History TableTopGame / AnimaBeyondFantasy

Character Sheet for relevant NPC's in the Setting [[Characters/AnimaBeyondFantasy here]]. A constant WIP.

** There are also ''a lot'' of ShoutOuts in the game to many other works.

* CuteBruiser: Erika, a thirteen-year-old girl who wields a [[{{BFS}} Big Freaking]] [[DropTheHammer Hammer]].

''Anima: Beyond Fantasy'' is a RolePlayingGame first published in UsefulNotes/{{Spain}} in 2005. It's a fantasy game of SwordAndSorcery with strong {{anime}} influences. It's more rules-crunchy than rules-light, with emphasis in chi-abilities, magic, psychic powers and the like. It has been translated to English and French, the English version published by Creator/FantasyFlightGames.

* {{BFS}}: Several, but Kronen's is noteworthy because it is actually gigantic longsword that belonged to an Oni he slew. Or the Aldebaran Lawgiver that acoording to Prometheum Exxet weights ''250 kilograms''. Ligori has a [[AnAxeToGrind Big Freaking Axe]] that rivals Kronen's sword.

* AbsoluteCleavage: A common fashion statement in Gaia apparently, along with CleavageWindow.

* FemmeFatale: This is the entire schtick of the Sisters of Selene, an all-female group of master assassins who combine extreme beauty with very well-developed supernatural powers (and no small skill with their [[KnifeNut signature stilettos]]) to pretty much be ''the'' best {{Professional Killer}}s in Gaïa.

* RapunzelHair: A lot of (mostly female) characters beginning with Elisabetta Barbados.

* CreatingLife: Entirely possible for the Power of Creation. High Magic allows for the user to create a true soul.

* FiveRaces: Now most of them are supposedly extinct.
** Stout: The Jayan. Three-eyed giants, somewhat averse to magic.
** Fairy: Sylvains, OurElvesAreDifferent.
** Mundane: Humans. [[PlayerCharacter PCs]] default if they're not [[HalfHumanHybrid Nephilim]].
** High Men: Duk'zharist, OurElvesAreDifferent. Used to be dark and driven, but of the DarkIsNotEvil variety.
** Cute: Daimah.

* BigBad: Most games of Anima follow a similar structure of big bads. First it starts by fighting monsters and/or The Azur Alliance. After that the new big bad becomes the {{Corrupt Church}} Holy Empire of Abel (who almost always start as allies before their true nature is revealed). After your now demigod like characters crush the Empire they soon discover the nature of the Powers in the shadow. With that The Imperium becomes the new and last big bad of the game and the characters usually take them out with the help of the supernatural races from Hell.

** Lilith = [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Ivy Valentine]] .

* FinalBoss: Filisnogos all the way, not only is it a SealedEvilInACan but it's also the strongest monster in the core book and it makes a perfect endgame fight. It tends to come into play because of revenge seeking enemies, usually the defeated members of Jurgand or The Empire after every enemy has been defeated by your characters.

* TheNecrocracy: Hinghram is called King of Unlife for a reason, he runs a Type II but seen as Type I [[TheMasquerade for those who know he's real]]

** High Men: Duk'zharist, OurElvesAreBetter. Used to be dark and driven, but of the DarkIsNotEvil variety.

* '''KiAttacks''' are of the flashy, super-powered variety and come with a do-it-yourself rules that let players create their own techniques from scratch. Very flexible although slightly cumbersome, it gets expanded and streamlined in one of the {{Sourcebook}}s.

* DidYouJustPunchOutCthulhu: Literally possible, with the right [[KiAttacks dominion tech]].

* DarkActionGirl: ... any of the above that are of "dark" alignment.

* AnAdventurerIsYou
* BattleAura: Appears whenever a large amount of Ki is accumulated.
** And with Arcana Exxet your wizard can have one too!

* CharacterCustomization
* CharacterLevel

* CriticalFailure
* CriticalHit

* ExperiencePoints
* FanService: Too many examples to count.

