they're both on the verge of death as showcased by the aftermath of their latest fights.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' Has been averting this for a very long time where death was only frequent in flashbacks. The paramount war slowly starts this trope as [[SacrificialLion Ace and Whitebeard]] lose their lives in the war, but after the TimeSkip the series went back to averting this trope, only occasionaly killing a single charcter in an arc. Come Wano and the Final Saga however and this trope is starting to get played straight with the deaths of Izo, Hawkins, T Bone, Cobra and Mjosgard. While Kidd and Law's fates are unknown they're both on the verge of death as showcased by the aftermath of their latest fights.

* ''Literature/FateZero'' is full of characters dying. At the beginning of the story there are fourteen main characters (seven Masters and seven Servants) all in a war to get the Holy Grail and get any wish they want. There are also many supporting characters helping them. By the end, almost everyone has died with the exception of a handful of characters. The only characters who survive the war survive due to being in ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'', and even then, many of the survivors end up dead in the various routes of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''. Even the main hero, Kiritsugu Emiya, dies in the final scene.

* ''Manga/{{Shiki}}'', although it sort of figures in a show that is about a zombie-like invasion on a small village. By the end of the series, nearly everyone from the main cast is dead.

* ''Manga/SoulHunter'': The Houshin List contains 365 entries. It is inevitable that characters will drop in spades, and not just the bad guys or the small fries either.

* ''Anime/CodeGeass'' mostly plays this straight during its first season. Examples include: Clovis, the first notable antagonist whose early exit surprised many fans. Mao, PsychopathicManchild and Geass user who somehow survived his initial stint as arc villain only to finally die an episode later. Euphemia, the RebelliousPrincess who became [[SacrificialLion increasingly important to the plot as time went on]]. But the second series tends to [[NotQuiteDead subvert the trope]] more often than not, something that displeased many viewers. Nevertheless, Shirley (the NaiveEverygirl love interest with her own long-running subplot dating back to the first season), Rolo (the TykeBomb manipulated into becoming Lelouch's newest subordinate at the beginning of R2), Charles Zi Brittania (Lelouch's father, the BigBad and main target of his revenge) and, ultimately, ''even the protagonist himself'', were killed off.

* ''Manga/OnePiece'' Has been averting this for a very long time where death was only frequent in flashbacks. The paramount war slowly starts this trope as [[SacrificialLion Ace and Whitebeard]] lose their lives in the war, but after the TimeSkip the series went back to averting this trope. Come Wano and the Final Saga however and this trope is starting to get played straight with the deaths of Izo, Hawkins, T Bone, Cobra and Mjosgard. While Kidd and Law's fates are unknown they're both on the verge of death as showcased by the aftermath of their latest fights.

''Manga/OnePiece'' Has been averting this for a very long time where death was only frequent in flashbacks. The paramount war slowly starts this trope as [[SacrificialLion Ace and Whitebeard]] lose their lives in the war, but after the TimeSkip the series went back to averting this trope. Come Wano and the Final Saga however and this trope is starting to get played straight with the deaths of Izo, Hawkins, T Bone, Cobra and Mjosgard. While Kidd and Law's fates are unknown they're both on the verge of death as showcased by the aftermath of their latest fights.

* ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'' uses this trope heavily during the last episodes. The last couple of arcs see recurring antagonists November 11 and Wei, November's boss, TheHandler Huang, most of [[LaResistance Evening Primrose]], and MagnificentBastard[=/=]{{Chessmaster}}[=/=]DeliberatelyCuteChild Amber killed off, and [[TalkingAnimal Mao]] gets reverted to a normal cat. (Though Mao got better in the sequel and at least one EPR member, Amigiri, is shown to have made it out alive.) And so many people tend to die in the course of an arc that focuses on them that it's often both a surprise and a relief when someone makes it out okay.

* The author of ''Manga/Limit2009'' has absolutley no trouble killing characters at the drop of a hat. ANYBODY can die AT ANY TIME (except Konno, who has PlotArmor).

* ''Manga/JuniTaisenZodiacWar'' is about a [[DeadlyGame deadly]] battle royale staring twelve deadly mercenaries. Naturally, only one will survive.

* ''Anime/AngelBeats!'' may look like a series where nobody can die because they are...ya know, already dead, but it later revealed that the purpose of the place is to make the souls who had a troubled life come to terms with their lives and move on to next time, which more or less erases their existence in that plane completely and dying. So it's not that AnyoneCanDie. Everyone WILL die.

* In the Manga (and anime to an extent) of ''Anime/TokyoGhoul'', creator Ishida Sui seems to practically have fun making a character that the audience will grow to like and love, even giving them great backstories...all just to dramatically rip off their heads with a surprise panel. That [[spoiler: Hairu women ]] that's been kicking ass and taking names? This literally happens. That [[spoiler: Boy Shirazu ]] working against a force that feasts on human flesh and modified his own body to [[spoiler: help support his hospitalized sister? ]] All to just get impaled by a well known enemy in the series [[spoiler: (Whom was ultimately a flesh puppet corpse)]]