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* ''Manga/ShimejiSimulation'': Invoked in one page of Chapter 44, where the whole page transitions from a vanilla pictorial manga into a text-based interaction between Yomikawa and Shijima. Marking the contrast is the page in this said chapter is peppered with philosophical contexts uttered by Yomikawa.
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* ''Manga/SoulHunter'' is a shounen manga which loves to play with this, for example during a no weapons duel between two characters ''Franchise/StreetFighter''-esque health bars and names appear at the top of the panel and when the protagonist uses drunken fist to humiliate his opponent the panel arrangement becomes that of a 4koma ([[BreakingTheFourthWall which greatly annoys his more serious opponent when he notices it]]).

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* ''Manga/SoulHunter'' ''Manga/HoshinEngi'' is a shounen manga which loves to play with this, for example during a no weapons duel between two characters ''Franchise/StreetFighter''-esque health bars and names appear at the top of the panel and when the protagonist uses drunken fist to humiliate his opponent the panel arrangement becomes that of a 4koma ([[BreakingTheFourthWall which greatly annoys his more serious opponent when he notices it]]).
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* In ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'', five-year-old Yotsuba speaks entirely in hiragana (the simplest form of Japanese writing and the only one she knows) using a bold, curvy font that reflects her age and energy. Everyone else speaks in a standard manga font with an appropriate amount of katakana and kanji. The English localization by Creator/YenPress uses a similarly bold and cartoony font, which carries over to ten-year-old ChildProdigy Chiyo Mihama in the author's other work, ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh''.

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* In ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'', five-year-old Yotsuba speaks entirely in hiragana (the simplest form of Japanese writing and the only one she knows) using a bold, curvy font that reflects her age and energy. Everyone else speaks in a standard manga font with an appropriate amount of katakana and kanji. The English localization by Creator/YenPress uses a similarly bold and cartoony font, font for her, which carries over to ten-year-old ChildProdigy Chiyo Mihama in the author's other work, ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh''.
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* In ''Manga/{{Yotsuba}}'', five-year-old Yotsuba speaks entirely in hiragana (the simplest form of Japanese writing and the only one she knows) using a bold, curvy font that reflects her age and energy. Everyone else speaks in a standard manga font with an appropriate amount of katakana and kanji. The English localization by Creator/YenPress uses a similarly bold and cartoony font, which carries over to ten-year-old ChildProdigy Chiyo Mihama in the author's other work, ''Manga/AzumangaDaioh''.
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* ''Manga/SoulHunter'' is a shounen manga which loves to play with this, for example during a no weapons duel between two characters ''StreetFighter''-esque health bars and names appear at the top of the panel and when the protagonist uses drunken fist to humiliate his opponent the panel arrangement becomes that of a 4koma ([[BreakingTheFourthWall which greatly annoys his more serious opponent when he notices it]]).

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* ''Manga/SoulHunter'' is a shounen manga which loves to play with this, for example during a no weapons duel between two characters ''StreetFighter''-esque ''Franchise/StreetFighter''-esque health bars and names appear at the top of the panel and when the protagonist uses drunken fist to humiliate his opponent the panel arrangement becomes that of a 4koma ([[BreakingTheFourthWall which greatly annoys his more serious opponent when he notices it]]).

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* General: In manga, when there is a character who almost exclusively uses [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseWritingSystem katakana]] in their speech, you'll want to pay close attention to them. Chances are, that character either has strange accent, speaks with improper tone, is a [[RoboSpeak robot]] or robot-like, or ''crazy''. Similarly, if a character exclusively uses hiragana in a manga where kanji is expected, it usually means said character is childish or attempting to look cute.

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* General: In manga, when there is a character who almost exclusively uses [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseWritingSystem katakana]] in their speech, you'll want to pay close attention to them. Chances are, that character either has a strange accent, speaks with improper tone, is a [[RoboSpeak robot]] or robot-like, or ''crazy''. Similarly, if a character exclusively uses hiragana in a manga where kanji is expected, it usually means said character is childish or attempting to look cute.cute.
* Ayakashi in ''Manga/AyakashiTriangle'' are not only InvisibleToNormals, but inaudible as well. This is indicated by their speech bubbles being drawn with a thick, double-line border. When ayakashi take forms humans ''can'' hear them in, their speech bubbles are drawn normally.
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* General: In manga, when there is a character who almost exclusively uses [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseWritingSystems katakana]] in their speech, you'll want to pay close attention to them. Chances are, that character either has strange accent, speaks with improper tone, is a [[RoboSpeak robot]] or robot-like, or ''crazy''. Similarly, if a character exclusively uses hiragana in a manga where kanji is expected, it usually means said character is childish or attempting to look cute.

