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Wish I could take credit for this idea, but I nicked it from [url="http://www.theotaku.com/worlds/someguy/view/174417/anime_summed_up_in_five_words%3A/"]SomeGuy at theOtaku[/url]. Basically you distill the plot/premise of an anime (or simply something recognizable from that series) into exactly five words. I've had quite a bit of fun with this; let's see what everyone else can conjure up!

My contributions on SomeGuy's site ...

[i]Air[/i]: Everybody has some mommy issues.
[i]Akagi[/i]: Mahjong: The sport of sociopaths.
[i]Alien Nine[/i]: Little girls fight [S]crime[/S] aliens.
[i]Angel Beats![/i]: No questions will be answered.
[i]Baccano![/i]: Immortals and gangsters are awesome.
[i]Berserk[/i]: Demons are really huge jerks.
[i]Big O[/i]: Humans, tomatoes ... all the same.
[i]Canaan[/i]: Lesbians are pretty crazy. Yikes.
[i]Death Note[/i]: Snot-nosed brat is the leader.
[i]Detroit Metal City[/i]: Pop meets metal; hijinks ensue.
[i]G Gundam[/i]: The true GAR burns red.
[i]Genshiken[/i]: Your life playing out onscreen.
[i]Ghost in the Shell[/i]: Cyborgs read lots of philosophy.
[i]Giant Robo[/i]: Families are terribly screwed up.
[i]Hataraki Man[/i]: Working Man mode saves lives.
[i]Higurashi[/i]: When moe goes very wrong.
[i]Honey and Clover[/i]: Every college student gets it.
[i]Kaleido Star[/i]: The circus is awesome! Sugoi!
[i]Kanon[/i]: Sad girls cry in snow.
[i]Kare Kano[/i]: Relationships are very serious business.
[i]Mononoke[/i]: Demons, ghosts? Medicine Seller wins.
[i]Monster[/i]: Saved the killer? Kill him.
[i]Nodame Cantabile[/i]: Crazy girls deserve some lovin'.
[i]Paranoia Agent[/i]: Everybody goes a bit crazy.
[i]RahXephon[/i]: Singing is dangerous. No, really.
[i]Revolutionary Girl Utena[/i]: High school as surrealist battlefield.
[i]Rose of Versailles[/i]: French Revolution fought with GAR.
[i]Saikano[/i]: Girlfriend is robot. Very depressing.
[i]Shion no Ou[/i]: The deadliest game of shogi.
[i]Simoun[/i]: Any excuse for kissing girls.
[i]Spice and Wolf[/i]: Lawrence is secretly a furry.
[i]Toradora![/i]: Tiger and dragon: Wonderful pair.

There we go. I avoided a few series that might be popular with others, but I wouldn't mind repeats at all. Good series have plenty of ideas available for the distilling, after all.
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[font="Tahoma"][color="#000080"][i]Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood:[/i] [spoiler]Epic Xanatos Gambit That Failed[/spoiler]
[i]Devil May Cry:[/i] Delicious fanservice and strawberry sundaes.
[i]Kino no Tabi:[/i] Human nature is horribly depressing.
[i]Arakawa Under the Bridge:[/i] Watch village of weirdos live.
[i]Tsubasa Reservoir Chronicle:[/i] Everything is hitsuzen, no exceptions.
[i]Yakitate! Japan: [/i]Love watching people make bread.


I'm sure I'll come up with more later.


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[font="Comic Sans MS"][i]Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann[/i]: Stuff explodes, people yell. Awesome.
[i]Hare+Guu[/i]: Cosmic horror torments innocent child
[i]One Piece[/i]: Stretchy hyper kid dreams big
[i]Excel Saga[/i]: Loyal servant, worst minion ever
[i]Ghost Hunt[/i]: Scooby-Doo, if it were Japanese
[i]Rurouni Kenshin[/i]: World-weary pacifist regularly cripples assailants
[i]Ponyo[/i]: mermaid romance blooms extra early[/font] Edited by gallowsCalibrator
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[color=#4B0082]I'm stopping at twenty for now before I waste even more time on this.

