Anime Anime Based Tarot Cards: A little help?

I've been playing around with the idea for creating a set of Fan-art Tarot cards based on the Universal Waite deck. The problem was that I could not think of what characters to fit all the cards. This isn't much of a surprise since there is 56 cards in the minor arcana and 22 cards for the major totaling to 78 cards in all. For those who don't know, the minor arcana is the part where normal trading cards are based on while the major arcana has all those name cards like love, death, the sun, etc. I just need help on the major Arcana for now. Here is a list of what I got so far for that group. I tried to keep it to one card per series but it was too difficult with what I know. Please change or modify any cards you may disagree with.

edit: If anyone wants to turn this into a contest, I'll be more than willing to take up the challenge. Everyone needs a little motivation to finsh something like this.

Card #1: The Magician - Dark Shunaida from Bastard

#2: The High Priestess - Hoshino Ruri from Nadesico

#3: The Empress - Lina Inverse from Slayers

#4: The Emperor - Captain Harlock
(Galaxy Express 999)

#5: The Hierophant - Pikachu as pikapope

#6: The Lovers - Kasuga Kyosuke and Ayukawa
Madoka with Jingoro as the
angel (Kimagure Orange Road)

#7: The Chariot - Van riding Escaflone in dragon
mode (Vision of Escaflone)

#8: Strength - Sakura with Kero-chan as the
lion (Card Captor Sakura)

#9: The Hermit - Spike Spiegal (Cowbay Bebop)

#10: Wheel of Fortune - Kamui and Fuma (X)

#11: Justice - No idea Kusanagi
Motoko (Ghost in the Shell)

#12: The Hanged Man - Not sure Onizuka
being hung by his students
(GTO)

#13: Death - The Jiong fighting a Ball and a
GM with Amuro approaching in
the background (Gundam)

#14: Temperance - No idea Beldandy?
(Oh My Godess!)

#15: The Devil - Asaba as the devil with Arima
and Yukino flanking him in horror
(His and Her Circumstances)

#16: The Tower - Nicholas D. Wolfwood Falling out
of a tower, fighting on of the
huger nasties (Trigun)

#17: The Star - No Idea Priss under
multiple spotlights
(Bubblegum Crisis)

#18: The Moon - Chobits flanked by the two
portable Persocons (Chobits)

#19: The Sun - Sana riding Rei in a donkey outfit
with a freakish sun that looks like
Hayama (Kodomo no Omacha)

#20: Judgement - Shen Long raising dragonball
characters back to life (Dragon
Ball)

#21: World - The Macross with full Shields up
(Macross)

#0: The Fool - Too many to count. :dizzy2: Excel
with Menchi (Excel Saga)

Your help is greatly appreciated.

 

That sounds like a friggin awesome idea. I want a set.

Now, for some help...

Justice: I really don't know what this card looks like anyway. Can't help you there.

Hanging Man: Your idea is great for it.

Temperance: See "Justice".

The Star: Hmm... Priss sounds like a good idea here, too, but I'm sure there's something better...

Well, I guess I wasn't of any help whatsoever. Sorry! This is a good idea, though, so go for it!

 

Anime based Tarot Cards are pimp! I have a collection of actuall anime tarot cards from X/1999 in real life and they are the best. The X/1999 ones are sooo awosme, they look really pimp

^your list

V The X/1999 tarot card list...


#1: The Magician - Kamui Shiro

#2: The High Priestess - Hinito

#3: The Empress - Kanoe

#4: The Emperor - Mr Monuo

#5: The Hierophant - Seiichiro Aoki

#6: The Lovers - Kotori Monuo

#7: The Chariot - Sorata Arisugawa

#8: Strength - Yuzuriha Nekoi

#9: The Hermit - Satsuki Yatouji

#10: Wheel of Fortune - Kakyo Kuzuki

#11: Justice - Karen Kasume

#12: The Hanged Man - Subaru Sumeragi

#13: Death - Seishiro Sakurazuka (Sakurazukamori)

#14: Temperance - Arashi Kishuu

#15: The Devil - Yuuto Kigai

#16: The Tower - Sohi and Hien (not sure on this one)

#17: The Star - Kusunagi Shiyuu

#18: The Moon - Nataku

#19: The Sun - (dont think there is a character)

#20: Judgement - Fuuma Monuo

#21: World - (dont think there is a character)

#0: The Fool - Kotori Monuo

~*!!*~~*!!*~~*!!*~~*!!*~~*!!*~~*!!*~~*!!*~


V My list

#1: The Magician - Kamui Shiro (X/1999)

