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openAnime-ish show Anime
There was a show that may have been on Cartoon Network. I'm not sure if it was an anime, or anime-style like Avatar: The Last Airbender. I don't remember much about it, but the main trio was two boys and a girl. The main guy was a Casanova wannabe with a blonde pompadour and a Hawaiian, I think. The other guy was like a Gentle Giant.
openOk I’ve tried everything Anime
Ok so the main plot was these 3 girls doing chores? Favors? Odd jobs? Idk but they would do things for the people around town regardless of what it was (I remember specifically they did last minute homework for some kids one time) and in the end they used the money they go to buy an island for themselfs. Also I remember it wasn’t a long show maybe 3 episodes, the characters names meant something so I think one was sora and maybe umi but I’m not sure and it was kinda older so before 2011
openCan’t find this anime Anime
I'm trying to find the name of the show in an old video. The video was deleted, but I recall what happens. A bunch of robot servants are crushed under a chandelier, and a girl proceeds to jump on top of another one, before she is hit in the back by some kind of headpiece(looks like a tiara, reminds me a bit of sailor moon(definitely NOT that)), only for it be revealed the girl is a robot as well as she lays there, leaking oil or something brown. Another girl then proceeds to kick off a robot's head before fleeing, with the servants in pursuit. I know it's one of the older anime, it's closer to the older style 2ds rather than the more modern animes.
Robot servants look identical.
I remember what the real-character and the one who was supposedly normal looked like, so if you can find a picture I'd recognize them.
Video used to be on youtube, but has since been deleted, I can't find it anywhere.
Tiara or whatever the headgear is I believe looks like Wonder Woman's tiara only fully silver.
One of the maids survives the impact, and half of her face its destroyed, revealing the circuits under it. The real-character(The one who isn't a robot) had brown hair I think, I remember the robot that got hit in the back had brown hair and a brown vest or something similar on them.
It's not from: Najica Blitz Tactics, Gintama, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
openCant remember a show I remember watching as a kid. Anime
There was a tv show I remember watching around 2009 (maybe on Cartoon Network) where there were 3 friends who would go home after school and they would get into a verticle pod like thing to connect to a computer and get into a video game type place where they each had their own vehicle (I remember one being one big ring of tire with a seat in the middle) they would fight monsters to get to new stages or new levels. I also feel like the priciple of the school they went to was an enemy to the kids in some way.
openNecromancer romance dark comedy Anime
I think I read the description of this work while browsing manga a few years back. The gist of it was that there was this girl who had necromancing powers and was in love with a guy, but kept killing him in weird ways and bringing him back to life. As I remember it was a dark comedy, although I don't recall having read much of it.
openAnime with half-human half-cricket or Grasshopper main character Anime
When I was young and visiting Tunisia, I remember an anime that looked like it came from either studio Ghibli or nippon animation world masterpiece theater. The main character, or at least the one I saw in the Intro, was a half-human half-grasshopper or cricket like character who rode a bike. He had the face and a lot of body parts of a human, but he had antennas and abdomen of either a cricket or a grasshopper (my memory is very bad about this series). So, this would fall under the trope "Little Bit Beastly", but looking in the Trope page it or some similar series is not listed there (and I was sure to double check. If you want to prove me wrong, PLEASE DO NOT HESITATE TO DO SO). Also, the fashion of the series seem to look like something out of the late 1800s and early 1900s.
This series has been giving me a headache trying to figure it out for a long, LONG time, so I'd really appreciate it if anyone knows what I was talking about. The series was dubbed in French, but I KNOW it wasn't a french cartoon or even a Tunisian one. It was very clearly an Anime.
openAnyone know this anime ? Anime
Ok so all I remember is that the album cover for this anime is a girl , I think a school girl, riding a bike, and she’s looking directly front and she looks really excited/happy. It had a really good theme song, and that’s why I want to remember what anime it was.
openAn anime of a guy(or woman) who changed bodies at midnight Anime
I don't remember if it was a Gender Bender deal like on Ranma 1/2 but i (barelly)remember the protagonist changed genders at midnight and it was something of a spy series, sorry if i could remember more info i would put it but my memory isn't helping right now.
open?? Anime
Looking for an Anime. It looked ultra-violent, and the animation was very fluid. Possible Mad House, or Production I.G. There was a guy running in what looked like a sports arena. He was getting attacked, limbs torn off, and regrowing them rapidly. I believe he was fighting a girl. Both were most likely high school students.
