Sleepwalking in anime

[Scandiadream]

Has any anime character ever been shown sleepwalking?

The only case I can think of is that Heidi sleepwalks while staying at Klara's house. She gathers some rolls of bread and tries to exit the house. For some reason the people in the house think there is a ghost. But Herr Sessemann and the doctor catch her sleepwalking and quickly figure out what's going on.

Any other cases?

[DazarGaidin]

Hmm id be hard pressed to name them all off the top of my head but i know i have seen a quite a few.

Nayuki from kanon 06 is a good one i can think of right away:


I think at least 2 of the tsunderes this season have done it too.

[superplough]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37mPoKQijj8

[Tidusauron12]

There's that one scene in Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji...

[J Dude]

Originally Posted by superplough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37mPoKQijj8

Of course this is probably the best sleepwalking scene you'll find in an anime series. I should end up rewatching that episode later tonight when I watch the 5th DVD.

[DazarGaidin]

Oh yeah the osaka sleepwalk scene is probably the best lol

[Jatz]

Originally Posted by superplough

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=37mPoKQijj8

Originally Posted by Tidusauron12

There's that one scene in Evangelion with Asuka and Shinji...

Originally Posted by DazarGaidin

Oh yeah the osaka sleepwalk scene is probably the best lol

There's a difference between sleepwalking and half-asleep.

[superplough]

And the winner for this year's pedantic award is...

[autsiticanime]

Sticking to the half asleep theme.

What about that Full Metal Panic OVA, where Teletha is walking around in her underwear? Poor Sousuke didn't know how to react.

[Jatz]

Originally Posted by superplough

And the winner for this year's pedantic award is...

I thought it was outside of what the OP wanted.

[Scandiadream]

Yeah. I just want examples of characters sleepwalking.

And I have only witnessed that one case. I do not recall the Evangelion situation.

[DazarGaidin]

I thought they were both the same...this is from a wiki so not sure of its scientific accuracy but i assumed sleepwalking includes the above

Sleepwalking (also called somnambulism or noctambulism[1]) is a parasomnia or sleep disorder where the sufferer engages in activities that are normally associated with wakefulness while he or she is asleep or in a sleep-like state. Sleepwalking is usually defined by or involves the person affected apparently shifting from his or her prior sleeping position and moving around and performing normal actions as if awake (cleaning, walking and other activities). It is inexact to assume that somnambulists are unconscious during their nocturnal sleepwalking episodes. They are simply not conscious of their actions on a level where memory of the sleepwalking episode can be recalled[citation needed], and because of this, unless the sleepwalker is awakened or aroused by someone else, this sleep disorder can go unnoticed

[old hat]

Negi Springfield does something like sleepwalking. He gets out of his own bed and gets into Asuna's bed while he is asleep thinking she is his sister.

[Jatz]

Originally Posted by Scandiadream

Yeah. I just want examples of characters sleepwalking.

And I have only witnessed that one case. I do not recall the Evangelion situation.

It's part where Asuka get's up and goes to the bathroom. She comes back, half-asleep, and lays down next to Shinji. He keep looking at her.... lips and just as he's about to kiss her she says, "Mama." or something like that.

Originally Posted by DazarGaidin

I thought they were both the same...this is from a wiki so not sure of its scientific accuracy but i assumed sleepwalking includes the above

I think you sleepwalk when you are asleep. You're half-asleep when you try to wake up but don't quite make it. Your brain is sort of aware of what's going on when you're half-asleep, but you don't remember what's going on or what you're doing when you're sleep walking.

[Tidusauron12]

Originally Posted by Jatz

I thought it was outside of what the OP wanted.

I guess so. But being short is a good way to come across as an ***. Not that you need to worry about how you would come off on the internet... I know I don't.