TBA’s Top 50 Anime Quotes

Some melts your heart(s), some bear profound wisdom, some just cracks you up, and some make no sense whatsoever, yet these are the words we utter loudly and proudly over our irc channels, msn windows, to otaku friends, and for those a little more daring, to downright strangers.
Yes! This is TBA’s Top 50 Anime Quotes. Compiled and presented by TBA. Supplied by the brainless, the capricious, the audacious, and the lil’-too-smart-for-your-own-good characters of the wondrous world of anime. So sit-back, and enjoy the read, for these quotes will be heard and typed for many more years to come!
50.
“They were traps? I thought they were attractions.”
- Killua Zaoldyeck of Hunter X Hunter
49.
“You think risking your own life is enough? Try risking our lives along with yours! WE’RE YOUR NAKAMA!”
- Monkey D. Luffy of One Piece
48.
“So tell me, what’s it like living in a constant haze of stupidity?”
- Hiei of Yu Yu Hakusho
47.
“That’s some good advice. Maybe I should write that down, frame it, and stick it up on my wall.”
- Colonel Karl Lichen Schubaltz of Zoids Chaotic Century
46.
“If you die, I’ll kill you!”
- Roronoa Zoro of One Piece
45.
“One should not kill unless they are ready to be killed themselves.”
- Lelouch Lamperouge of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
44.
“Okay, first: don’t panic. Second: don’t panic. And third: did I mention not to panic?”
- Jiji of Kiki’s Delivery Service
43.
“Were you abandoned by your parents because you have a butt on your chest?“
– Son Goku of Dragon Ball
42.
“Do you know what Jesus said in John chapter 5? He said, Don’t bring me any trouble, bitch!”
- Eda of Black Lagoon
41.
“Just because she’s cute and innocent, doesn’t mean you can shelter her from the horrors of higher math.”
- Naru Narusegawa of Love Hina
40.
“Men combining is a beautiful thing! The act of two souls coming together, to form a raging inferno!”
- Kamina of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
39.
“Those with power, fear us! Those without power, seek us!”
- Lelouch Lamperouge of Code Geass: Lelouch of the Rebellion
38.
“Sometimes violence is the only way to get the message across.”
- Onizuka Eikichi of Great Teacher Onizuka
37.
“Most things work better when I kick ‘em.”
- Spike Spiegel of Cowboy Bebop
36.
“Why are you staring at me? Are you annoyed that I am the only one who has cake?”
- L Lawliet of Death Note
35.
“Unless I grip the sword, I cannot protect you. While gripping the sword, I cannot embrace you.”
- Ichigo Kurosaki of Bleach
34.
“I’d rather live in a world with people in it, no matter how stained it is with sin.”
- Kouzou Fuyutsuki of Neon Genesis Evangelion
33.
“You know why big brothers are born first? To protect the little ones that comes after them.”
- Ichigo Kurosaki of Bleach
32.
“The choices we make in life have unlimited possibilities.”
- Rem Saverem of Trigun
31.
“A battle without risk is simply a child’s quarrel.”
- Kariya of Bleach
30.
“My okays are so okay that they’re too okay.”
- Graham Spector of Baccano
29.
“Give a kid a smoke, and he’ll be happy for a day. Teach a kid to smoke, he’ll be happy for a whole shortened lifetime”
- Onizuka Eikichi of Great Teacher Onizuka
28.
“This is your home now, so make yourself comfortable. And take advantage of everything here, except me.”
- Misato of Neon Genesis Evangelion
27.
“Go beyond the impossible and kick reason to the curb!”
- Kamina from Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
26.
“You are already dead.”
- Kenshiro Kasumi of Fist Of the North Star
25.
“Sorry, my stomach just took over my brain. It does that sometimes.”
- Spike Spiegel of Cowboy Bebop
24.
“No, you don’t get it, that’s why I’m telling you. You think you get it, which isn’t the same as actually getting it. Get it?”
- Hatake Kakashi of Naruto
23.
“A true man never dies, even when he’s killed.”
- Kamina of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
22.
