Quotes & Sayings About Anime

This looks interesting, I say, but what I'm really thinking is, Wow, Aimee, science fiction? Really, could you try any harder to brand yourself with the mark of the nerd herd? What's next, anime? — Tim Tharp

The things that stress me out haven't changed.
But I don't wanna lose anything.
So I thought that at least I would change.
I'm lucky ... that I'm afraid of losing something. — Ai Yazawa

I am. I've been enduring! Why must it be you?! I don't get it at all!
You're a pervert who annoys me all the time. You're always running ahead of me and teasing me.
It's your fault! I wouldn't have realized it if not for that game! I wanted to join hands with you since a long time ago!
One moment you're sexually harassing me, and then gone the next ... Just what are you thinking? Why is my heart beating so fast? Why do I feel lonely when you leave me? Why are you ... the only one causing me so much confusion?
You idiot, why do you always tease me? — Ayuzawa Misaki

Why does that kid think so highly of himself?"
"Kids that think they're so smart.They're everywhere! Destroy is self-esteem!"
"Yes ... I really do think highly of myself.People like me should get a taste of the ups and downs of life! Sorry I'm so envious.I will reflect upon this. Please don't be angry.
"Ah..um.."
"There, I said it now. Are you satisfied?"
...
"Bye bye!"
Beat him ... Beat him until he reaches heaven ... !!!
-random people and Hiro-chan
— Natsuki Takaya

N the world, those who break the rules are scum, but those who abandon their friends are worse than scum. — Masashi Kishimoto

I detested you, at the moment of my death ... My soul cannot move beyond that ... As long as you live, I cannot rest!
-Kikyo to Kagome — Rumiko Takahashi

I discovered cosplay because I was going to an anime convention and did some research, and found out people dressed up as characters. I made a very badly put-together costume because I felt this desire to dress up. — Yaya Han

The Opposite of Love is not hate, but power — C.S. Lewis

I'll make you so in love with me, that everytime our lips touch, you'll die a little death. — Ai Yazawa

People start panicking because they think it's the end of everything. But the fact is, you know, books survived movies; books survived TV. Books are surviving manga and anime. Books will always be there in one form or another. You just have a larger palette of entertainment options. — John Scalzi

I do not need a scabbard to sheathe my mind. — Fuyumi Ono

Girly' products can spur Japan's growth in this century every bit as much as, if not more than, the 'manly' technologies. — Morinosuke Kawaguchi

Everyone smiles, when they are with you. Please... from now on, go and help people in my place. Share your happiness with them. — YUI

I've been looking out at the world through windows I've opened across the net. It's an extremely close-minded and twisted world. — Alice

Should we give you a wake-up call with some anime songs? — Ryohgo Narita

In the midst of the vagaries of life, they provide us a trip to the land of goodness and fairies, of imaginations and possibilities.
A childhood that wasn't spent watching cartoons or reading comic strips, no wonder, seems too dull to imagine. — Sanhita Baruah

If I had a dream or a goal ... then maybe I would be able to overcome the obstacles in my way. — Paradise Kiss

At the root of Japanese manufacturing lies a feminine delicacy and shyness as well as a childlike curiosity and fantasy-filled worldview. — Morinosuke Kawaguchi

Having survived her 10th London winter (she got through January by assigning it "international month," and amusing Moses and his big sister, Apple, 9, with a visiting Italian chef, Japanese anime screenings, and hand-rolled-sushi lessons, no less), Paltrow admits that her dreams of relocating the family to their recently acquired residence in Brentwood, California, are becoming ever more urgent. — Gwyneth Paltrow

Life is wonderful, spend some time with the dango family. — Me

I'm Vane Weston: The Last Westerly
Great- it sounds like something out of an anime cartoon. — Shannon Messenger

Japan is the first nation in the world to accord 'comic books'
originally a 'humorous' form of entertainment mainly for young people
nearly the same social status as novels and films. — Frederik L. Schodt

So if someone is thinking about me, then that's the place I go ? — Masashi Kishimoto

I've watched anime before too... Evangelion was it?