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* General: In manga, when there is a character who almost exclusively uses [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseWritingSystems [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseWritingSystem katakana]] in their speech, you'll want to pay close attention to them. Chances are, that character either has strange accent, speaks with improper tone, is a [[RoboSpeak robot]] or robot-like, or ''crazy''. Similarly, if a character exclusively uses hiragana in a manga where kanji is expected, it usually means said character is childish or attempting to look cute.
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** ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBaby'' takes place in an infant's body developing within the womb, and has a SuperDeformed artstyle as a result.

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** ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBaby'' takes place in an a newborn infant's body developing within the womb, body, and has a SuperDeformed artstyle as a result.to reflect that the cells are still developing.

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* ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBacteria'', a {{Shojo}} series, takes place in a high school girl's body, so the bacteria's appearances are more stylish or elegant than the ones in the main book. Their home is also shown to have a Victorian aesthetic, and a character is shown using magic to perform their cellular duties.

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''Manga/CellsAtWorkBacteria'', a {{Shojo}} series, takes place in a high school girl's body, so the bacteria's appearances are more stylish or elegant than the ones in the main book. Their home is also shown to have a Victorian aesthetic, and a character is shown using magic to perform their cellular duties.duties.
** ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBaby'' takes place in an infant's body developing within the womb, and has a SuperDeformed artstyle as a result.
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* General: In manga, when there is a character who almost exclusively uses katakana in his or her speech, you want to pay close attention to him or her. Chance is that character either has strange accent, speaks with improper tone, or ''crazy''.
* ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBacteria'': ''Bacteria!'', a {{Shojo}} series, takes place in a high school girl's body, so the bacteria's appearances are more stylish or elegant than the ones in the main book. Their home is also shown to have a Victorian aesthetic, and a character is shown using magic to perform their cellular duties.

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* General: In manga, when there is a character who almost exclusively uses katakana [[UsefulNotes/JapaneseWritingSystems katakana]] in his or her their speech, you you'll want to pay close attention to him or her. Chance is them. Chances are, that character either has strange accent, speaks with improper tone, is a [[RoboSpeak robot]] or ''crazy''.
robot-like, or ''crazy''. Similarly, if a character exclusively uses hiragana in a manga where kanji is expected, it usually means said character is childish or attempting to look cute.
* ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBacteria'': ''Bacteria!'', ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBacteria'', a {{Shojo}} series, takes place in a high school girl's body, so the bacteria's appearances are more stylish or elegant than the ones in the main book. Their home is also shown to have a Victorian aesthetic, and a character is shown using magic to perform their cellular duties.
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* One ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' fansub uses the typewriter-like font "Prestige Elite" for the Pokédex.

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* One ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' fansub uses the typewriter-like font "Prestige Elite" for the Pokédex.
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* ''Manga/MedakaBox'': Most of Kumagawa Misogi's dialogue (even his thoughts) are marked with quotation brackets. This is to highlight that every one of his words is a fabrication that may or may not be true, making even the honest truth indistinguishable from a blatant lie. Apparently, this habit is a "cool act" meant to keep his true feelings distanced from others. [[OOCIsSeriousBusiness But on the rare occasions when he drops the brackets,]] [[SincerityMode it means he's being entirely up-front about his feelings.]]
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* During Lucy's StartOfDarkness from ''Manga/ElfenLied'', the moment when Lucy snaps and murders the [[KidsAreCruel cruel kids]] who have just [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog beaten her little puppy to death]]]] has her final words ("...ARE YOU!!!") [[color:red:subtitled in red]]. In some {{Fan Sub}}s, the font changes as well.

