Line #9 ShoutOut/AnimeCrimesDivision


1	''Anime Crimes Division'' has many, many references to nerd culture.
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4	!Season One
5	[[folder:Episode 1: "Subs vs. Dubs"]]
6	* The first episode has a gun from ''Anime/PsychoPass''.
7	* As Joe monologues to Senzaki about the specifications of his gun, he briefly asks Senzaki if he [[Film/DirtyHarry fired twenty-six airsoft pellets or twenty-five]].
8	* When the Chief assigns Diesel as Joe's partner, he makes a reference to ''Manga/LoneWolfAndCub''.
9	* Diesel is a fresh graduate from [[Franchise/LittleWitchAcademia Little Police Academia]] and her favorite anime is ''Franchise/{{Digimon}}''.
10	* Furuya asks Diesel which character from ''Anime/YuriOnIce'' has the juiciest butt. [[spoiler:It's Christophe.]]
11	* ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' makes frequent appearances throughout the series, and is the subject of the third episode.
12	* The first episode's plot is kickstarted by the defamation of a statue in [[Manga/{{Akira}} Tetsuokanedatetsuokaneda]] Park.
13	* Several characters from various shows (such as C.C. from ''Anime/CodeGeass''), as well as a couple from video games (D.va from ''VideoGame/{{Overwatch}}'' and 2B from ''VideoGame/NierAutomata''), appear on body pillows in the pilot bust.
14	* The ad bumper references ''Anime/CowboyBebop''.
15	* The leaders of the Subber and Dubber gangs fight each other with [[Anime/KillLaKill both halves of the Rending Scissors.]]
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18	[[folder:Episode 2: "Playing for Keeps"]]
19	* The auction in the second episode has a prop from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' sold to a man in [[Anime/SailorMoon Tuxedo Mask]] getup. Also up for sale is the rarest ''TabletopGame/YuGiOh'' card in existence (the [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]] Dark Magician), but it's been stolen and replaced with a [[TabletopGame/{{Pokemon}} Diglett]] card. Other attendees include a woman dressed as [[Franchise/{{Nasuverse}} Saber]] and a man in a [[Manga/AttackOnTitan Survey Corps]] jacket.
20	* When Joe and Diesel place two plays-for-keepsers under arrest, Joe reveals that they are ACD officers by playing a "[[Manga/YoureUnderArrest You're Under Arrest]]" card, featuring Joe in a suit, standing in a courtroom, [[GivingSomeoneThePointerFinger giving the pointer finger]]. It is highly likely that this is a reference to ''VisualNovel/AceAttorney''.[[note]]Also, the card's flavor text are the MirandaRights. Not a shout-out, just funny[[/note]]
21	* Drinks seen include [[Anime/SpiritedAway Yubaba Bobba]] and ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' marble soda (Furuya is referred to as "Chunin Exams Rock Lee" in the scene where he drinks it).
22	* The ad bumper references "Who's that Pokémon?" from ''Anime/{{Pokemon}}''.
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25	[[folder:Episode 3: "The Gundam Killer"]]
26	* Furuya's personal collection includes, among [[FreezeFrameBonus many other things]], part of [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Cloud Strife]]'s [[AnimeHair hair]], and the tooth of the cat from ''Anime/AzumangaDaioh''.
27	* It's subtle, but the tone that Joe's vault plays upon him entering it is highly reminiscent of [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Just Communication.]]
28	* The zoom-ins on the ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}'' model "corpse" in Furuya's flashback feels reminiscent of the corpse discovery zoom-ins from ''Franchise/{{Danganronpa}}''.
29	* "I only have one book on my shelf, and it's ''Manga/DeathNote''."
30	* "My heart is like the ending of ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'': complicated, sad, confusing...and fundamentally broken."
31	* At one point in Episode 3, Furuya says, "[[Anime/CowboyBebop See you, space...]]" before being cut off by Diesel.
32	* The ad bumper references ''Manga/InitialD''.
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35	!Season 2
36	[[folder:Episode 1: "The Case Promised in Our Early Days"]]
37	* The title itself is a play on ''Anime/ThePlacePromisedInOurEarlyDays''.
38	* In the introductory voiceover, Diesel compares the city (happy vs. hiding a dark secret) to the first and third episodes of ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
39	* In a video, Furuya says his hatred [[spoiler:for anime]] is larger than [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Yoko]]'s breasts or the black goo at the end of ''Anime/ParanoiaAgent'' and harder to cover up than the plot holes in ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''.
40	* While Furuya is watching said video, the guy he's coaching in golf assumes he's a stern coach like Ukai from ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}''.
41	* Joe compares his feelings towards Neo Otaku City to the anime adaptation of ''Manga/PrincessJellyfish'' not getting a second season.
42	* Joe's TransformationSequence evokes ''Manga/SailorMoon'', and he caps it off with "[[Manga/{{Naruto}} Believe it]]."
43	* The murder in the opening is an imitation of an iconic DisconnectedByDeath scene in ''Manga/FullmetalAlchemist''.
44	* The ad bumper is a reference to ''Manga/SailorMoon'' as well.
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47	[[folder:Episode 2: "ACD_AMV"]]
48	* Hideki "''Naruto''-runs with" a group in AMV Alley.
49	* The visit to Sasuke references ''Manga/{{Boruto}}'' and ''Attack on Titan''.
50	* The name of infamous piracy hotbed website The Pirate Bay is sneaked into dialogue.
51	* The show keeps a "Joe's love of anime" percent counter, just like the counter from ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100'' that counts down how close Mob is to a meltdown.
52	* The eyecatch is a rule from the ACD's handbook, written ala the rules of ''Death Note''.