- Igarashi — Junko

Angels banished from heaven have no choice but to become devils. — Vicious

The technology in making games and in making anime is really similar. There are common concepts. — Satoshi Tajiri

There are going to be times when you learn more about the world you're entering and feel defeated when you see the gap between the ideal and the reality ... But that's something we'll all face. The people that face those obstacles and overcome them are people whose dreams come true. — Tsugumi Ohba

Humankind cannot gain something without first giving something in return. To obtain, something of equal value must be lost. This is Alchemy's First Law of Equivalent Exchange. In those days, we really believed that to be the world's one, and only, truth. — Hiromu Arakawa

Whatever happens, happens. — Keiko Nobumoto

Books can also provoke emotions. And emotions sometimes are even more troublesome than ideas. Emotions have led people to do all sorts of things they later regret-like, oh, throwing a book at someone else. — Pseudonymous Bosch

Resignation is what kills people. Once they've rejected resignation, humans gain the privilege of making humanity their footpath. — Kohta Hirano

And where shall we go from here? The Library is vast and infinite. — Hideyuki Kurata

I see now that the circumstances of ones birth are irrelevent. it is what you do with the gift of life that determines who you are — Suzanne Collins

The warmth of our bodies began to melt my frozen heart bit by bit. — Kirito

Dorinpa, Dorunpa. Now you can't lie. — Usui Takumi

Moping around with sadness and sorrow ... what will come of it? Even dead people can do that. However, i'll live and stand on my own two legs. If we are going to die one day, wouldnt it be better to have no regrets — Black Butler

I'm really inspired by the show 'Future Boy Conan' from the '70s. It's a really beautiful show, and I love shonen anime and shojo anime, and I like the thought of mixing them together. — Rebecca Sugar

Personally, I was never more passionate about manga than when preparing for my college entrance exams. It's a period of life when young people appear to have a great deal of freedom, but are in many ways actually opressed. Just when they find themselves powerfully attracted to members of opposite sex, they have to really crack the books. To escape from this depressing situation, they often find themselves wishing they could live in a world of their own - a world they can say is truly theirs, a world unknown even to their parents. To young people, anime is something they incorporate into this private world.
I often refer to this feeling as one yearning for a lost world. It's a sense that although you may currently be living in a world of constraints, if you were free from those constraints, you would be able to do all sorts of things. And it's that feeling, I believe, that makes mid-teens so passionate about anime. — Hayao Miyazaki

I probably won't be able to look forward to summer for a long time. My chest will hurt. My tears will be overflowing. But this warmth in my hands and these summer memories will live on in my heart. — Yuki Midorikawa

I would never betray a friend. So who the hell cares if somebody betrayed you once, huh?!! I'm not like that! — Bossun Sket Dance

I was an avid anime watcher until I was about 10, when I moved to manga. I think I am influenced by Osamu Tezuka's and Walt Disney's works which I watched during that time, such as Tetsuwan Atom and 101 Dalmatians. — Akira Toriyama

Anime is not the end. Don't stop believing. — Hiro Mashima

You are not deep and complex. You're the most 2-D person I've ever met in my life. Miyazaki drew you and threw you straight on the scrap pile because you look too anime — Richard Rider

I'll take a potato chip ... AND EAT IT!!
-For le famous anime/manga Death Note — Tsugumi Ohba

I've always loved Japanese legend, anime and manga. — Lauren Beukes

I do enjoy animated movies. I really love anime and movies like 'Spirited Away' and 'Howl's Moving Castle.' — Nicolas Cage

Hey, Nana ...
people's feelings change easily ...
what you see is a house of cards ...
nothing's sure,
and nothing lasts forever. — Ai Yazawa

A person is very strong... when he seeks to protect something. — Heathcliff

Whats the difference between a king and his horse?I dont mean some kiddy shit like one has 4 legs and the other has 2, or ones a person and ones an animal. If their form, ability, and power is exactly the same, then why is it one becomes the king and controls the battle and the other one becomes the horse and carries the king? There's only one answer ... INSTINCT!!! — Tite Kubo

I'm totally addicted to Japanese anime and spend way, way, way too much time watching it. — Connor Jessup

I want to have the fun of doing anime and I love anime, but I can't do storyboards because I can't really draw and that's what they live and die on. — Quentin Tarantino

As I looked at her from the side, I became newly aware of the softness of the curves of her face. Nagato said she was the "potential for evolution." According to Asahina, she was a "time warp." Koizumi treated her as "God." Then what about me? What did "Haruhi Suzumiya" mean to me?
Haruhi was Haruhi and nobody else. I wasn't going to use such overblown language to dodge the question. But I didn't happen to have a decisive answer. Isn't that natural? If someone points to the classmate sitting behind you and asks, "What is she to you?" How are you supposed to respond? ... No, sorry. Guess that's still dodging the question. Haruhi wasn't just a classmate to me. Of course, she also wasn't the "potential for evolution" or a "time warp," much less "God." She couldn't possibly be. — Nagaru Tanigawa

