The best Anime commercials do something special to ease viewers into a break And welcome them back when they’re done watching ads (or, more likely, getting up for a refill on snacks). Typically known as catchphrases or midcards, these can be as simple as a flash of the show’s title or logo. Many, however, choose a more creative route.
Usually, these cartoons are short animations that feature the characters in lighthearted situations or skits. Other times, they are creative ways to display the title of the show. And on rare occasions, they keep the viewers’ interest to come back after the break by being incredibly ominous and weird.
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Haikyuu!! Have fun on the volleyball court
Based on the manga by Haruichi Furudate
In the way of slam dunk, another one Sports anime whose eyecatchers have the teams goofing around, Haikyuu!!His eye catches are bright and cheerful. When the personal struggles of the players increase and the final rallies of a match are in their depth, the eye catches are there to lighten the mood. Pairs and, at times, trios of the various teams practice to hit a volleyball in a water bottle on the far side of the court.
This simple exercise gives a great picture of their relationships and personalities. Kageyama and Hinata cheer when they successfully teach Ichi to serve, Hinata and Tanaka accidentally hit the camera instead of the target, Bokuto reacts dramatically when he misses while Akaashi stoically looks on, and such. They also play with each team’s animal motif: anyone who didn’t get that Inarizaki are foxes will give it a click to see the Mia twins as foxes wreak havoc in their eye catch.
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Death Note reveals the rules of the killer notebook
Based on the manga by Tsugumi Ohba and Takeshi Obata
The titular tool of the Shinigami may sound easy to use in theory – write in a person’s name and they will die – but in practice, the Death Note is operated by a whole list of rules that can backfire on a vain user. Light reads all the rules meticulously so he can figure out how best to use them against others and to cover his own tracks, and they’re drip-fed to viewers with every eye catch.
Some are bonuses that do not come up in the story, such as the clear age limit on victims of the death note and how names can not be erased or vetted once written. Others are very plot-relevant, such as the final rule shown in the penultimate episode is that, “The person who uses this note cannot go to heaven or hell,” which is something certain characters will have to worry about very soon.
Death Note follows high school student Light Yagami, who discovers a mysterious notebook that gives the power to kill anyone by writing their name in it. When Light uses the notebook to enact his own sense of justice, he attracts the attention of the enigmatic detective known as L, leading to a complex game of cat and mouse. The Japanese anime series explores themes of morality, power and the consequences of absolute authority.
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Mamoru Miyano, Brad Swaile, Vincent Tong, Ryō Naitō, Trevor Devall
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October 21, 2007
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Dragon Ball’s eyecatchers center on playful moments between heroes
Based on the manga by Akira Toriyama
In its long term, Dragon Ball Has had plenty of time to show creative eye catching segments throughout his multiple series. The original series features the young Goku goofing around with his loved ones, juggling Dragon Balls, and not quite getting one on Master Roshi. (Disappointingly, the earliest English dub of Dragon Ball Do away with them in favor of screenshots.)
Like the series itself, Dragon Ball p Brings in some new characters, starting with Goku happily playing with his new toddler son Gohan, enjoying family time as long as he can. Later in the show, there are multiple icons with characters messing around with cars: maybe they should have joined Goku and Piccolo in driving school in one of the best filler episodes in anime.
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Mobile Suit Victory Gundam reveals its animation slowly
Original anime directed by Yoshiyuki Tomino
Mobile Suit Victory Gundam, Arriving from 1993 to 1994, it is considered one of the most tragic and depressing installments in one of the longest-running anime franchises ever. Unfamiliar viewers would never guess it from how peppy and cheerful the eye-catching music is, though. Poor Flanders the dog is horrified as USO Evin’s grinding harrow grows larger and larger until it overtakes the ground.
Another way Victory GundamThe eyecatcher that sets it apart from other anime is that it can’t show the whole sequence at once. Instead, it only shows two frames per eye catch, revealing it steadily over the course of 51 episodes. It may take viewers a few moments to realize that all the fragments come together in one short, cute scene.
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Bocurano’s eyecatchers are the silence of death
Based on the manga by Mohiro Kitoh
Even in a mecha anime dark enough to rival neon genesis evangelion, One should not think that at first Even the blink-and-you’ll-miss-it eyecatchers become steadily more depressing over time. However, one would be wrong. It’s just another reminder of how little of what was once a full class of (mostly) innocent children is making it out of this show alive.
