Anime AU (also known as Manga AU) is a AU (Alternate Universe) within the Rise of the Brave Tangled Dragons fandom. In the AU, Rapunzel, Merida, Hiccup and Jack Frost are featured as manga/anime versions of themselves or as characters from animes and mangas. As it is not canon, ideas for this AU are shown through fanfiction, fanart, and other fan-made works.
About the AU[]
This AU portrays the four as anime and manga versions of themselves, as their stories are turned into a manga or anime, or are given that kind of setting and style to them. They can also be portrayed characters from known animes and mangas that are already in the fandom's AUs or are yet to be added; as they are placed in their worlds or are dressed up for a Anime/Manga comic-con.
Since most Animes and Mangas takes place in modern times, the past and even the future, as well as focusing on the worlds of science fiction, fantasy, supernatural and of the paranormal. Along with drawing from fairy tales, the world of monsters, vampires, demons, spirits, magic, darkness, superheroes, time travel and such; the Big Four and other members of the fandom can easily fit in many of the known Anime/Manga worlds, or be placed in one of their very own. Some of the fandom's female characters who have magical-like powers, like Elsa, Rapunzel and the Madrigal women, or are superheroines, like Violet, GoGo and Honey Lemon, can be featured as Magical girls; which are a type of anime girls that are part of and used in amines like Sailor Moon, Pretty Cure, Puella Magi Madoka Magica, Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha and many more.
Popular Anime/Manga AUs[]
- Big Hero 6
- Tangled
- Frozen
- Blue Exorcist/Ao no Exorcist
- Black Butler/Kuroshitsuji
- Tokyo Ghoul
- One Punch Man
- Sword Art Online
- Dramatical Murder
- Attack on Titan/Shingeki no Kyojin
- Fullmetal Alchemist
- Naruto
- Studio Ghibli
- Dragon Ball
- Cardcaptor Sakura
- Kingdom Hearts
- Fairy Tail
- InuYasha
- Jojo's Bizarre Adventure
- Sailor Moon
- Yu-Gi-Oh!
- Beyblade
- Pokémon
- Stitch!
- Vocaloid
- Final Fantasy
- Digimon
- The Legend of Zelda
- Kill la Kill
- Star Wars: Resistance/Visions
- RWBY
- WALL-E
- The Nightmare Before Christmas
- Descendants
- Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers
- Alice in Wonderland
- Pirates of the Caribbean
- Pretty Cure
- Death Note/Desu Nōto
- Puella Magi Madoka Magica/Maho Shoujo Madoka Magica
- Tokyo Mew Mew/Mew Mew Power
- Soul Eater
- My Hero Academia/Boku No Hero Academia
- Wolf Children
- Devil May Cry
- Noragami
- Ojamajo Doremi
- Sonic X
- Princess Tutu
- Magical Girl Lyrical Nanoha
- Shugo Chara!
- One Piece
- Ouran High School Host Club
- Miraculous Ladybug
- Danganronpa
- Demon Slayer
- Tomb Raider
- Megaman NT Warrior
- Your Name
- Transformers
- Belle
- Gurren Lagann
- Tsubasa Chronicles
- The Seven Deadly Sin
- Maid Sama!
- Yuri!!! on ICE
- Hamtaro
- Doraemon
- Gundam
- Evangelion
- Mazinger Z
- Splatoon
- Kekkaishi
- Crossover Fate
- Saint Seiya
- The Boy and the Beast/Bakemono no Ko
- Black Clover
- Little Witch Academia
- Hunter x Hunter
- Bleach
- Chainsaw Man
- Spy x Family
Featured Characters[]
The Big Four[]
Hiccup Horrendous Haddock III[]
Jack Frost[]
Merida DunBroch[]
Rapunzel Corona[]
The manga version of the Tangled, can have Rapunzel as the "manga Rapunzel" from the adaptation manga. Since some cartoons have an anime-like style to them, fans can easily turn or present the Tangled TV series as an anime. Rapunzel's need to help people, is sometimes cast as a superheroine in superhero crossovers and having a magical ability, can feature her as a Magical Girl; of any known anime that focuses on Magical Girls or can be placed in one of her own.
Extra Characters[]
Big Hero 6[]
The manga version of the Big Hero 6 film can have the team as their manga selves. As they are brought out a bit differently in the altered manga story then they were in the 2014 film. Since animes and mangas originated in Japan, along with the Japanese themes that were used in the original Marvel comic book series and the 53th Disney classic film, its cartoon TV series can easily have fans present it as an anime or have altered its style to make it one. As there are cartoons that have an anime-like style to them.
