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Having trouble making a good first impression? Take a cue from your anime brethren.


Anime Introduction Lines


Lum Pikachu
10: "Urusei Yatsura"
Lum: Sorry to keep you waiting. I'm your opponent, Lum.

9: "Magical Project S"
Cheesecake Girl: I'm a cake. I'm Cheesecake Girl, the Love-love Monster.

8: "Pokemon"
Pikachu: Pi-ka-chu.

7: "Battle Arena Toshinden"
Fo (with steel claws): Sorry to keep you waiting. One of the things I take pleasure in is seeing little children smile. Another thing I take pleasure in is seeing these covered in blood.

6: "Rurouni Kenshin"
Man: Who are you?
Hiko Seijuro: You won't be alive long enough to remember my name.

5: "Cowboy Bebop"
Maria: Who are you?
Spike: I'm just an old fashioned cowboy.

4: "Fushigi Yûgi"
Tamahome: This is Miaka, Priestess of Suzaku...And this guy's gay.

3: "Bastard!"
Dark Schneider: Why it's the return of the magnificent Dark Schneider! The handsome hero with muscles of steel whose power can force volcanoes to erupt and lightning to strike!

2: "Dragonball Z"
Frieza: What are you?
Goku: Ally to good, nightmare to you.

1: "Ranma 1/2"
Tatewaki Kuno: I am the undefeated captain of this school's Kendo club; the rising new star in the high school fencing world. The sound of my voice strikes fear into the hearts of my enemy. My peers call me the Blue Thunder of Furinkan High. Tatewaki Kuno. Age 17.
Dark Schneider Goku Kuno
Uresei Yatsura © Kitty Films/Fuji Creative/AnimEigo.
Pokémon © 1997, 2000 Nintendo, CREATURES, GAME FREAK, TV Tokyo, ShoPro, JR Kikaku, Pokémon, Pikachu and all other Pokémon character names are tradmarks of Nintendo.
Bastard! © Pioneer Entertainment.
Dragon Ball Z © Akira Toriyama/Bird Studio/Shueisha/Toei/FUNimation.
Ranma 1/2 © Rumiko Takahashi/Shogakukan, Inc./Kitty/Fuji TV/Viz Entertainment.