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Multinational Team
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This is a team consisting of a number of individuals of different (and explicit) nationalities. They are invariably the good guys. The team will include a Japanese member, who is often (but not always) the central character in the series and/or the team leader.

Tokyo Is The Center Of The Universe
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Are aliens landing in UFOs? They'll land in Tokyo.

Is there a neighborhood full of world-class martial artists with superhuman powers? It's in Tokyo.

Is there a magical gateway between worlds? It's in Tokyo.

Is a giant alien monster attacking? It's attacking Tokyo.

Is there a mysterious gigantic cavern hidden just beneath the Earth's surface, wherein aliens once upon a time created all life on Earth? It's underneath Tokyo.

Is there only one person with the special gifts needed to save a distant planet or alternate dimension? They live in Tokyo.

Is a prominent figure from a Western religion or myth manifest once more and living in the world of Men? They're in Tokyo.

So true.
Tapi ini terjadi di kebanyakan cerita dari berbagai negara, bukan cuma Jepang. Contoh Harry Potter, ga bakalan dibikin tokoh utamanya Chinese. Mungkin volume anime yang begitu banyak dari Jepang makanya terasa banget Japanisation-nya. Such ego.

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The Single Stroke Battle
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Two enemies of nearly equal skill meet, about twenty yards apart. They may be ninja or samurai. They observe each other from a distance. The aspect ratio is widescreen, letterboxed if the show is shot in 4:3. They stand at opposite ends of a very wide, low-angle shot.

On cue -- sometimes triggered by an outside event, such as a slowly falling flower petal touching the ground -- they break into a sprint toward each other, leaning far forward, hands on weapons. Each character is shown in a frontal shot from the other's perspective.

Reaching critical distance, they leap. Each is shown leaping in a closeup, probably from the waist down, although the leap is simultaneous.

The characters move past each other in midair, weapons drawn, but no weapon strikes are shown. This happens in slow motion. They face forward and do not look back. Alternately there is the sound of steel on steel, but events pass too quickly for the audience to see what happened

Both characters land in a crouching position. They are shown in a shot from the front of one character, with the other in the background. This shot is usually shown for both characters.

A beat goes by.

One character falls to the ground, dead. Sometimes in pieces. The other stands.

Kalau yang ini, salahkan Gu Long!