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* During Lucy's StartOfDarkness from ''Manga/ElfenLied'', the moment when Lucy snaps and murders the [[KidsAreCruel cruel kids]] who have just [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog [[spoiler:[[KickTheDog beaten her little puppy to death]]]] has her final words ("...("[[red:...ARE YOU!!!") [[color:red:subtitled YOU!!!]]") subtitled in red]].red. In some {{Fan Sub}}s, the font changes as well.
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** Also in ''Dragon Ball'', mechanical characters have their text displayed in angular speech bubbles. This was later extended to villains and Super Saiyans (but not the calmer mastered Super Saiyan Full Power).
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* ''Manga/CellsAtWorkBacteria'': ''Bacteria!'', a {{Shojo}} series, takes place in a high school girl's body, so the bacteria's appearances are more stylish or elegant than the ones in the main book. Their home is also shown to have a Victorian aesthetic, and a character is shown using magic to perform their cellular duties.
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* In the English localisation of ''Manga/TheGirlFromTheOtherSide'', the Outsiders speak using a different font to that of the other characters. Then, when [[spoiler:Teacher gives up his soul in order to save Shiva, he]] starts speaking in the same font.
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* ''Anime/AnimeGataris'': [[spoiler:The RealityBleed of the anime world to the real world]] is represented by the fourth wall gradually being whittled away until [[NoFourthWall nothing's left]] while the Anime Club's antics become increasingly {{Troperiffic}}. This comes to a head in episode 11, where [[spoiler:the world starts turning the series' formatting (jump cuts, credits, ''{{Art Shift}}s'' into tangible, real concepts that are accepted as a part of everyday life... at least until it goes absolutely haywire.]]

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* ''Anime/AnimeGataris'': [[spoiler:The RealityBleed of the anime world to the real world]] is represented by the fourth wall gradually being whittled away until [[NoFourthWall nothing's left]] while the Anime Club's antics become increasingly {{Troperiffic}}. This comes to a head in episode 11, where [[spoiler:the world starts turning turning the series' formatting (jump cuts, credits, ''{{Art Shift}}s'' {{Art Shift}}s, ''{{Retcon}}s'') into tangible, real concepts that are accepted as a part of everyday life... at least until it goes absolutely haywire.]]
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* ''Anime/AnimeGataris'': [[spoiler:The RealityBleed of the anime world to the real world]] is represented by the fourth wall gradually being whittled away until [[NoFourthWall nothing's left]] while the Anime Club's antics become increasingly {{Troperiffic}}. This comes to a head in episode 11, where [[spoiler:the world starts turning the series' formatting (jump cuts, credits, ''{{Art Shift}}s'' into tangible, real concepts that are accepted as a part of everyday life... at least until it goes absolutely haywire.]]
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** A somewhat humorous one is done in a fansub of ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''. A certain energy source that greatly boosts the power of any mecha (potentially, ''anything at all'') with mostly unknown origins goes by the name '''[[color:orange: THE POWER]]'''. Whenever a character mentions this, the only subtitles that would show on the screen would say '''[[color:orange: THE POWER!]]''' in gigantic orange letters (the color someone or something becomes when infused with it).

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** A somewhat humorous one is done in a fansub of ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''. A certain energy source that greatly boosts the power of any mecha (potentially, ''anything at all'') with mostly unknown origins goes by the name '''[[color:orange: THE POWER]]'''. '''THE POWER'''. Whenever a character mentions this, the only subtitles that would show on the screen would say '''[[color:orange: THE POWER!]]''' '''THE POWER!''' in gigantic orange letters (the color someone or something becomes when infused with it).
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* Chapter 74 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' (which was one big AffectionateParody of Shoujo manga), had a page with massive ads that took of a third of the space, much like in an actual Shoujo magazine.

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* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'': When Izuku starts muttering to himself (something he does a lot since he tends to overthink things), his word balloons are surrounded by "butsu butsu", the Japanese onomatopoeia for muttering, instead of the solid linework used for normal speech.
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* Anything involving the [[MonsterOfTheWeek witches]] in ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' has an ArtShift. It's clear the characters think what they're seeing is disturbing, but you also get the impression that what we the viewers are seeing, no matter how jarring, is really only an approximation of the horror actually witnessed by the girls in the anime.
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* Chapter 74 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaWaKokurasetai'' (which was one big AffectionateParody of Shoujo manga), had a page with massive ads that took of a third of the space, much like in an actual Shoujo magazine.

