History CallingYourAttacks / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/JujutsuKaisen'' {{ZigZag|gingTrope}}s this trope: calling the name of your cursed technique is not strictly required, but it is later shown that cursed techniques have incantations, and that experienced sorcerers and curse users can skip the incantation in exchange for their technique being slightly less effective overall.

* In ''Manga/BlackClover'' this is practically universal and justified as the incantation to activate a spell. Shockingly enough for a manga of this type, [[TheHero Asta]] is the only exception as he simply needs to pull his sword out of his grimoire and start swinging.

* While ''Manga/HimechanNoRibon'' isn't a fighting manga/anime Hime-chan does shout various things when fighting, such as "SPECIAL HIMEKO KICK!".

%%* The anime ''Manhwa/{{Ragnarok}}'' has the magic spells called out as well.

* Common in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. Best known is probably Midoriya and All Might always calling out their smash attacks, often in [[GratuitousForeignLanguage gratuitous English.]]

* Common in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. Best known is probably Midoriya and All Might always calling out their smash attacks, often in [[GratuitousForiegnLanguage gratuitous English.]]

* Common in ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia''. Best known is probably Midoriya and All Might always calling out their smash attacks.

* Spoofed in ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'' with Gunha Sogiita. Since he [[WrongGenreSavvy thinks he's the hero of a Sentai anime]], he's a total LargeHam and constantly calls his "[[MegatonPunch Amazing Punch!]]" attack, sometimes adding epithets like "Super", "Ultra", "Giga", etc. Everybody thinks he's a weirdo and an idiot for it.

* Like so many other anime tropes, spoofed in the first episode of ''LightNovel/HaruhiSuzumiya'' with the "Mikuru Beam". Haruhi, our resident unconscious RealityWarper, gets so into it that the supposedly fictional attack temporarily becomes a real ability.

** Koizumi's attacks in "Mysterique Sign" are {{Shout Out}}s to ''LightNovel/FullMetalPanic''.

* In ''LightNovel/IsThisAZombie'', Haruna and Ayumu shout "Mystletainn Kick!" when using [[ChainsawGood her signature attack]] (which, incidentally, [[RunningGag is not a]] [[PhraseCatcher kick]]).

* Yuna from ''LightNovel/KumaKumaKumaBear'' ''has'' to do this as her iconic Bear Armor gives her spells and attacks a ''massive'' power boost if she makes it bear-themed in some way. She finds both the armor and the act incredibly embarrassing but the benefits too good to pass up. Some examples include "''Kuma Punch''!", ''"Bear Wall!"'', and "''Bear Fire!"'' She also has non-bear-themed attacks like ''Air Cutter.''

* In ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'', everybody under the effect of Chuunibyou[[note]]Teenage delusions mostly brought by IJustWantToBeSpecial[[/note]] have the tendencies to do this, specially Rikka and Sanae. Almost always in a very hammy way, peppered with [[FauxSymbolism random mythological references]] and {{gratuitous foreign language}}s.

* Spoofed in ''LightNovel/ScrappedPrincess'', where the mechanics of magic rely on the user speaking the name of the spell aloud; the magician Raquel is virtually unbeatable in a magical fight because her spells all have really short names.

* Many of the spells from ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' require a MagicalIncantation that ends with the name of the spell being shouted out.

** During the Luffy/Fujitora fight the former calls his attacks by way of describing what they do instead of using the more figurative traditional names[[note]]"I'm gonna punch you", "I'm gonna kick you", "I'm gonna punch you a lot", "I'm gonna punch you whit all my power"[[/note]] [[JustifiedTrope because he doesn't feel right]] [[HonorBeforeReason to attack a blind man without advice]]. Fujitora an [[AuthorityEqualsAsskicking Admiral by right]] and a [[CombatClairvoyance Kenbunshoku Haki user]] calls him on it.

* Used for comedy in ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'' by the shameless charlatan Reigen, who walks up to people and punches them repeatedly while shouting "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EJXGIQlCUwo SELF DEFENSE RUSH!]]" This is specifically an ass-covering technique, presumably so that if he gets sued, he'll be able to at least ''try'' to claim self-defense.

* ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'': Spoofed, like so many other tropes. Saitama will call his attacks if they're anything other than just him hitting his opponent... but his called attacks are just things like "Consecutive Normal Punches" or "Serious Punch", the latter of which is just him putting some actual effort into a punch. Furthermore, he doesn't shout them so much as calmly state them in the same bored tone of voice he usually uses.
** Other characters in the series play this straight, mostly the ninjas and martial artists, and even a few monsters, like Boros. Oftentimes they never get the chance to actually use any of these techniques before Saitama one-shots them.

* The ''Franchise/DragonBall'' series is famous for this, but as explained below, it's generally avoided for all but the most powerful moves where they could afford to do this.
** Creator/AkiraToriyama himself has said in an old interview that he doesn't particularly like it when characters do this, saying that "in a battle of life and death, there's no way you can say the name of each technique. You'd be done in while yelling the technique's name". As mentioned below, Recoome, Mr. Satan and Gotenks are examples of Toriyama lampooning and criticizing this behaviour.
** The most well known example: ''KAAAAAAMEEEEEEHAAAAAAMEEEEEE... HAAAAAAAAAAAA!'' As shown when Krillin tested it in the 22nd Tournament, it appears that saying the name of the attack is ''required'' to actually perform it.

** Krillin, in keeping with his ButtMonkey status, is the only character who seems to actually be ''[[WithCatlikeTread hindered]]'' by calling his attacks. He has what would be an incredibly broken technique, the Kienzan, that can literally cut through anything (the only two times it ever hit yet failed was in {{filler}}, and against the literal [[WorldsStrongestMan strongest person in the multiverse]], both cases being a case of a truly ''ridiculous'' power difference). Even people vastly stronger than he is. Naturally, since he's not TheHero, Krillin never lands a good hit with it, in part because he's compelled to loudly yell "KIENZAN!" whenever he uses it...''even when trying to ambush somebody from behind!''

** The Kaio-Ken is another famous technique where it appears you need to actually ''say'' the name of it in order for it to trigger, especially which multiplication level you want to use. Eventually gets averted during the fight against Frieza: King Kai reveals that Goku has been wordlessly using the technique and is ''still'' losing.
** Recoome, a member of the Ginyu Force mentioned above, has a silly name for every one of his attacks. He also has the best example of Toriyama lampooning this trope: the Recoome Ultra Fighting Miracle Bomber. Goku intervenes and attacks Recoome in the middle of calling out this attack! As a result, the only way to actually see this attack is to perform it in the ''Dragon Ball Z'' games.
** Yet averted with Future Trunks who does not call his attacks during a fight, most likely due to growing up in a BadFuture making him a NoNonsenseNemesis to his enemies. They get named in the video games, and in ''Anime/DragonBallSuper'', he's started calling his more powerful attacks, probably due to having fought with the heroes back in the Cell arc.

** The majorly cocky "Gotenks", who actually created a huge list of attacks with comedic names. Most of them were not any bit more successful than Hercule's/Mr. Satan's because of how complex and showy they were.