In an episode late in the series, the ship holds an anime convention complete with a viewing marathon of Gekigangar, people engaged in cosplay, and tie-in merchandising.

It currently holds the title of America's largest anime convention, a title which it has consistently held every year except 2003 in which its attendance was slightly edged out by its rival east coast convention Otakon.

Tsubasa plays very well in training, displaying all his skills, but the Dutch coach Van Saal ( Edward in the anime, inspired by Louis van Gaal, who coached Barcelona at the time ) demotes him to FC Barcelona B, the reserve team that plays in the second division, because Tsubasa and Rivaul ( inspired by Rivaldo ) cannot play together whilst Rivaul holds a key position for playmaking.

In the anime, Ryoko universally holds an intense rivalry with the character Ayeka, who also fights for Tenchi's affections.

In the anime Rurouni Kenshin, legend holds of an " Elixir of Immortality " that can be found somewhere in or around Lake Suwa.

In this game, based on the anime series, Captain Blue is working on his latest film, and in order to determine who will get the lead role, he holds a battle tournament between those who are auditioning.

Also, Ataru and Lum are closer in the anime, sharing many more romantic moments and even properly kissing each other a couple of times ( somenthing that never happened in the manga ).

In both the manga and anime he and Usagi feel antagonism towards each other and only develop romantic feelings later on.

Lolicon manga and anime contain images and narratives involving romantic and erotic interactions between typically an adult man and a girl in the age range desired by such men.

A magical girlfriend ( also referred to as exotic girlfriend, supernatural lover, or nonhuman woman ) is a female character often associated with romantic comedy anime series, and is sometimes considered a genre of its own, or as the leading lady of the " fantastic romance " genre, which combines the fantasy and romance genres.

which is " one of the prototypical “ harem ” anime titles " despite the short-lived nature of most of the romantic rivalries.

is a sci-fi romantic comedy manga and anime

A new transfer student to Domino High School, Bakura quickly acquires an array of romantic admirers, and befriends Yugi Mutou ( Yugi Moto in the English anime ), Katsuya Jonouchi ( Joey Wheeler ), Hiroto Honda ( Tristan Taylor ) and Anzu Mazaki ( Téa Gardner ) and invites them to join him in playing his favourite game, the RPG " Monster World " ( a parody of Dungeons and Dragons ).

The majority of manga and anime references made in Genshiken are on the then-fictitious series known as Kujibiki Unbalance, a stereotypical romantic comedy.

Mayura also seems to have romantic feelings towards Loki near the end of the anime series.

The rules allow for games to be played in any anime setting, from high-school romantic comedy to pet monster shows to dark horror.

In the anime, he goes to see her on the romantic star festival of Tanabata.

They are also together on Tanabata, considered the most romantic night of the year, and the anime ends with Sanosuke at the clinic, doing chores for Megumi while she cooks for him and washes his clothes.

In the anime, despite her feelings for Mytho, she develops a close relationship with Fakir as the story progresses and they help each other out in their shared desire to protect Mytho and restore his heart.

Also, Sasshi's feelings for Arumi are much stronger and less ambiguous than they are portrayed in the anime ).

In the manga their feelings develop well before they discover their identities ; in the anime such feelings emerge only shortly before the revelation of their true roles.

Although it seems that Hazuki's love is one-sided, episode seven shows that Hatsumi does have feelings for Hazuki and was trying to express herself as best as she could with the knowledge that she cannot stay beyond her sixteenth birthday ( suggestions of this were shown along the way by her sending Hazuki anonymous love letters — later expressed in full and in words toward the end of the anime ).

In the second anime, Aria comments that being in the brother's company relieves her of her ' sleepy feelings ', energizing her.

In the anime Serial Experiments Lain, the protagonist Iwakura Lain dissociates ( experiencing amnesia as well as out-of-body feelings ) and develops two other personalities besides her usual, timid self: one that is more bold / assertive, and one that tries to harm Lain and her friends.