Karmi's fanfiction of her and the team, in the episode "Fan Friction", is featured as a Chibi anime, along with the shorts that are of the same Chibi style; with other characters from the series. In which could have fans featuring the team as their Chibi selves/versions, for fun.
Tinker Bell[]
The manga versions of Tinker Bell and the Great Fairy Rescue and some of the Disney Fairies books, can have Tinker Bell and her friends as the manga versions of their selves from the adaptation mangas.
Vanellope von Schweetz[]
Since Vanellope's appearance is close to that of a Japanese/Anime influences style of a Chibi, she can easily be featured as an anime or manga character.
Sugar Rush Racers[]
Since their appearances is close to that of a Japanese/Anime influences style of Chibis, they can easily be featured as anime or manga characters. In the Japanese version of Wreck-It Ralph, there is a young Japanese style racer that that goes by Minty Sakura and is the Japanese version of Minty Zaki.
Queen Elsa[]
In February of 2021, a Frozen II kids manga was released.
Princess Anna[]
In February of 2021, a kids manga of Frozen II was released.
Monsters and Demons[]
Because most manga and animes commonly have demons, other types of monster or mythical-like creatures as part of its story plot and world, many of the fandom's monster and creature-like characters can easily be featured in this AU.
Mei Lee[]
Because of the way that the creators of Turning Red were fans of anime during their teen years and made sure that the Pixar film pays homage to anime through the anime-like moments they made Mei and other characters display through their face expression, along with a few other anime-like moments or hidden references in the 2022 film, fans can easily feature Mei in an Anime setting AU. There have been quite a few fans who have already featured her in Magical Girl related AUs, like Sailor Moon AU and Tokyo Mew Mew AU.
Pitch Black[]
Mother Gothel[]
Marinette Dupain-Cheng[]
Adrien Agreste[]
Shrek[]
Walter Beckett[]
Lance Sterling[]
Shrek[]
Kristoff Bjorgman[]
Raya[]
Mavis Dracula[]
Jonathan[]
Mirabel Madrigal[]
Isabela Madrigal[]
Dolores Madrigal[]
Luisa Madrigal[]
Jun Wong[]
Blanca/Xiao-Bai[]
Known Examples[]
Fanfiction[]
- Berk Hero Academy by Optimus524
- Berk Hero Academy: Villains on the Rise by Optimus524
- Berk Hero Academy: Birth of New Heroes by Optimus524
- Berk Hero Academy: Path of a Hero by Optimus524
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Signs of a Holy War by Optimus524
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Revival of the Commandments by Optimus524
- The Seven Deadly Sins: Dragon's Judgement by Optimus524
- One Piece: Adventures of the East Blue by Optimus524
- One Piece: The Desert Princess by Optimus524
- One Piece: Journey to the Sky Islands by Optimus524
- One Piece: The Assault Enies Lobby by Optimus524
- One Piece: The Terror of Breakneck Bog by Optimus524
- Attack on Titan: Titans Unleashed by Optimus524
- Black Clover: The Birth of a Magic Knight by Optimus524
- Black Clover: Strength of the Black Dragons by Optimus524
- The Noragami Frozen by yumi yang
Mockup Art[]
GIFs[]
Fanart[]
Articles/Links[]
Videos[]
- Tangled/Death Note - Varian, "Where is the Justice?" by The Palindrome|emordnilaP ehT
- Big Hero 6 (Gundam Wing Style) by TheFehmiliar1
- Quirin "Honourbound" [2018; Tangled/Death Note Musical] by Levy Dubs and AMVs
- Villain - Where is the Justice? Jeremy Jordan by Kiyo Pyrope
- Hotel Transylvania 3 as Anime 2018. |DraktharrList| by DraktharrList
- HOW TO TRAIN YOUR DRAGON Anime - Hikku to Doragon by Jess the Dragoon
- Frozen Anime Opening (Vinland Saga Version) by MARIMOMO MORIMO
- If Frozen Had An Anime Opening Theme On It by RKK
- If "Tangled" had an anime opening? by Biah
- Non/Disney: BELLE 2022 (FanTrailer) by Musically Disney AMV's
- Non/Disney Crossover: U (ENG) by Musically Disney AMV's
- Rapunzel: Gales Of Song (English Version) by Musically Disney AMV's
- Disney Crossover: Gales Of Song by Musically Disney AMV's
- Non/Disney: Lend Me Your Voice by Musically Disney AMV's
- U (BELLE 2021) || Non/Disney by RosettaStarlight
- BELLE Trailer (2021) – Non/Disney by RosettaStarlight
- Belle Gales of Song by 15animal Queen's World
- Belle anime Multifandom by 15animal Queen's World