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* Chapter 74 of ''Manga/KaguyaSamaWaKokurasetai'' ''Manga/KaguyaSamaLoveIsWar'' (which was one big AffectionateParody of Shoujo manga), had a page with massive ads that took of a third of the space, much like in an actual Shoujo magazine.
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** [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8466225710208488797&ei=ArTuSJv_CYmwrQL0tfzJBg&q=garlock+ subtitled This Gurren Lagann scene]] is an example of the first technique mentioned (in the last few seconds).

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** [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8466225710208488797&ei=ArTuSJv_CYmwrQL0tfzJBg&q=garlock+ subtitled com/videoplay?docid=8466225710208488797&ei=ArTuSJv_CYmwrQL0tfzJBg&q=garlock+subtitled This Gurren Lagann scene]] is an example of the first technique mentioned (in the last few seconds).
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** Played by Order, a FanSub group, in their release of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': every time Simon and Kamina are [[CallingYourAttacks Calling Their Attacks]], their subtitles get a different font as well as karaoke-like highlights. Also, when someone emphasizes the end of a phrase, the beginning appears first and then the emphasized part appears, and when they're yelling, you can see the words shaking.

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** Played by Order, a FanSub group, in their release of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': every Every time Simon and Kamina are [[CallingYourAttacks Calling Their Attacks]], their subtitles get a different font as well as karaoke-like highlights. Also, when someone emphasizes the end of a phrase, the beginning appears first and then the emphasized part appears, and when they're yelling, you can see the words shaking.
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** A pioneer in these effects was Kaizoku Fansubs with their ''OnePiece'' sub-work. Each character got an elaborate font for calling out their attacks, and sometimes different ways for the letters to appear. It's a bit over-the-top, but then again it's ''One Piece''.

