The following list was made in order to combine interesting Anime reference which can be used on an everyday basis so you can express yourself in a more interesting way. Although... of course... most people won’t understand a thing you say unless they know about Anime as well.

In order to avoid confusion from readers concerning the Anime series. The title of the series which will be used in this list will be specified.

If you have an interesting addition for this list, let me know at [email protected]. Just remember to send me the expression along with the Anime you got inspired with and a logical explanation for such expression.
 

Expression: To pull a Kai-you-study.

Anime: Dragon Ball Z.

Description: In DBZ it is originally called Kai-you-ken. This technique consist in increasing the warrior’s strength, speed and power for a short period of time by the concentration of his/her “ki”. However, the Kai-you-ken has a down part. If used too many times at once, it will result deadly for the users body (it not being able to hold so much ki at once).
Here’s where the Kai-you-study comes in.
When preparing for a major exam, most students tend to go a little overboard by locking themselves in their room and study from dawn till dusk (or vice versa). Most college students are quite familiar with this technique.
Just like the Kai-you-ken, the Kai-you-study will become dangerous to the user’s health if you over do it. Here’s a table explaining the different levels of Kai-you-study.
 

Number of studied hours/day.                                                    Kai-you-study level.
(with no pause).

1 to 2                                                                                          Simple Kai-you-study.
2 to 3                                                                                          Double Kai-you-study.
3 to 4                                                                                          Triple Kai-you-study.
4 to 5                                                                                          Quadruple Kai-you-study (*).
5 to 6                                                                                           Fifth level Kai-you-study (**).
+6                                                                                                Sixth level Kai-you-study (***).

* At this stage some subjects will start to feel a head ache. Coffee is still your best ally on your fight against unconsciousness.

** Your eyes feels like they’re on fire, your head is pounding like a drum, you barely remember what food tasted like and you will definitively have a lot of trouble adjusting to normal sun light when this is over.

*** You’re kidding right... Either you’re already dead (or very close to dead) or you’re a masochist.

Example:
“So, did you study for your Statistics test last night?”
“Are you kidding? I still fell the side effects  after pulling a fifth level Kai-you-study!”
 
 
 
 

Expression: To be a Super Happy-jin level x.

Anime: Dragon Ball Z.

Description: Another usual thing in DBZ is the well know Super Saya-jin thing, which is, basically speaking, a power up. The user becomes faster, stronger and over all more powerful with no negative side effects like the Kai-you-ken (except for the hairdo, maybe). This stage of Super Saya-jin has even passed through Super Saya-jin level 1, Super Saya-jin level 2, level 3 and even level 4 (if you follow the DBZ series, I think you’re well aware of the absurd power level this represents).

Reaching Super Happiness is practically the same. In a simple way to speak, when something really good happens to you, you’ll reach Super Happy-jin level 1. Depending if more good things occur, you will reach level 2, and so on. The happier you get, the higher your happiness level will be (no restrictions).

The term happiness can be changed by other terms according to one’s needs. For example, if a friend of yours just made a really arrogant remark, you can tell him he just reached Super ego-jin level 2 (the number depending on the arrogance of the remark he made).

Example:
A: “What else can you expect from someone as wonderful as me?”
B: “And so A reaches Super ego-jin 3.”
A: “You can say all you want, right now I reached Super Happy-jin 3, nothing can ruin my good mood.”
 
 
 
 
 

Expression: A Ranmess.

Anime: Ranma ½.

Description: Ranma Saotome has become famous due to all the unusual circumstances that spin around him.  Most of those dreadful situations involving him, several fiancées, a couple of martial artists trying to kill him or date him, but most of all, circumstances with no simple way out of them.
That is a Ranmess.
Whenever you end up in a very complicated situation, it is considered a Ranmess.

Most common things in defining a Ranmess are:

a) The fact that several persons are involved in it, but mostly it all turns around you.
b) The fact that you’re the only one who doesn’t know why everyone is so upset against you.
c) The fact that you’re the last one to find out “Why everyone is upset against you”.
d) The fact that you don’t know how to get out of that mess.
e) The fact that this mess will seriously affect your reputation. Some might look at you now as a pervert, cross-dresser, or even worse.
f) Being at the wrong place, at the wrong time.
g) Murphy’s laws work at full potential.

Example:
“So let me get this straight. You went to study with this girl at her place. Accidentally, You spilled some soda on your shirt. She was kind enough to lend you a shirt, but just as you took yours off, your girlfriend came in, saw you chest naked in front of the girl and got the wrong picture.”

“Not only that. But when we both tried to go after her to explain things, we tripped and feel on top of each other... That’s when her parents came in...”

“Man, what a Ranmess.”
 
 

Expression: To go Orochi.

Video Game: King of Fighters ’97.

Description:  I think this is one of the simplest expressions in this list. And there’s two way it can be interpreted.

1) To go Orochi is the exact same thing than going berserk. So technically, this would be more like a synonym.
For all of you who have seen Orochi Iori and Orochi Leona in KOF ’97, I think it’s pretty easy to make the link. Although the concept of Orochi (some sort of God in the KOF series) is far more complicated than what has been stated so far, the end result is practically the same: The Orochi person loses control over his/her actions and becomes a slaughtering fighting machine.

2) However, going Orochi doesn’t always means losing control (I’m thinking more in the terms of Yashiro, Chris and Shermie here). This expression can also be used to describe a person with incredible prowess in a particular skill, considering him/her as someone unbeatable in that particular area. Almost as if he/she was being possessed by some evil spirit which is granting him/her an outrageous strength. This example is very applicable in sports.

Example:
“This guy has been fighting for two hours now, completely unbeaten. I think he’s going Orochi.”
 
 
 

Expression: To be one's Shingo.

Video Game: King of Fighters' 97/98/99 (so far).

Description: Shingo Yabuki is known for one particular thing: the way he imitates Kyo Kusanagi. Therefore the expression we're giving you. Having a Shingo would be the equivalent of having an apprentice, only this goes a little farther than that. In order to be one's Shingo you have to be kinda obsessed in a person. Obsessed enough to actually dress like him/her as well as admiring him/her and, technically speaking, walking in his/her own shoes. If you cover all of those thing, then congratulations! You are an official Shingo.

Examples: The best example I've found so far would be in "Record of Loddos war" (the TV series, not the OVAS). Spark could be considered as Parn's Shingo. You could also say that Robin is Batman's Shingo.