History Anime / AyanesHighKick

* ArtisticLicenseMartialArts: In real life, an overhead suplex on an untrained receiver would probably knock him our or injure him (even trained wrestlers often get neck injuries from repeated suplexing). However, Ayane's first opponent receives one and just gets up right after without looking dazzled. This is especially notable considering it happens in a kickboxing ring, which is much less padded than a pro wrestling one.

''Ayane's High Kick'' is a [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]] sports {{anime}} originally released in Japan in 1997 by the Nikkatsu Corporation. It was licensed for released in North America by U.S. Manga Corps in 1998.

* BookDumb: According to her teacher and mom, Ayane is a bad student. This even extends to pro wrestling: valthough she looks pretty knowledgeable, she mistakes the Phoenix Splash for the shooting star press in her tryout, which is the first hint that she actually doesn't know as much about the business as she believes.

* MadeOfIron: Inexplicably, the female fighter who receives an overhead belly to belly suplex by Ayane and gets spiked head-first on the mat is completely unaffected by the move, and her sole reaction is getting up angrily, without tending her neck or merely looking dizzy.

* FailedAuditionPlot: The first episode begins with Ayane royally screwing up an audition to become a pro wrestler, which she's dreamed about all her life. After being scouted by Kunimitsu, she decides to put all of her energy into training for another shot. Unfortunately, she's unaware that the next "shot" she's training for is actually for kickboxing.

* MouthyKid: Ayane's [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling annoying younger brother]] Kenta, who we first see butting into an argument between Ayane and her mother about Ayane skipping school to attend a pro wrestling tryout:

* ThreeAmigos: Ayane, Kayoko and Kappei, even if the first has a low opinion of the last.

For as long as Ayane Mitsui can remember, she has dreamed of becoming a [[ProfessionalWrestling professional wrestler]]. Now she has a chance to make those dreams come true: a tryout for the Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling circuit, in front of her idol and who she hopes to be her future rival, Women's World Champion Wrestling/ManamiToyota. These hopes are quickly dashed when a failed vaulting maneuver ends up with Ayane crashing through the judging table, leaving two of the judges injured and Ayane without a contract.

However, Ayane's performance catches the eye of a former trainer who approaches her after the match, stating that she had the best legs that he had ever seen on a young female athlete. He offers to train her in his indie dojo, which turns out to be a ramshackle lot situated underneath a nearby highway. Hungry for any chance to become a pro wrestler, Ayane accepts, and begins the most grueling training regiment of her life.

* {{Adorkable}}: Ayane's obsession with puroresu. In her very introduction, she tries a lot of high-flying wrestling maneuvers and notably puts all her heart on it, CallingYourAttacks included. (Interestingly, she seems to mistake the Phoenix Splash for the shooting star press, which might or might not be a hint that she actually doesn't know so much about the technicalities of pro wrestling and is more into it for the action.)
* AndTheAdventureContinues: The second and final episode ends with Kunimitsu grabbing Ayane for another kickboxing match.

* BittersweetEnding: Ayane beats Sakurako, but it happens only by sheer luck and she knows it.

* FinishingMove: Ayane's "Golden High Kick". Due to the length of her strong legs, she can land a blow directly to her opponents temple... which Kunimitsu asserts will lead to a certain K.O.
--> "Your flexible legs will not just pound your opponent... they'll spin their cerebral cortex with their Golden High Kicks!"
* ImagineSpot: We get to see one of these from Ayane when Kunimitsu makes his pitch to get her to join his dojo, declaring that she can become a champion. She sees herself in the middle of a ring with a pro wrestling world title belt and a cheering crowd, unaware that Kunimitsu is actually referring to her becoming a champion ''kickboxer''.

* LeftHanging: As the OVA was originally conceived to be of six episodes, the ending of the second and final episode is positively abrupt. We never discover, for instance, whether Ayane will manage to become a pro wrestler and face Wrestling/ManamiToyota or will decide to stay in kickboxing.
* MadeOfIron: Inexplicably, the female fighter who receives an overhead belly to belly suplex by Ayane and gets spiked head-first on the mat is completely unaffected by the move, and her sole reaction is getting up angrily, without tending her neck or merely looking dizzy. In real life, the move could probably knock out or injury an untrained receiver (heck, even trained pro wrestlers often get neck injuries from repeated suplexing), especially considering in this case it happens in a kickboxing ring, which has probably harder and thinner padding than a pro wrestling one.