53	* Joe threatens Sasuke that by the time he'll be out of prison, ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' will be done.
54	* The murders in this episode evoke iconic deaths from ''Death Note'' and ''Anime/DragonBallZ''. The ACD is threatened by a ''Anime/GraveOfTheFireflies'' setup.
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57	[[folder:Episode 3: "Silence of the Fireflies"]]
58	* The title is a twofer, referring to both ''Film/SilenceOfTheLambs'' and ''Grave of the Fireflies''.
59	** Diesel's visit to the ex-chief is a homage to Clarice Starling's visit to Hannibal Lecter.
60	** The golf players are kidnapped and held in a cave, since the siblings in ''Fireflies'' stayed in one.
61	* The little girl outside Joe's apartment gives Joe a drawing of him as Luffy from ''Anime/OnePiece''.
62	* One of the prisoners seen during Diesel's visit throws a [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pokeball]] at her and creepily says "I choose you!"
63	* A few to ''Anime/MyHeroAcademia'':
64	** The Chief correctly pinpoints it as a recent series Diesel's been watching.
65	** The eyecatch layouts the title like the manga's logo, with the sound effect used is similar to the eyecatches from that show.
66	** Diesel refers to Joe as her All Might.
67	* The aforementioned conversation between Diesel and the Chief also references ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion'' ("as alone as Shinji at the end"), ''Series/BreakingBad'' ("Breaking Bad-dites" are residents of Prestige TV City) and ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' (with the Chief even offering to settle for fansubs at the quality of ''Warriors of the Wind'').
68	* Joe plays a virtual reality game called "Solitaire Art Online", a play on ''Anime/SwordArtOnline''.
69	* While stalling for time to trace the killer's location, Joe tests the killer anime knowledge with ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' trivia.
70	* The captives are found at Maiden Abyss, a play on ''Manga/MadeInAbyss''.
71	* After the captives are rescued and the mayor is killed, Chief Brody makes a joke about ''Case Closed'', AKA ''Manga/CaseClosed''.
72	* The ending montage is overscored with blues in the style of ''Anime/CowboyBebop''.
73	* A FreezeFrameBonus during Sasuke's funeral sees several Pokemon figurines, a [[Franchise/SuperMarioBros Rosalina]] figurine, and a ''Naruto'' sticker on the table.
74	* The billboard for Prestige TV City has the tagline "Because you liked ''Series/MadMen''".
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77	[[folder:Episode 4: "Beach Episode"]]
78	* Joe greets someone with "[[Series/BreakingBad I am the danger.]]"
79	* Before Joe's interview with Diesel's mother, he attempts to break the ice with a joke about ''Series/{{Lost}}''.
80	* During Joe's interview, he launches into a rehearsed spiel about how much he loves ''Series/GameOfThrones''. He also mentions ''Breaking Bad'' and ''Mad Men''.
81	* Diesel's mother extols the otherwise widely panned ''Film/DragonBallEvolution'', to Joe's disgust.
82	* A Prestige TV City officer finds Joe vomiting, joking that he must have been watching the latest season of ''Series/AmericanHorrorStory''.
83	* When discovering TOXIC's plan to overtake Neo Otaku City, Joe remarks that anyone who is dubbed a "fake fan" will be left with nothing but ''WesternAnimation/FamilyGuy''.
84	* Diesel compares the WillTheyOrWontThey trope to Ross and Rachel on ''Series/{{Friends}}''.
85	* Joe's PreAssKickingOneLiner: "I watched the first episode of ''Series/TheWire''. It was boring."
86	* The IdiosyncraticWipes of the episode is a reference to the scene transitions from ''Series/Batman1966''.
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89	[[folder:Episode 5: "Blood: The Last Hard Drive"]]
90	* The title is one to ''Anime/BloodTheLastVampire''.
91	* The brainwashing scene is reminiscent of ''Film/AClockworkOrange''.
92	* Mrs. Prestige calls their EvilPlan worthy of ''Series/GameOfThrones'''s Cersei Lannister. Later, Joe references Robb Stark and the Red Wedding.
93	* "It's siphoning away all of the good anime... [[MyFriendsAndZoidberg and]] ''WesternAnimation/NeoYokio''."
94	* Diesel mows down the corrupt cop squad sent to arrest her in a manner similar to ''Film/JohnWick'', before head-shotting the person who sent them in the middle of their EvilGloating similar to how John killed Santino in ''Film/JohnWickChapter2''.
95	* In a blink-and-you'll-miss-it moment, it's shown that part of Joe's brainwashing was a binge of ''Series/TheWalkingDead''.
96	* At the end of the episode, Joe parrots a memetic misquote of Creator/HayaoMiyazaki: "Anime was a mistake."
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99	[[folder:Episode 6: "The Saddest Anime Death of All Time"]]
100	* Joe gets to say "[[Anime/CowboyBebop See you, space cowboy]]" this time.
101	* "Anime...the only thing worse than the last season of ''Series/{{Dexter}}''."
102	* Child Joe proclaims to love anime more than [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu loves Ash]] and more than [[Manga/DragonBall Bulma loves Vegeta]], and plays with ''Dragon Ball'' figurines and points out posters right after.
103	* Joe's love for anime ticking up and beeping is reminiscent of Mob's feelings building up in ''Webcomic/MobPsycho100''.
104	* Joe goes [[Anime/DragonBallZ Super Saiyan]] to save the city, with his love for Anime going [[MemeticMutation over 9000]].
105	* [[spoiler: Joe's death]] is a direct reference to [[spoiler: [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike's]]]], complete with the same song playing over the end credits.
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