Common Anime Theme's
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Cap'n Boo from Timbuktu
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A common theme is power. A great many series involve characters who have powerful artifacts/amazing abilities/supernatural allies; these characters spend most of their time fighting off either people with similar abilities or people who want to harness those abilities for their own agendas. Alternately, we have characters who are looking for powerful artifacts or whatever, and have to fend off attacks from rival adventurers.
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Falco53
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Hmm. Common themes:
Bad guys switching sides and gradually becoming anti-heroes. Typically they fight with the protagonist of the anime and lose despite their great, sometimes superior, strength. They end up switching sides, but their morals still don't quite coincide with that of the protagonist. This is found in Zoids CC/GF, the Dragonball series, Yugi-Oh, and Yu Yu Hakusho. (There are probably a lot of others) In Zoids, Raven, a bad guy through most of the series, ends up helping Van to save the world. In Dragonball, hoo boy, there are a lot! Krillin, Piccolo, Vegeta, and probably some others I don't remember. In Yugi-Oh it would be Kaiba. In Yu Yu Hakusho it would be Hiei.
Another theme: Former allies becoming evil (usually childhood friends). It doesn't usually happen right in the middle of the series, rather it is usually a childhood friend of the main character. Then they fight and the former ally says: "I used to hold on to your ideals, but I found out that the only absolute is POWER!!!!"
Another one: The hero and the villain having many similarities. Often the villain will try to win the protagonist to his side by saying, "You and I are alike. We are above all this. Let's join forces and take over the world."
I'll probably have more later.
Bad guys switching sides and gradually becoming anti-heroes. Typically they fight with the protagonist of the anime and lose despite their great, sometimes superior, strength. They end up switching sides, but their morals still don't quite coincide with that of the protagonist. This is found in Zoids CC/GF, the Dragonball series, Yugi-Oh, and Yu Yu Hakusho. (There are probably a lot of others) In Zoids, Raven, a bad guy through most of the series, ends up helping Van to save the world. In Dragonball, hoo boy, there are a lot! Krillin, Piccolo, Vegeta, and probably some others I don't remember. In Yugi-Oh it would be Kaiba. In Yu Yu Hakusho it would be Hiei.
Another theme: Former allies becoming evil (usually childhood friends). It doesn't usually happen right in the middle of the series, rather it is usually a childhood friend of the main character. Then they fight and the former ally says: "I used to hold on to your ideals, but I found out that the only absolute is POWER!!!!"
Another one: The hero and the villain having many similarities. Often the villain will try to win the protagonist to his side by saying, "You and I are alike. We are above all this. Let's join forces and take over the world."
I'll probably have more later.
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<strong> Oh yes, and the fact you used a Strong Bad quote gives you so much more credibility .
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<strong> Oh yes, and the fact you used a Strong Bad quote gives you so much more credibility .
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