Breaking the Fourth Wall/Anime and Manga: Difference between revisions

** He even goes so far as ''yelling at the characters'' about things that bother him:

{{quote|"I swear if your face gets ''any'' closer to hers, somebody who's not even ''in'' this scene is going to come out there and kick your ''ass,'' dammit!!"}}

** Throughout the manga, there are extra comics about the characters reactions and hopes about a popularity poll. This includes discussions about how much 'screen time' they've had in recent chapters and at one point Scar using alchemy to blow up the author when he reads that he has tied with her way low on the poll.

** And the side story where Ed and Mustang have a fight.

** In volume 14, Ed comes out of the shower naked and the girl's inside Al's armor, the guard comes in and says "Stop acting like your in a manga."

* While generally not appearing in the anime, the manga series for ''[[Tenchi Muyo!]]'' featured quite a few references to episodes of the OVA, as well as Aeka stopping a bit of it by screaming at Ryoko and Washu to, in the English translation, 'stop this Brecht crap!'; the two lackadaisically agree to return to the story.

{{quote|"Speaking of which, what was the point of this episode again?"}}

** The manga had one moment where Mariko uses several moves reminiscient of young Goku in ''[[Dragon Ball]]'' (extending baton, standing on a "cloud" made of pompoms). Ranma demands to know which manga she thinks she's in.

*** or in the English dub, Kids, don't use formula 1 race cars to chase hedgehogs!

** Sonic pulls this often with [[Aside Glance|aside glances]]

* Also done in ''[[Niji Iro Togarashi]]''. When Shichimi asks the landlord who his father is (considering that {{spoiler|The father had many wives, including Shichimi's mother, I doubt it's going to be a happy reunion}}), the landlord replies that he can't tell Shichimi who his father is ''yet'' because it's only the first chapter and that he should really respect the mangaka's wishes.

* The ''very'' end (as in the second-to-last line) of ''[[Full Metal Panic!]]? Fumoffu'' has a one of the Jindai high school students swearing revenge on [[Rage Against the Author|Shouji Gatou and Yasuhiro Takemoto]] for putting him through hell in the final episode.

* In one episode of ''[[Noir (anime)|Noir]]'' Mirielle hums along with the soundtrack that's playing while she's cutting Kirika's hair.

* The [[Gag Dub]] of ''[[Ghost Stories]]'' positively ''mauls'' its fourth wall, breaking it more and more as the series goes on. Characters identify plot points, comment on how they're being animated (usually poorly), and wonder which movie they're ripping off for a given episode's plot (especially that they meet so many villains who look like Samara from [[The Ring]]). In one episode towards the end of the series they conflate Satsuki's father with his voice actor, Illich Guardiola, and call him "Illich" for the rest of the episode. Maybe it's safe to say this show [[No Fourth Wall|has no wall whatsoever]].

* In an interesting variation, in ''[[Princess Tutu]]'', Princess Kraehe breaks the ''internal'' fourth wall at one point by speaking directly to Drosselmeyer. The latter is very put off by this.

** It's touched on in the last episode when Drosselmeyer wonders if he's in someone else's story.

* ''[[Dororo]]'' does this several times. Author [[Osamu Tezuka]] getting crushed by a rain of rocks summoned by a demon while at his drawing board. Later, when a mysterious voice speaks to him, Dororo asks the reader if it was him/her. And when Dororo is embarrassed, he asks the writer to stop showing this part.

* Also happens in other works of Tezuka; he appears in a Special of ''[[Black Jack]]'' as a stressed-out manga artist drawing at a table in a bar. Pinoko rushes in and causes him to spill coffee all over his hard work, much to his dismay. And in another instance in ''[[Black Jack]]'' manga, a character falls and hits the panels of the manga page

* The English broadcast of ''Cat Ninja Legend Teyandee'' - ''[[Samurai Pizza Cats]]'' - constantly involved the narrator conversing with the cast and commenting on the Japanese attributes such as the written language and sight gags, and made complaints to the writers and producers regarding strange plots.

* ''[[Bobobobo Bobobo]]'' did this at least once an episode.

{{quote|'''Japan:''' They say that Italian tanks can advance 60 kilometers a week on the battlefield, but after spotting English troops, they can retreat 60 kilometers in a single day.}}

** Prussia complains in one episode that he should be a main character, going so far as to insult the staff making the anime.

{{quote|'''France''':''(commenting on America's drawings)'' Those are [[Off-Model|even worse than the animation!]]}}

** "It's bad enough I have jerk Britain laughing at me without suffering these little animated insert thingies!"

** Iceland breaks the fourth wall when he introduces himself at the beginning of [[The Movie]]. During the Hetaween 2011 event, he also tells the audience to stop staring at him.

** Then the announcer (a bat) appears in the screen saying ''"Who are you talking to?"''. Strange, in that the bat constantly appears to be talking to the audience.

*** Kurumu has broken several more walls after that episode, actually. Since she is a succubus, and succubi have control over reality, it would make sense that she's the only one (other than the bat and maybe her mother) who [[Fridge Brilliance|knows]] that her world is just an anime.

{{quote|Brook: "I'll tell you everything now... It has been a long time since I began drifting on this sea... But let me say, my being a skeleton and not having a shadow are completely different things. To be continued in the next chapter."

Sanji: [[To Be Continued Right Now|TELL US EVERYTHING NOW!]] }}

{{quote|'''Tamaki:''' This anime is a school love comedy to begin with!

'''Haruhi'''(while discussing that Honey has type AB blood, the same as Kyoya, and therefore has an evil split personality): Oh, those of you watching who are type AB, don't get upset. }}