Don't just give up, Hachiko.
Life is about getting knocked down over and over, but still getting up each time.
If you keep getting up, you win. — Ai Yazawa

The new fans of Japan won't be Orientalists, but they will be anime-savvy. — Morinosuke Kawaguchi

I'll cry!! Ububu ... BUEEEEEEE!! I ... Ichigo, you thupid! Baldy!! Piece of poop!
Ichigo: Alright! Alright! I get it already, stop crying!
Nel: Impotent!
Ichigo: I'm not impotent!!
Rukia: What's he shouting about?
Nel: Virgin!!!
Ichigo: SHUT THE HELL UP ALREADY!!! — Tite Kubo

The rise of anime had to happen. If the Japanese could tell better American stories, it would go through the roof. They still tell stories which are very much oriental. I take my hat off to them. — Ralph Bakshi

Keep flying higher, so that others are inspired to fly with you! — Oh! Great

One of the more problematic aspects of the current state of cinema in Japan is that the movies playing in the theaters are by and large made not by film studios but by broadcasting companies. They're either extensions of popular television dramas or adaptations of manga or anime. Younger Japanese are simply not being exposed to good films. That situation needs to change. — Hirokazu Koreeda

Like many other kids, I liked watching anime. — Takashi Murakami

You know, it's a wonderful thing. I have to say that some of the greatest actors I've ever worked with have been doing anime for years. It's not just because of the popularity, either. — Steven Blum

Love is sacrifice ... — Nagato Uzumaki

I think starting in anime, like I did, gave me a good idea of how to approach games that come from Japan. Japanese developers can be very different from companies here in the western market. — Laura Bailey

Somebody", "somebody" is always what everyone's thinking. Acting like there's nothing you can do yourself is the easy approach. But there's always "somebody" who comes forward. Time went by in the world. I wanted to be that "somebody." I'm sure, right now that "somebody" is "you and me. — Strike Tanaka

I work at a high school, and we have an anime and manga club. — Gene Luen Yang

Of course it's a trap
With her, it always is one
Trappy McTrapface

Britomartis jumped from the ledge and landed in a kneeling position, her skirts spread around her in a pool of netting.
(She loves those dramatic entrances. She is such an anime-character wannabe.) — Rick Riordan

Anime has been good to me. I made and continue to make very little money at it, but the undying, feverish loyalty of the fans of the genre has been such a life-changing influence for me that I wanted to do everything I possibly could to help give something back to them. — Steven Blum

The Japanese have two words: "uchi" meaning inside and "soto" meaning outside. Uchi refers to their close friends, the people in their inner circle. Soto refers to anyone who is outside that circle. And how they relate and communicate to the two are drastically different. To the soto, they are still polite and they might be outgoing, on the surface, but they will keep them far away, until they are considered considerate and trustworthy enough to slip their way into the uchi category. Once you are uchi, the Japanese version of friendship is entire universes beyond the average American friendship! Uchi friends are for life. Uchi friends represent a sacred duty. A Japanese friend, who has become an uchi friend, is the one who will come to your aid, in your time of need, when all your western "friends" have turned their back and walked away. — Alexei Maxim Russell

I guess anime helped me understand the Japanese culture a little better and makes me want to honor certain language nuances that don't always translate to English. — Laura Bailey

Anime has sent me all over the world, introducing me to people who have touched my life in indescribably profound ways. — Steven Blum

Do you like manga?" she asked after a minute. "Anime?"
"Anime's cool. I'm not really into it, but 1 like Japanese movies,
animated or not."
"Well, I'm into it. I watch the shows, read the books, chat on the boards, and all that. But this girl I know, she's
completely into it. She spends most of her allowance on the books and DVDs. She can recite dialogue from
them." She caught my gaze. "So would you say she belongs here?"
"No. Most kids are that way about something, right? With me, it's
movies. Like knowing who directed a sci-fi movie made before I was born. — Kelley Armstrong

People are only what they think of themselves. — Ai Yazawa

I must have dislocated my pelvis!" -Rurouni — Nobuhiro Watsuki

My kids love anime, but I don't show them the really graphic stuff. — Brad Bird

A minute passes as we enter Little Tokyo. It's kind of similar to what you see in the movies, with a lot of signs in different languages with "engrish" translations underneath and those big red gates with the curved wood on top, whatever they're called. The passing people on the street are, understandably, largely of Asian descent.
... I get a couple looks, but I suspect it's 'cause my hair is a variety of shades not seen outside of an anime. — Vaughn R. Demont

I liked to watch anime in the original Japanese even though I couldn't speak a single word of the language. — S.M. Reine

