History NinjaPirateZombieRobot / Anime

* Ginkotso from ''Manga/Inuyasha'', can't go wrong with a zombie cyborg that later become a tank at the near end of the Feudal era of Japan.

** Before Volfogg, there was Dagshadow from ''Anime/BraveCommandDagwon'' who can transform into a robot, dragon, and jet.
** And before Dagshadow, there was Shadowmaru from ''Brave Police J-Decker'' who can transform into six different forms!
** In ''Anime/GaoGaiGar FINAL'', they certainly showed just how badass Volfogg is. While getting his ass kicked, he managed to get away, set up a holographic projector, hide, and backstab Polturn... WITHOUT POLTURN NOTICING! Must be because of his Seiyuu, The Great Kamina.

** Don't forget that the team that defeated her included a [[WingedHumanoid winged]], [[HalfHumanHybrid half]]-{{tengu}} [[HeroicAlbino albino]] [[{{Youkai}} demon]] {{BFS}}-wielding {{Samurai}} [[DemonSlaying demon-slayer]] ([[HunterOfHisOwnKind think about that]]) [[{{Onmyodo}} Onmyouji]], [[SchoolgirlLesbians lesbian]] with a BodyGuardCrush in [[CatGirl cat ears]] and [[{{Meido}} maid]] [[{{Cosplay}} clothes]] who [[ReverseShrapnel can shoot swords]].

*** [[MadeOfWin Until someone opens Schrödinger's pants, Schrödinger is simultaneously in a state of both being a boy, and not being a boy.]]

* Kogarashi of ''Manga/KamenNoMaidGuy'': A super-muscled male {{Meido}} with a [[MaskPower mask]], 37 senses, X ray vision, PrehensileHair, the ability to [[BrownNote freeze people with his voice]], and NighInvulnerability, who used to teach at MIT.

** The villain of the Mahora Festival arc is a [[HermeticMagic magical]] [[AnimeChineseGirl Chinese]]-[[HumanAliens Martian]] [[BareFistedMonk Kung-Fu]] MadScientist [[KidFromTheFuture from the future]] [[spoiler:who's [[LukeIAmYourFather descended from the main character]]]] in PoweredArmor, who uses a [[RobotWar robot]] [[TheEvilArmy army]] and [[{{Obake}} demon]]-[[HumongousMecha mecha]] that shoot [[ClothingDamage stripper]] rays.

* From ''Manga/OnePiece'', we have Franky (a [[TransformingMecha transforming]] [[HollywoodCyborg cyborg]] pirate shipwright [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum powered by cola]]) and Brook (a [[FunnyAfro afro-wearing]] [[DirtyOldMan perverted]] [[DemBones skeleton]] pirate musician who can [[WalkOnWater run across water]]), the two latest additions to the main cast. If anything, it will probably get more random from there.
** There's also Bartholomew Kuma, who himself is a pirate turned [[HollywoodCyborg terminator-esque cyborg]] who uses a sumo-based fighting style[[spoiler:, and recent chapters imply he ''might'' [[TheUndead not be a living person anymore]] ]]- albeit that is open for debate and isn't confirmed yet. [[RuleofCool But he is the anime character that is most near to become a literal, full-fledged]] [[spoiler: Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot.]]

* Tohru, the main character of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', is a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifting]] [[LesYay lesbian]] [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons dragon]] [[{{Meido}} maid]].
** Kanna is a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifting]] [[ShockAndAwe electric]] [[LesYay lesbian]] [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons dragon]] {{goth}} [[PuppyLove loli]].

* In ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh'', the girls are having problems deciding which theme they should pick for the SchoolFestival. Overused ideas like a café, or a {{haunted house}} are quickly dismissed. Then they start talking about combining those (and with [[{{Kawaii}} cute things]] as a third idea), then [[CloudCuckooLander Osaka]] gives us this gem:

* ''Franchise/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' loves this. First, it's vampires who are fought with [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto Shin Ken]]. Then it's [[OurVampiresAreDifferent better vampires who eat vampires]] fighting a Brit, an Italian, and a cyborg Nazi who looks like [[Franchise/StreetFighter Guile]]. Then a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] who can [[TimeStandsStill stop time]] and his [[MonsterOfTheWeek buddies]] with wacky PsychicPowers fighting two Japanese [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent high school students]] (also with said PsychicPowers), the aformentioned Brit (now a CoolOldGuy who looks like SeanConnery), a Muslim fortune teller who can control fire, a [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench Frenchman]] with [[AnimeHair ridiculous hair]] seeking to [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya avenge his sister,]] and a supersmart dog who can control sand. Those are just the first three parts.

