[{{ animu.jpg|This is an anime. Can you guess which? Hint: It's popular!}}] **Anime** (亞迩痲, sometimes romanized **animu**) is [[Japan|Japanese]] animation!
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Many anime series are based on manga, or Japanese comic book. In modern times, they have a tendency of sucking when they aren't. This seems to be due to high popularity and simplification of anime creation, as history proves that original anime do not have to suck.

===== Common Themes =====

  * According to certain sources anime is... ACTION, SCI-FI, COMEDY, MARTIAL ARTS, CARD GAMES, STRAIGHT FROM [[Japan|JAPAN]], TOTALLY [[holocaust|UNEXPECTED]], **NOT KID'S STUFF.**
  * Anime often contains [[Moe|moe]], [[Loli|loli]], and Gar, which causes [[Anime_Made_Me_A_Child_Molester|significant changes in the human psyche]].
  * As soon as the first volume of a popular manga is released, an anime adaptation will be made. To fill a 13 episode season, original content will be added in episodes 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10 and 11.
    * Episode 13 will not feature an OP, to give the animators more time to display various light effects as the villain gives his last nonsensical speech while the hero realizes that something is precious to him. The ED will then be different: an extended version of the song that won't be released on any OST CD for 3 years will play while a cop-out ending that doesn't resolve anything will be offered to the viewers, assuring them that the status quo was restored as the exposition scenes of the first episode are recycled.
      * The original manga will subsequently drag on for years, and provide a darker, edgier ending where the girl dies.

===== Complete list of all anime, ever =====

//[[Haruhi|Fate/The Melancholy of the Moment Burning Eyed Mobile Suit Maiden Sakura Yumemiya Cried 7 A's+: The Second Raid]]//, a //shoujo// (girl's) **anime**. This series has drawn an average rating of 13.1 since its conception in 1990, a world record for a show aired daily. The imagery above is being used without the permission of its rightful owners, so don't tell anyone!]]

==== List of popular anime ====

  * [[SuzumiyaHaruhi|Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu]]
    * [[HaruhisamagaMiteru|Haruhi-sama ga Miteru (spinoff)]]
  * [[DeathNote|Death Note]]
  * [[TengenToppaGurrenLagann|Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann]]
  * [[NeedlerHall|Needler Hall]]

==== List of unpopular anime ====

  * Naruto
  * [[MahouShoujoLyrical_Nanoha|Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha]]
  * [[FateStayNight|Fate/Stay Night]]
  * Claymore
  * [[BibleBlack|Bible Black]]

==== List of American anime ====

  * [[TeenTitans|Teen Titans]]
  * [[TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles|Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles]]
  * [[YuGiOh|Card Games]]
  * Batman

==== List of anime that may be too deep for beginners to Japanimation ====

  * [[RozenMaiden|Rozen Maiden]]
  * Raki☆Suta
  * [[NeonGenesisEvangelion|Neon Genesis Evangelion]]
  * Inuyasha
  * [[MusashiGUN-DO|Musashi GUN-DO]]
  * [[NaikakuKenryokuHanzaiKyouseiTorishimarikanZaizenJotaro|Naikaku Kenryoku Hanzai Kyousei Torishimarikan Zaizen Jotaro]]

==== VIJ (Very important Japanimation ====
  * Bokurano - robots and chairs
  * Otaku no Video - nerds and Japan
  * REDLINE - Mario Kart and North Korea
  * Jinrui wa Suitai Shimashita - Fairies and society 
  * Mononoke - ghosts and colors
  * Monogatari Series - ghosts and words
  * Mawaru Penguindrum - angst and penguins
  * ODDTAXI - scumbags and animals
  * Gyakkyou Burai Kaiji -- NEETs and gambling
  * Kaiba - JEWS and space
  * Paranoia Agent - autism and cope
  * Made in Abyss - piss and lolis
  * Chuukan Kanriroku Tonegawa - salarymen and daddies
  * Maoyuu Maou Yuusha - titties and economics


==== List of anime that isn't anime ====

  * Touhou

===== See Also =====

  * [[HowtoStopLovinganAnimeCharacter|How to Stop Loving an Anime Character]]

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