* GameMaster
* GameSystem: ''Anima: Beyond Fantasy'' uses its own system.
** Very reminiscent of TabletopGame/{{Rolemaster}}, though.
* GratuitousSpanish: The English translation of the game retains the use of Spanish demonyms for different nationalities ("Abelense", "Helenio", etc...), and contains a few missed words here and there.

* KatanasAreJustBetter: Averted--a katana is pretty much the same thing as a long sword, stat-wise. It has a bit less durability, but oddly has a bit more Presence (meaning that while it's more vulnerable to attacks that sunder weapons, it has a higher chance to resist a Zeonic spell that would turn it into a rubber chicken or thereabouts).
** If using the rules for making your own artifacts in ''Prometheum Exxet'', a katana's higher Presence gives it a little more room for holding artifact powers, so katanas ''are'' just better, albeit not by a whole lot, so... played straight, but downplayed?

* ActionGirl: Heaps of these.
** DarkActionGirl: ... any of the above that are of "dark" alignment.
** LadyOfWar: Those that are part of the Empire tend to be this.
*** Kujaku Hime may also count as the above.

* AnIcePerson: [[{{Youkai}} Yuki Onna]].
* AncientConspiracy: So many... but there is one that is older than ''the current world''. [[spoiler:Imperium.]]
* {{Animesque}}
* ArtificialLimbs: Lorenzo and Alessa from Wissenschaft
* ArchnemesisDad: The Immortal [[ImmortalityImmorality Onerios]] to The Black Lion for eating most of his soul and leaving him for dead.

* BabyPlanet: Imperium as well as the other two powers in the shadows used magic to divide the world in three parts: one for the humans, other for the sylvain (light elves), and other for the duk'zarist (dark elves). While the planet itself was not broken apart in three, that magic causes each "sub world" to look spherical and be (almost) self-contained. Overlaps with SmallSecludedWorld.
* BadassArmy: The Heaven's Order most certainly qualifies.
* {{BFG}}: Cordelia Rosalind's sniper rifle.
* {{BFS}}: Several, but Kronen's is noteworthy because it is actually gigantic longsword that belonged to an Oni he slew. Or the Aldebaran Lawgiver that acoording to Prometheum Exxet weights ''250 kilograms''.
** Ligori has a [[{{BFS}} Big Freaking]] [[AnAxeToGrind Axe]] that rivals Kronen's sword.

* DarkIsNotEvil: several characters of the "Dark" alignment.
* EldritchAbomination: The Filisnogos and Omega certainly qualify.
** There was a war between the [[OurElvesAreDifferent Sylvain]] and the [[Franchise/CthulhuMythos Old Ones]].

** The Colonel = [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Mustang]]
** Maximo Ligori = [[Franchise/SilentHill Pyramid Head]]
** Father Alexias = [[Manga/{{Hellsing}} Father Alexander Anderson]]
** Clover = [[Franchise/ResidentEvil Wesker]]
** Lilith = [[VideoGame/SoulSeries Ivy Valentine]]
** Lucanor Giovanni = [[Comicbook/{{Watchmen}} Ozymandias]], as mentioned earlier
** Lorenzo = [[Anime/CowboyBebop Jet Black]]

** The Machine = [[Series/StarTrekTheNextGeneration The Borg.]]
** Lazarus = [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Sephiroth.]]
*** There's also ''a lot'' of ShoutOuts in the game to many other works.

* GambitPileup: Is going to happen. Possibly underway already.

* MsFanservice: Celia, who has the most artwork of any single named character in Anima.
** Who is now going to be the star of the very first Anima video game.

* NinjaPirateZombieRobot: Deadmoon and the rest of her crew are Pirate Ninjas, Deadmoon herself is a Pirate Ninja Warlock.
** The Machine are Psychic Cyborg Hive Minds
* OneWingedAngel: Omega.
** Also Lazarus.

* PathOfInspiration: [[spoiler: The Church of Abel was purposedly modeled after Christianism. Old Testament version.]]
* PimpedOutDress: Cordelia Rosalind.
** Elisabetta Barbados court dress ([[http://wen-m.deviantart.com/art/Anima-Queen-Elisabetta-46260162 see the Gaïa sourcebook cover]]) fits too, falling also under ImpossiblyLowNeckline.

