The Anime Rulebook (Thanks to Lady Darkness Diamond, The Crazy Evil Minish Neko, Artarious,

Terra Cotta Kitten, Sheol, Insane Advocate and his two friends, and others who I have not been able to
locate.)

Rule #1 for Anime: Women hit harder than any villain you will ever encounter.

Rule #2 for Anime: The homework always gets done even when you haven't touched it for weeks.

Rule #3 for Anime: Girls with sweet dispositions and innocent faces are the MOST dangerous fighters
you can find. STAY CLEAR!

Rule #4 for Anime: Even the stupidest person in the class will graduate with flying colors even though
they showed NO sign of improvement.

Rule #5 for Anime: One lone “good guy” can defeat an infinite number of “bad guys.”

Rule #6 for Anime: All characters shall wear the same clothing every day until they get blown up, beat
up, or a new season starts.

Rule #7 for Anime: When outnumbered ATTACK!

Rule #8 for Anime: Ninja do not only wear white, but orange, blue, green, and even pink and can often
be seen during the day.

Rule #9 for Anime: One can travel nonstop for days or even weeks and never have to go to the
bathroom.

Rule #10 for Anime: Always yell out your attacks and then explain them so the enemy knows what
you’re doing and why.

Rule #11 for Anime: Extended conversations are a must when engaged in a fight, and talking to the
enemy is almost always acceptable.

Rule #12 for Anime: Hair comes in every color of the visible spectrum and can often be seen defying
gravity itself.

Rule #13 for Anime: Even the most life threatening injury will heal just fine if you are popular enough
with the fans.

Rule #14 for Anime: The antagonist is always more popular then you are.

Rule #15 for Anime: Someone will ALWAYS come and save you when you’re in a tight spot...you just
have to wait a couple episodes.

Rule #16 for Anime: The children, who lack years of experience, are ALWAYS more powerful than the
adults.

Rule #17 for Anime: When dying, an Anime character (whether they're a "good guy" or a "bad guy")
MUST tell a long drawn out story of their ENTIRE life to make absolutely sure that their existence will
be valid.

Rule #18 for Anime: To be a main character there MUST BE ANGST. If a character doesn't have an
angsty/horrifying past, they will be killed in the next battle scene.

Rule #19 for Anime: The comic relief Anime character that possesses no talent whatsoever will almost
ALWAYS make it to the end somehow.

Rule #20 for Anime: No character shall be hit/attacked during long drawn out transformations that
leave them helpless and seem to take forever to complete.

Rule #21 for Anime: An Anime person/warrior MUST wear clothes that look cool, it doesn't matter if
the accessories on the outfit are useless or heavy (or even if said character is lugging around a weapon
that he/she will NEVER use), if the clothing looks good, IT HAS TO BE WORN!!!

Rule #22 for Anime: When about to go to battle, an Anime character MUST wear armor that shows
some skin. It doesn't matter if the skin is on the stomach, the chest, or anywhere else a vital organ
might be situated. If the character doesn't look good for battle, they will be sent home.

Rule #23 for Anime: Anything and everything one can think of can and shall be turned into and anime
series. (From wolves searching for “paradise”, to librarians defending their cause, to notebooks that can
kill people, and more.)

Rule #24 for Anime: All giant robots/mechs MUST be piloted by crazy people.

Rule #25 for Anime: There must ALWAYS be at least one case of unrequited love.

Rule #26 for Anime: Every year there must be at least ONE anime with strange/unpronouncable
character names. (Example: Tieria Erde, Gundam 00, Mu La Flaga, Gundam SEED)

Rule #27 for Anime: L of Death Note has the fastest metabolism of any anime character ever.

Rule #28 for Anime: Become an insane anime fan and you risk being called a Narutard, Death Nerd,
Bleach Bum, Ouran Moran, Foolmetal Alchemist, Gundimwit, or a Gurrencompoop.

Rule #29 for Anime: Shojo anime such as Negima! or Ouran High School Host Club shall never be
shown on Adult Swim or on TV period by the look of it. That's right, go be sad ladies.

Rule #30 for Anime: Pokemon will NEVER GO AWAY.

Rule #31 for Anime: Dragonball Z will always be the best anime/manga there ever was.

Rule #32 for Anime: Sailor Moon will always be one of the most popular anime ever. Learn to live with
it people.

Rule #33 for Anime: In almost all anime there is at least one character who is too tragic to live or who
must die a noble death for the greater good.

Rule #34 for Anime: You can travel impossible distances in an insanely small amount of time if your in
a big enough hurry.

Rule #35 for Anime: If a woman has a large chest then there MUST be a swimsuit episode or, failing
that, a skimpy outfit.

