

You know, those scenes that typically cut to out of context OTT animations to
exaggerate reactions? e.g. when a character is angry the whole screen might be
taken over by swirling colours, angry eyes and shouty mouth. There must be a
technical name for these scenes amongst animators and storyboarders. What is
the term for it?


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What is the technical name for the short exaggerated anime scenes?


The term this goes by is `Exaggerated emotional iconography` or even [Manga
iconography](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Manga_iconography), which is one of
anime's trademark tropes. This is due to anime often being an adaption from
manga, where it is harder to convey emotion without the use of screen tones,
backgrounds, or some form of over exaggeration.

These effects often find their way into Animes, and is more often referred to
under a more catch-all term: [Manga
effects](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/MangaEffects).

Manga effects is a pretty broad term in this sense, which is in part due to
all artists having their own way to convey emotions in their source work.
Hence the effects falling under this category can range anywhere from [Bishie
sparkle](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/BishieSparkle) to [face
faults](https://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/FaceFault) and so on.


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