Dreams about Anime

Did you have an anime dream that you don’t understand? Find out what it means right here.

The word anime — pronounced “ah-knee-may” — is an abbreviation of the word animationIn Japan, the is a word often used to refer to all animation. Though, outside of Japan, it has become the catch-all term for animation from Japan.

Anime is traditionally hand-drawn and distinctively styled. You may even dream in this look if you’ve never read or watched it in real life.

Can you really dream about anime?

You might not think that dreaming of anime characters has any sort of meaning or value to the person, but this is farthest from the truth.

People who grew up watching these characters on T.V. will often identify with particular traits whether unconscious or not. Dreaming of anime is similar to dreaming of superheroes or of celebrities, as you might be projecting the strengths or traits of the characters into your own personality.

To find the meaning of your dream, you will need to break down the specific characteristics of the anime character and what they mean to you.

Simply by writing down their personality characteristics on a piece of paper you will notice that some of these traits they possess might be a part of you, or what you want to acquire.

In essence you will need to figure out if this so called “cartoon character” has traits you want to inherit within or reject that traits you are unable to identify with.

Dreaming of fictional anime characters

So let’s say for example that you had a dream about an “Oujidere,” that implies a character who wants to be treated like a prince or a king by the person he loves, even if he is not actual royalty. This could be a negative dream image related to your SHADOW, or if you are a female, it tells you what kind of guys you might be attracted too.

Perhaps you had a dream about a “Hinedere,” which represents someone who has a cynical worldview, is cold-hearted, and highly arrogant. They will get easily annoyed by other people, included their love interests at first.

The Genki Girl anime might appear in men’s dreams more than women often pointing to his anima or a fantasy—usually a schoolgirl, but not always— possessed of an over-abundance of energy, such that she runs everywhere (often with arms waving wildly or outstretched like airplane wings), speaks quickly (sometimes unintelligibly so), and always does everything extremely fast.

Common dreams about anime

Kissing an anime figure is quite common that represents unifying or integrating these hidden unconscious qualities into your life.

If you were creating an anime in your dream it means it brings more towards your creative side and hidden talents.

Many people online search for the meaning when you dream about your anime crush since it a common occurrence. Anime crushes in dreams can be as simple as a wishful fulfillment to something more complex relating to their inner energies to make them complete.

Similar to the YIN & YANG or what Jung called the anima for men or the animus for women;  that emerges only to bridge these unconscious energies. Essentially the dreamer will try to incorporate these hidden qualities to find wholeness in their lives.