The following tropes were either started or popularized by Japanese entertainment. Here are some of the TropeNamers in anime and manga series.
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* ''Manga/{{ARIA}}''
** SceneryPorn (via blogs)
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* ''Manga/AstroBoy''
** AstroClone
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* ''Anime/BestStudentCouncil''
** MaintainTheLie
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* ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''
** FlashStep
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* ''Manga/BrokenBlade''
** UnSorcerer
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* ''Anime/TheBigO''
** TomatoInTheMirror
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* Creator/{{CLAMP}}
** NoodlePeople
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* ''Anime/CowboyBebop''
** CowboyBebopAtHisComputer (from an article about the show)
** MushroomSamba
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* ''Anime/DigimonDataSquad''
** SleepModeSize
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* ''Literature/DirtyPair''
** LovelyAngels
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* ''Franchise/DragonBall''
** BackupFromOtherworld
** FromASingleCell
** FrothyMugsOfWater (from the ''Ani-Mayhem'' card game)
** FusionDance
** KamehameHadoken (cross-reference to ''Franchise/StreetFighter'')
** MeteorMove
** PowerLevels
** SuperMode
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* ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar''
** YouAreAlreadyDead
** KungFuJesus[[note]]From Toki's FanNickname[[/note]]
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* ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''
** EquivalentExchange
** GateOfTruth
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* ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''
** DisappearsIntoLight
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* ''Anime/{{Gigantor}}''
** LoliconAndShotacon
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* ''Manga/GirlsBravo''
** CensorSteam
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* The ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' metaseries:
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''
*** ColonyDrop
*** MidSeasonUpgrade (fandom term)
*** MinovskyPhysics
** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamThe08thMSTeam''
*** EnsignNewbie
** ''[[Anime/MobileFighterGGundam G Gundam]]''
*** GoldenSuperMode
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* ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry''
** ImTakingHerHomeWithMe
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* ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth''
** MagicKnight
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* ''Anime/MazingerZ''
** RocketPunch
** SuperRobot (technically, though ''VideoGame/SuperRobotWars'' is the one who coined the term)
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* ''Literature/MyNextLifeAsAVillainessAllRoutesLeadToDoom''
** NextLifeAsAFictionalCharacter
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* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}''
** DynamicEntry (named for Might Guy's flying kick)
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* ''Manga/NegimaMagisterNegiMagi''
** MarshmallowHell
** TwoRoadsBeforeYou
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* ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''
** GainaxEnding (Creator/StudioGainax has used this in other works too, but this is the most well-known one)
** MindRape
** ReiAyanamiExpy
** ZettaiRyouiki (the term itself)
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* ''Manga/PeachGirl''
** WoundedGazelleGambit
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* ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' (anime)
** AimForTheHorn (From a [[BeamMeUpScotty misquoted line]] spawned from [[Recap/PokemonS1E58RiddleMeThis an early episode]].)
** PokemonSpeak
** TeamRocketWins
** ToBeAMaster
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* ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''
** TheGlomp
** MartialArtsAndCrafts
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* ''Anime/ReadOrDie''
** PaperMaster
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* ''Manga/RurouniKenshin''
** RainOfBlood
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* ''Franchise/SailorMoon''
** InTheNameOfTheMoon
** SailorEarth
** SailorFuku
** SailorSenshiSendUp
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* ''Anime/SpaceBattleshipYamato''
** WaveMotionGun
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* ''Anime/SuperDimensionFortressMacross''
** BridgeBunnies (fandom term)
** MacrossMissileMassacre
** {{Roboteching}} (like the above, but with [[EnergyWeapon lasers]])
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* ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''
** ReallySevenHundredYearsOld
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* ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann''
** BeyondTheImpossible
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* ''Anime/{{Voltron}}''
** {{Robeast}}
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* ''Manga/TheWorldGodOnlyKnows''
** WildCardExcuse
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* ''Franchise/YuGiOh''
** BlackMagicianGirl (cross-reference to the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series)
** KingOfGames
** WhiteMagicianGirl (cross-reference to the ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' series)
** GateGuardian.
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