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opena yuri type manga with a girl with glasses as the protagonist? Anime
I remember reading it so long ago, the protagonist was a freckled(?) short haired glasses wearing girl who didn't understand the big deal of relationships and the like, or wanted one really badly. it involved cell phones and her meeting a girl with a bad reputation, she had long black hair and isolated because it was rumored she had sex with guys. last time i read it they were getting closer??
openAlternate Dimension Fantasy Manga Anime
Ok, so I know that the medium says Anime, but I know this was a manga. My buddy lent it to me a while ago, and I since have moved away from him and cannot find a copy of it, or even remember what it was called.
So, it was about a girl who somehow gets transported to an alternate, magic friendly fantasy dimension. You know the type, kings, queens,dragons, dwarves, horses, fortresses, magic and swords. (See what I did there?) But anyways, she meets an elf sorceress who is on the verge of being killed, and the elf merges with the human chick. Time skip back to the human world, and every time the human girl blushes she transforms into the elf sorceress. I can't remember much else, but I do remember that I only read the first volume.
openOld cartoon on Treehouse Anime
It was an old cartoon on tree house. I remember in one episode the main character went to this toy town. In the town they had a toy robot that was in charge while the toy maker was gone. The robot was "broken" and was putting all the broken toys in this warehouse near a lighthouse. One of the toys was a ballerina I believe. Any thoughts?
openShow with Computers and World threatening Viruses Anime
That show where there are these kids who save the day by uploading themselves into computers and defeat these monsters that all have power buttons on them, and once the monsters were defeated they reset the day by clicking a button and everything flashes white. Had a theme song and some actual plot. I think this one girl was like taken out of the computer and turned real, and at some point somebody was trapped in a freezer and that one annoying girl found out about how they were saving everyone.
openHelp. This is driving me insane! Anime
So I'm 17 right now,this has to be like the worst thing ever. I remember a cool show that came on tv when I was like 10-13 I don't remember but it would be on in the morning really early. 6am-9am EST. it was on those cartoon channels before the really American shows would come on, it was this guy who was searching around for these jewels that were special. He kept it on a BRACLET and it got really warm whenever he got closer to another gem. I can't remember the shows name for my life. He would search around with this girl and an old man. It was kinda like an anime style of show but in English. I have a feeling it was on Disney XD or Cartoon Network or even the boomerang channel but I can't find the show anywhere. Please.
Edited by WickedDreameropenDystopian Anime Anime
I am trying to locate an old animated show that I saw many years ago. The problem is that I have only vague memories to go on. I was a lot younger then and did not think to write the name of the show down. It was on television, but I don’t know what channel it was on. I have searched for this on and off for years but to no results. About every six months or so, I wake up with dreams that I have found the show. This is becoming more and more of a problem, as I have actually lost sleep trying to find this show.
I saw a TV program that was on late night several years ago. This would have been mid to late 1990’s. It was an animated science fiction show in a city environment. I believe it was an anime (I was pretty young and had not made the distinction between anime and cartoon). It had similarities to Akira, but I don’t believe it was Akira.
I don’t believe it was on Cartoon Network because this would have been before that was available in my area. The characters were being hunted by some sort of AI based villain. The villain was in the form of like a large black faceless mask (like an opera mask) that floated in a room. If I remember correctly it may have spoken telepathically or had speakers since it had very little moving parts (no moving mouth). It was pretty large (not like something someone could wear). The show took place in a dystopian futuristic city. The characters were trying to rescue a female character that had been taken by the villain. At one point they receive what looks to be a recorded distress signal, but this turns out to be a booby trap and explodes. At one point the characters locate some sort of processing facility where there are hundreds of bodies being “recycled” into a machine for their energy. If I remember correctly, they were in a river of pink fluid. The characters locate one of their friends and try to pull him from the stream. They find the female character they are trying to rescue but she had been brainwashed by the mask (which I believe could have been her mother?).
At one point, a character throws an explosive at the black mask character, which appears to destroy it. However, it breaks the mask into shards which live on. Do you know how the meters on a stereo go up and down when its playing? When the mask talks from this point on, pieces of its body rise up and down in the air like a stereo. I remember there was a commercial break at some point that had a character do like a martial arts pose. This may have been a live action shot, I cannot remember exactly. Toward the end of the episode (or movie) a female character drives a futuristic motorcycle toward a tall, skyscraper like building. She drives the motorcycle up the side of the building. She gets into a confrontation with a male character; I believe some kind of general sitting behind a desk. At that point I cannot remember much. She may have shot him?
Any help would be greatly appreciated! I am hoping someone knows what I’m talking about and goes “Oh, he means this!”. If I ever locate this I swear I am going to purchase the DVD/VHS immediately so that I can rematch it. This show…is like burned into my memory. It left such a lasting impact on me, but I cannot seem to find it.
