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'''Science fiction''' stories usually focus on how situations could be different in the future when we are more technologically advanced; due to either our own achievements or having met with other civilisations whom we have learnt from. | '''Science fiction''' stories usually focus on how situations could be different in the future when we are more technologically advanced; due to either our own achievements or having met with other civilisations whom we have learnt from. | ||
=Subcategories= | =SciFi — Subcategories= | ||
==Aliens== | ==Aliens== | ||
An extraterrestrial life-form, possibly intelligent and/or extremely threatening. '''Aliens''' come in all shapes and sizes: They may be ethereal beings as in ''Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'', quite humanoid as most of the female space-faring cast in ''Tenchi Muyou! GXP'', or totally incomprehensible as in ''Gantz''. Not the sky is the limit, but the anime author's imagination. | An extraterrestrial life-form, possibly intelligent and/or extremely threatening. '''Aliens''' come in all shapes and sizes: They may be ethereal beings as in ''Final Fantasy: The Spirits Within'', quite humanoid as most of the female space-faring cast in ''Tenchi Muyou! GXP'', or totally incomprehensible as in ''Gantz''. Not the sky is the limit, but the anime author's imagination. | ||
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===Humanoid=== | ===Humanoid=== | ||
'''Humanoids''' are aliens, intelligent beings who do not originate from Earth, but have a striking similarity to humans or at least show the basic body layout, i.e. two arms and legs, head with two eyes and ears, one nose and mouth. Though the latter | '''Humanoids''' are aliens, intelligent beings who do not originate from Earth, but have a striking similarity to humans or at least show the basic body layout, i.e. two arms and legs, head with two eyes and ears, one nose and mouth. Though the latter — head-related features — may vary. As ''DearS'' shows some aliens actually exhibit super-human beauty, or as in the case of ''Onegai Teacher'' they are genetically compatible to humans for some strange reason. | ||
:''Examples: {{a|1726|DearS}}, {{a|337|Shin Tenchi Muyou!}}, {{a|16|Onegai Teacher}}'' | :''Examples: {{a|1726|DearS}}, {{a|337|Shin Tenchi Muyou!}}, {{a|16|Onegai Teacher}}'' | ||
===Parasites=== | ===Parasites=== | ||
'''Parasites''' are aliens, usually intelligent life-forms that ''feed off'' other beings in some way. For shock value, and to avoid having to draw aliens all the time in anime, the prey of parasites is preferably human in nature: Parasites may see humans as food, as a puppet for mind control, or simply as a temporary body host. In every case the human is the victim of the "merging" | '''Parasites''' are aliens, usually intelligent life-forms that ''feed off'' other beings in some way. For shock value, and to avoid having to draw aliens all the time in anime, the prey of parasites is preferably human in nature: Parasites may see humans as food, as a puppet for mind control, or simply as a temporary body host. In every case the human is the victim of the "merging" — not to be confused with the more "amicable" symbiosis. | ||
:''Examples: {{a|5722|Tetsuwan Birdy Decode}}'' | :''Examples: {{a|5722|Tetsuwan Birdy Decode}}'' | ||
==Human Enhancement== | ==Human Enhancement== | ||
The enhancement of humans can take various forms: It can be something comparatively non-intrusive as a power-up drug, a form of machine implantation or cyberization (''SAC Solid State Society''), or outright | The enhancement of humans can take various forms: It can be something comparatively non-intrusive as a power-up drug, a form of machine implantation or cyberization (''SAC Solid State Society''), or outright — possibly atrocious — genetic manipulation (''Ao no 6-gou''). Plot-wise enhanced protagonists in anime usually have to pay a price for their enhancements, be it physical or mental. | ||
:''Examples: {{a|4414|Koukaku Kidoutai Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society}}, {{a|361|Ao no 6-gou}}'' | :''Examples: {{a|4414|Koukaku Kidoutai Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society}}, {{a|361|Ao no 6-gou}}'' | ||