** After being told to be facing a kickboxer, Ayane (who believes to be training for pro wrestling) thinks she will fight an ''ishu kakutōgi sen'', the Different Style Matches staged by Wrestling/AntonioInoki against real martial artists.

* TrainingMontage: When Ayane is training for (what she believes to be) her first pro wrestling/kickboxing mixed martial arts match, the montage includes her practicing punches and kicks near the road by car light, getting hit in the stomach by Kunimitsu with a medicine ball while doing sit-ups, doing pull-ups while wearing a weight suit, and of course jogging up stairs. All set to an upbeat rock tune, as one would expect.

For as long as Ayane Mitsui can remember, she has dreamed of becoming a [[{{ProfessionalWrestling}} professional wrestler]]. Now she has a chance to make those dreams come true: a tryout for the [[Wrestling/AllJapanWomensProWrestling All-Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling]] circuit, in front of her idol and who she hopes to be her future rival, Women's World Champion Wrestling/ManamiToyota. Those hopes are quickly dashed when a failed vaulting maneuver ends up with Ayane crashing through the judging table, leaving two of the judges injured and Ayane without a contract.

However, Ayane's performance catches the eye of a former trainer who approaches her after the match, stating that she had the best legs that he had ever seen on a young female athlete. He offers to train her in his indie dojo, which turns out to be a ramshackle lot situated underneath a nearby highway. Hungry for any chance to become a pro wrestler, Ayane accepts, and begins the most grueling training regiment of her life. Her trainer Kunimitsu drills her tirelessly on her punches and especially her kicks, stating that mastering her "golden high kick" will make her unbeatable in the ring.

After weeks of training, Ayane is excited to find out that Kunimitsu has arranged her debut bout... a "mixed martial arts" match against an up and coming kickboxer. Though as she makes her way to the ring, Ayane is infuriated to discover that there is nothing "mixed" about the match at all... it is part of a full-on kickboxing tournament, and, in fact, Kunimitsu has actually been training her for professional kickboxing the entire time. Before his student can leave the ring, Kunimitsu calls for the referee to ring the opening bell to start the match. Vowing that she will kill her trainer once it's all over, a rattled Ayane is forced to give her all to defend herself against her skilled and powerful opponent.

'''''Ayane's High Kick''''' is a [[OriginalVideoAnimation OVA]] sports {{anime}} originally released in Japan in 1997 by the Nikkatsu Corporation. It was licensed for released in North America by U.S. Manga Corps in 1998.

* MadeOfIron: Inexplicably, the female fighter who receives an overhead belly to belly suplex by Ayane and gets spiked head-first on the mat is completely unaffected by a move that could cause nasty neck injuries in real life.

* NoCelebritiesWereHarmed: Kunimitsu looks an awful lot like professional wrestler Wrestling/YoshiakiFujiwara, who also was known for his involvement in combat sports and for being a bit eccentric.

* SmallReferencePools: Kunimitsu once cites Kensaku Maeda, a very obscure real life kickboxer whose rivalry with another fighter named Atsushi Tateshima was popular in Japan. Even hardcore kickboxing fans will have a hard time recognizing the reference.

* ProfessionalWrestling

* OneEpisodeWonder: It actually a two episode wonder, as it was originally planned as a six episode OVA.

* InnocentInnuendo: Kunimitsu's choice of words when introducing himself to Ayane [[ThatCameOutWrong could have been better]].

'''''Ayane's High Kick''''' is a [[{{OriginalVideoAnimation}} OVA]] sports {{anime}} originally released in Japan in 1997 by the Nikkatsu Corporation. It was licensed for released in North America by U.S. Manga Corps in 1998.

* MouthyKid: Ayane's [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling annoying younger brother]] Kenta, who we first see butting into an argument between Ayane and her mother about Ayane skipping school to attend a pro wrestling tryout.