I'm really interested in independent publishers and memes and mini comics. But even before that, I was interested in Japanese manga and anime. — Toyin Odutola

I'm a huge anime and manga fan. — Ryan Potter

Once, he'd dreamed of experimental fusions, that he would be the one to merge folk harps with anime. Now he saw the incommensurability. In his own words: matter and antimatter. The end of the world. — Karen Joy Fowler

Miroku: Kagome, are you worrying about me?
Kagome: I guess so.
Miroku: In that case, I have a favor to ask of you: please bear my child. — Rumiko Takahashi

The only thing altruism will get you here is a boot stomping on your head. — Henry Mosquera

An eye for an eye my friend. — Tsugumi Ohba

Fear is necessary for evolution. The fear that one could be destroyed at any moment. — Sosuke Aizen

Geek cred points for trying to stump me, but sorry, you'll have to do better than that. Would you like to try anime for a hundred?" When she looked blank, he sighed. "What took it down, anime, or the Jeopardy reference? — Rachel Caine

Hackers are nerdy, pasty, tubby, little geeks with triple thick glasses and this is probably a demented otaku with smelly feet. So catching him will be a breeze! — Keiko Nobumoto

Radical Edwards's profile? He's a seven-foot tall ex-basketball pro hindu guru drag-queen alien.
-Jet Black, from the Cowboy Bebop anime script — Keiko Nobumoto

Sam stop yelling at her!" her mother yelled.
"If this were in Japsnese," said Danny, "it could be an anime. — Kelly Creagh

Been a long road to follow
Been there and one tomorrow
Without saying goodbye to yesterday
Are the memories I hold
Still valid?
Or have the tears deluded them..
Something somewhere out there
Is calling ...
Zero Gravity,
What's it like?
Is somebody there
Beyond these heavy aching feet?
Am I going home?
Will I hear someone?
Singin solace to the silent moon
Still the road keeps on telling me
To go on ...
Something is pulling me,
I feel the gravity
Of it all. — Maaya Sakamoto

Though our paths may have diverged, you must continue to live out your life with all your might, you must never consider your own life to be something insignificant, and you must never forget about your friends for as long as you live. — Hiro Mashima

More chibis," said Simon gloomily. All the characters on-screen had turned into inch-high baby versions of themselves and were chasing each other around waving pots and pans. "I'm changing the channel," Simon announced, seizing the remote. "I'm tired of this anime. I can't tell what the plot is and no one ever has sex."
"Of course they don't," Clary said, taking another chip. "Anime is wholesome family entertainment."
"If you're in the mood for less wholesome entertainment, we could try the porn channels," Simon observed. "Would you rather watch The Witches of Breastwick or As I Lay Dianne? — Cassandra Clare

I'm perfectly fine with the fact that lots of young folks are wanting to watch anime and read manga. I'm perfectly happy that they are doing things online, reading there as opposed to traditional print magazines. — John Scalzi

I'm such a fan of anime and manga to this day, but I never really like got to know all the characters and everything, so I don't think I'd be able to pick one. — Lights

Believe it!!!" Naruto yelled. — Masashi Kishimoto

I take time to watch anime. I don't know whether I'm allowed to, but I do it anyway. — Larry Wall

If you're that obsessed with someone, why would you kill her?
Humans are full of contradictions. — Ai Yazawa

I want you to picture me as a cute little anime character that popped out from behind a mushroom or something and landed in Hollywood. — Mindy Kaling

I grew up with a lot of monster movies, robot movies, since I was a kid. I love anime movies, like 'Evangelion' and 'Ghost in the Shell.' — Rinko Kikuchi

When I was starting as an anime director I wanted to be known for great things. I never wanted to be known for some overblown toy commercial. — Yoshiyuki Tomino

In pursuing a 'way,' Japanese typically move beyond an interest in craftsmanship to a kind of sacred search for the ultimate. — Morinosuke Kawaguchi

You've gone off the deep end. Time to cut back on the anime Rob. There's no
such thing as faeries. — Julie Kagawa

I'm changing the channel," Simon announced, seizing the remote. "I'm tired of this anime. I cant tell what the plot is and no one ever has sex."
"Of course they dont," Clary said, taking another chip. "Anime is wholesome family entertainment."
"If you're in the mood for less wholesome entertainment we could try the porn channels," Simon observed. "Would you rather watch The Witches of Breastwick or As I Lay Dianne?"
"Give me that!" Clary grabbed for the remote ...
-Simon & Clary, pg.16 & 17- — Cassandra Clare