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openWhere did this quote came from? Anime
I am pretty sure it is either an anime or a manga, but which one? All I remember was this quote, it is a bit paraphrased, but the point still stands.
"We are nothing but minds trapped inside a game called life."
That, and it was said by an antagonist. But I really forget the rest, not even the villain's appearance.
openGang related anime i think Anime
I am trying to find an anime I remember watching awhile back. Most of it is vague but it was about some kind of gang I think with all members being forced to where their symbol on either a earring or necklace. The symbol was half the yin yang like a ball with a curvy tail there was also a hole in the middle of the circle. it started off with a girl returning home to them or something. Thanks so much and I hope to get an answer.
openGirl falls in water? Anime
Ok so a girl falls in water,sacrificed to an ocean god or something, and her friends start looking for her? There were boats and a kid with white hair. And no it is not Bride of the water God.
Edited by GloryAndCatsopenComedy About a Guy Testing a Suit Anime
Some time ago, I remember there being an anime series on Amazon Prime where the basic premise was that a young guy got a job testing a purple Ultraman-esque suit for a toy company or something. It's since left Prime and for the life of me, I can't remember the title. Anyone have any idea what show I'm talking about?
openAnime about mice who visit fairy tale worlds Anime
Basically the title. I know the general gist of it, one particular episode involves one mouse having to fight in a martial arts tournament and throw a fight because his love interest has been kidnapped and so takes a beating before she manages to free herself.
openMan inspecing a robotic factory Anime
I saw this back in the 90s. A man goes to an automated factory, I think in a jungle somewhere. What he doesn't know is that the factory is starting to break down, and the machines won't let him leave. One scene I remember is that each night when he receives his supper, it progressively gets worse and worse and more and more inedible. Near the end his "supper" is like spark plugs and a piston covered in oil or something. I don't remember how it ended.
Any ideas?
openI cant remember this show Anime
Its a show just like voltron but it doesnt have the giant robot cats or mech suits or anything like that but its about space in one of the episodes they use theyr teleporter to travel back in time to stop someone from ruining the future but fail multiple times until they fix it and in another episode they find a blue alien in the ships library im not sure how to find this show ive searched everything everywhere and havent found what it was one of the characters is a blonde girl i think she wears a red space suit she cuts her hair really short in one of the episodes and then it stays that way i watched it on netflix before i started watching voltron because they have similar graphics and clean lines
Edited by realBLITZ3DopenAnime Superhero Show Anime
Anyone recognize this anime at the timestamp? (It's at the 11:49 mark) https://youtu.be/po8Ax6G6CLA?t=699
Edited by mariicopenGreen jacket detective Anime
It has been killing me for about 5 years. I was watching this show in early 2000's but im not sure when was it made. It's about some kind of DETECTIVE. I believe he had a GREEN JACKET and some kind of a HAT (maybe kangool, its popular in great britany, hooligans use to wear them). I was about 5-6 years at the time and i can't remember any kind of details anymore so i understand if no one can help. Have a good day
openAnime? Anime
I remember this anime…or I thought it was. This boy and this girl is underground in a sewer tunnel I think. When they finally got to the surface there was a bunch of people waiting. I guess they were trying to rescue them. Then the boy felt sick and everyone is understandably worried.
open[SOLVED] Anime About Girl Who Can Grant Miracles Anime
This is now solved thanks to a troper who helped identify this as Someday's Dreamers, and I appreciate all who helped!
My family and I had this cd(?) of an anime with several episodes, maybe a season, when I was younger that for the life of me I cannot remember what it's called.
Here's what I remember the clearest:
The artstyle makes me think it was made after the 80's. I watched it as a child in the late 2000's, so it could have been made anytime from 1990's to before 2010? Setting-wise, I can't remember anything that would date the movie but what I do remember is that it was set in the city
The main character was a brunette young adult/older teenager who was able to "grant wishes", so she can make things others wish for come true. I put that in quotation marks because I'm not sure if that was how the anime worded it, but it's the closest I can describe it.
She befriends an older man with black hair and glasses(?) who knows of her gift and may or may not have magical abilities as well. He has a tragic backstory in which he has a Lost Lenore who died in a car accident
The overall tone of the anime was melancholic — the intro (something I remember the tune to, but obviously can't recreate to share here) had sad piano to it and many shots of characters introspective and emoting little
There was this third character of a woman with short, blonde hair and might have been cold and stoic?