* [[OneEpisodeWonder Two Episode Wonder]]
* WaxOnWaxOff: When Ayane accepts Kunimitsu's offer for training, he declares that the first step is for her to build the training ring, to help build her physical strength and stamina.
* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs: Kunimitsu is shown working a variety of different jobs throughout the OVA.

For as long as Ayane Mitsui can remember, she has dreamed of becoming a [[{{ProfessionalWrestling}} professional wrestler]]. Now she has a chance to make those dreams come true: a tryout for the All-Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling circuit, in front of her idol and who she hopes to be her future rival, Women's World Champion Manami Toyota. Those hopes are quickly dashed when a failed vaulting maneuver ends up with Ayane crashing through the judging table, leaving two of the judges injured and Ayane without a contract.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Ayane's High Kick'' was originally going to have six episodes. However, only two episodes were produced.

* AccidentalPervert - Aside from his less than stellar introduction to Ayane, Kunimitsu gets labeled a pervert when he tries to stop her from leaving the ring before her debut match and accidentally grabs the wrong spot.
* AsleepInClass - Ayane is caught snoring and drooling on her books when her teacher calls on her to answer a question after she exhausted herself in kickboxing training the night before. The next scene reveals that it earned her the standard anime "[[StandingInTheHall Hallway Water Bucket]]" punishment.
* FailedAuditionPlot - The first episode begins with Ayane royally screwing up an audition to become a pro wrestler, which she's dreamed about all her life. After being scouted by Kunimitsu, she decides to put all of her energy into training for another shot. Unfortunately, she's unaware that the next "shot" she's training for is actually for kickboxing.
* FinishingMove - Ayane's "Golden High Kick". Due to the length of her strong legs, she can land a blow directly to her opponents temple... which Kunimitsu asserts will lead to a certain K.O.

* InnocentInnuendo - Kunimitsu's choice of words when introducing himself to Ayane [[ThatCameOutWrong could have been better]].

* StandingInTheHall - Ayane finds herself standing in the hall of her school -- complete with a water bucket in each hand -- after her first night of grueling training causes her to sleep through her classes the next day.
* TrainingMontage - When Ayane is training for (what she believes to be) her first pro wrestling/kickboxing mixed martial arts match, the montage includes her practicing punches and kicks near the road by car light, getting hit in the stomach by Kunimitsu with a medicine ball while doing sit-ups, doing pull-ups while wearing a weight suit, and of course jogging up stairs. All set to an upbeat rock tune, as one would expect.

* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs - Kunimitsu is shown working a variety of different jobs throughout the OVA.

* TrainingMontage - When Ayane is training for (what she believes to be) her first pro wrestling/kickboxing mixed martial arts match, the montage includes her practicing punches and kicks near the road by car light, getting in the stomach by her trainer with a medicine ball while doing sit-ups, doing pull-ups while wearing a weight suit, and of course jogging up stairs. All set to an upbeat rock tune, as one would expect.

* WhyDoYouKeepChangingJobs - Ayane's mentor is shown working a variety of different jobs throughout the OVA.

* WhatCouldHaveBeen: ''Ayane High Kick'' was originally going to have six episodes. However, only two episodes were produced.

* FailedAuditionPlot - The first OVA begins with Ayane royally screwing up an audition to become a pro wrestler, which she's dreamed about all her life. After being scouted by Kunimitsu, she decides to put all of her energy into training for another shot. Unfortunately, she's unaware that the next "shot" she's training for is actually for kickboxing.

* FinishingMove - Ayane's "Golden High Kick". Due to the length of her strong legs, she can land a blow directly to her opponents temple... which her coach asserts will lead to a certain K.O.

* InnocentInnuendo - Trainer Kunimitsu's choice of words when introducing himself to Ayane [[ThatCameOutWrong could have been better]].

--> ''"Hey, you've got nice legs, missy!'' I never thought I'd find a pair of legs like yours in this town!"''

--> "''Nice legs, missy! I never thought I'd find a pair of legs like yours in this town!''"

--> "There's no choice. Big sis isn't very bright, so she has to ''make a living with her body''!"

'''''Ayane's High Kick''''' is a {{OVA}} sports {{anime}} originally released in Japan in 1997 by the Nikkatsu Corporation. It was licensed for released in North America by U.S. Manga Corps in 1998.