** Spell ''Wardrobe'' (in Arcana Exxet). On its most basic form, you get an exquisite dress inmune to damages (to it, but not to the wearer). At higher levels it gives you point to Style (see below), the clothes change to adapt to the situation or the moment, and even serve as armor -UnlimitedWardrobe too, in other words.-

** [[SuperSoldier XII ]] of Wissenschaft.

* SuperpoweredEvilSide: Takanosuke's has this
** Donoban van Horsman may have this as well, if he turns out to be [[NamesToRunAwayFromReallyFast Lazarus.]]
* TheUnfettered: Lucanor Giovanni.
* WeCanRebuildHim: Multiple people, specifically: Arkeid, Kyler, Feng Yi, Alessa, Lorenzo and Hiro.
* WellIntentionedExtremist: [[AntiVillain Rah Sith]] and Eljared.
** Possibly Lucanor Giovanni.
* WorldOfBadass

* FantasyCounterpartCulture: Vikings, 16th century Spain, 18th Century France and Italy, {{Scotireland}}, {{Ruritania}} and of course FarEast, {{Qurac}} and African/Egyptian flavours too. And there is the fallen AncientGrome empire, too

** Cute: Daimah, the PettingZooPeople.

* BigBad: Most games of Anima follow a simialer structure of big bads. First it starts by fighting monsters and/or The Azur Alliance. After that the new big bad becomes the {{Corrupt Church}} Holy Empire of Abel (who almost always start as allies before their true nature is revealed). After your now demigod like characters crush the Empire they soon discover the nature of the Powers in the shadow. With that The Imperium becomes the new and last big bad of the game and the characters usually take them out with the help of the supernatural races from Hell.

** Along the same lines: frustratingly, many lists contained in the books were translated fine, ''but not re-alphabetized from the Spanish'' This makes it difficult to find certain things, especially in ''Those Who Walked Amongst Us''. This is also likely the reason the core book has ''no index.''

** DarkActionGirl: ...any of the above that are of "dark" alignment.

* AnachronismStew: Some elements of this, with the world itself a Renaissance type atmosphere, there are elements of pop idols, jazz, the blues, and even a popular sport which features a pro level league that would be familiar to our eyes. Some characters are portrayed wearing blue jean style shorts, as done by multiple artists.
* AnIcePerson: [[{{Youkai}} Yuki Onna]]
* AncientConspiracy: So many... but there is one that is older than ''the current world''. [[spoiler: Imperium]]

* TheStoic: Several
** [[SuperSoldier XII ]] of Wissenschaft

** Possibly Lucanor Giovanni

The game mechanics are heaviliy influenced by the old {{Rolemaster}} system by ICE, including the bulk of character classes being mostly a mix of basic ones (as in, Warrior meets Mentalist), or specialized versions of the same role (like Thief/Spy/Assassin). Character attributes may be rolled (on a D10) or bought with a [[PointBuildSystem point allotment]]. Character classes are pretty much just skill cost templates, and much customization can be done (although maybe not [[MinMaxing smart]]); still, nothing prevents your vanilla Warrior guy (known as Weapon Master) from getting a few Psychic powers, if you feel like it. The game uses mostly D100 rolls for checks, except for the odd D10 roll where Character attributes are involved.

* The '''[[BlackAndWhiteMagic Magic system]]''' shows some of the {{Rolemaster}} roots, with Spell Points (called Zeon here) expenditures used to cast spells bought as a "list" with a common theme.

Combat is fairly lethal. Thankfully, the myriad weapon tables used in {{Rolemaster}} are gone, although fast adding and substracting is still a plus. Fights between opponents a couple of levels apart are very uneven affairs; high level characters with supernatural powers can annihilate armies without breaking a sweat. Later {{Sourcebook}}s even feature rules for enviromental damage caused by {{Physical God}}s duking it out and combats where time is stretched by the RuleOfCool.

** Very reminiscent of {{Rolemaster}}, though.