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** A pioneer in these effects was Kaizoku Fansubs with their ''OnePiece'' ''Manga/OnePiece'' sub-work. Each character got an elaborate font for calling out their attacks, and sometimes different ways for the letters to appear. It's a bit over-the-top, but then again it's ''One Piece''.
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* General: In manga, when there is a character who almost exclusively uses katakana in his or her speech, you want to pay close attention to him or her. Chance is that character either has strange accent, speaks with improper tone, or ''crazy''.
* In the first issues of the ''Manga/DragonBall'' manga, Goku delivers a MegatonPunch to Yamcha, hard enough to send him flying, at which point he crashes into the top of the panel, shatters it, and bounces off.
** Similar gags showed up from time to time in Akira Toriyama's earlier ''Manga/DoctorSlump''.
* In ''Manga/{{Hellsing}}'', dream sequences end themselves by panes getting smaller and smaller until they're pinprick-sized, as the dreams go weird before the character wakes up.
* Many {{Fan Sub}}s play with the subtitles at least a little for various effects, though this can distract the audience from what's happening on screen.
** Played by Order, a FanSub group, in their release of ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'': every time Simon and Kamina are [[CallingYourAttacks Calling Their Attacks]], their subtitles get a different font as well as karaoke-like highlights. Also, when someone emphasizes the end of a phrase, the beginning appears first and then the emphasized part appears, and when they're yelling, you can see the words shaking.
*** [[http://media.onemanga.com/mangas/00002662/000144682/18-19.jpg This]] (Caution: spoiler warning!) scene from the spin-off ''Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann -- Gurren Gakuenhen'' shows off interaction across different panels (and involving a flashback scene no less)
** Similarly, Arienai Fansubs's release of ''Anime/FutariWaPrettyCure'' had some of the karaoke lyrics in the opening credits mimic the motion of objects onscreen, sliding across the screen or spiraling off into the distance.
** A pioneer in these effects was Kaizoku Fansubs with their ''OnePiece'' sub-work. Each character got an elaborate font for calling out their attacks, and sometimes different ways for the letters to appear. It's a bit over-the-top, but then again it's ''One Piece''.
** A somewhat humorous one is done in a fansub of ''Anime/GaoGaiGar''. A certain energy source that greatly boosts the power of any mecha (potentially, ''anything at all'') with mostly unknown origins goes by the name '''[[color:orange: THE POWER]]'''. Whenever a character mentions this, the only subtitles that would show on the screen would say '''[[color:orange: THE POWER!]]''' in gigantic orange letters (the color someone or something becomes when infused with it).
** [[http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=8466225710208488797&ei=ArTuSJv_CYmwrQL0tfzJBg&q=garlock+ subtitled This Gurren Lagann scene]] is an example of the first technique mentioned (in the last few seconds).
* During Lucy's StartOfDarkness from ''Manga/ElfenLied'', the moment when Lucy snaps and murders the [[KidsAreCruel cruel kids]] who have just [[spoiler: [[KickTheDog beaten her little puppy to death]]]] has her final words ("...ARE YOU!!!") [[color:red:subtitled in red]]. In some {{Fan Sub}}s, the font changes as well.
** The same effect was used by at least one fansub group in the final scene of ''VisualNovel/HigurashiWhenTheyCry'''s Watanagashi-hen, when [[spoiler: Mion ([[TwinSwitch apparently]]) murders Keiichi in his hospital bed.]]
*** They got that from the VisualNovel.
** Yet again the same effect is employed by a fansub group in the ''VisualNovel/{{Shuffle}}'' OVA, when Kaede snaps and searches for a scared stiff Asa-senpai with a butcher knife in hand.
* One ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}'' fansub uses the typewriter-like font "Prestige Elite" for the Pokédex.
* ''Manga/SoulHunter'' is a shounen manga which loves to play with this, for example during a no weapons duel between two characters ''StreetFighter''-esque health bars and names appear at the top of the panel and when the protagonist uses drunken fist to humiliate his opponent the panel arrangement becomes that of a 4koma ([[BreakingTheFourthWall which greatly annoys his more serious opponent when he notices it]]).
* Kenichi Sonoda often plays around with panel orientation, for example turning the panel upside down, to indicate the use of the alien ArtificialGravity tech in ''Manga/CannonGodExaxxion''.
* PlayedForLaughs during one scene in ''Anime/JuuniSenshiBakuretsuEtoRanger'', Nyorori is jealously imagining Literature/PeterPan and Wendy flying. [[FracturedFairyTale Acrophobic Peter Pan]] yanks his thought bubble away, crumples it up, and tosses it aside. [[FunnyBackgroundEvent Nyorori then desperately tries to iron it back together as Peter tells his story]].
* In the first episode of ''Manga/PrincessPrincess'', Akira jokes that the school is from another dimension, whereupon Tooru pictures the background changing to a picture of space. Akira comments that he said another dimension, not space, and Tooru changes the background so it's all swirly. He asks if thats better, Akira says yes and they continue on with the story.
* In the second volume of ''Manga/ReturnToLabyrinth'', Mizumi "steals" the speech bubbles of Mayor Spittledrum, rearranging them to say something entirely different.
* In ''Manga/GunsmithCats'', one of the protagonists is wearing ear protection while shooting. She and the audience can barely hear what an another character is saying until she takes them off.
* Tamaki in ''Manga/OuranHighSchoolHostClub'''s first episode is seen leaning on one of the notices that pop up every now and then.
* Interestingly, ''Manga/OnePiece'' has an example here. The so-called "Levels" of Impel Down are written with Roman letters by Oda himself, katakana spelling shown above, and are also written with Roman letters when the characters mention them. However, in Luffy's speech bubbles, they're written purely with katakana. The reason for this is unknown, but might be related to Luffy's rather childish speech pattern.
* In ''Manga/OnePunchMan'', Saitama's face is usually drawn in a very basic style, as if to give the impression that he's so lazy the artist couldn't be arsed to finish drawing him. He gains an ArtShift to the detailed style of the rest of the cast on the rare occasion that he takes something seriously.
** "Tornado of Terror" Tatsumaki is usually drawn in the detailed style the rest of the cast get, but occasionally she'll revert to a ONE-esque doodle.
* The second, remade Tokyopop translation of the ''Manga/MagicKnightRayearth'' manga features a different font for each kind of character.
* Every speech bubble to be connected to Ichiya in ''Manga/FairyTail'' is full of sparkles.
* In ''Anime/KillLaKill'', while CuteButPsycho Nui [[BreakingTheFourthWall never directly breaks the fourth wall]], she does make liberal use of {{Ninja Prop}}s (like leaning on her BossSubtitles and stroking Satsuki's hair through a split-screen divider) and LimitedAnimation to make her appear more creepy and inhuman.
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