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Top 10 Anime That Kinda Rip Off Other Anime


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to watchmojo.com and today we’ll be
counting down our picks for the top 10
animes that kind of rip off other anime
but we made it this far that’s great
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more great content for this list we’ll
be looking at the anime that upon closer
inspection seem to have taken some big
inspiration from other titles but before
we start let’s make a few things crystal
clear most anime are derivative from
those that have come before them like
how Mazinger Z in spite the entire super
Robo genre or how Dragonball shaped all
shown an anime that followed in this
case we’ll be looking at the shows that
have obviously borrowed from other
titles also and we can’t say this enough
we aren’t categorizing any of these
entries as bad in fact some of them
actually add some Pleasant elements to
the narrative so lower those pitch books
we’re also gonna get a little deep into
some of the shows so here’s your spoiler
warning we’re good alright deep breath
here goes number 10 brain powerd
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anime certainly owes a lot to mr.
Yoshiyuki Tomino he was the mastermind
behind the Gundam franchise which has
served as the inspiration for an
incalculable mecha shows so we really
can’t fault him for trying his luck with
other projects thus we have this little
experiment in terms of themes characters
and the way it handles its giant robots
this series is clearly borrowing from
the on genesis evangelion
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while that sounds like a potentially
winning combination it likes the impact
to really give shinji and company a run
for their money
ironically though Eva creator Hideo ki
Arno has expressed in the past that his
series was inspired by Tammy nose
classic anime ID on
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would you have me to be late so how’s
about that number nine Yuki Yoona is a
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a magical girl series that seeks to
explore the very limits of the genre by
infusing it with mature themes a sense
of foreboding and realistic elements
can’t think of anyone who’s done that
before well not without some interesting
concepts the parallels between Yuki Yuna
and Madoka Magica foundations are pretty
hard to deny that being said Madoka
isn’t exactly guilt-free either since
create again her poochy has pretty much
admitted that he pulled the story from
the premise of the tokusatsu series
Kamen Rider ryouki go figure chap number
8 love life oh whoa guys guys put the
weapons down we’re not picking a side on
the idol Wars here each series certainly
has its own brand of charm and a quick
cast of characters but despite being
based on a video game
the delightful idols from 765
productions were the ones to lay the
foundation true though love life has
taken on a life of its own
spawning waifu’s with an equally rabid
fan base but let’s just say we’ve never
seen ooh me and Chihaya in the same room
coincidence we think not epic says it in
a corner number 7 razza fun out of all
the numerous Evangelion clones out there
aside from itself none are more blatant
than this show honestly you can pretty
much tick the boxes for everything this
series copies from Anna’s work
incredibly awkward main character check
giant robot that isn’t actually a giant
robot check awkward and uncomfortable
need we continue yes use of Abrahamic
symbolism check NIF style organization
check a what just happened ending double
check but somehow the series doesn’t
come across as a cheap ripoff
and it’s actually pretty good look I’m
sorry but I’m just not interested in
older women
number six fairy tale in recent years
the show has done its best and gone its
own way with monumental success and now
there’s nothing quite like it however
before the likes of black clover this
was the series known for being the
amalgamation of every shown end trope
let’s admit we all remember a time when
people referred it not so affectionately
as bleach piece what are you talking
about the most blatant example of this
comes in the form of some of the
character designs I mean just look at
shanks and guild earths Hiro Mashima
you’re not even trying mate number five
guilty crown
maybe I’m too naive to get it are just
socially illiterate
I never see the signs don’t get us wrong
this is a stunning series to behold but
that’s not gonna stop us from noticing
the clear comparisons to Code Geass yeah
we know and some of the same writers but
there’s a pretty clear amount of copy
and pasting going on here you’ve got a
lead thrown into a position of
responsibility after coming into contact
with a mysterious girl and gaining
supernatural powers and oddly familiar
war between a totalitarian society and a
resistance movement trying to restore
Japanese independence hell they even
managed to find a way to kill Shirley
number four parasites well this is
indeed a great show the recent release
of devil man crybaby reminded us just
how much of gonna guys classic work
both the parasites and the demons assume
human form to blend in and it’s all down
to a teenage guy who’s forcefully been
turned into a hybrid in order to stop
them all the while his own humanity
comes into question as paranoia slowly
starts to alter the masses it’s safe to
say that devil man has had a profound
effect on many weeks such as Evangelion
third perhaps parasite is the most
transparent of the bunch it may not have
gay Satan in it but it takes most of the
boxes done tonight
number three cabin airy of the iron
fortress it’s not even funny how
desperately this series wants to be
attack on Titan which is a shame in sin
aspects because the series does show
some promise instead we have wannabe
Aaron a cobra doing his best to defend
the wannabe walls a train from one of
studio wit knew they did a good job with
Tyne and instead of pumping out another
season they padded out their portfolio
with this number
perhaps the potential of the series
wouldn’t feel as wasted if not for the
glaring influences Tori come on number
two Digimon will be the first to say
that in terms of character’s narrative
and general direction these franchises
couldn’t be more different
ash wants to be the very best like no
one ever was well that digidestined must
save the digital world from sin
destruction Pokemon take part in
gladiatorial matches Digimon strive for
peace with humans there just has to be
some way we can open the gate up again
however it can’t be denied that the
digital monsters did steal that whole
Mon thing and given how it rode on the
pokey mania hype train there’s no chance
this conflict will ever end Oh almost
couldn’t tell which one was Pikachu
almost pleased number one duel masters
quit copying me it involves a children’s
card game we’ll give you three guesses
as to what it’s accused of ripping off
what’s that it’s a little something
called copycat okay okay the Kari
doesn’t plot a radically different but
let’s consider the history of this
series Wizards of the coast wanted to
make a simplified version of Magic the
Gathering in order to appeal to a
younger audience and cash in on the UVO
craze so basically you gives duel
monsters which copied Magic the
Gathering is being copied by magic the
gathering and called duel masters it’s
beautiful it’s the circle of life Shou
Bou
if I showed up now I’d be undoing years
of anime tradition tradition
while anime tradition stinks even the
dub acknowledge the fact that it was a
ripoff you know since we’re here let’s
take a moment to appreciate how good
this dub was
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