I can't distinguish whether or not these were different episodes but here's what I remember in-show:
One of the first episodes featured the Main character granting a guy friend a bunch of snack bars, and since they start magically sprouting from his vest/coat, the friend reacts negatively (I'm also assuming he was being exaggerative and she didn't know better?)
One episode had her go to a club but the girl is disoriented and confused as to her surroundings?
I clearly remember a scene where the girl grabs a floating balloon from the grasps of a young boy next to his mother. But when the girl gives it back to the boy, the balloon suddenly pops and he cries. The mother then demands the girl to make her son feel better and then says something along the lines of "can't you grant wishes??"
There's this one scene where the girl is caught in the rain in a park (?) so she hides under something and finds a cat (that I think I remember being able to talk but I doubt that?)
In an episode, there's a flashback to how the guy lost his wife, which she felt cold so he (the driver) took off his jacket and gave it to her, while still driving. Another vehicle hit them in his moment of recklessness, and he cradles her in the middle of the street as she's dying/dead. I remember snowflakes falling afterwards and I think it has to do with his powers, but I could be wrong
Anyways I remember some things but none of my searches for this one specific anime had been successful in identifying it
Edited by LemonySnippetopenDID 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.
openAnime Movie about Gopher Superhero Anime
I have this ache in my head, I'm still trying to figure out that one show with the gopher, pink seal, blue monkey and yellow duck with blue socks..but it also has a movie to go along with it. It has the Gopher boy playing superhero and a rose haired girl in a black cat suit is following him around..can you help me figure it out?
openClassic Anime Anime
My very first anime was an anime that i found inside a cd case in the early 2000's my memory is so hazy but the only scene I remember(probably because it was my first time i had seen bare 2D breast) was that there was a girl inside a robot suit. I believe she was doing chores and her robot suit got discharged and she was left naked for the other characters to see thats when she freaked out and covered her body. Only scene I remember, never bothered to do any sort of asking because of the very little information i have of it but heres a go.
resolved White haired guy with psychic headaches (solved) Anime
I watched a fairly mature anime (there was smoking, drinking, blood, etc) on SBS anywhere from late 90s to the 2000s. Key points I remember:
- This woman goes to this private detective-type to find her brother
- The brother has white hair and he was having these massive headaches that cause him to kill people with Psychic Powers against his will
- When confronting the brother another guy takes off a cloak(?) and he is a man in military uniform with white hair. The military man reveals that the brother is actually a clone of him and he was sort guinea pig for the process for giving Psychic Powers. The military man boasts that the experiments on the clone allowed him to have the powers without the headaches
edit: found it, Goku: Midnight Eye II - sequel to Goku: Midnight Eye
Edited by jormis29openInvisible Being takes over School Kids Bodies? Anime
Okay, searching for an anime in which an invisible & perhaps omnipotent entity takes over the bodies/minds of schoolkids? It's a sort of existential style (perhaps horror/scifi) show in which maybe the entity turns the kids against eachother or plays games with them. I can't seem to remember if he (the invisible entity) only takes over one kids body or if he moves between body to body. Also, I don't remember the nature of this entity- if he's an alien or what. hope u can help!
open[Solved] An anime/cartoon about sentient toys Anime
It was Uniminipet.
I am trying to remember an anime or cartoon, i have no idea about the name, but the title looked like Korean or Japanese. It was about a boy carrying a pendant and his toy friends, but they looked more like plushies. The most memorable toy was a blue cat afraid of snakes. Also there was another toy that was kind of obsessed with the boy. I remember a girl too, she had a weird ball shaped toy with three(?) legs and an antenna that was the antagonist for a long time, but she was unaware of that. the last thing i remember is a professor assisting the boy. I think the way i told it was kind of messed up but i can't remember anything else. Thanks for anyone trying to help.
Edited by Kuriboo
I remember a few things about the anime ; It aired on the Anime Network on demand service in about 2011-2012, it involved aviation, two of the main locations in the show was an (aviation?) academy, and an old aviation museum. It took place during WWII, I think. Another thing I remember was one scene where a character who was thought to be dead by his two siblings is sitting by his mothers grave, putting down flowers, whilst his siblings plot to kill him for inheritance. Somebody on Yahoo Answers suggested 'Pumpkin Scissors', but I vaguely remember the opening for this show, and it didn't match. Any ideas as to what it could be?
Edited by Torterrafan5676