History TheFourthWallWillNotProtectYou / AnimeAndManga

* In ''Manga/{{Gintama}}'', Otae jumps out of the panel/screen and goes after the author of manga upon learning that his AuthorAvatar scored higher then her in a popularity poll. It ends up messing up the art style for a few pages, but things go back to normal once the author is revived as a cyborg in short order.

* ''Manga/SadakoAtTheEndOfTheWorld'' [[spoiler:sees Sadako notices she's still around after Ai and Hii die, wondering why she's still around after humanity has died out. Then she looks at the reader and starts to crawl out of the panel.]]

* ''Manga/SadakoAtTheEndOfTheWorld'' [[spoiler:sees, Sadako notices she's still around after Ai and Hii die, wondering why she's still around after humanity has died out. Then she looks at the reader and starts to crawl out of the panel.]]

** ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': In the final episode, [[spoiler:Pucci's Made In Heaven causes the opening to reset back to the ''original'' opening of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'', with Jolyne and Pucci having the [[BookEnds exact same]] poses as Jonathan and DIO did, alongside facing each other off just as Jotaro and DIO does in ''Stardust Crusaders'' opening]]. This is due to to the fact that before Diamond is Unbreakable and after Golden Wind, the [=JoJo=] openings were animated by Kamikaze Douga, a 3D animation studio, which allowed for a seamless transition between the openings.

* [[CuteAndPsycho Nui Harime]] of ''Anime/KillLaKill'' fame is known for getting pretty touchy-feely with the fourth wall, such as leaning on her own BossSubtitles. In episode 23, she takes it above and beyond by [[spoiler:hijacking the anime's credits to introduce Ragyo's Shinra-Koketsu, and her face deformed by the static is absolutely terrifying]].

* The anime adaptation of ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'' uses this in the adaptation of the "[[PleaseSubscribeToOurChannel Please Subscribe]]" short where Popuko [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin asks people to subscribe]] to her Website/YouTube channel ([[ImpossibleTask on a TV screen]]):

** After that, the screen turns pitch-black and you can hear Popuko ringing / knocking at your door.

* In the ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'' "Remix" re-release, the audio was altered for surround sound. Whenever [[PsychicPowers Legato]] [[BreakThemByTalking speaks]], his voice randomly switches from speaker to speaker...and if you're using headphones, ''it literally feels like he's inside your head''. That's right - Legato can MindRape ''the viewer''.

** ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': In the final episode, [[spoiler:Pucci's Made In Heaven causes the opening to reset back to the ''original'' opening of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'', with Jolyne and Pucci having the [[BookEnds exact same]] poses as Jonathan and DIO did, alongside facing each other off just as Jotaro and DIO does in ''Stardust Crusaders'' opening]]. This is due to to the fact that before Diamond is Unbreakable and after Golden Wind, the JoJo openings were animated by Kamikaze Douga, a 3D animation studio, which allowed for a seamless transition between the openings.

** ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStoneOcean Stone Ocean]]'': In the final episode, [[spoiler:Pucci's Made In Heaven causes the opening to reset back to the ''original'' opening of ''[[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventurePhantomBlood Phantom Blood]]'', with Jolyne and Pucci having the [[BookEnds exact same]] poses as Jonathan and DIO did, alongside facing each other off just as Jotaro and DIO does in ''Stardust Crusaders'' opening]].

* In ''Manga/TeasingMasterTakagiSan'', protagonist Nishikita is constantly being teased by Takagi, the girl he likes. A SeriesFauxnale ([[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9MQWcR6KL5A can be seen here]]) has Takagi as an adult reminiscing about their relationship, and implying Nishikata dead (with a red text saying "Nishikata gone missing"). When Nishikata comes home at the end of the chapter, she smirks at the reader (followed with a red text saying "Good News, Nishikata and Takagi is married) while a sidebar says "How did it feel being teased?"

* In ''Manga/TeasingMasterTakagiSan'', protagonist Nishikita is constantly being teased by Takagi, the girl he likes. A SeriesFauxnale has her as an adult reminiscing about their relationship, and implying they broke up. When he comes home at the end of the chapter, she smirks at the reader while a sidebar says "How did it feel being teased?"

* In the ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'' "Remix" re-release, the audio was altered for surround sound. Whenever [[PsychicPowers Legato]] [[BreakThemByTalking speaks]], his voice randomly switches from speaker to speaker...and if you're using headphones, ''it literally feels like he's inside your head''. That's right - Legato can MindRape ''the viewer''.
* In a scene exclusive to the manga adaptation of ''VideoGame/BravelyDefault'', [[spoiler: Airy notices the reader after her betrayal and comes to the realization that they've been cheering on the party and giving them willpower, prompting her to cover the pages with darkness in order to cease their interference.]]

