Anime that break tropes
Posted: Thu Apr 30, 2015 7:25 am
...Or make fun of them!
I'm curious if anyone can recommend or would like to discuss these sorts of animes because I am personally very interested in them. It seems that a lot of anime I watch, particularly in a single genre, all carry the same tropes. Tropes are useful because it lets you easily and quickly understand what that character is like. But I really like when anime breaks them or makes a parody of them.
My favorite anime that does this is Ouran High School Host Club. But they embrace and play up the trope and then turn around and just throw you for a loop. I liked how High School Earth Defense Club Love! played with the tropes from the Mahou Shojo Genre.
Most recently I am watch Oremonogatari and I think this blends two different genres but kind of breaks various tropes as well, not as blatantly as other anime as I think it still relies on some but it is interesting and entertaining because it isn't the typical love story.
I would love to see a harem anime that breaks the harem formula, actually.
I'm curious if anyone can recommend or would like to discuss these sorts of animes because I am personally very interested in them. It seems that a lot of anime I watch, particularly in a single genre, all carry the same tropes. Tropes are useful because it lets you easily and quickly understand what that character is like. But I really like when anime breaks them or makes a parody of them.
My favorite anime that does this is Ouran High School Host Club. But they embrace and play up the trope and then turn around and just throw you for a loop. I liked how High School Earth Defense Club Love! played with the tropes from the Mahou Shojo Genre.
Most recently I am watch Oremonogatari and I think this blends two different genres but kind of breaks various tropes as well, not as blatantly as other anime as I think it still relies on some but it is interesting and entertaining because it isn't the typical love story.
I would love to see a harem anime that breaks the harem formula, actually.