* Tooru, the main character of ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'', is a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifting]] [[LesYay lesbian]] [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons dragon]] [[{{Meido}} maid]].
** Kanna is a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifting]] [[LesYay lesbian]] [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons dragon]] {{goth}} [[PuppyLove loli]].

** Don't forget that the team that defeated her included a [[WingedHumanoid winged]], [[HalfHumanHybrid half]]-{{tengu}} [[HeroicAlbino albino]] [[{{Youkai}} demon]] ({{BFS}}-wielding {{Samurai}} [[DemonSlaying demon-slayer]] ([[HunterOfHisOwnKind think about that]]) [[{{Onmyodo}} Onmyouji]], [[SchoolgirlLesbians lesbian]] with a BodyGuardCrush in [[CatGirl cat ears]] and [[{{Meido}} maid]] [[{{Cosplay}} clothes]] who [[ReverseShrapnel can shoot swords]].

** Negi, the Welsh [[ChildProdigy ten-year-old]] [[KungFuWizard kung-fu wizard]] school teacher who's also technically a [[spoiler:prince]] who is the protagonist

** ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' has an Afro'd HotBlooded HoYay ''Male'' BridgeBunny, a TokenMiniMoe [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Blue-Haired]] GenkiGirl who can become the [[OneeSama Big Sister]] AmazonianBeauty (just add water), and a {{Bifauxnen}} JerkWithAHeartofGold just to name a few; it's like the series '''tried''' to put together all of the most incompatible tropes just to see how it would turn out. [[spoiler:And it WORKS]].

** The Saiyans are a race of were-monkey caveman space pirates.

* ''Anime/MazingerZ'': [[{{Mook}} The Iron Masks and the Iron Crosses]] are corpses the BigBad reconstructed using cybernetic parts and reanimated, programming them to serve him faithfully. Hence, the are cyborg zombies. Besides, the Iron Masks wear uniforms resemble the armor of an ancient Greek soldier, and the Iron Cross's uniforms remind of Nazi soldiers. It is fitting since his leader IS an ex-Nazi officer turned cyborg by the BigBad.
** The design of the titular mecha also counts. Many described the Mazinger as a Demonic Knight Fortress, and in case of Anime/{{Mazinkaiser}} Demonic Knight Fortress Body Builder [[ArsonMurderAndJaywalking wearing a diaper.]]

* Speaking of Creator/KatsuyukiKonishi, his role in ''Dennou Boukenki Web Diver'' is Garyun, who is basically a Pirate Ship Zombie Robot Electric Swordsman Dragon in {{Cyberspace}}. Yeah its as absurd as it sounds.
** Basically the whole series is made on this trope. All the Web Knights, for example are a combination beetwen a Verhicle and an Animal or mythological creatures.

** Don't forget that the team that defeated her included a [[WingedHumanoid winged]], [[HalfHumanHybrid half]]-{{tengu}} [[HeroicAlbino albino]] [[{{Youkai}} demon]], ({{BFS}}-wielding {{Samurai}} [[DemonSlaying demon-slayer]] ([[HunterOfHisOwnKind think about that]]) [[{{Onmyodo}} Onmyouji]], [[SchoolgirlLesbians lesbian]] with a BodyGuardCrush in [[CatGirl cat ears]] and [[{{Meido}} maid]] [[{{Cosplay}} clothes]] who [[ReverseShrapnel can shoot swords]].