[b]A Little Snow Fairy Sugar:[/b] Fairies search for sparkles. Waffo!
[b]Aria:[/b] Sappy lines are not allowed.
[b]Cencoroll:[/b] A boy and his blob.
[b]Chu-Bra!!:[/b] Underwear is deeper than expected.
[b]GA Geijutsuka Art Design Class:[/b] Chickens will rule the world.
[b].hack//Roots:[/b] Online games are serious business.
[b]Hanamaru Youchien:[/b] I swear it's not lolicon.
[b]Ichigo Mashimaro:[/b] Cute girls do cute things.
[b]Kodomo no Jikan:[/b] Broken households create awkward situations.
[b]Mahou Shoujo Lyrical Nanoha:[/b] Girl makes friends through violence.
[b]Maria Holic:[/b] Traps: hotter than real girls.
[b]Naisho no Tsubomi:[/b] Where do babies come from?
[b]Nyoro~n Churuya-san:[/b] I can has smoked cheese?
[b]Petite Princess Yucie:[/b] Cutest forehead I've ever seen.
[b]Rozen Maiden:[/b] Emo boy plays with dolls.
[b]Rune Soldier:[/b] Who needs magic? Louie Punch!
[b]The Sacred Blacksmith:[/b] Gives "breastplate" whole new meaning.
[b]Sengoku Basara:[/b] Master! Yukimura! Master! Yukimura! Master!
[b]Tokyo Magnitude 8.0:[/b] Young girl sees dead people.
[b]Zero no Tsukaima:[/b] Boy gets whipped by mistress.[/color]
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[i]Ergo Proxy[/i]: I think; therefore, I confuse.

[i]Read or Die(OVA)[/i]: Librarians have all the fun.

[i]Serial Experiments Lain[/i]: Unblinking girl is our god.

[i]Fafner[/i]: Children must pilot mecha - again!

[i]FlCL[/i]: Fooly Cooly is cooly fooly.

[i]Blood: The Last Vampre[/i]: Computing power presented as anime.

[i]Spirited Away[/i]: Girl has mystical life experience.
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Azumanga Daioh: what school should be like

Cowboy Bebop: smoking plus fighting equals cool

Gungrave: the worst best friends ever

Hellsing: Blood does look pretty tasty

Samurai Champloo: Things went better than expected

Trigun: the proper use of firearms

Yu Yu Hakusho: there's always a bigger fish

Yu-Gi-Oh: go buy some cards kids
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[font="Tahoma"][size="2"][b]Basilisk:[/b] Romeo and Juliet, with ninjas.

[b]Berserk:[/b] Things can't get any worse.

[b]Bleach:[/b] Nobody but the villains die/Your sword cuts the moon/Aizen has just trolled you.

[b]Claymore:[/b] Warrior women with large swords.

[b]Code Geass:[/b] Fabulous rebellion of Lelouch Lamperouge/Jeremiah Gottwald: 200% Motherfucking Loyalty.

[b]Darker than Black:[/b] Emotionless contractors often become emotional.

[b]Full Metal Panic!:[/b] SOUSUKE!!! *insert comedic violent act*

[b]Gundam 00:[/b] GUNDAM: Peace through superior firepower.

[b]Naruto:[/b] His way of the ninja/Could equally be titled Sasuke.

[b]Tengen Toppa Gurren-Lagann:[/b] Men who pierce the heavens.[/size][/font]
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Lucky Star: You're guess, good as mine.
FLCL: Thirty minutes of pure confusion.
Fullmetal Alchemist: Two brothers on a mission.
Ergo Proxy: The future is this s**ty.
Trigun: One big, continues gun fight.
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[size="4"][font="Arial"]Let me give it a try.