“Shining brightly, even for a split second, is better than living a dull grey life for eternity.”
- Jing of King of Bandits Jing
21.
“To be a man you must have honour; honour and a penis!”
- Shinnosuke Nohara of Crayon Shin-chan
20.
“Did you know, a cherry blossom falls at a rate of 5 centimeters per second?”
- Akari of 5 centimetres per second
19.
“It’s over nine thousand!”
- Vegeta of Dragonball Z
18.
“Your drill is the drill that will pierce through the heavens”
- Kamina of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
17.
“I am Sailor Moon, I stand for love, the champion of justice! In the name of the Moon, I will punish you!”
- Sailor Moon (Tsukino Usagi) of Sailor Moon
16.
“I will be the greatest pokémon trainer; the greatest pokémon master of all time!”
- Ash Ketchum of Pokémon
15.
“I’m not going there to die. I’m going there to find out if I’m really alive.”
- Spike Spiegel of Cowboy Bebop
14.
“Last night, when I was alone in my room, I smelled a fart that wasn’t mine.”
- Osaka of Azumanga Daioh
13.
“Lupin! Don’t you dare die before I get to arrest you! “
- Detective Zenigata of Lupin the III
12.
“Maybe, but it isn’t zero. As far as I’m concerned, that makes it the same as a 100% chance”
- Simon of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
11.
“Floats like a butterfly, stings when you pee; his pants are small but very comfy!”
- Shinnosuke Nohara of Crayon Shin-chan
10.
“Sorry I’m late. I got lost on the road of life”
- Hatake Kakashi of Naruto
9.
“I just can’t sit any other way than this. If I sit the way other people do, my reasoning ability drops by 40.”
- L Lawliet of Death Note
8.
“The time of talk has passed. Whatever you have to tell me, you can say by your sword.”
- Rurouni Kenshin of Rurouni Kenshin
7.
“No one is going to give you a map; you have to walk your own path.”
- Hilda from Outlaw star
6.
“The interaction of men and women isn’t very logical.”
- Akagi Ritsuko of Neon Genesis Evangelion
5.
“Mada mada dane”
- Echizen Ryoma of Prince of Tennis
4.
“It takes an idiot to do cool things. That’s why it’s cool.”
- Haruhara Haruko of FLCL
3.
“If that’s what it means to be wise, I’ll rather be a fool all my life”
- Uzumaki Naruto of Naruto
2.
“This is a treasure for all mankind; too big for my pocket, anyway.”
- Arsène Lupin III of Lupin the 3rd
1.
“Don’t forget. Believe in yourself! Not you, who I believe in. Not me, who believes in you. Believe in you who believe in himself!”
- Kamina of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
Honourable mentions:
“Bansai, bathtoy, wise guy, waterboy, lights shine bright in the o-town tonight”
- Ed of Cowboy Bebop
The probability of success was zero percent. But I’ve learned that probabilities are meaningless when it comes to you guys.
- Lord Genome of Tengen Toppa Gurren Lagann
“Are your parents doctors, lawyers, or Jews?”
- Shinnosuke Nohara of Crayon Shin-chan
“Life is but a dream”
- Cowboy Bebop
“Did you know that death gods only eat apples?”
- Yagami Raito (Kira) of Death Note
We’re bound to miss a few good ones with so many good animes around, do you have any good ones that you want to share? Was all your favourites on our list?
2 Comments
-
lol, well put. I’m sure these quotes will be put into good use, may it not fall into evil hands.
In all honestly though, these quotes were tough to find, and even more difficult to rank haha.







Awesome, although I think “Don’t believe in yourself… believe in me! Believe in the Kamina that believes in you!” is probably more motivational than you believing in yourself
It’d be like the invincible internet version of Chuck Norris believing in you
Oh and I do randomly shout these kinds of things to strangers, usually just to get their attention in a weird way
It works great when no-one’s giving you way in traffic, they get so confused when you shout random nonsense at them that they just stop and stare, which gives you a chance to go
“It takes an idiot to do cool things. That’s why it’s cool.”