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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Dark Jezter" data-source="post: 1559820" data-attributes="member: 1015">I knew almost right away that Taky's list of stereotypes... "partially cyberneticized people in cloaks leaping through the air with katanas and then brooding while flighty ditzy women repeatedly fall in love with them despite the guys' utter emotional uninvolvement and inability to return any sort of affection, usually with really cool mecha-effects at some point." wasn't referring to any single anime, but was rather combining cliches that are found in lots of anime movies and series to describe a single stereotype-adhering show.Let's break down the stereotypes that Takyris presented...Partially cyberneticized people:  Yep, seen several characters in different sci-fi anime series and movies that have cybernetic implants of some sort.  Often times a big-ass gun on the end of their arm.Cloaks:  Yep, even anime series I've seen that take place in modern times or the future have characters wearing long cloaks that billow out dramatically in the wind.Leaping through with air with katanas:  X 1999 and Ninja Scroll are two examples I can think of.Brooding, emotionally unresponsive heroes:  I've lost track of how many times I've seen this type of character.Flighty, ditzy women who fall in love with the hero despite his aloofness:  Ditto.Really cool mecha-effects:  Let's see... Gundam, Macross, Evangelion, Gasaraki, and Dual are all anime series I know of with lots of mecha-action.  I'm sure there are probably more.So, while Takyris' comments may not fit any single movie or show, they very well could. <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile    :)"  data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

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