** Well... {{Dracula}} fights [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampiric]] Robot [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazis]], [[ThoseWackyNazis Nazi Werewolves]], and [[CatGirl Catboys]], all created by [[HerrDoktor Nazi]] [[MadScientist Mad Scientist]] and led by a [[spoiler: cyborg]] while an [[TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats Organization]] strikes back while [[EnemyMine a rival]] [[TeenageMutantSamuraiWombats Organization]] that's actually the [[ChurchMilitant Catholic Church]] [[MeleeATrois attack both of them]] all in all [[MonumentalDamage Destroying London]].

* Come on down to ''Manga/CromartieHighSchool'', and you'll get to meet the likes of [[JapaneseDelinquents delinquents]], robots, aliens, [[EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys monkeys]], and some dude who looks like Freddie Mercury from {{Queen}}. Those are all students, by the way.

** Is it a blue zombie ninja, or is it a blue zombie with ranger/sf/random-elite-military training. Or is it a blue zombie ninja with ranger training?

* ''Manga/VinlandSaga'': Thorfinn has been described by more than one reader as an emo viking ninja. Now he's an emo viking ninja LUMBERJACK.
* ''Anime/MagicalGirlLyricalNanoha'' delights in taking the normal MagicalGirl template and checking how many seemingly unrelated stuff they can combine it with. For example, Vita is a ReallySevenHundredYearsOld [[ElegantGothicLolita Elegant Gothic]] LittleMissBadass [[RidiculouslyHumanRobots sentient program]] that wields a [[DropTheHammer mechanical hammer]] [[SwissArmyWeapon that can become]] rocket-powered, [[ThisIsADrill sport a drill]], or grow to the size of a large building for HumongousMecha smashing.

** The ''Manga/CodeGeassNightmareOfNunnally'' spinoff also features Zombie Knights piloting Zombie Mechas. Who fight by ''jumping out of they mechas onto enemies'''.

** One of [[spoiler:Pain's bodies]] appears to be a some of kind of ninja cyborg. In fact all of [[spoiler:Pain's bodies]] could be considered ninja [[spoiler:zombies]] depending on how you look at it.
** Kidomaru of the Sound Four is a ninja {{spider-man}} gamer who can use a giant bow and arrow.

** NarutoShippudenUltimateNinjaStormRevolution has the ninja robot Mecha Naruto.

* ''Manga/BlackButler's'' Campania plot arc: your basic titanic with zombies, demons and deathgods in Victorian England story.

** There's also Bartholomew Kuma, who himself is a pirate turned [[HollywoodCyborg terminator-esque cyborg]] who uses a sumo-based fighting style[[spoiler:, and recent chapters imply he ''might'' [[TheUndead not be a living person anymore]] ]]- albeit that is open for debate and isn't confirmed yet. [[RuleofCool But he is the anime character that is most near to become a literal, full-fledged]] [[spoiler: Ninja Pirate Zombie Robot]]

** Because most of the characters tend to be pirates by default, combined with rampant FantasyKitchenSink and a PurelyAestheticEra, this trope ends up being inevitably prevalent. You've got the aforementioned cyborg pirates, undead pirates (coming in zombie/ghost/skeleton variations), dinosaur pirates, gangster pirates, giant pirates (who resemble vikings), clown pirates, heavy metal pirates, surgeon pirates and so on...

* ''Anime/{{Blassreiter}}'' presents [[NanoMachines nanobot]]-[[TheVirus infested]] ShapeShifting MadeOfIron BadassBiker cyborg saint swinging [[ShapeshifterWeapon the blade he grows]]. While riding ShapeShifting jet CoolBike with [[SlidingScaleOfRobotIntelligence AI]] who talks via FairySexy [[ProjectedMan projected girl]]. There are other... ''interesting'' characters where these two came from. Even the {{mooks}} are [[ViralTransformation transformed]] by [[NanoMachines nanobots]] BrainwashedAndCrazy ZombieInfectee, sometimes even ''corpses'' reanimated by nanomachines, making them ''cyborg zombies'' MadeOfIron. And there's MiniMecha built by the AncientConspiracy. ItMakesSenseInContext.

