Most Common Anime Cliches

Or if it's not that, then one parent and child.

Oh and why is it always mothers with sons and fathers with daughters?

This happens in comic books,movies,books and well...EVERYTHING.

This is so overused, I can't even begin to count how many anime use this cliche. - NerdyPweeps

Yep I see this all the time. - Anonymousxcxc

I guess it's okay for some people, but it's disturbing or just weird to others, you know. We all have our own opinions and I totally respect that. - NerdyPweeps

Fanservice. Fan service everywhere. Sometimes it takes a step too far

It's ruining the Anime.

Hate it! - Goku02

Normal hair and costume would be too boring. Imagine if in Naruto everyone looked like a conventional historical ninja, or if the pirates in One Piece dressed like somali or 1500's Caribbean pirates. It would suck. Number three on this list would be "the character design is so boring and unoriginal" - DanoMR98

It doesn't really bother me, but is it normal for the characters or something? - NerdyPweeps

I don't mind abnormal colored hair so much as freaky gravity defying haircuts that no one in their right mind would either have or want. For example Yugi from Yu gi oh. Tell me does that hair style look cool or physically possible? Wavy blonde bangs and dark purple spiked up back hair that makes him at least 2 feet taller..yeah you're stylin' yugi.. - NerdBunny

*ahem* Yu-Gi-Oh

I actually don't hate this type of ending, I actually like it a lot. It's just that it's WAY too overused, especially if you're talking about Inuyasha. - NerdyPweeps

It gets annoying when overused. Looking at ya Fairy Tail! - Goku02

Its Pretty common to have a female characters with incredibly large breasts. - egnomac

This is one of the only things about anime which annoys me.

Highschool of the dead, anyone?

This has Naruto written all over it. - NerdyPweeps

DBZ did have a few fillers in which all were bad. Still not a bad show... - SelfDestruct

Fairy Tail does not have as many fillers as Naruto.

Two words: Fairy Tail

In Yona of the Dawn I feel like most of the arc in Awa was filler. Seriously it took five episodes just to complete a simple episode arc. what?! - Anonymousxcxc

Well duh, most of the creators are men. Men can't really write about a female 100% compare to a female writing about a female. Best way to relate to the story is knowing the main character front to back which is why most main characters are male because men are the authors. So this is a naive suggestion on thinking this is cliche when its just natural for male to talk about a male. Plus men don't know what women are thinking 90% of the time anyway. That why you have the other cliches here in the perspective of what man think how a female acts. All they see is girls with large breast

Wasn't kill la kill a shoujo?

Not in every anime or manga, but still in most of them. - NerdyPweeps

Kill la Kill and sailor moon are shojo, which means the main characters are girls.-KyokoKuchisakeSuccubi

You know, the power of friendship. Happen all the time.

Looking at you, Fairy Tail. Natsu Dragneel and Erza Scarlet in particular! - Goku02

This is most definitely Naruto.

Also the power of friendship cliche is the LAZIEST cliche-KyokoKuchisakeSuccubi

You'd think that the main character would be sitting in the middle of class or by the door, nope apparently not

The only classroom type animes that I have seen so far that I can name off my mind right now that don't use this is Boku No Hero and Assassination Classroom where both Deku and Nagisa sit in the exact middle of the classroom.

And Madoka Magica. I mean, Madoka sits in the middle of the class also - MLPFan

This is very true

Yes this...

Well DUH! And most American books are usually set somewhere in USA.

I know anime is made in Japan, but come on, be a little more creative guys. And I know not every single anime does this, but a LOT of them do. - NerdyPweeps

There's not much Animes that take place outside Japan. Code Geass, Black Butler, Hellsing all set outside Japan

And that they wear uniforms that show look really tight in all the right places

Especially girls falling onto a guy main character in a compromising position, then yelling and slapping him like it's somehow their fault that this happened.

Kame, Jiraya,Meliodas,that guy I forgot his name from Ramma... - Garoto_Oceano

We're still waiting for one, Attack on Titan

So stupid I'm 15 for goodness sake!

Every Non-Action anime.

so true

Practically everyone in One Piece.

Well, they're pirates. And they travel by a ship. So of course, they'd eat a lot! Do you know how long travelling by water is?! - MLPFan

How aren't they fat?

Almost everyone in DBZ. - Goku02

Luffy, Goku,Naruto... - Garoto_Oceano

*ahem* Smile Precure

Me basically

As she runs, she narrates her life with something like "Hi, my name is blankety blankblank and I'm only 15 years old. It's my first day of he new school year and my goals are blankety blank blank blanker blank"

Evangelion - listotaku17

LOL so true! What were the villains thinking standing there watching them charging powers? - Goku02

KAMEHAMEHA! - LordDovahkiin