#2: The High Priestess - Kagome (Inuyasha)

#3: The Empress - Kikyo (Inuyasha)

#4: The Emperor - Vash The Stampede (Trigun)

#5: The Hierophant - Millions Knive (Trigun)

#6: The Lovers - Kotori Monuo & Kamui Shiro (X/1999)

#7: The Chariot - Prince Ashitaka (Princess Mononoke)

#8: Strength - Kaberos soldier in armor (Jin Roh)

#9: The Hermit - Spike Spiegal (Cowbay Bebop)

#10: Wheel of Fortune - Hinito & Kakyo Kuzuki (X/1999)

#11: Justice - Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop)

#12: The Hanged Man - Constable Fuse (Jin Roh)

#13: Death - Forest Spirit (Princess Mononoke)

#14: Temperance - Chihiro(Sen) (Spirited Away)

#15: The Devil - Vicious (Cowboy Bebop)

#16: The Tower - Tokyo Tower cracked in half (X/1999)

#17: The Star - Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Trigun)

#18: The Moon - Nataku (X/1999)

#19: The Sun - Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop)

#20: Judgement - Kaberos Symbol (Jin Roh)

#21: The World - Kamui Holding World (X/1999)

#0: The Fool - Hitomi (Escaflowne)

Forgive me is i spelled any characters name wrong... i a bit rusty on names.

 

Aww, you beat me to it. For years, I wanted to make my own, anime style tarot deck. Of course, mine would be with all original characters. Anyway, it's nice to see someone taking initiative.

So far your character selections seem to be a lil bit on the comedic side. Is that what you intended? (Otherwise you would have put someone really powerful for Strength, like super saiyajin level 4 Goku or Kenshiro from Fist of the North Star.)

I went when you put Ruri for High Priestess. I mean, there are lots of good witch and sorceress figures in anime, but you put Ruri? I guess that's when I figured that you were just being humorous rather than even semi-serious about the deck.

For Temperance, my deck shows him calmly looking at his reflection in a pool, as if "reflecting" upon his actions. You could have a character who is known for thinking a lot.

Justice is a powerful figure, usually involving a great set of balancing scales (the "scales of justice" as they say). I don't know enough anime series for this one. Put someone "powerful" but not muscular, like a captain character.

The Star is my favorite, probably cuz it's my favorite number, and in my deck, my sign is also associated with this card. (And it's in my favorite color scheme.) Kinda funny that you made a pun out of it, and put a celebrity as a "star."

Edit: Kamui, you got some really good suggestions!

 

Thanks for the responses. I've been using tarot cards as practice for my drawing for a while. I made it up to Chariot so far in terms of original renditions until I hit the idea for fan art.

The comedic focus of this one wasn't so much intentinal as unavoidable. Out of all the anime I watch, at least 85% of it is at least somewhat comedic in nature. To be honest, I wanted to make the beginning and end somewhat lighthearted with the middle somewhat dark. With what I know, it didn't work out that way.

As for Ruri, there are a number of reasons for me putting her as High Priestess. She is one of my favorite characters, I originally practiced drawing female characters by copying from Nadesico, she fit the card's meanings fairly well, and in one of my art books, the pose of her superimposed on top of an image of the Nadesico reminded me of the High Priestess.

Here are a few alternates that I had as well as a few inspired by a few reminders that I've watched more than just comedies. As you can see, I took a long while for me to think about this stuff.

edit: If anyone wants to turn this into a contest, I'll be more than willing to take up the challenge. Everyone needs a little motivation to finsh something like this.

Card#
0) The Fool: Vash the stampede with black cat in place of the dog
0) The Fool: Ranma with P-chan biting his foot
0) The Fool: Chobits with The little pink persocon yelling at her
0) The Fool: Ed with Ein (Coboy Bebop)
0) The Fool: Amuro trying to hold off an asteriod in Char's counter attack As I said, too many to count.