* Kujako-Oh the ''Manga/PeacockKing''. Buddhist ki-and-bead shooting monks ala [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Donovan]] vs nazi-summoning demons, demon-summoning nazis, demonic nazis, cybernetic demonic nazis with [[GatlingGood Gatling arms]], and a bishounen vampire nazi robot [[AssPull who isn't even aware he's a robot]]. And it's done in an incredibly serious and dramatic fashion. Yes, really. There's absolutely no comedic value behind any of it as opposed to some of the lunacy in ''Fullmetal Alchemist''. And at one point, the nazis went to war with one of the demon lords. And they won! Also, FMA appears to have a shoutout to one of the movies, King Bradley looks a heck of a lot like the demonic nazi gaufuhrer, who plays a similar role to the anime's Dante. (He's the BVNR's subordinate, until the BVNR's robot form is revealed when he's supposedly killed, at which point he reveals his eyepatch hides not the mark of the homonculi, but is home to the FinalBoss of the demon army!) {{HSQ}} drinking games with this series will leave one a soused and broken wreck.

* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'' There are four main soul groups: human, Hollow, Shinigami and Quincy. Within these groups, there are 'tainted' forms as represented by Visoreds (hollowfied Shinigami), Arrancar ("shinigamified" Hollows), and Fullbringers (magical humans born to Hollow-tainted human parents): Ichigo is the most bizarre mixture of any character in the manga. [[spoiler:His father is a Shinigami who underwent "humanification" to make him a Shinigami/human hybrid. His Quincy mother was hollowfied by a hollowfied Shinigami; Ichigo's inherited humanity and Shinigami from his father, and humanity, hollowfication, Quincy and Shinigami of his mother. He's human, Hollow, Shinigami and Quincy all rolled into one. And, to cap it all, has Fullbringer powers as well.]]

** There are also [[OurVampiresAreDifferent Vampire]] [[IGratuitousNinja Ninjas]].

* ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' is apparently all about a {{BFS}} wielding silver eyed [[HeroicAlbino albino]] [[ActionGirl warrioress]] with at least two BadassTransplant and a switchable SuperpoweredEvilSide seeking [[ItsPersonal revenge]] against an [[VillainSue all powerful]] OneWingedAngel able to shapeshift into a CuteMute.

* [[Creator/SamuelLJackson Samuel Leroy Jackson]] voices a guy with a huge afro that uses a [[KatanasAreJustBetter katana]] to fight Ron Perlman and his GunsAkimbo and "does the nasty", with Creator/KellyHu, to a soundtrack by The RZA. Only on ''Anime/AfroSamurai''.

* In episode 6 of ''Manga/IsTheOrderARabbit'' when Cocoa learnt about Aoyama, she thought about being "the neighbourhood international barista lawyer who bake pastries while pursuing the path of a novelist." Doubles as a ContinuityNod; she imagined all except the novelist point in episode 3.

* What can we say about ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' that hasn't already been said elsewhere on this very wiki?

* [[ANaziByAnyOtherName Nazis]], [[PettingZooPeople human-animal hybrids]], [[ViewerGenderConfusion genderless]] {{shapeshifter}}s, {{ninja}}s, a cute little [[AnimeChineseGirl pseudo-Chinese]] [[EverythingsBetterWithPrincesses princess]] [[GeometricMagic that can use magic]] and has [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter a dwarf]] [[HeadPet panda]] as a pet, [[NightOfTheLivingMooks mutated zombies]], [[spoiler: spy]] prostitutes and housewives that [[{{Badass}} punch bears in the face]]: all these and more in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.

* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' loves this. First, it's vampires who are fought with [[Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar Hokuto Shin Ken]]. Then it's [[OurVampiresAreDifferent better vampires who eat vampires]] fighting a Brit, an Italian, and a cyborg Nazi who looks like [[Franchise/StreetFighter Guile]]. Then a [[OurVampiresAreDifferent vampire]] who can [[TimeStandsStill stop time]] and his [[MonsterOfTheWeek buddies]] with wacky PsychicPowers fighting two Japanese [[OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent high school students]] (also with said PsychicPowers), the aformentioned Brit (now a CoolOldGuy who looks like SeanConnery), a Muslim fortune teller who can control fire, a [[EveryoneLooksSexierIfFrench Frenchman]] with [[AnimeHair ridiculous hair]] seeking to [[MyNameIsInigoMontoya avenge his sister,]] and a supersmart dog who can control sand. Those are just the first three parts.

