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Ahoge (アホ毛?)

A single strand of hair that sticks out of a character's head. It literally means "stupid hair" and usually indicates that the character is stupid. However, there are exceptions to this, so it is not an absolute rule. It differs from antenna hair, in which there are two or more locks of hair sticking up as opposed to one. Characters that have an ahoge include Araragi Koyomi from Bakemonogatari, his ahoge being unique due to its gesture responses to certain situations, Himeko Katagiri from Pani Poni, Konata Izumi from Lucky Star, Edward Elric from Fullmetal Alchemist (although he is one of the exceptions to the "stupid" rule), Megumi Momono from Mahoraba, Kenji Harima from School Rumble, Tomoe Yoh from Starry Sky, the Italy brothers, Canada, the United States, Norway, Austria, Taiwan, Greece, Turkey, Seborga, Kugelmugel, Australia, Hutt River, and South Korea (whose ahoge has different expressions,) from Hetalia: Axis Powers, Saber (Fate/stay night), and Shun Kazami from Bakugan.

Anime (アニメ?)

A Japanese style of motion picture animation, yet is more commonly used by Westerners to refer to animation produced exclusively in Japan. Otherwise, the term refers to all animation according to the Japanese language.

Anime music video

Often abbreviated AMV, video clips from at least one anime series arranged to fit a musical piece playing in the background.

Aniparo (アニパロ?)

Literally, "anime parody"—anime characters being used by fans in a parodic way.