Does this anime quirk have a name?

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I've always liked this quirky anime technique, which was used in several anime around the 1990s and 2000s, but not THAT often. What is it called and how does it work?
How do you animate it and when does it get used?

I also found other examples

кяαzєя · Answer

I doubt there is an actual name for this but it's likely a trope that derived from older manga works., most notably that of Fujio Akatsuka. It's best described as an "afterimage" of movement.

There are many names for such, like "ghost feet", but there's not any real agree upon terms for this trope.

From this book about super-deformed characters

Chelenix_on · Answer

It's most likely a mix of,

Human Hummingbird
Kewpie Doll Surprise
Wheel o' Feet
Floating Limbs
Possibly also Thundering Herd if you want to consider the background or context for the first image

Does this anime quirk have a name?

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