-Akira: Government experiment goes too far
-Arcadia of My Youth: Space pirates value human rights
-Beast King GoLion: Superheroic robot tale for adults
-Beyblade: Playing with tops for sport
-Digimon Adventure: Digital animals can be friends
-Dirty Pair: Cosmic private eyes wearing bikinis
-Dominion: Tank Police: Cops and tanks go together
-Dragon Ball: Sci-Fi adventure with martial arts
-Galaxy Express 999: Space drama featuring flying trains
-K-On!: Cute girls with musical instruments
-Lucky Star: Otakuism gets out of hand
-Lupin III: A thief is the hero
-Mach Go Go Go (a.k.a. "Speed Racer"): Race car with cool gadgets
-Mobile Police Patlabor: Police officers with giant robots
-Mobile Suit Gundam: Amoralism in a space war
-Pretty Soldier Sailor Moon: Magical heroines in sailor suits
-Science Ninja Team Gatchaman: Superheroes defend Earth's natural resources
-Space Battleship Yamato (a.k.a. "Star Blazers"): Japanese battleship travels through space
-Space Carrier Blue Noah (a.k.a. "Thundersub"): Navy carrier battles alien terrorists
-Spice and Wolf: Companionship between human and wolfgirl
-Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann: Believe in doing the impossible
-Tetsuwan Atom (a.k.a. "Astro Boy"): A robot with human values
-The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya: Nutcase obsessed with mysterious adventure
-The Super Dimension Fortress Macross: A transforming starship at war
-Vision of Escaflowne: Giant robots in medieval fashion[/font][/size]
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Lucky Star: Konata Izumi likes chocolate cornets
Haruhi Suzumiya: Girl looking for magical people
Please save my Earth: Weird moon scientists invading earth
Vocaloid:...uh...(not an anime yet)
Death Note: Potato chip eating is epic.
Kage Kara Mamoru: Ninjas protecting a strange girl
Ranma 1/2: Guy gets turned into girl
Ponyo: Fish turns into a human
Kiki's Delivery Service: A training witch delivering things

I know that wasn't in alphabetic order...-_- too tired to think right now. Those are about a third of the animes I've watched...some I haven't finished, and some I just can't remember right now...- yawns - Edited by Kei
Double-post. Please try to use the Edit button in the future.
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  • 4 weeks later...
Inu-Yasha: Inu-Yasha! Kagome! repeated many times.
Devil May Cry: Dante's Mom is a MILF/ Half demon with mommy complex
Gunslinger Girl: Little girls, big guns. AWESOME!
G-Gundam: Wow, really? Sportsmanship based Wars?
Witchblade: Boobs, Lots of boob shots.
Najica: Blitz Tactics: Panty shots every thirty seconds
Excel Saga: Who needs sense? Not me!
Ranma 1/2: Sex changes in thirty seconds
Wedding Peach: Bridesmaid Sailor Soldiers protecting weddings
Puny Puny Poemi: ZOMFG WTF BBQ Random comedy
Vampire Knight: Vampires can eat lots of pills.



Okay... there's mone.
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[color=indigo] Some of these were hilarious! Here is my take...

[b]Berserk[/b] - Genocide rape orgy for all
[b]Akira[/b] - Brains without bodies cause trouble
[b]DBZ[/b] - Look constipated, gain strength
[b]Cowboy Bebop[/b] - Don't befriend men named Vicious
[b]Noir[/b] - Prepubescent girls make great assassins
[b]Gunslinger Girl[/b] - Like Noir but more prebubescent
[b]Vangaurd[/b] - Boobs! In Space!
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[quote name='Heaven's Cloud' date='28 July 2010 - 07:59 PM' timestamp='1280372395' post='698188']
[color="indigo"] Some of these were hilarious! Here is my take...
[b]DBZ[/b] - Look constipated, gain strength
[b]Vangaurd[/b] - Boobs! In Space![/color]
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gasp! not five! aaaaaaaaahhhhhhh!
though both are true enough.

my take is

DBZ - aryan saiyans are master race
Vandread - just pick Dita you fool!
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I will add more to this when I have more time.

DBZ: More power equals crazy hairstyle.
Death Note: Apple withdrawal is freakin' hilarious
Elfin Lied: Insanity plus nudity equals Hot.
Hellsing OVA: How it should have been.
Lupin The III: Hungry like a wolf OH!
Trinity Blood: Vampire catholics? For the Win! Edited by Burori
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