A term used to describe a style of Japanese animation (cartoon or otherwise) where people are drawn with big doe-eyes There's also usually at least one of the following large human-controlled anthropomorphic robots; big space ships; ninja, samurai, or other martial arts; demonic entities that spurt tentacles and do really lascivious things with them; people with psychic abilities; cyborgs; or mysticism The animation is highly stylized, and visuals are often very sharp and glossy If you're familiar with Akira, Sailor Moon, Star Blazers, or Macross, then you know what we're talking about