GURPS Anime...what should be in it?

[Kelly Pedersen]

Originally Posted by Mysterious Dark Lord v3.2

Special rules for anime

I'd agree with this...

Originally Posted by Mysterious Dark Lord v3.2

or it's subtypes are simply not needed.

but I think this might go a little too far. There are some distinct styles/genres within anime that might deserve a GURPS treatment (if only a 32-page e23 PDF). I could see GURPS Magical Girls being a useful supplement. While magical girl stories do have a lot of Supers elements, there are a number of genre tropes that are treated very differently from standard Western supers (primarily female protagonists, for one!) Likewise, GURPS Mecha would be a very anime-heavy book - there are non-Japanese mecha shows, but the genre is still pretty much dominated by Japanese elements.
Of course, the larger point, that "Anime in general" can't really be done practically as a GURPS book, still stands.