1) The Mage: Griffon From Berserk

2) The High Priestess: Shao From Momotte Shugogetten
2) The High Priestess: Hinito from X/1999

3) The Empress: Sayla from Gundam
3) The Empress: Kusanagi Motoko(Ghost in the Shell)

4) The Emperor: Shin Getter Robo
4) The Emperor: Any of the Kings from Lodoss war
4) The Emperor: Spike saying Bang after final battle with Viscious
4) The Emperor: Onizuka from GTO

5) The Hierophant: Goto from Patlabor w/ squad bowing to him
5) The Hierophant: Onizuka from GTO

6) The Lovers: Arima and Yukino w/ Asaba as the angel
(His and her Circumstances)
6) The Lovers: Naru and Keitaro w/ Tama-cahn as the angel
(Love Hina)

7) The chariot: Priss on Motorslave (Bubblegum Crisis)

8) Strength: Kaberos soldier in armor with a wolf by his side(Jin Roh) Thanks Kamui

9) Hermit: Hitomi (Vision of Escaflowne)
9) Hermit: Jet Black (Cowboy bebop)
9) Hermit: Minmay in costume After end of final confrontation (Macross the movie)

11) Justice: See Strength

12) Hanged Man: I like the Constable Fuse Idea

14) Temperance: Roy Fokker looking into a wine snifter? Macross(inspired by seraphinx)

13) Death: Guts killing everything! from Berserk!

15) The Devil: Viscious is definately a candidate
15) The Devil: Fill in the blank for any hated character you could think of. I choose the blue haired #$%^& from Char's counter attack

16) The Tower: The Ark From Patlabor Movie 1

17) The Star: Minmay during farewell tour (Flashback)

18) The Moon: see strength
18) The Moon: Sailor moon (don't kill me!)

19) The Sun: Keroberos (CCS)

20) Judgement: The Assistant superintendant from GTO

21) World: Shen Long Encircling Goku w/ Dragonball four

 

Alright, thx for the positive feedback in my suggestions.

K, let me explain why i chose these... and i looked up each of the cards in Major's meaning and ill supply those for you as well as why i chose them.
The Magician means... This card represents accomplishment, concentration, power and success.

#1: The Magician - Kamui Shiro (X/1999) Chose him because Kamui has the ulitmate power... he is Kamui!!

The High Priestess means... Represents being still, not acting, having possibilities open to you and looking for greater meanings.

#2: The High Priestess - Kagome (Inuyasha) Chose her because she is always lookin for other stuff and she could just choose other possiblities.

The Emperess means...Represents caring for others, having more than just what you need, experiencing life and respecting nature.

#3: The Empress - Kikyo (Inuyasha) Chose this because before the was a demon thing... she was very kind and loving of nature.

The Emperor means...Represents setting standards, rules, direction, tone and taking on a leadership role.

#4: The Emperor - Vash The Stampede (Trigun) Though he isnt usually the leader... he always has a direction and certain tone.

The Hierophant means...This card represents learning new things, getting an education, following a belief system, doing what is right and working as part of a team.

#5: The Hierophant - Millions Knive (Trigun) He is following a belief system.

The Lovers means...Represents feeling loved and having someone you care about, finding values and personal beliefs

#6: The Lovers - Kotori Monuo & Kamui Shiro (X/1999) Because they love each other and they care about them very much.

The Chariot means...Represents reaching your goal(s), having determination to be successful, having faith in yourself and controlling your emotions.

#7: The Chariot - Prince Ashitaka (Princess Mononoke) He controls his emotions, and has faith in himself, he also has determination.

The Strength means...This card represents being strong and understanding, keeping calm and having courage to endure.

#8: Strength - Kaberos soldier in armor (Jin Roh) Because they are very strong and have the courage to endure.

The Hermit means...Represents deep thought, looking for greater meanings, being a teacher or being taught and needing to be alone.

#9: The Hermit - Spike Spiegal (Cowbay Bebop) Because he is always looking for a deeped meaning to something, and he sometimes has the need to be alone.

The Wheel of Fortune means...The card of destiny. Represents the need to make an important decision, going through changes and becoming more aware of your purpose in life.

#10: Wheel of Fortune - Hinito & Kakyo Kuzuki (X/1999) Because they are the diviners of the future, dream seers who see the future in dreams.

The Justice representsRepresents doing what is right, being responsible, getting ready to make a choice and knowing that when you do something it will result in something else.

#11: Justice - Jet Black (Cowboy Bebop) Because jet is always trying to do right, and he is responisble.

The Hanged Man means...Represents letting go, changing your outlook, a pause from action and putting the needs of others before yourself.

#12: The Hanged Man - Constable Fuse (Jin Roh) Because when he is a Kaberos soldier... his view on socitey and life completly changes.

The Death means...A card that means something must end for something else to begin, changing your ways, having the essentials and a time when you're going through something that is unavoidable

#13: Death - Forest Spirit (Princess Mononoke) Because he is the bringer of life and Death.