It is hinted throughout the anime that he develops feelings for her.

Although in the anime, Loki is shown to be happy about Freya's feelings for him ( Episode 13 ), ever since their initial confrontation where Loki learned of Freya's loneliness because of him.

In the anime, he appears to have strong feelings for Mayura, choosing in the end to stay on Earth with her rather than going back to the world of the gods.

She develops feelings for Tasuke and gets jealous when Kaori shows up in anime episode 12 and in the last 2 episodes, she finally realizes what she feels for Tasuke.

However, near the end of the series, his feelings for Ran fade away and he starts to fall for Aya in volume 8, and these feelings start to show in the final episode of the anime.

In the last episode of the anime, Yuta appears to have some feelings for Luna, but in the manga, he falls in love and goes out with Sayaka up to the very end.

Akihabara is a major shopping area for electronic, computer, anime, and otaku goods, including new and used items.

* In the anime Kuroshitsuji ( Japanese for Black Butler ), Ciel Phantomhive as a child had a black borzoi named Sebastian.

In the manga and anime series Ghost in the Shell, the protagonist Motoko Kusanagi is the fully prosthetic leader of an anti-terrorist force, who lives in a future Japan where the majority of adults are cyborgs and can connect wirelessly to the Internet for real-time communication and data research.

The anime series was dubbed in the English language by Animaze, and has been licensed by Bandai Entertainment for releases in North America.

The leader of the creative team was director Shinichiro Watanabe, most notable at the time for directing the futuristic adventure anime OVA series Macross Plus and Mobile Suit Gundam.

Watanabe's main inspiration for Cowboy Bebop was Lupin III, a crime anime series from the late 1970s through the mid -' 80s.

Cowboy Bebop was voted by IGN in 2006 as having the greatest soundtrack for an anime.

American media mogul Ted Turner bought the rights to the Doraemon anime series in the mid-1980s for an English-language release, but canceled it without explanation before any episodes were aired.

, short for, is a Japanese media franchise encompassing digital toys, anime, manga, video games and videos.

In many countries, most actors who regularly perform this duty are generally little-known outside of popular circles such as anime fandom, for example, or when their voice has become synonymous with the role or the actor or actress whose voice they usually dub.

The Japanese music group ALI Project created the song " Gesshoku Grand Guignol " as the opening for the Bee-Train anime Avenger, while British rock band Duels also named an instrumental track after the theater.

Yaoi also extends beyond the hentai genre, since it applies to any anime / manga material that includes male homosexuality, except for that actually aimed at a gay male audience.

Before becoming a manga artist, Asamiya graduated from the Tokyo Designer School, then worked as a character designer for a number of anime series, and even designed models for some of the later Godzilla films ( 1980s ).

* The anime film Spirited Away is set in a bathhouse for kami, and a main character is the spirit of a destroyed river.

In 1982, Otomo made his anime debut, working as character designer for the animated film Harmagedon.

In 1987, Otomo continued working in anime, directing an animated work for the first time: a segment, which he also wrote the screenplay and drew animation for, in the anthology feature Neo Tokyo.

This was often done for letterbox widescreen anime on VHS, though the practice of " hiding " subtitles within the lower matte also is done with symmetrical mattes, albeit with less space available.

He is best known for the manga Ghost in the Shell, which has since been turned into two theatrical anime movies, two anime TV series, an anime TV movie, and several video games.

In 2007, he collaborated again with Production I. G to co-create the original concept for the anime television series Shinreigari / Ghost Hound, Production I. G's 20th year anniversary project.

Many people mistake him for the creator of the original anime movie, but he had no major role in its production.

Yoshiyuki Tomino's original plot for the anime was considerably much more grim, with Amuro dying halfway through the series, and the crew of the White Base having to ally with Char ( who is given a red Gundam ), but finally having to battle him after he takes control of the Principality of Zeon.