History Anime / ReignTheConqueror

** Olympias has ashen white skin and green hair. She's also a scheming sociopath who's prone to evil laughter. In some ways, she's a gender-flipped [[TheJoker Joker]].

''Reign: The Conqueror'' is a Japanese anime first released in 1999 under the title ''Alexander Senki''. It was released in English by {{Tokyopop}} in 2003, and aired on Creator/AdultSwim and Showtime Beyond. The series was a re-imagination of the life of Alexander the Great based on the novel of the same name by Hiroshi Aramata. Character and setting design for the show was conceived by Peter Chung, the Korean-American animator who created ''WesternAnimation/AeonFlux''.

* VeryLooselyBasedOnATrueStory: The anime is loosely based off of the historical and legendary exploits of Alexander of Macedon.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Talks like [[StarWars Yoda]], Diogenes does. His short stature, {{ugly cute}} face, and role as {{eccentric mentor}} to the protagonist also bring Yoda to mind.

* SelfMadeOrphan: Alexander allows an assassin to take the life of his father, after very visibly stopping a much more obvious assassination attempt.

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Olympias.

* MrFanservice: Most of the main guys.

* FanService: Mostly for the girls.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Talks like [[StarWars Yoda]], Diogenes does.

* SelfMadeOrphan: Alexander allows an assassin to take the life of his father -- after very visibly stopping a much more obvious assassination attempt.

* CyberPunk

* ManchurianAgent: [[spoiler: Aristotle brainwashed Cassandra to serve as his [[TheMole Mole]] in Alexander's clique, particularly when he attempts to have her assassinate him during the invasion of India. The conditioning breaks when Cleitus, her lover, TakesTheBullet for Alexander.]]

* NightmareFuelStationAttendant: Olympias.
* NoblewomansLaugh: Olympias.

* ObfuscatingInsanity: Diogenes

-->'''Alexander'': Recklessness is speed beyond one's capacity to control. But might increased speed lead to increased capacity?\\

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* ProphecyTwist: Throughout the entire series, Alexander struggles with the prophecy that he will be the one to destroy the world. [[spoiler: Diogenes teaches him that it might count if he destroys it to rebuild it in a new image. In the end, he looks at a young child named Euclid writing geometric formulas in the sand, and declares that he's seeing "the world [he] destroyed being made anew."]]

* FiveManBand:
** TheHero: Alexander
** TheLancer: Philotas
** TheBigGuy: Cleitus
** TheChick: Ptolemy
** TheMedic: Phillipas
** SixthRanger: Haphaestion and Cassandra

* TheScapeGoat: Philotas.

* FetishFuel: The outfits.

* HoYay: Alexander and Hephaestion
** LesYay: Olympias and Roxanne

* NightmareFuel: The Caibeiros ceremony.

''Reign: The Conqueror'' is a Japanese anime first released in 1999 under the title ''Alexander Senki''. It was released in English by {{Tokyopop}} in 2003, and aired on Creator/AdultSwim and Showtime Beyond. The series was a re-imagination of the life of Alexander the Great based on the novel of the same name by Hiroshi Aramata. Character and setting design for the show was conceived by Peter Chung, the Korean-American animator who created ''WesternAnimaiton/AeonFlux''.

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''Reign: The Conqueror'' is a Japanese anime first released in 1999 under the title ''Alexander Senki''. It was released in English by {{Tokyopop}} in 2003, and aired on Creator/AdultSwim and Showtime Beyond. The series was a re-imagination of the life of Alexander the Great based on the novel of the same name by Hiroshi Aramata. Character and setting design for the show was conceived by Peter Chung, the Korean-American animator who created AeonFlux.

!!This series provides examples of:
* [[spoiler:AGodAmI: Alexander]]

* GoMadFromTheRevelation: Olympias

* TheScapeGoat: Philotas

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Haphaestion

* ShoutOut: Talks like [[StarWars Yoda]], Diogenes does.

* BrougtToYouByTheLetterS: Alexander wears a stylized "A" in this series.

''Reign: The Conqueror'' is a Japanese anime first released in 1999 under the title ''Alexander Senki''. It was released in English by {{Tokyopop}} in 2003, and aired on [{{adult swim}}] and Showtime Beyond. The series was a re-imagination of the life of Alexander the Great based on the novel of the same name by Hiroshi Aramata. Character and setting design for the show was conceived by Peter Chung, the Korean-American animator who created AeonFlux.

* [=~Noblewoman's Laugh~=]: Olympias

''Reign: The Conqueror'' is a Japanese anime first released in 1999. A re-imagination of the life of Alexander the Great based on the novel of the same name by Hiroshi Aramata. Character and setting design for the show was conceived by Peter Chung, the Korean-American animator who created AeonFlux.

* EstrogenBrigadeBait: Most of the main guys.

''Reign: The Conqueror'' is a Japanese anime first released in 1999. A re-imagination of the life of Alexander the Great based on the novel of the same name by Hiroshi Aramata. Character and setting design for the show was conceived by Peter Chung, the Korean-American animator who created AeonFlux.

* TheBeautifulPeople: Just about all of Alexander's group of friends, but he takes the cake.