I thought it was Tokyo Ghoul, but after two and a half seasons, I know it was not.
openEarly 2000s anime? Anime
I remember watching this show on youtube back in 2012. I can't remember the plot at all, but I know the protagonist was a kind of generic looking highschooler with some kind of destructive power that causes runes to appear all over his body. I think the mc also had two friends, a guy with glasses and a girl who can use a sword. There was also this guy who could break bones by snapping his fingers? I can still kind of remember what the opening theme sounds like. I'm not even sure if it's early 2000s, but any help would be appreciated.
openSci-fi sports anime Anime
I remember watching an anime 7-10 years ago. It was about some kind of a space football game. The main character was the captain of the team playing this sport and his father disappeared somewhen before the start of the anime. Towards the end, it is revealed that the main characters' father is a space pirate
open???? Anime
I'm trying to find the name of the show in an old video. The video was deleted, but I recall what happens. A bunch of robot servants are crushed under a chandelier, and a girl proceeds to jump on top of another one, before she is hit in the back by some kind of headpiece(looks like a tiara, reminds me a bit of sailor moon(definitely NOT that)), only for it be revealed the girl is a robot as well as she lays there, leaking oil or something brown. Another girl then proceeds to kick off a robot's head before fleeing, with the servants in pursuit. I know it's one of the older anime, it's closer to the older style 2ds rather than the more modern animes.
Robot servants look identical.
I remember what the real-character and the one who was supposedly normal looked like, so if you can find a picture I'd recognize them.
Video used to be on youtube, but has since been deleted, I can't find it anywhere.
Tiara or whatever the headgear is I believe looks like Wonder Woman's tiara only fully silver.
One of the maids survives the impact, and half of her face its destroyed, revealing the circuits under it. The real-character(The one who isn't a robot) had brown hair I think, I remember the robot that got hit in the back had brown hair and a brown vest or something similar on them.
It's not from: Najica Blitz Tactics, Gintama, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex
openMTV's liquid television Anime
There was a skit, on liquid television, where a little girl knocks on doors, when the unlucky homeowner opens the door, she proceeds to destroy house with an explosion, or possibly, a giant shark. (Little girl might be a girl scout or just a kid trying to sell for school fundraisers) Thank you.
openMy Hero Academia Fanfiction Anime
Okay,so a few days ago I read a MHA fanfiction where Izuku destroys the zero pointer at the entrance exam by luring in the other robots and tricking them into firing on each other destroying them all, I just can't remember what the story was called...can you help me?
open(Solved) Astro Boy-esque anime movie with child protagonist and a robot girl Anime
Edit: the movie was Metropolis (2001), thank you!! now I can die complete
I watched this movie very late at night on I believe Cartoon Network or Boomerang when I was fairly small, at least 7 or 8. From what I can remember, it's a (possibly) post-apocalyptic world where robots and machines are everywhere. Entire buildings are made of metal and from what I remember everything was fairly trashy and gunky looking. The protagonist is a young boy who befriends a young girl (I believe she's a robot). I was fading in and out of sleep when watching this movie, so all I remember is the ending - the girl had presumably died and the boy and all the robots (which did not look human like the girl did) were tearfully wishing and waving her goodbye. I'm also certain there was a massive explosion at some point in the film, or at least the large collapse of one of the metal buildings (which may or may not have led to the girl's death).
The animation style seemed old, how old I can't be sure but it gave me Studio Ghibli/Astro Boy vibes, however I don't think the art style was similar to Ghibli or Tezuka's. Again, the world and setting seemed post-apocalyptic; everything was dirty and brown and most of the metal looked rusty. The boy was the only human I remember seeing in the film. The movie was dubbed when I watched it, and the dubbing was pretty poor. If anyone knows what this movie/OVA was that would be a life saver as it has been the bane of my existence since I first ever watched it. By this point I'm honestly wondering whether I dreamed it up.
Edited by taruandtobiopenAnime where this meme came from Anime
So basically I want to find out from which anime did the screencaps used for this meme came from.
The meme can be found here:
https://scontent-scl1-1.xx.fbcdn.net/v/t1.0-9/51672161_2258728394146088_815325839506800640_n.png?_nc_cat=1&_nc_ht=scontent-scl1-1.xx&oh=17df6cddc266ab5d1578585139b40e9e&oe=5D2193D8
(sorry, I don't know how to insert links more gracefully).
openSpecific One piece episode? Anime
Hi. I'm looking for a certain one piece episode that won't get out of my head. In the episode episode Chopper fell overboard. He was saved by Robin, she used her devil fruit powers to grab him before he fell into the sea (I thought for sure Luffy would streth and grab him, but Robin came to the the rescue). And they were in the air, maybe flying or falling, or maybe something like a seaking knocked them out of the sea. I think it was pretty stormy. The thing is, I remember that scene really clearly, but I don't remember which episode it was. And I would really like to see that episode again. I also THINK Robin called Chopper "Chopper" and not "Doctor-san", so it might've taken place after enies lobby, maybe even after the timeskip. I cannot say. I also don't know if this scene was from an ordinary episode or a tv-special or a movie, but I suppose it was from the anime. Please, please, please help me find this!
Edited by Pepsilovin-pika

All i remember is that the Big Bad is a devil with one horn broken off, his minion is a Mushroom Man who gets around via a flying log and the heroes travel through various surreal magical kingdoms. I think one kingdom was full of Bee People and was hive themed.