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openSome Anime Anime
I have been thinking about an anime. I just remember one episode about a trio of students that were about to have a test, and for some reason, then one of them climbed into a clock tower to fix the abandoned clock there.
openSuper obscure anime with monsters from the 2000s (possible lost media) Anime
This is... something, alright. Nobody I ever talked to it about knew what I was talking about, nor it seems that it was already documented here. Did I have hallucinated this? I don't know.
I remember in the year 2009 in Italy they broadcasted a Mon anime series, which unfortunately, I never memorized the name. I'm pretty sure it was an anime and not just an Animesque cartoon, because it had that style typical of the Turn Of The Millenium animes. It had at least an Italian dub.
This Mon show was very notable in that it looks like it lacked any semblance of mon-related collectibles, which implies it was NOT Merchandise-Driven, nor it seemed to have evolutions for the mons; this also means that I couldn't possibly have seen Bakugan or a Digimon or Yu-Gi-Oh! series.
Other details I can give to better help identify it: The setting was mostly like our world except critters live alongside humans.
The protagonists were a quartet of kids plus the mascot mon, and pretty cliched; the protagonist was a red-headed Hot-Blooded Idiot Hero and probably an Extreme Omnivore as well; the deuteragonist was much more stoic and probaboy wore either blue or black, but also had some un-boyish hobbies; then there's the girl who was a pink-wearing tomboy; and finally the timid yellow-wearing smart guy; plus the mascot Mon who was a white-colored Cartoon Creature. I remember the five main characters bickering a lot with each other.
The main antagonists were a Terrible Trio of Green and Mean devils who were revealed to be brainwashed, but there also were a couple of GreaterScopeVillain.
I also don't remember any of the characters' names.
Some episodes I somewhat remember:
- An episode where the aloof lancer is revealed to like collecting plush toys, but his parents scold him for having such hobbies, but it's also revealed that the big guy from the Terrible Trio also collects plush toys and attempts to steal a rare plushie from the good guys;
- An episode where there's a huge monster on a rampage, and also a Mon that looked like a fire-breathing Jack-o'-lantern (one of the few "generic" Mons I remember from it);
- An episode where The Smart Guy saves the day but mistakes a boy for a girl;
- The Myth Arc and possibly the "finale arc", where the masco Mon flees, the kids try to find him with the protagonist trying to bait him out with EXPIRED snacks (that's very dumb, but one of the only scenes I remember clearly...), all the four kids touch a magic stick and get transported to a special place, where a "butler-like" Mon reveals to them that the mascot had an older brother who did an Heroic Sacrifice, using carvings in a wall to illustrate the story.
I've tried giving the most detailed account I could give at this point, and so far nobody else even had the faintest idea of what I was talking about. It could be lost forever..
openIdol show with a gorilla? Anime
No really the first thing that comes to mind about this anime is that one of the higher ups is an gorilla. But for more context: The anime is about three idols and their manger living in either space or a future world where I think aliens existed. I do remember the anime’s runtime was short but how long each episode was is a blur. That’s unfortunately about the only stuff I remember.
So does anyone know what the anime’s name was or am I the only person who remembers this oddity?
Edited by eirigfiopenShow based on specific character Anime
The character in question comes from what looked like a fantasy anime that someone was watching next to me. It was a dark-skinned woman with long, straight, mint-blue (or green?) hair.
I remember a couple of other characters, namely a bearded king with light brown hair and a short, blonde girl who looked like his daughter?
The anime in question was watched on Crunchyroll (from what I could tell) and seems recent enough to have been produced in HD.
openDID Anime scene Anime
I once saw a scene in an anime where three women had apparently been sentenced to death. All three had their hands bound in front of them in a futuristic version of stocks and the woman selected to die first was obliged to bend over so that her stocks would lock into this pillar thing, the effect being sort of like a pillory, only with her neck exposed for the headsman’s axe. Just as the executioner was raising his axe for the chop, the women’s male ally managed to intervene and save all three.
openPoetic death scene Anime
Some anime, a character dies, and we cut to their mom or girlfriend out in a field, where a strong gust of wind starts to blow. The mom/girlfriend looks worried at what it could mean.
Edited by IronAnimationopenAnime with the Characters Sleeping during the Credits Anime
I have this memory of an anime where the characters were all sleeping at night during one of the credits...
