[quote=@Emeth]
Yo, I've been following/lurking in this and based on the third sample picture in the OP I am having a hard time deciding if this would qualify as what you'd consider "anime" or not. So before I spend hours fleshing out the character concept I'd like an opinion on that. But the no-time-to-explain, elevator pitch version is that she's a cyborg that used to serve as a bodyguard for public figures, but was captured and de-programmed, effectively rescued by activists. She has a "handful" of hidden weapons.

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If she doesn't fit the setting, I'll probably do a surface dweller instead.
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[quote=@Tsukai]
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Yes I do believe this qualifies as anime. I think Odd would prefer more drawn out facial features so we actually know what the face looks like. That being said, I could totally see the bodyguard for officials being a thing however maybe instead of body integral weapons youre just programed to be good at using weapons? also... instead of being rescued by resistance or whatever that case may be. Maybe you just gained consciousness and decided to leave? (Because you knew as well as them, they couldnt stop you) yknow?
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For what Tsukai is saying, yes, your image qualifies as anime. The third image on the 'Good Reference' for characters is not cartoon, anime, or a similar style. 
Example: My character Nyai-Baatwe fits into the third category. 

Comic book, anime, cartoon, or similar would not fit into the third reference. 

A character that is an advanced A.I., robotics, etc... is completely fine. Though, you would not be able to have the backstory of being rescued and reprogrammed by the surface dwellers. Surface dwellers would not have that advanced of programming skills if they even had any at all. 
You might find someone that has computer skills on the surface but you will find them to be similar to a government computers technician level of intelligence when they were in the 1960s-1980s. Maybe if you are lucky somebody that knows how to do early 2000s level of programming or understanding computers, but we would consider that a long shot. 
Though on that list of people that could possibly have computer skills, programming, or anything of the like. They probably wouldn't know how to hack through extremely advanced codes without completely destroying it. 

 Example picture 
[img]https://static.boredpanda.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2018/02/Artist-illustrates-cartoon-characters-in-an-adult-way-and-the-result-was-incredible-5a8152aa3b3b5__880.jpg[/img]

The drawing on the left would not be acceptable even though it is the same person on the right.