* The anime adaptation of ''Manga/PopTeamEpic'' uses this in the adaptation of the "Please Subscribe" short where Popuko asks people to subscribe to her Website/YouTube channel ([[MovingTheGoalposts on a TV screen]]):

--> "Thank you for subscribing! And...
You there, who didn't...
[The screen starts glitching as she says the following sentence]

* In the anime adaptation of ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'', from ''Stardust Crusaders'' onward, the last few episodes of each arc have the ArcVillain use their StoryBreakerPower to mess with the opening:
** In the last episodes of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', Dio Brando uses his Stand, The World, to [[TimeStandsStill briefly stop]] the opening credits for almost exactly eleven seconds.

** During ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable'', once Kira obtains the power of [[GroundhogDayLoop Bites The Dust]], he uses it to play the third opening in ''reverse''. Killer Queen even appears on the screen and dashes towards the viewer to affect them as well.
** In ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventureGoldenWind'':
*** One shot in the second opening [[SmashCut suddenly skips forward]]. In episodes after [[TheFaceless the Boss]]'s identity is revealed, [[spoiler:twenty seconds of new footage play between the mismatched frames, with the implication that the Boss had been using his time skip powers on the show itself ''the entire time'']].
*** The last two episodes even have [[spoiler: Giorno's new ability ''reversing the background footage'' as its way of undoing the Boss's time skip powers. This is the first instance of a main character actually taking ''back'' an opening from the villain.]]

* Played with in ''Manga/ShinMazingerZERO''. The true nature of the titular [[MechanicalAbomination Mazinger ZERO]] reveals that his true power lies in its ability to use the powers of all mecha that derive from the original ''Anime/MazingerZ''. In-universe, this applies to a few mecha like ''Anime/GreatMazinger'', but out of universe? Mazinger Z is the TropeCodifier of the SuperRobotGenre [[MediumAwareness and it knows this]]. [[ThereCanOnlyBeOne And it is not happy at the existence of others]], [[UpToEleven even other Mazins]]. In the final few chapters of the manga, ZERO merges TheMultiverse into a single world where Mazinger and Mazinger alone is the only Super Robot anime and manga, as well as a media icon. However, this erases all mecha anime, manga, movies and video games that were influenced by the show in any way from existence. ''Manga/GetterRobo''? ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Gundam]]''? ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]''? ''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]]''? ''Film/PacificRim''? All gone.

*** Special mention goes to the [[HarsherInHindsight 911 shirt next to a flying airplane]] in one of Thoth's pages. A 9/11 prediction in a comic book capable of ''reading the future.''

** In the last episodes of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders'', Dio Brando use his Stand, The World, to [[TimeStandsStill briefly stop]] the opening credits for almost exactly eleven seconds.

* Played with in ''Manga/ShinMazingerZERO''. The true nature of the titular [[MechanicalAbomination Mazinger ZERO]] reveals that his true power lies in its ability to use the powers of all mecha that derive from the original ''Anime/MazingerZ''. In-universe, this applies to a few mecha like ''Anime/GreatMazinger'', but out of universe? Mazinger Z is the TropeCodifier of the SuperRobotGenre, [[MediumAwareness and it knows this]], [[ThereCanOnlyBeOne and is not happy]]. In the final few chapters of the manga, ZERO merges TheMultiverse into a single world where Mazinger and Mazinger alone is the only Super Robot anime and manga, as well as a media icon. However, this erases all mecha anime, manga, movies and video games that were influenced by the show in any way from existence. ''Manga/GetterRobo''? ''[[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Gundam]]''? ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Evangelion]]''? ''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]]''? ''Film/PacificRim''? All gone.

* Played with in ''Manga/ShinMazingerZERO''. The true nature of the titular [[MechanicalAbomination Mazinger ZERO]] reveals that his true power lies in its ability to use the powers of all mecha that derive from the original ''Anime/MazingerZ''. In-universe, this applies to a few mecha like ''Anime/GreatMazinger'', but out of universe? Mazinger Z is the TropeCodifier of the SuperRobotGenre, [[MediumAwareness and it knows this]], [[ThereCanOnlyBeOne and is not happy]]. In the final few chapters of the manga, ZERO merges TheMultiverse into a single world where Mazinger and Mazinger alone is the only Super Robot anime and manga, as well as a media icon. However, this erases all mecha anime, manga, movies and video games that were influenced by the show in any way from existence. ''Manga/GetterRobo''? ''[[Manga/MobileSuitGundam Gundam]]''? ''[[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangenlion Evangelion]]''? ''[[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Gurren Lagann]]''? ''Film/PacificRim''? All gone.

** In ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureVentoAureo'':