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== [[Anime]] Andand [[Manga]] ==

* ''[[Dance in the Vampire Bund]]'', humans turned vampires don't grow any older than they are. The queen is stuck in a constantly childlike state.

* For the first 900 years of her life, manga ChibiusaChibi-usa of ''[[Sailor Moon]]'' is magically kept at the physical age of five until her powers kick in. This is stated to be unnatural even considering the extremely long lifespans of the citizens of crystal Tokyo (such as her twentysomething-looking parents), because of how early it kicked in, but is never fully explained. The television series, unsurprisingly, [[Adaptation Distillation|avoids the weird subplot entirely]].

* Konata and Yutaka of ''[[Lucky Star]]'', paternal cousins, were frozen in their early teen bodies. While Yutaka complains it makes it difficult to find a boyfriend, [[Otaku Surrogate]] Konata pragmatiallypragmatically assures herself that many of her fellow otaku [[Lolicon|would have no problem with it]].

** In the [[Fullmetal Alchemist (anime)|2003 anime version]], however, {{spoiler|after Edward sacrifices himself to bring him back in one piece, Al is physically a ten -year -old. Additionally he lost his memories of the time he spent in the armor.}} In the movie we meet him again, three years later as a early teen both mentally and physically. {{spoiler|And then it is a slight subversion, since after he decides to stay with Edward in Germany he slowly starts regaining his memory, which implies him maturing on his actual age.}} More a case of [[Older Than They Look]]

* ''[[Presents]]'' stars a girl named Kurumi, who after falling asleep at the table on her birthday one night, without receiving presents from her classmates or parents, found herself suddenly far away from home, and unable to age past 10. Now she's an old woman in a child's body, who searches for her missing birthday present.

* ''[[Lyrical Nanoha|Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha]]'' gives us Vita, starting in ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha A's|A's]]''. Though it doesn't often come up in the main series, [[All There in the Manual|supplementary materials]] indicate she isn't happy about it. ''[[Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha StrikerS|Striker SStrikerS]]'''s supplementaries suggest this may eventually change. Or maybe not.

* The driving force behind the plot of ''[[Petite Princess Yucie]]'', the anime result of combining the settings, characters and story elements of several of the ''[[Princess Maker]]'' games. Here, an artifact called the Eternal Tiara exists, capable of granting any wish, and several girls of about ten years coincidentally end up trying to prove themselves true princesses (and thus able to use it without getting killed) in order to be worthy of using it. The twist comes when it becomes clear that all of the girls are about 15, and none too pleased about having stopped growing at ten. The reason? {{spoiler|A cosmic ploy to give the winner something to wish for when their friends are [[Powered by a Forsaken Child|sacrificed]] to power the [[Artifact of Doom|tiara]], since it tends to destroy the world itsit's currently in if it isn't used regularly.}}

* In an odd case, Hinako Ninomiya from ''[[Ranma ½]]'' (manga, but not anime) isn't able to ''stay'' grown up. Due to a cure for an illness when she really was a child she periodically reverts back to a preteen state until she absorbs enough ki to temporarily age up again. This makes it rather difficult to be taken seriously as a teacher, or woo a potential suitor, since she spends most of her time looking and acting like a 5 year old.

* Ohno Kei from ''[[Take On Me]]'' provides a mundane example. She is [[Christmas Cake|26 years old]], but due to a genetic disorder looks half [[Older Than They Look|half her age]] and thus has trouble finding fellows her age that are willing to date her and she is [[Lolicon|willing to touch]].

* Pinoko from ''[[Black Jack]]''. Her ectoskeletonexoskeleton (which keeps her almost entirely artificial body from collapsing) prevents her from growing, a fact that often upsets her, especially because having the appearance of a 6-years year-old girl prevents her from living out her romantic feelings for the protagonist the way she would like to.

* The middle child among the Kuonji sisters in ''[[They Are My Noble Masters]]'' physically looks like a child younger than the youngest sister, but she's already an adult.