Edited by ROA93openRelatively old Chinese animation Anime
So there was a show I watched in maybe 2008? Give or take a few years. It was in Chinese and I think the main characters names were Xiao Qi and Mao Mao (a girl and a boy). I think they had a talking computer or something and they could travel back in time to certain time periods.
openanime cyborg Anime
school girls making a robot some schoolgirls builds a robot
openAnime show from the 1980s with robots Anime
When I was a a child. My brother and I rented a VHS tape with a animated series on that I am looking for the name of. The series follow a three human characters. The male hero, the heroine and older male. I cannot recall their names. The series is set in the future and the human characters are teamed up with the three robots. The robots are not Mechas, as the are not piloted by the humans. The heros robot has a whip/ grappeling line, the female robot can connects with computers with wire plug ins and the last robot is big and strong. I watched the series along time ago and I have been looking for the series name. I recall the episodes I watched ended on a cliffhanger and I wanted to watch the show again Can anyone help me? I am looking for the series title
openWhat is it called? W/ green hair girl Anime
OK the anime I'm thinking about is a cyborg or robotic girl with green hair, Green antennas that stick out where her ears should be, and she forgets all her memories and ends up living with a ex-cop/Detective type of man who lost his wife and daughter in this explosion many years before and is now a drunk who does shady work or something. Also the very first episode starts off with the green haired girl in a cloak jumping from building to building like super high and fast and then there was a pulse that rang throughout the city that made her stop working and crash to the ground and when she woke up she was found naked and all of her memories were wiped and she acts a bit like a child even though she has a body of a 15-17 year old girl. Like I remember a lot about this anime I just forgot the name and I really want to rewatch it so please and thank you if you remember ! P.s. This show was on funimation around the year of 2009-2011, I think
openWhat show is this called? Anime
I believe it was an anime the show was about a boy who was rushing for his sisters birthday and found a ticket for a train in a ticket machine and when he took the train he went to a new world there was also a episode where he went back to his world except and a half human sorta monster (I believe was red or orange) and sees his sister and mom celebrating her birthday. Anyone know what show this was?
Edited by Brown_eyed_manopenOld anime with a chased little girl? Anime
I think I saw this anime in around 2007-2010. The scene started with some kind of red and black monsters looking around a dark room. A little girl is shivering in a corner, and a white and blue monster saved her by using a laser to cut the entire roof of the room. The chase scene happens on a ruins, and ended in a high-tech looking room, where the white monster died after getting shot. The monsters look very simple, spherical in nature, and the girl wears red clothing if I remember correctly. There is also a scene that shows a chunk land falling from the sky, and the escaped girl holding something resembling a crystal close to her chest Edit: more details
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Edited by XelixionopenAnime where the first episode is like Dynasty Warriors Anime
The main character has a crush on an older delinquent girl. The show is mostly a So L but the first episode is a school-wide battle in the style of DW where the two of them are the leaders of the two sides.
openChildhood show Anime
I am trying to find a children's TV show from the early 2000s were there are 4 main protagonists two of them are brother and sister and they each have monsters that they can summon from a roll of dice. Its set in a sort of dystopian world were there are huge forests or mountains between each town. please does anyone know the title?
openWhat TV show is this? Anime
I think this would have been in the U.K. About 2005. The show inovolved a series of children/ teenagers who had got cards that got them a creature that was sentient and had magical abilities. I think the main character was trying to collect all the cards? Seemed to be in anime sort of style. Any help?
openobscure 90s anime? Anime
This is a long shot, I don't remember if it was a series or a film as I was pretty young at the time. It was on late-night terrestrial tv in the mid-90s. All I remember is the final scene with the heroine moving towards the villain and being damaged, getting her clothes torn by his magic/lasers/whatever and finally he falls to his knees and says something along the lines of "You have won, I embrace you as my wife" I know it's a long shot but this has been bugging me for years! There's a couple of other things I half remember but I could be totally wrong about it: I think the female was dark haired and the villain was much taller and dark haired or redhead. I think it also had that weird censorship thing where the boobs were drawn with nipples but without being coloured (think the original Ghost in the Shell movie)
openhelp me find this old show (small cg robots) Anime
there was like a cg show with robots that look kinda like gundams but a lot smaller and almost chibi it's 3D animation and probably came out on Cartoon Network about the same time hamtaro did but I'm not sure
I remember this Pokémon episode about a Pokémon who was emotionally attached to this red scarf. The Pokémon was some sort of Grass or Leaf type, and was living in a Pokémon center of some kind due to it being too afraid to interact with many people. There was a flashback to it bonding with the person who gave it the scarf after the person noticed it peering at them from around a doorway. Then, in the present, Team Rocket arrives and tries to steal the Pokémon at the center, and this Pokémon with the scarf is the only one who can stop them. However, Team Rocket steals the scarf, leaving the Pokémon devastated. However, her friend encourages it to fight without the scarf, and team rocket is defeated. Anyone know what episode this is? I've looked in the Recap section but I'm not sure what the episode title was, or which version of the anime.