History Anime / ElHazardTheMagnificentWorld

* BelatedHappyEnding: [[spoiler: The ending shows that Makoto returns to bring Ifurita home to El-Hazard with him, but the anime doesn't show how Makoto manages to do it. By his older appearance, he'd been trying for a few years.]]

* EvilLaugh:
** Jinnai '''''LOVES''''' doing this.
** Also Queen Diva, [[spoiler:Galus]] and Kalia.

* FirstGrayHair: Mis Mishtal goes into hysterics after finding a single gray hair.

* InsistentTerminology: At least in the japanese dub of the TV series, the staff used by Ifurita (both as a weapon and as a way to revive her) resembles a hybrid of a scepter and a winding key... and is called "hoko" (Halberd, a type of ancient Japanese polearm).

* SpellMyNameWithAnS: Miz's successor is Qawool... or Qawoor... or Qawoorl...or Kaoru...

* WaveMotionGun: The way to weaponize the Eye of God results in one. [[spoiler:Specifically, it [[WeaponizedTeleportation fires wormholes at its targets, displacing them into another dimension]].]]

''El-Hazard'' was created by Ryoe Tsukimura (''Anime/TenchiUniverse'') and Hiroki Hayashi (''Anime/TenchiMuyoRyoOhki''), who also directed the {{OVA}}. The series is noteworthy for being [[SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing one of the first anime whose English dub is considered superior to the original Japanese voice work]]. In fact, Hayashi and other members of the AIC production team consider the English cast to be the ''definitive'' voices of the characters, far superior to their Japanese counterparts. The animation is first-rate, and it has a lush orchestral soundtrack that perfectly evokes the "Arabian Nights" feel of the world, courtesy of Seikou Nagaoka.

''El-Hazard'' was created by Ryoe Tsukimura and Hiroki Hayashi, who also directed the {{OVA}}. The series is noteworthy for being [[SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing one of the first anime whose English dub is considered superior to the original Japanese voice work]]. In fact, Hayashi and other members of the AIC production team consider the English cast to be the ''definitive'' voices of the characters, far superior to their Japanese counterparts. The animation is first-rate, and it has a lush orchestral soundtrack that perfectly evokes the "Arabian Nights" feel of the world, courtesy of Seikou Nagaoka.

* WhyDidItHaveToBeSnakes: Qawool does not like bugs.

* ActionGirl: Ifurita, Afura, Shayla and Miz.

* BattleAura: Technological in origin.

* BecauseDestinySaysSo: Time loop variety.

* DamselInDistress: Rune in the TV series, Fatora in the original OVA.

* DistaffCounterpart: Parnasse to Alielle.

* FieryRedhead: Shayla-Shayla, literally. Also Nanami.

* {{Foil}}: Afura and Shayla Shayla in the TV series.

* INeedAFreakingDrink: Fujisawa, constantly.

* LargeHam: Both Fujisawa-sensei and Jinnai, especially in the English dub.

* LighterAndSofter: ''El-Hazard: The Wanderers'', save for [[MoodWhiplash the last three episodes.]]

* MistreatmentInducedBetrayal: Ura is Fatora's armor-cat, and at first only serves Makoto because Makoto is Fatora's body double. Then when the real Fatora shows up and starts treating Ura like trash, Ura quickly decides that he likes Makoto better.

* MomentKiller: Quawool's specialty.

* MysteriousPast: Kalia in the OVA 2. Arjah in ''The Alternative World''

* OnlyOneName: Every Demon God, Phantom Tribe and Bugrom. Also Dr.Schtalubaugh and Londs.
* OrdinaryHighSchoolStudent: Three of them. Makoto, Nanami, and Jinnai.
** Though Jinnai's ordinariness is somewhat debatable.

* PersonOfMassDestruction: Ifurita, a horrible demon who already annihilated one civilization...actually, she's a sexy RobotGirl, who already annihilated one civilization.

* RepetitiveName: Shayla Shayla.

* ScalingTheSummit: Mr. Fujisawa is an avid mountain climber. During the final story arc, He tries to climb a mountain in the middle of a desert and falls in, finding a garden oasis inside instead.