The anime in question had a guy with a strange doll and the credits end with the guy and the strange doll waking up to a new day.
openWant to ask if this outfit description sounds fmaailr to anyone? Anime
I think I recall seeing an anime character with a ninja-like outfit with a four pointed star shape on the back. I make this post to see if anyone recalled anything matching the description to confirm if A. it isn't an imaginary figment and B. if it exists try to study it for refenrce.
openAnime about an angel Anime
This was from a very long time ago.
I was at Fry's Electronics with my mother. She was look for a DVD of a specific anime, which I don't remember.
One of the series depicted a man and an angel. The man had black and I think glasses. The angel was a woman, dressed in the stereotypical gown, with wings. She had brown hair I think.
The striking thing was that rather than float above her body, the halo was supported by rusty/bloody metal beam growing out of her head.
There where two DV Ds with these two. One I don't remember. The other was the two in a prison cell. The man look panicked while Angel just stood there serenely, smiling at him.
The appearance of that Angel stuck with me all my life.
openCG giant robot comedy shorts on CN Anime
Back around 2007, I used the see these shorts about CG giant robots, can't remember if the backgrounds were 2D or what. Don't remember human characters. It played during Cartoon Network Brasil commercial breaks. Probably played throughout Latin America. They lived in the woods, maybe a scrapyard surrounded by woods. I vividly remember the brazilian title being "Robôbos", but the only thing I can find by that name is an old Three Stooges cartoon. There were about five robots, each a different color. Their bodies were similar in shape to Mazinger. Can't say if anime or just influenced by it.
openNun with a tank Anime
I only vaguely remember a cover art of what was either some manga/anime or JRPG. It featured a nun and some other character on top of a rather dieselpunky tank.
It kind of reminded me of Chrono Crusade, but there wasn't a tank, was there?
openSimilar to Dinosaur King but in another world Anime
It was some sort of childrens cartoon/anime, with a character design reminiscent of Dinosaur King. The main kid, a boy, had some sort of monster/creature like a pokemon or something. I remember in one episode, the creature ran in circles around a city to create a glass dome with layers of glass and something else to make a dome to protect it from a sandstorm or something. I am also pretty sure this show doesn't occur on Earth, but another univese/world, but I could be wrong. Not digimon, nothing that comes up under dinosaur.
opengirly high school anime with beauty tips Anime
i remember watching this anime like 8 or 9 years ago. it was a high school anime for girls and at the end of each episode they would give beauty tips. i remember one of them was to look to the side of a camera lens while getting your picture taken. i think they wore brown uniforms but thats questionable. and one of the girls had long brown hair. pls help
openAnimated Paranormal Investigation Show? Anime
It was a case of the week type of show, with a small team. I remember the plot of two episodes
One episode had a actress who thought she was haunted but was being stalked by her assistant.
Another had a secret abortion clinic in a mall basement, and the ghosts of the fetuses were attacking the (usually teen) parents.
I can't find anything on this
openA chinese animation about yoyo Anime
I watch this when I was a kid, and it was about protagonist who duelling with other characters with yoyos. They have tournament arcs
The most memorable thing I remember is that one of the characters was a robot lady, a pair of twins, one have spiky white hair and one who looks like James from Pokemon anime
openLooking dor this anime Anime
I took this screenshot a while back and have no idea where it is from:https://ibb.co/Phb6w8n
open[Solved]Highschool student anime where guy gets possession powers Anime
I'm trying to remember the name of this anime where a brown haired highschool student is attacked by a white haired guy, who nearly kills him, but the brown haired guy ends up possessing the white haired guy before he actually gets killed. I think there was also mechas in the anime later on.
Edited by AnimaltameropenAnime with robbery in opening Anime
Around 2011-2012, I remember my sister watching this anime in the living room. The DVD had a trailer for Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood on it. The two main things I remember were a robbery in the opening, with guns firing and one character wearing a silly mask (that my mom commented on, but I sadly remember that more than the actual mask), and a scene where a character is covered in blood while another says to him "you look like you've seen a ghost." I vividly remember this line because when Pokémon: The Series during a Best Wishes episode used the phrase "you look like you've seen a Ghost-type Pokemon" I ended up getting reminded of that scene and feeling awkward.
Edited by KingofNightmares
I think the scene in question happened in a school's printing room. The catgirl stood too close to one of the machines and her tail got caught in the rollers, dragging her through. She's unharmed, but stuck in a paper-thin state. She runs off to find the scientist who made the machine so that he can restore her to normal, which if memory serves is achieved with a (possibly oversized) microwave.