

I've always liked this quirky anime technique, which was used in several anime
around the 1990s and 2000s, but not THAT often. What is it called and how does
it work?

How do you animate it and when does it get used?

[![magic knight rayearth -
chibi](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PBqPV.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/PBqPV.jpg)

I also found other examples

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9vuVF.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/9vuVF.png)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/q9afx.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/q9afx.png)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bMzjy.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/bMzjy.png)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nsp0P.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/nsp0P.png)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AmQaJ.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/AmQaJ.png)

[![enter image description
here](https://i.stack.imgur.com/h6qbO.png)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/h6qbO.png)


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anime-production tropes
Does this anime quirk have a name?


It's most likely a mix of,

  * [Human Hummingbird](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/HumanHummingbird)
  * [Kewpie Doll Surprise](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/KewpieDollSurprise)
  * [Wheel o' Feet](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/WheelOFeet)
  * [Floating Limbs](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FloatingLimbs)
  * Possibly also [Thundering Herd](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/ThunderingHerd) if you want to consider the background or context for the first image


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I doubt there is an actual name for this but it's likely a trope that derived
from older manga works., most notably that of Fujio Akatsuka. It's best
described as an "afterimage" of movement.

[![afterimages of Fujio Akatsuka
1](https://i.stack.imgur.com/m6aTx.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/m6aTx.jpg)

[![afterimages of Fujio Akatsuka
2](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yqk0x.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/Yqk0x.jpg)

There are many names for such, like "ghost feet", but there's not any real
agree upon terms for this trope.

[![ghost
feet](https://i.stack.imgur.com/grRW0.jpg)](https://i.stack.imgur.com/grRW0.jpg)

  * From [this book about super-deformed characters](https://www.amazon.co.jp/%E3%83%87%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A1%E3%82%AD%E3%83%A3%E3%83%A9%E3%81%AE%E6%8F%8F%E3%81%8D%E6%96%B9-%E2%80%95%E3%83%87%E3%83%95%E3%82%A9%E3%83%AB%E3%83%A1%E8%A1%A8%E7%8F%BE%E3%81%AE%E5%9F%BA%E6%9C%AC%E3%82%92%E5%BE%B9%E5%BA%95%E8%A7%A3%E8%AA%AC-%E8%B6%85%E6%8F%8F%E3%81%91%E3%82%8B%E3%82%B7%E3%83%AA%E3%83%BC%E3%82%BA-%E6%BF%B1%E5%85%83-%E9%9A%86%E8%BC%94/dp/476830723X/)


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