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Very often, in the middle of an anime episode, I can see some screens lasting
just a few seconds.

They very often consist of some drawing/aesthetic element or gag element. It
is very often combined with some sound. Most often it is ["the onsen
sound"](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/44902/what-is-that-noise-
when-an-onsen-scene-opens-up/44905#44905).

It seems that its purpose is to separate different scenes/setups, make
interrupts in long scenes or to make a place for adverts in TV series.

Examples:

  * In _Bleach_ : it was Kon's footprint.
  * In _KonoSuba_ : it was an encircled "このすば" writing combined with the voice of seiyuu screaming loud: "KONOSUBA!" and main characters' silhouettes resembling _Mario Bros._ game mechanics.
  * In _KanColle_ : it was a drawing of a newly introduced character with her name.
  * In _Arpeggio of Blue Steel_ : it was a sonar screen with the sonar sound.
  * In _Tenjou Tenge_ : it was two female main characters during transformation back into "adult form" and cutting sakura petals with katana.
  * In _One Punch Man_ : it was a white bold "ONE PUNCH MAN" writing on a red or blue background and also some character's silhouette performing his special attack, accompanied by short electric guitar play.

My question is: **What is the name of this technical element?**

* * *

[Potentially linked
question](https://anime.stackexchange.com/questions/8564/what-is-the-purpose-
of-the-fast-appearing-screens) (I'm not sure if we are referring to the same
element)


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anime-production terminology
What is the name of an "interrruption screen" element in the middle of an anime episode?


In Japan, the term is called
[**eyecatch**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumper_\(broadcasting\)#Japan),
which is also known as
[**bumper**](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bumper_\(broadcasting\)). As the
question has mentioned, it's usually to indicate the start and end of the
commercial break.

> In broadcasting, a **commercial bumper** , **ident bumper** or **break-
> bumper** (often shortened to **bump** ) is a brief announcement, usually two
> to fifteen seconds in length that can contain a voice over, placed between a
> pause in the program and its commercial break, and vice versa.
>
> * * *
>
> In Japan, an eyecatch (アイキャッチ aikyatchi) or internal eyecatch is a scene or
> illustration used to begin and end a commercial break in a television
> program, especially in anime and tokusatsu shows. The term is used, in
> Japan, to refer to all kinds of bumpers.
>
> In many television series, eyecatches are contemporaneous into the climax of
> a story, leading onto speculation during the commercial break.
>
> Unlike in American programs, in which bumpers are typically supplied by the
> network (when they have them at all), eyecatches are almost always produced
> by the production company and considered a part of the program itself,
> rather than (or also serving as) a segue into a commercial break. They are
> typically two to six seconds in length. Eyecatches for children's programs
> are often longer and more elaborate, while eyecatches for programming
> intended for adults may consist of nothing more than the program's logo
> against a black background.


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