Seriously. How come a TON of anime characters just scream random cheesy attack names every time they do one?

 

Examples: Naruto constantly yells out Rasengan. Ichigo constantly says Getsuga Tensho and ect

 

We already know the attack name, so why must they say it all the time? It get's a little annoying

 

ANYWAYS, what are you're thoughts on this?

 

 

 

dbz doesn't count cuz it's cool

 

i guess it makes it dramatic

Probably yelling the name of the attack makes the attack more powerfull

 

If Gohan didn't yell Kamehameha, he wouldn't defeat Cell

Well that what they feel shouting!

 

 

But seriously.. Good question

I don't really watch anime, but I have seen this in some video games, especially in the Street Fighter Games. And you know what? After hearing Ryu shout "Hadoken!" about 10 times in a single match, it starts to get really annoying.

Because if they don't they'll forget how to perform it.

Edited April 1, 201312 yr by Sora_Kuno

Its a Japanese rule. Plus yelling makes it stronger too.

It's less of an anime thing and more of a manga thing. 

 

The majority of the anime mentioned here (if not all) started out as a manga first before being adapted. It's in their designated manga where the characters are yelling their attacks, the anime just follows suit because the source material has it that way. As for why characters yell out their attack, it's simple: so the readers know what's going on better. Manga is done in panel format and the vast majority of them are black and white so it's harder to tell when characters are performing a certain attack because it lacks things like colors and fluidity. Like let's say that one character shoots magic laser beams and each one does something different. One might be blue and another red but the reader can't tell because the manga is most likely in black and white. The solution is to just give the lassers names and call them out when ever used.  

I like the attack names

In some situations like in Code Lyoko (it's not an anime but whatever) the names seem really unnecessary, but in anime like DBZ I think it sounds a lot better

Imagine the character firing their attack with the only sound being background music

I dunno I would just find that weird  

Everyone is secretly a Pokemon and thus must yell out their attack because they have no trainer to yell it out for them.

Edited April 3, 201312 yr by Oathkeeper136

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