The eye catch is simple: the class stating the name of the show, “Bokurano” (or “our”) over an ominous image of the current Zeart pilot’s seat. But as the show goes on and bodies pile up, the number of voices talking slowly decreases, until at the end there is only one, the silence surrounding it much higher. It’s certainly not “ours” anymore.
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Hunter X Hunter teaches viewers his alphabet
Based on the manga by Yoshihiro Togashi
Like many of the best fantasy anime, the world of Hunter x Hunter Featuring his own alphabet, his triangular lettering appears on all the various street signs, books, and much more around his wide world. The eyecatchers take a moment to teach viewers a bit of it, With characters standing next to a word that will flip back to reveal a translation of readable Japanese characters. They all look very happy to see their names in their audience’s language!
Unlike the opening sequences, which loyally use the same song, “Departure!” Even as his image changes, Hunter x Hunter Does not actually keep its eye catches for long. After episode 26 (of a 148-episode series, to put it in perspective), the eye catches become, unfortunately, much more conventional: a flash of the show’s title and nothing more.
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Paranoia Agent continues to creep viewers into the eyecatchers
Original anime written by Seishi Minakami
No, Shounen Bat doesn’t just home-run your TV screen, it’s just like that Paranoia agent Eye catchers are. One of Satoshi Kon’s best anime centers around themes of disconnection from real life, whether through escapist media or self-delusion, and refusal to speak plainly about the things that matter most. It is Easy to see why even the eye catches are strange and incomprehensible.
The thirteen eye catches exemplify not only the themes, but also the dark and unsettling tone of the show. Ominous animations that resemble lightning, whirlpools, grainy film, firing neurons, and more. Instead of music or voiceover, they play with strange ambient noise and various muffled sound effects in the background: all in all, a very creepy goodbye and welcome back to the show.
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Attack on Titan uses its YeCatches to add trivia
Based on the manga by Hajime Isayama
One of the favorite aspects of fans of one of the most popular shounen anime is The steady discovery of an interesting world. Eren and company are no longer strangers to horror, sequestered in a walled city and living in fear of the man-eating titans outside. But the further they go out, the clearer it becomes that even the most inconvenient people can become the worst monsters of all.
The eyes of the show add “information available for public disclosure.” The specific details and diagrams are a fan fiction writer’s dream, explaining things from how the heroes’ gear works to what the survey corps’ horses are like to how food is stored and transported within the walls. They don’t affect the story much, but they make the world even richer.
Based on the manga by Hiromu Arakawa
All things considered, Fullmetal Alchemist: BrotherhoodThe eye-catchers are actually not that different from the average: flashes of different characters featured in each episode on solid-colored backgrounds. However, the deep voices Intensifying the title in many varying tones have been iconic sounds among fans for fifteen years: It’s a sign that things are dead serious when the cards are absolutely silent. It is easy to understand character relationships from the cards alone.
In Greed’s introductory episode, his band is shown in a group shot, but Greed’s own card is him alone, setting him apart (exactly where he doesn’t want to be). In Pride’s introduction, the first card is the innocent Selim and the next is his monstrous true identity, Pride. And in the last episode, the cards are Edward, Alphonse, and Winnie, and Roy’s team: very close groups of characters who have never been together in any previous card, but finally reunited in a more peaceful new world.
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Pokemon: The Series asks – who is the Pokemon?
Based on these Pokemon Video game series from Game Freak and Nintendo
It’s Pikachu! The main appeal of Pokemon As a franchise is getting to know hundreds of different creatures and all their attributes. Who’s That Pokemon asks viewers to recognize Pokemon by silhouette alone As the show goes to commercial, tell them when it returns if they are right. Even when it was phased out, later seasons used similar gags such as Pokemon trivia.
The eyecatch games even become a joke in the episode “The Final Test,” in which Ash and a disguised Team Rocket take the Pokémon League Admissions Exam. They are asked to answer trivia about Pokemon and identify them by silhouette. The test-takers and the viewers can surely all agree that “Jigglypoff viewed from above” is a nonsense trick answer.