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'''''Reign: The Conqueror''''' is a Japanese anime first released in 1999 under the title ''Alexander Senki''. It was released in English by [[Tokyo Pop]] in 2003, and aired on [[Adult Swim|[Adult Swim]]] and Showtime Beyond. The series was a re-imagination of the life of Alexander the Great based on the novel of the same name by Hiroshi Aramata. Character and setting design for the show was conceived by Peter Chung, the Korean-American animator who created [[Aeon Flux]].
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* {{spoiler|[[A God Am I]]: Alexander}}
* [[Awful Truth]]: {{spoiler|For Aristotle, when he looks inside the Platohedron and discovers the most powerful force in the universe is not reason but ''passion.'' As a Greek philosopher, this is the total antithesis of everything he's ever believed and taught.}}
* [[The Beautiful Elite]]: Just about all of Alexander's group of friends, but he takes the cake.
* [[Cool Horse]]: Bucephalus, which also doubles as [[Hellish Horse]].
* [[Cutting the Knot]]: The [[Ur Example]] -- animated.
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* [[Doomed by Canon]]: Everyone.
* [[Emotions vs. Stoicism]]: Alexander on one hand, Aristotle on the other. [[Central Theme|This is important.]]
* [[Mr.Face FanserviceDeath with Dignity]]: Most of thePhillipas mainand guysPhilotas.
* [[Fanservice]]: Mostly for the girls.
* [[Face Death with Dignity]]: Phillipas and Philotas.
* [[Fanservice]]: Mostly for the girls.
* [[Fan Disservice]]: Any scene featuring Olympias and the oracle.
* [[Fetish Fuel]]: The outfits.
* [[Five-Man Band]]:
** [[The Hero]]: Alexander
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** [[Sixth Ranger]]: Haphaestion and Cassandra
* [[Gadgeteer Genius]]: Aristotle and Dinocrates.
* [[Go Mad Fromfrom the Revelation]]: Olympias
* {{spoiler|[[A God Am I]]: Alexander}}
* [[Historical Beauty Update]]: Well, if they actually made the characters look ''anything at all'' like they should in reality, then they probably would have to draw them in realistic outfits too. So where's the fun in that?
* [[Ho Yay]]: Alexander and Hephaestion
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* [[MacGuffin]]: The Platohedron.
* [[McNinja]]: The shapeshifting assassins of the Pythagorean Cult who attempt to take Alexander's life throughout the series.
* [[Mr. Fanservice]]: Most of the main guys.
* [[Nightmare Fuel]]: The Caibeiros ceremony.
* [[Nightmare Fuel Station Attendant]]: Olympias.
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