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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Raven Crowking" data-source="post: 3691628" data-attributes="member: 18280">I think it relates both to the slickness of the images, which might remind one of Jin Roh (for example), Ghost in the Shell, or Final Fantasy.  Couple this with the exaggerated static portraits of some of the characters in the PHB (which might remind one of those anime which regularly re-use such images, like Sailor Moon or Pokemon).  Couple this with hair styles from Dragonball Z and weapons that might have come from any of a number of anime (surely Vampire Hunter D and Link both weilded bigger-than-believable swords from time to time).  And I know that I've seen excessive buckles/spikes in anime.  Couple this with textual cues like the 3.5e paladin's mount and the wuxia/anime-like action of high-level play.  I don't think that 3.x art (even the core art) is really anime-like, but I can understand why one might draw that conclusion.RC</blockquote>