History Manga / BlueSeed

* MediumAwareness: One omake has Kunikida and Takeuchi explore the perils of animation cells.

* {{Narrator}}: Katsunosuke Hori narrates the anime.

* SurprisinglyGoodEnglish: The US Navy officers were voiced by American actors and are a big contrast to FakeAmerican Sakura.

%%* WhipItGood: Valencia uses one.

%%* {{Gainaxing}}: Namely in ''Beyond''.

* SimpleSolutionWontWork: An example in which this trope is a very important plot point. If [[ApocalypseMaiden Momiji Fujimiya]] is sacrificed or assassinated, the [[EldritchAbomination Arigami]] go away. The problem then becomes that the Arigami have [[RegularlyScheduledEvil constantly come back through the millennia]], so sacrificing Momiji is not a permanent solution. Furthermore, there's ways Momiji can die that wouldn't affect the Arigami. Because of this, the members of TAC spend the series seeking a more effective alternative, while constantly fending off Arigami rampages and people trying to kill Momiji (both [[CuttingTheKnot to try to save Japan]] and [[EcoTerrorist to get rid of the filth mankind has plastered on Japan]]).

* AbortedDeclarationOfLove: Ryoko to Kunikida. "I love... Japan."
* ActionGirl:
** Koume and Sakura.
** Valencia in the {{OVA}}.

* ApocalypseMaiden: [[spoiler:Kaede, after her FaceHeelTurn.]]

* BarbieDollAnatomy: Averted as part of the {{OVA}}'s fanservice.
* BarrierMaiden: Kaede and Momiji.

* BodyguardCrush: Momiji on Kusanagi.

** Momiji actually averted becoming this, via calling the TAC out on this in the third episode when they tried to do it to her. That time around, they listened and made her a full-fledged member.

* ChivalrousPervert: Kusanagi

* CombatTentacles: Many of the aragami have these.

* CuteClumsyGirl: Momiji

* EvilTwin: Kaede to Momiji.

** [[MsFanservice Valencia provides a]] ''lot'' of fanservice all on her own.

* {{Gainaxing}}: Namely in ''Beyond''.

* GratuitousEnglish: See entry for ButNotTooForeign, above. The shift in Sakura's pronunciation from "Mommy" (American) back to "Mama" (Japanese--Engrish, but still Japanese) actually marks an important turning point in one episode.
** Also [[AnimeThemeSong MYSTERIOUS TOKYO! HOOK ME UP FOXY NIGHT GAME!]]

* IHaveTheHighGround: Murakumo loves doing this.

* ImprobableAge: Kunikida is in his 40s, Matsudaira is 32, and Kusanagi is 18.

* MarilynManeuver: Momiji in episode 10 in one of several panty shot scenes.

* MayDecemberRomance: [[spoiler: Ryoko Takeuchi and Daitetsu Kunikida]]

* MoreDakka: Koume's battle philosophy resolves around this.

* OfficeRomance: Between [[spoiler: Ryoko and Kunikida]].

* OpaqueNerdGlasses: Sakura, when she's in {{miko}} mode.
* OppositesAttract: [[spoiler: Koume and Yaegashi]].
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Momiji.
* {{Orochi}}: One of the aragami.

* PolarOppositeTwins: Kaede and Momiji.

* PunchCatch: Murakumo pulls this on Kusanagi in episode 12.

* SeparatedAtBirth: Momiji and Kaede.

* SmallGirlBigGun: Koume. Momiji also isn't afraid to fire a rocket launcher as needed.

* SuperDeformed: In the {{omake}}.

* TheNineties: The hair, the outfits, the cell phones, the cars...

* WhipItGood: Valencia uses one.

* PantyShot: Apparently Momiji cannot walk five feet without exposing her cute cartoon character underwear -- at least until the MoodWhiplash.

* RunningGag: OnceAnEpisode Momiji's underwear [[PantyShot gets exposed]], along with the cute picture of a cartoon animal on them, much to her embarrassment.

* YouGottaHaveBlueHair: Ryoko has purple hair, which could be written off as stylized black. Kusanagi and Susano-oh have green hair, which is {{justified|Trope}} by their connection to aragami. But then you get Valencia, whose hair is bright pink and Koume, whose hair is [[FieryRedhead orange]].

* DangerouslyShortSkirt: In the OAV, Sugishita impose a highly impractical uniform on the female members of the TAC

* ThemeTuneCameo: Momiji hums the ending in an {{omake}}.

Made in 1994, ''Blue Seed'' is (loosely) based on the Izumo cycle of Japanese mythology and the tale of the god Susanoo and the eight-headed monster Yamata no {{Orochi}}. The original manga was written by Yuzo Takada and published in ''Comic Ganma'' from 1992 to 1996. A 26 episode anime adaptation aired from 1994 to 1995.