The Temperance means...Represents reaching a compromise, having balance, being healthy and creating harmony

#14: Temperance - Chihiro(Sen) (Spirited Away) She is always trying to create harmony and whatnot.

The Devil means...Represents having restrictions, many luxuries, not being aware and feeling hopeless.

#15: The Devil - Vicious (Cowboy Bebop) Because he has many luxuries and isnt very aware...

The Tower means...Represents a sudden change, letting go of everything, experiencing a drop and finding answers

#16: The Tower - Tokyo Tower cracked in half (X/1999) Because it is the tokyo tower and it is the final battle point in X/1999

The Star means...A card that represents having hope and motivation, giving to others and experiencing peace of mind.

#17: The Star - Nicholas D. Wolfwood (Trigun) Because he gives to others and has motivation and hope.

The Moon means...Represents feeling fear, deceiving yourself, letting your mind wander and being easily distracted.

#18: The Moon - Nataku (X/1999) Because it deceives itself by thinking it has no emotions (yes... Nataku is an it)

The Sun represents...A card that represents understanding, feeling great, bursting with enthusiasm and trusting yourself.

#19: The Sun - Faye Valentine (Cowboy Bebop) She feels great, bursts with enthusiasm, and trusts herself.

The Judgement means...Represents making big decisions, opening your mind to new possibilities, doing what is needed and washing away sin to be at peace

#20: Judgement - Kaberos Symbol (Jin Roh) The have to make very large decisions and they try to wash away sin.

The World means...A card that represents unison, dreams becoming a reality, helping out when you can and enjoying life.

#21: The World - Kamui Holding World (X/1999) Because for Kamui, there are two dreams... two futures, and it is ironic that he should hold the fate of the world in his hands.

The Fool means...This is the first card and it represents new beginnings, being spontaneous and making mistakes.

#0: The Fool - Hitomi (Escaflowne) Because when she got to Gaea, she had to start all over and did make mistakes.

 

Speaking of Hitomi (Vision of Escaflowne), she also had her own deck of tarot cards remember? It was cool that when she was magically brought to Gaea, she was the one who brought mysticism.

 

Thanks seraphinx for the reminder about Hitomi's deck. Though I didn't really consider it at the time, it would be interesting to create a varient deck. The dragon is a subject I am particularly interested in. The question now is, should I stick with the standard or make additions to the Major Arcana.

Also, thanks Kamui for taking the time to give some definitions for the cards. It helped me figure out some of the characters you chose. There were a lot of differences between interpretations, though. There were also a few of your choices that I have never seen before. I don't watch very much Miyazaki stuff.:shy3:

Finally, though this is more than a little early since it would take me at least a month to even come close to finishing the outlines for the Major arcana, how should I do the minor arcana? A friend suggested that I do each suite as one anime series. Should I do that and if so, which ones?

In any case, I'm starting production today. I wonder if I'll be able to sell this thing.

 

Well... here is what I Would do.

Wands (Fire) - X/1999
Cups (Water) - Cowboy Bebop
Swords (Air) - Trigun
Disks/ Pentacles (Earth) - Inuyasha

And you have all of the following cards to fill in each of the minors...

Ace
Two
Three
Four
Five
Six
Seven
Eight
Nine
Ten
Page
Knight
Queen
King

Just to let you know... and also, after completing it... you techinicly could tell fortune with them if you knew what each card ment... but i wouldnt... 1) its demonic 2) You will be wastin a **** load of ink.

Edit: Here are two designs i have made... i think i will make an entire deck with the list i gave for Major and the list i gave for minor.

Back of cards:

Ace of Wands:

 

I love Tarot cards. They're only demonic to the eyes of a Christain really... --
And they were used to tell the future. They're like witchcraft. And witchcraft is always labeled as bad...
Ya know, there's an Utena one out of there too X) hehe, has the, most beautiful art...
and a tip try not to use more than one character from each anime. I wouldn't advise it, try to have as many from various animes as possible.

My input:

The High Priestress: Juri Arisugawa from Utena.
Why?: One, she's this card in the Utena set (and has the best picture XD). And for good reason. The Priestress card doens't mean you look all over the country side, it means you stay planted in one place, but also you are a great thinker, always thinking and wondering of a greater meaning. Amnd you are very skilled, entitling you to many opportinuties. That's what the Priestress means to me, and i believe I'm right. Anyways, Juri is all of those. Even when Shiori left she didn't go after her, and she is very distant from othrs, not even tkaing the time to reach out and make some friends. That empazizes the staying still bit. She is always wondering of a greater menaing to life, love, friendship, the whole sort, and she isprobably the most sklled in the whole show.