* Tooru, the main character of ''Manga/KobayashiSanChiNoMaidDragon'', is a [[VoluntaryShapeshifting shapeshifting]] [[LesYay lesbian]] [[InstantAwesomeJustAddDragons dragon]] [[{{Meido}} maid]].

* As of ''[[WebComic/AxisPowersHetalia Paint it White]]'' England is officially a secret agent/wizard/pirate/ninja

** ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' has an Afro'd HotBlooded HoYay ''Male'' BridgeBunny, a TokenMiniMoe [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Blue-Haired]] GenkiGirl who can become the [[OneeSama Big Sister]] AmazonianBeauty (just add water), and a {{Bifauxnen}} JerkWithAHeartofGold just to name a few; it's like the series '''tried''' to put together all of the most incompatible tropes just to see how it would turn out.
*** [[spoiler:It turned out ''[[CrowningMomentofAwesome Awe]]''-[[CrowningMusicofAwesome some]]]]

* From ''Manga/OnePiece'', we have Franky (a [[TransformingMecha transforming]] [[HollywoodCyborg cyborg]] pirate shipwright [[ItRunsOnNonsensoleum powered by cola]]) and Brook (a [[FunnyAfro afro-wearing]] [[DirtyOldMan perverted]] [[DemBones skeleton]] pirate [[CrowningMusicOfAwesome musician]] who can [[WalkOnWater run across water]]), the two latest additions to the main cast. If anything, it will probably get more random from there.

* Kujako-Oh the Manga/PeacockKing. Buddhist ki-and-bead shooting monks ala [[VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}} Donovan]] vs nazi-summoning demons, demon-summoning nazis, demonic nazis, cybernetic demonic nazis with [[GatlingGood Gatling arms]], and a bishounen vampire nazi robot [[AssPull who isn't even aware he's a robot]]. And it's done in an incredibly serious and dramatic fashion. Yes, really. There's absolutely no comedic value behind any of it as opposed to some of the lunacy in Fullmetal Alchemist. And at one point the nazis went to war with one of the demon lords. [[CrowningMomentOfAwesome And won!]] Also, FMA appears to have a shoutout to one of the movies, King Bradley looks a heck of a lot like the demonic nazi gaufuhrer, who plays a similar role to the anime's Dante. (He's the BVNR's subordinate, until the BVNR's robot form is revealed when he's supposedly killed, at which point he reveals his eyepatch hides not the mark of the homonculi, but is home to the FinalBoss of the demon army!) {{HSQ}} drinking games with this series will leave one a soused and broken wreck.

* The whole point of ''Anime/KujibikiUnbalance'' was to make a show with every possible anime trope to give the characters in ''{{Genshiken}}'' something to talk about. Witches, aliens, ninjas, whatever, for a mere three episodes.

* ''Anime/{{Macross 7}}'' is a series about a rock and roll band that fights evil space vampires with their TransformingMecha... and ThePowerOfRock and roll. No, really.
** For extra super bonus points, the ''Macross 7'' OVA Dynamite 7 has the rock band with guitar-controlled TransformingMecha fight interstellar poachers to [[FreeTheFrogs Save The]] {{Space Whale}}s.
* ''Anime/MacrossFrontier'' has a character that's an Afro'd HotBlooded HoYay ''Male'' BridgeBunny, the TokenMiniMoe [[YouGottaHaveBlueHair Blue-Haired]] GenkiGirl who can become the [[OneeSama Big Sister]] AmazonianBeauty (just add water) and the {{Bifauxnen}} JerkWithAHeartofGold just to name a few; it's like the series '''tried''' to put together all of the most incompatible tropes just to see how it would turn out.
** [[spoiler:It turned out ''[[CrowningMomentofAwesome Awe]]''-[[CrowningMusicofAwesome some]]]]

** There's also Free, the {{Immortal}} Magic Wolfman.