For as long as Ayane Mitsui can remember she has dreamed of becoming a professional wrestler. Now she has a chance to make those dreams come true: a tryout for the All-Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling circuit, in front of her idol and who she hopes to be her future rival, Women's World Champion Manami Toyota. Those hopes are quickly dashed when a failed vaulting maneuver ends up with Ayane crashing through the judging table, leaving two of the judges injured and Ayane without a contract.

For as long as Ayane can remember she has dreamed of becoming a professional wrestler. Now she has a chance to make those dreams come true: a tryout for the All-Japan Women's Pro-Wrestling circuit, in front of her idol and who she hopes to be her future rival, Women's World Champion Manami Toyota. Those hopes are quickly dashed when a failed vaulting maneuver ends up with Ayane crashing through the judging table, leaving two of the judges injured and Ayane without a contract.

However, Ayane's performance catches the eye of a former trainer who approaches her after the match, stating that she had the best legs that he had ever seen on a young female athlete. He offers to train her in his indie dojo, which turns out to be a ramshackle lot situated underneath a nearby highway. Hungry for any chance to become a pro-wrestler, Ayane accepts, and begins the most grueling training regiment of her life. Her trainer Kunimitsu drills her tirelessly on her punches and especially her kicks, stating that mastering her "golden high kick" will make her unbeatable in the ring.

After weeks of training, Ayane is excited to find out that Kunimitsu has arranged her debut bout... a "mixed martial arts" match against an up and coming kick boxer. Though as she makes her way to the ring, Ayane is infuriated to discover that there is nothing "mixed" about the match at all... it is part of a full-on kickboxing tournament, and, in fact, Kunimitsu has actually been training her for professional kickboxing the entire time. Before his student can leave the ring, Kunimitsu calls for the referee to ring the opening bell to start the match. Vowing that she will kill her trainer once it's all over, a rattled Ayane is forced to give her all to defend herself against her skilled and powerful opponent.

''Ayane's High Kick'' is an {{OVA}} sports {{anime}} originally released in Japan in 1996 by the Nikkatsu Corporation. It was licensed for release in English by U.S. Manga Corps in 2004.

* AsleepInClass - Ayane Mitsui is caught snoring and drooling on her books when her teacher calls on her to answer a question after she exhausted herself in kick-boxing training the night before. The next scene reveals that it earned her the standard {{anime}} "[[StandingInTheHall Hallway Water Bucket]]" punishment.
* FailedAuditionPlot - The first OVA begins with Ayane royally screwing up an audition to become a pro-wrestler, which she's dreamed about all her life. After being scouted by Kunimitsu, she decides to put all of her energy into training for another shot. Unfortunately, she's unaware that the next "shot" she's training for is actually for Kick-boxing.

* ImagineSpot: We get to see one of these from Ayane when Kunimitsu makes his pitch to get her to join his dojo, declaring that she can become a champion. She sees herself in the middle of a ring with a pro-wrestling world title belt and a cheering crowd, unaware that Kunimitsu is actually referring to her becoming a champion ''kick-boxer''.

* MouthyKid: Ayane's [[AnnoyingYoungerSibling annoying younger brother]] Kenta, who we first see butting into an argument between Ayane and her mother about Ayane skipping school to attend a pro-wrestling tryout.

* ProWrestlingIsReal: In the world of ''Ayane's High Kick'', ProfessionalWrestling is seen as just as much of a competitive sport as Kick-boxing.

* TrainingMontage - When Ayane is training for (what she believes to be) her first Pro-wrestling/Kickboxing mixed martial arts match, the montage includes her practicing punches and kicks near the road by car-light, getting in the stomach by her trainer with a medicine ball while doing sit-ups, doing pull-ups while wearing a weight-suit, and of course jogging up stairs. All set to an upbeat rock tune, as one would expect.

* AccidentalPervert - Aside from his less than stellar introduction to Ayane, Kunimitsu gets labeled a pervert when he tries to stop her from leaving the ring before her debut match and accidentally [[IfYouKnowWhatIMean grabs the wrong spot]].

* [[{{ptitleh6h2ojyu}} Why Do You Keep Changing Jobs?]] - Ayane's mentor is shown working a variety of different jobs throughout the OVA.