The Empress: Sailor Moon/Usagi Tsukino from Sailor Moon
Why?: She is just so caring, putting others ahead of herself....she just fits the role...

The Hermit: Chichiri from Fushigi Yuugi
Why?: Chichiri has been in search of a greater meaning since his best friend died and his fiancee left him. He's a monk, and monk fit that first bit well. Also, he's been a hermitt for years, he has no greedy desires or any of the sort... Though his appaearance suits the fool more XD

The Chariot: (mutering: damn, people are gonna kill me for this...) Seto Kaiba from Yu-Gi-OH
Why?: I was tryign to decide if he fits the strength or the chariot more. Heck, even I wasn't obsessed with him, I would still put him down for one of those two. Kaiba is the most detrmined character I have ever seen really, he controls his emotions very well, and he ALWAYS reaches his goals. And sometimes... arrogance can be a sign of faith in yourself. XD

The Star: Sakura Kinomoto from CardCaptor Sakura
Why?: This just screams to me Sakura. She's so hopeful and she gives other hope too when they just look at her.

The Wheel of Fortune: Shinji Ikari from Neon Genesis Evangelion
Why?: This kid has so mnay important descions to mkae... and then there's all the stuff that happened in EoE and one could say they were based off his descions... X) His descions decided the fate of mankind! XD

The Moon: Aya Mikage form Ayashi no Ceres
Why?: Let's see, she's been fearing of lettign Ceres out and who she'd kill, I guess she's been decieving herself, she lets hr mind wander about her brother's safety alot, which goes hand and ahdn with beign distracted. Being distracted can also show with her feelings for Touya. XD

That's what i have so far. Excuse me, my brakin just died, once I revive it I'll be abck with more.

 

Hahaha! Yeah, Christian people seem to always be the ones to say something bad about things they don't understand, such as satanism, orgies, Eminem, etc. But anyways, tarot cards are not demonic/evil at all. (The Necromonicon is! Now THAT'S something not even I would mess with!) The only way that any fortune divining can be bad is that it tells you what you wished you didn't know.

For you, furryb, if you're gonna do one anime series for each suit, carefully pick a series that symbolizes the suit. For example, since Pentacles deals with material wealth, you could have a drug-lord/terrorist or treasure-hunting anime. For Wands, which deal with action/energy, use a martial arts anime, especially one that has fireballs or fire weapons. Cups deal with emotions, so you can use a drama series for this one. Swords are pretty hard, cuz they deal with mental conflicts and thinking--maybe just use an anime that has a lot of verbal battles.

 

I'm back. X) my brain is fine now thank you.

The Devil: Sesshomaru from inu-Yasha.
Why?: I'm biased here. X) hehe

The Fool: Trowa Burton from Gundam Wing
Why?: WAHAHAHA, because he's in the Fool in the G.W Tarot Cards, and I think he fits the role very nicely, being dressed up in his cricus outfit!! XD XD

The Sun: Hikaru Shidou from Magical Knights RayEarth
Why?: X) just screams to me the sun, and someone else once said she's so be the sun. X)

The Lovers: keiichi Morisato and Belldandy form Aa! Megami-sama!
Why?: They love each other very much and over come many obsecles together.

Strength: Ramna saotome from ranma 1/2
Why?: Quote on Quote: When it comes to courage and strength, Ranma is second to none. No matter his opponent, he will eventually succeed and overcome all obstacles. He has faced everything from immortal Phoenix beings to princes of illusion to multi-headed, female-devouring dragons. If a competition has the words "martial arts" in it, he is more than ready to take on the challenge. There are no lengths to which he will not go in order to get rid of his Jusenkyou curse, either. He also learns techniques very quickly and shortly thereafter has complete mastery over them.

Justice: Kenshin Himura when he is the 'Man-Slayer' from roruni Kenshin

The World: Kohaku form Wish

And that's all for now... need to revive my brian again. ._.

This site btw (http://ryen.net/tarot/) has alot of anime Tarot cards sets, Utena, Sailor Moon, X/1999, Weiss Kruez, Gundam Wing and more... (even the beginng of the Naruto one!) so i suggest you take a look, ESPCAILLY AT JURI'S HIGH PRIESTRESS PICTURE!!! XD XD WAI!!!!!