Made in 1994, ''Blue Seed'' is (loosely) based on the Izumo cycle of Japanese mythology and the tale of the god Susanoo and the eight-headed monster Yamata no {{Orochi}}. The original manga was written by Yuzo Takada and was made into a 26 episode anime series.

* ReverseMole: [[spoiler:Kaede had been playing the Aragami from the start: She always intended to hijack the end-of-the-world ritual to renew the Earth's resources instead.]]

There is also a three episode {{OVA}}, ''Blue Seed Beyond'', which takes place [[{{Timeskip}} two years after]] the end of the TV series. It concerns what seems to be a resurgence of aragami ([[spoiler:actually created via biotechnology]]), and introduces a new character, Valencia Tachibana. Like Kusanagi, she was implanted with a mitama without turning into a full aragami.

* TheCharmer: Sugishita likes to think he's this when in fact he's actually more of the series ButtMonkey.

* JustEatGilligan: A fairly major plot point [[InUniverse in the series]]. If Momiji croaks, the Arigami go away, and several individuals and groups in the series are attempting to cause just that. However, aside from the ethical complications of human sacrifice, it's implied this is more of a stop-gap solution and the TAC is attempting to find a more permanent end to the Arigami.

* {{Onmyodo}}: Sakura's magic.

* ExcitedEpisodeTitle: All but the first and last episode. Others have titles such as "It's Spring! It's the Capital! I'll Do My Best!" or "Innocence! Love! My First Kiss!".

* CulturalTranslation: The CreatureHunterOrganization would be more appropriately translated as the "National Land Management Bureau" or NLMB - the group's InUniverse reputation is a bunch of paper pushers, and the {{Masquerade}} keeps most from knowing about the Arigami until the final story arc. However, Western audiences expect a group of [[WhoYouGonnaCall monster hunters]] to have an appropriately grandiose name, hence their official title of "Terrestrial Administration Center" or TAC.

* AlienBlood: Aragami and half-aragami have green blood.

* {{Atlantis}}: An odd example; in this setting, the Japanese archipelago was all but uninhabitable several thousand years ago, and the first inhabitants created the Arigami to all but {{Terraform}} the place. Their current rampages are thus as much a ZerothLawRebellion as GaiasVengeance.

%% ExcitedEpisodeTitle: All but two titles. (please quote one)
* EverybodyIsSingle: At the start of the series

* GodivaHair: [[spoiler:Sakura's mom.]]

* GreenAesop

* LeaningOnTheFourthWall: In the {{OVA}}s

%%* MonsterOfTheWeek

* OfficeRomance: Between [[spoiler: Ryoko and Kunikida]]

* MarilynManeuver: Momiji in episode 10 in one of several panty shot scenes.

* {{Dojikko}}: Momiji

* DowntimeDowngrade: [[spoiler: Subplot of the Blue Seed 2 OVA series epilogue. In the opening of the first episode Momiji and Kusanagi's relationship is heavily on the rocks, with Momiji outwardly worrying that Kusanagi will break up with her. She even tries to ''sleep'' with him at one point and he rejects her, calling her a kid. The rest of the OVA deals with the subplot of Kusanagi trying to reconcile his feelings for Momiji. At the end of the second episode of the OVA it's clear that while Kusanagi will continue to date Momiji, the relationship itself is still in shaky ground. In the third episode of the OAV Momiji is afraid of Kusanagi seeing her naked (despite having tried to sleep with him two episodes prior), prompting ''Koume'' of all people to comment that their relationship hasn't progressed and will probably end soon. The ending to the entire OAV series does not resolve the subplot, with the inference being that Momiji and Kusanagi could still break up in the near future.]]

* ActionGirl: Koume and Sakura.
** Also Valencia in the {{OVA}}.

* BladeBelowTheShoulder

* GoofyPrintUnderwear: A running gag with Momiji.

* HellishPupils: Kusanagi's are slitted like a cat's; Murakumo's have the whites and the pupils inverted, colorwise, in one form.
** Kusanagi's eyes are {{lampshaded}} in one of the {{omake}}s.

* Music/MegumiHayashibara: Momiji's voice actress. She sings the ending.
** She also remade the opening theme song "Carnival Babel" into "Carnival Babel Revival" in 2003.
* MonsterOfTheWeek

* ShrinesAndTemples

* VirginPower

* TeamMom: Azusa Matsudaira, interestingly also explored in that she openly admits that she's a horrible mother to her young son Jun.
* ThemeTuneCameo: Momiji hums the ending in an {{omake}}.