The Laws of Anime

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2003-08-16 11:26am

Came across this on another board, figured it might be a good thing...

http://www.bright.net/~nyla/animelaw.html

FOG3 · Post by **FOG3** » 2003-08-16 12:51pm

http://www.abcb.com/laws/index.htm Is another site where its hosted.

Spanky The Dolphin · Post by **Spanky The Dolphin** » 2003-08-16 02:05pm

This has been posted before a few times, I believe...

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-08-16 03:55pm

Law of Americanthropomorphism

Americans in Anime appear in one of two roles, either as a really nasty skinny 'Bad Guy' or a big stupid 'Good Guy'.

It's quite fascinating that Japanese pop culture often depicts Americans the same way that American pop culture depicted Russians during the Cold War...

Patrick Degan · Post by **Patrick Degan** » 2003-08-16 05:31pm

#19 - Law of Demonic Consistency

Demons and other supernatural creatures have at least three eyes, loads of fangs, tend to be yellow-green or brown, but black is not unknown, and can only be hurt bladed weapons.

First Corollary:

Hentai demons will always posess multiple, indedpendently manipulable appendages to commit tentacle-rape on a large scale; said appendages growing not only in size but number when prey is nearby.

Keevan_Colton · Post by **Keevan_Colton** » 2003-08-16 07:44pm

I personally like this one....

#29 - Law of Melee Luminescence
(from Tom Williams) Any being displaying extremely high levels of martial arts prowess and/or violent emotions emits light in the form of a glowing aura. This aura is usually blue for 'good guys' and red for 'bad guys'. This is attributed to Good being higher in the electromagnetic spectrum than Evil.

Singular Quartet · Post by **Singular Quartet** » 2003-08-16 10:19pm

My personal favorite, however is this:

Law of Inverse Accuracy

The accuracy of a 'Good Guy' when operating any form of fire-arm increases as the difficulty of the shot increases. The accuracy of the 'Bad Guys' when operating fire-arms decreases when the difficulty of the shot decreases. (Also known as the Stormtrooper Effect)

Captain Cyran · Post by **Captain Cyran** » 2003-08-16 10:43pm

Hehehe, I liked that and the Ranma 1/2 drinking game.

Isn't there a drinking game for Star Wars? I think I heard one of my siblings talking about a Star Wars drinking game once.

Grand Moff Yenchin · Post by **Grand Moff Yenchin** » 2003-08-17 02:22am

I don't get this one:

#43 - Law of Triscaquadrodecophobia
There is no Law #43.

There is another law unmentioned, the Law of Love and Peace:

When bragging about Love and Peace the user has teratons of energy, high-G action and enemy moronity.

Peregrin Toker · Post by **Peregrin Toker** » 2003-08-17 03:05am

Patrick Degan wrote:
#19 - Law of Demonic Consistency

Demons and other supernatural creatures have at least three eyes, loads of fangs, tend to be yellow-green or brown, but black is not unknown, and can only be hurt bladed weapons.
First Corollary:

Hentai demons will always posess multiple, indedpendently manipulable appendages to commit tentacle-rape on a large scale; said appendages growing not only in size but number when prey is nearby.

Also known as the "Chojin Rule"....

Post by **The Yosemite Bear** » 2003-08-17 04:58am

posted MANY times incluuded by me. So quotes copied and added to the stickie.