** On one occasion, Ura(a cat-like animal that can envelop Makoto's torso and act as a suit of "living armor") exclaims "It's a job...", much like the dinosaurs-as-living-appliances would in ''WesternAnimation/TheFlintstones''.

* TakeOverTheWorld: Jinnai and the Queen Diva's motivation.

* {{Tsundere}}: Shayla-Shayla around Makoto, textbook example.

* UnknownRival: Makoto is largely ignorant of Jinnai's hatred for him, and actually thinks they are, or were, on friendly terms.

** Alielle screams her head off when she gropes "Fatora" and finds out that she's a he.

* WackyWaysideTribe: In "Alternate World", Jinnai and Shayla Shayla's encounter with the white Bugrom-like creatures, which serves absolutely no purpose in the long run. It might have, had the show not been CutShort. Their [[GlowingEyesOfDoom glowing]] [[RedEyesTakeWarning red eyes]] are frequently shown in the dark areas beneath the castle near the reactor turbines. A later episode has a scene with Cretarian soldiers holding back a wave of them. The accompanying dialogue of it being their breeding season might have implied an impending bug attack later on.

* WhatHappenedToTheMouse:
** Where the hell are the Phantom Tribe, especially Nahato, after the original OVA?
** During ''The Alternative World'', Princess Rune meets a farmer who's presented as a potential new love interest to her. As the series nears its end, the guy just vanishes without a word and disappears from the story.
** After recovering from [[spoiler:stabbing Dahl while [[DemonicPossession possessed]] by Arjah]], Gilda orders a soldier to get a medical team. They never show up [[spoiler:and Dahl spends the next two episodes slowly dying, with Gilda even pointing out near the end that his wound is beginning to fester. Seriously, that's no way to treat your emperor]].

In 2018, AIC announced a [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-12/aic-plans-crowdfunding-for-el-hazard-sequel-project/.135364 crowdfunding campaign]] for an ''El-Hazard'' sequel pilot titled ''El-Hazard: The Dual World'', which would be directed by Yusuke Murayama and take place after ''The Alternative World'' and reboot the entire franchise. Unfortunately, the campaign ended in failure, having only raised 16% of its intended goal.

* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul:
** In ''The Wanderers'' Ifurita does not become a love interest to Makoto like she was in the OVA while Rune is the one who's PromotedToLoveInterest. Instead, most of TV Ifurita's interactions occur with Jinnai, though they take on a more father/daughter dynamic.
** Likewise, Makoto in the OVA is [[UnknownRival largely unaware of Jinnai's intense hatred of him and sees Jinnai as a friend]]. However, in ''The Wanderers'', Makoto is more aware of Jinnai's hostile intentions and views him more accordingly as an enemy.

* TheHero: Makoto is clearly the main character, whose ability to understand ancient technology allows him to save the day in pretty much both the OVA and the Tv series. He's also the only character who cannot fight.

* LovableSexManiac: Alielle and Parnasse.

* {{Bishonen}}:
** Makoto and Galus (in his human guise) are actually the only male characters who qualify.
** Nahato, though young, as well.

* BigBadDuumvirate: Queen Diva and Jinnai are co-rulers of the Bugrom.

In 2018, AIC announced a [[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2018-08-12/aic-plans-crowdfunding-for-el-hazard-sequel-project/.135364 crowdfunding campaign]] for an ''El-Hazard'' sequel pilot titled ''El-Hazard: The Dual World'', which would be directed by Yusuke Murayama and take place after ''The Alternative World'' and reboot the entire franchise.

* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In ''The Wanderers'' Ifurita does not become a love interest to Makoto like she was in the OVA while Rune is the one who's PromotedToLoveInterest. Instead, most of TV Ifurita's interactions occur with Jinnai, though they take on a more father/daughter dynamic.

* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In ''The Wanderers'' Ifurita does not become a love interest to Makoto like she was in the OVA while Rune is the one who's PromotedToLoveInterest. Instead, most of TV Ifurita's interactions occur with Jinnai instead, though they take on a more father/daughter dynamic.

* AdaptationalRelationshipOverhaul: In ''The Wanderers'' Ifurita does not become a love interest to Makoto like she was in the OVA while Rune is the one who's PromotedToLoveInterest. Instead, most of TV Ifurita's interactions occur with Jinnai instead.