10 overused cliches in Anime

[Ithekro]

Makes it funny when a show looks like it is about to have a beach episode and then shifts right out of it to something else. (Main Character: "I'm going to the beach with my friend because I'm on vacation" Supporting Character: "Sorry, we need you to do a mountain of government paperwork all day so you can move on with the plot tomorrow." Main Character: "Ehhhh?")

And then later does a beach episode...only all the girls are in the same one piece swimsuits because they are actually doing something plot related rather than having fun at the beach.

Both of these examples are from Mouretsu Pirates .

[GreyZone]

What I always found strange is, that in almost every kind of Anime/Manga (with conflicts), the main Protagonist is always "surprised" all the time by actions of villains (and/or the support characters). It is a real cliché, that most "plans" of the Protagonist fail because the villain "somehow saw through it" and all this just to create a plot twist... But at the same time the villain almost always succeeds at surprising the protagonist with a hidden trump.
And then it ALWAYS gets reversed by a spontanous action of the protagonist.

Also: Whenever a plan/idea/strategy is revealed to the audience before it was executed completly, then in 99% of cases it fails.
Seems authors consider it boring, when a plan/idea/strategy revealed to the audience just works normally... So only plans/ideas/strategies that are explained AFTER they were executed, have a good chance to work.

[destiny(kakeru)]

Originally Posted by molotov_sp

10. I'm hoping this ain't true but... Every third working salaryman in Japan can't possibly be a skirt lifting pervert!!!
Sure Porn is generally regaurded as a acceptable passtime in Japan, but isn't that supposed to make them less horny during the day? Obviously not according to anime. The only reason for hot chick to walk across the street or take the subway is so they can be accosted by another no name collared pervert and in turn to be rescued by some sort of teenage hero.
Greatest Culprit in recent memory: Tenshi na Konomiki (every 5th episode is another pervert)

I am totally with this. Before I went to Japan, I was kinda skeptical about the amount of ecchi, hentai references in many anime and manga, especially so for those that actually has a much younger readership (Weekly Shounen Magazine actually has a younger readership pool as compared to Shounen Jump, for example, and Negima, ridden with many ecchi fan services, is published in Weekly Shounen). I mean, are Japanese seriously that perverted?

During my school trip in Japan, I had confirmed with my eyes that it wasn't the case. In fact, I think the real perverts were probably we dudes who went there. It's true that there are Japanese girls who have extremely short skirts, and they ride bikes to school like that, some of them actually have a full view of the panties underneath, but shockingly the salarymen that walk past the girls don't even give a damn... (I'm trying to pretend not to see XD) Even when me and my schoolmates were cramped in the subway (well, to experience how Japanese subway feels like lol) none of the girls from our group actually experienced any form of sexual harassment.

Ok, it's just an observation. I'm not saying that I'm right, but there's always two sides to one situation. ^^; Whether it's Japan or anywhere else in the world, the people ain't just simply divided into perverts and non-perverts. Besides, perverts are everywhere in the world... *shrugs*

[Starshipw]

Originally Posted by Flawnalyst

There's a lot of high school shows in the U.S. That doesn't resemble high school one bit.

I understand that. But the use of the trope is so endemic and my ignorance of Japanese culture outside of what I see in anime or on the History Channel is so broad that I would really like to understand whether it is actually common for Japanese teenagers to move into their own apartment to attend a better high school or because their parents move.

[Flawfinder]

Originally Posted by Triple_R

Fair point. I like Haruhi myself, but I understand why this would bother you.

Well, I don't really hate Haruhi that much. She's just massively overrated and the author really doesn't know what to do with her when she improves her behavior.

[GenjiChan]

Originally Posted by destiny(kakeru)

During my school trip in Japan, I had confirmed with my eyes that it wasn't the case. In fact, I think the real perverts were probably we dudes who went there.

Yes, you were...*I'm jealous..

Originally Posted by destiny(kakeru)

It's true that there are Japanese girls who have extremely short skirts, and they ride bikes to school like that, some of them actually have a full view of the panties underneath, but shockingly the salarymen that walk past the girls don't even give a damn... (I'm trying to pretend not to see XD) Even when me and my schoolmates were cramped in the subway (well, to experience how Japanese subway feels like lol) none of the girls from our group actually experienced any form of sexual harassment.

You probably watch too much hentai.....