Rule #36 for Anime: The normal laws of physics do not apply and can be broken at will if it will result
in a big enough explosion.

Rule #37 for Anime: In space, loud sounds, like explosions, are even louder because there is no air to
get in the way.

Rule #38 for Anime: The larger a mechanical device is, the faster it moves, armored mecha are the
fastest objects known to science.

Rule #39 for Anime: Time stops for the hero whenever he does something "cool" or "impressive." It
slows down when friends and lovers are being killed and speeds up whenever there is a fight.

Rule #40 for Anime: Scenes involving extreme amounts of action are depicted with either still frames
or black screens with a slash of bright color.

Rule #41 for Anime: Scenes that only happen once, for instance, a "Good Guy" kicks the "Bad Guy" in
the face, are seen at least 3 times from 3 different angles.

Rule #42 for Anime: EVERYTHING EXPLODES. Large cities are the most explosive. Tokyo in
particular seems to be the most unstable of these cities, sometimes referred to as "The Matchstick City."

Rule #43 for Anime: There is always an energy build up before Mecha or space craft weapons fire.

Rule #44 for Anime: Small and cute will always overcome big and ugly.

Rule #45 for Anime: No one EVER runs out of ammunition.

Rule #46 for Anime: The accuracy of a "Good Guy" when operating any form of firearm increases as
the difficulty of the shot increases.

Rule #47 for Anime: The accuracy of the "Bad Guys" when operating firearms decreases when the
difficulty of the shot decreases.

Rule #48 for Anime: Whenever a "Good Guy" is actually hit by enemy fire, it's
in a designated area, usually a flesh wound in the shoulder or arm, which restricts the "Good Guy" from
doing anything more strenuous than driving, firing weaponry, using melee weapons, operating heavy
machinery, or doing complex martial arts maneuvers.

Rule #49 for Anime: Huge galaxy-wide armadas, entire armies, and large war machines can be stopped
and defeated with a single example of a caring/loving emotion or a song.

Rule #50 for Anime: The size of a person’s mouth is directly proportional to the volume at which they
are speaking or eating.
Rule #51 for Anime: Any powerful weapon capable of destroying/defeating an opponent in a single
shot will invariably be reserved and used as a last resort.

Rule #52 for Anime: Wooden or bamboo swords are just as sharp as metal swords, if not sharper.

Rule #53 for Anime: Always send a boy to do a man’s job. He’ll get it done in half the time and twice
the angst.

Rule #54 for Anime: The likelihood of success and damage done by an attack depends on how slowly
the full name of the attack is announced (known as the Kamehameha effect).

Rule #55 for Anime: Simply changing into a costume or wearing a teensy mask can make you utterly
unrecognizable to even your closest friends and relatives.

Rule #56 for Anime: Eyeballs may make up NO LESS than one sixth of the face’s total surface area.

Rule #57 for Anime: A person who has been training for 3 years is never as good as someone who has
been training for one month.

Rule #58 for Anime: Whenever a character is injured Band-Aids will always instantly appear on the
wounded individual. These bandages will then, most likely, disappear by the character’s next scene.

Rule #59 for Anime: Any projectile attack can be easily defended against by holding a suitably cool-
looking sword or other bladed weapon between the attacker and defender.

Rule #60 for Anime: There is no such thing as insanity in anime.

Rule #61 for Anime: At a dramatically correct moment, a hero can summon a sun/moon/halo to appear
behind him/her to cause a dramatic silhouette.

Rule #62 for Anime: Any single event will happen to the ONE character LEAST capable of dealing
with it.

Rule #62 for Anime: Shades can make you instantly cool.

Rule #63 for Anime: Any anime, whether Shojo or Shonen, has GOT to have at least one cute, furry,
little mascot by penalty of death!

Rule #64 for Anime: There must be no less than one case of betrayal/person turning traitor. Anime not
containing such shall be scrapped.

Rule #65 for Anime: All things are acceptable and shall be forgiven if your the main character. Only
side characters shall be punished.

Rule #66 for Anime: At some point there will/must be a damsel in distress.

Rule #67 for Anime: Having numerous incarnations of the same show is acceptable and often
encouraged. (Yes, we're looking at you Tenchi Muyo)
Rule #68 for Anime: The series cannot end without at least one enemy turning from their sins and
converting to the side of good. The reverse also applies.

Rule #69 for Anime: Whether good or evil there must be at least one genius.

Rule #70 for Anime. A genius needs no other skills aside from their mental prowess. Athletic skills in
particular are especially unnecessary. (As seen with Lelouch in Code Geass)

Rule #71 for Anime: The hero/main character never dies...or will survive until the last episode at least.