In the anime Black Butler ( Kuroshitsuji ), Edward and his brother are presented as ghosts haunting Ludlow Castle until they can pass on to heaven.

* The Japanese anime series Kuroshitsuji details a possible scenario of what happened to the Princes in the Tower in Episode 16 (" His Butler: The Lone Castle ").

The anime Puella Magi Madoka Magica and Kuroshitsuji ( Black Butler ) were also shown to have several parallels with the concepts from Faust.

* Ciel Phantomhive, a fictional character in the manga and anime Kuroshitsuji

Richard appears in the Japanese anime Kuroshitsuji as a small boy, who, together with his older brother, Edward V, haunts Ludlow Castle, until they can both find salvation and be sent to Heaven.

* Charles Grey, a character in the manga / anime Kuroshitsuji

* In Episode 7 of the anime series Kuroshitsuji II ( sequel to Kuroshitsuji ), the Chariot card is featured during the intermission slides.

* In Episode 5 of the anime series " Kuroshitsuji II " ( sequel to " Kuroshitsuji "), the Strength card is featured during the intermission slides.

* In Episode 4 of the anime series " Kuroshitsuji II " ( sequel to " Kuroshitsuji "), the Wheel of Fortune card is featured during the intermission slides.

* In Episode 1 of the anime series " Kuroshitsuji II " ( sequel to " Kuroshitsuji "), the Judgement card is featured during the intermission slides.

The manga and anime series Kuroshitsuji ( Black Butler ) and Dantarian no Shoka ( The Mystic Archives of Dantalian ) both feature characters who are proficient in baritsu.

Just recently, he also sang a couple songs with his character William T. Spears for the anime Kuroshitsuji.

In 2004, NHK ( Japanese public TV network ) produced a 39 episode anime series titled Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, as well as a manga series under the same title released in 2005.

From 2004 to 2005, Japanese TV network NHK produced a 39 episode anime series titled Agatha Christie's Great Detectives Poirot and Marple, which features both Miss Marple and Hercule Poirot.

In the Japanese anime Saint Seiya the character, Shun, represents the Andromeda constellation using chains as his main weapons, reminiscent of Andromeda being chained before she was saved by Perseus.

They have a long history in Japanese folklore and art, and more recently have appeared in Japanese anime and manga ( see examples cited below ).

" Southern Cross " is the Japanese title of the Orange Crew, a group of Gym Leaders who preside over the Orange Island archipelago's league and are featured in the Pokémon anime.

The Robotech Masters series itself was an English dub of the Japanese anime Super Dimensional Calvary Southern Cross.

* Cleopatra ( 1970 film ), a 1970 Japanese anime film

is a 1998 Japanese anime series developed by Sunrise.

Susan J. Napier argues, in her book Anime from Akira to Princess Mononoke: Experiencing Contemporary Japanese Animation, that anime increasingly " exists at a nexus point in global culture … an amorphous new media territory that crosses and intermingles national boundaries ".

Napier goes on to point out that many Japanese commentators refer to anime with the term " mukokuseki ", meaning " stateless ".

This implies that much anime is not specifically Japanese and therefore lacks a distinct national identity.

Unlike other anime and manga, where jokes and references are often exclusory or require knowledge of Japanese culture and / or the workings and conventions of anime, Cowboy Bebop is accessible – western audiences can connect with the characters readily and more fully understand their motivations and struggles.

is a Japanese manga series created by Fujiko F. Fujio which later became an anime series and an Asian franchise.

" Ministry spokesman explained the novel decision as an attempt to help people in other countries to understand Japanese anime better and to deepen their interest in Japanese culture.

In 2008, the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs appointed Doraemon as the first anime cultural ambassador.

, short for, is a Japanese media franchise encompassing digital toys, anime, manga, video games and videos.

When the comic switched to the Tamers series the storylines adhered to continuity more strictly ; sometimes it would expand on subject matter not covered by the original Japanese anime ( such as Mitsuo Yamaki's past ) or the English adaptations of the television shows and movies ( such as Ryo's story or the movies that remained undubbed until 2005 ).

The 1990s and 2000s are considered to be " Japanese Cinema's Second Golden Age ", due to the immense popularity of anime, both within Japan and overseas.

In anime, Hayao Miyazaki directed Spirited Away in 2001, breaking Japanese box office records and winning several awards, followed by Howl's Moving Castle and Ponyo in 2004 and 2008 respectively.

The Japanese music group ALI Project created the song " Gesshoku Grand Guignol " as the opening for the Bee-Train anime Avenger, while British rock band Duels also named an instrumental track after the theater.

is a Japanese word that, in the West, is used when referring to sexually explicit or pornographic comics and animation, particularly those of Japanese origin such as anime, manga, and eroge.

Akihabara is a major shopping area for electronic, computer, anime, and otaku goods, including new and used items.

In the manga and anime series Ghost in the Shell, the protagonist Motoko Kusanagi is the fully prosthetic leader of an anti-terrorist force, who lives in a future Japan where the majority of adults are cyborgs and can connect wirelessly to the Internet for real-time communication and data research.

The anime series was dubbed in the English language by Animaze, and has been licensed by Bandai Entertainment for releases in North America.

The leader of the creative team was director Shinichiro Watanabe, most notable at the time for directing the futuristic adventure anime OVA series Macross Plus and Mobile Suit Gundam.

Watanabe's main inspiration for Cowboy Bebop was Lupin III, a crime anime series from the late 1970s through the mid -' 80s.

Cowboy Bebop was voted by IGN in 2006 as having the greatest soundtrack for an anime.

American media mogul Ted Turner bought the rights to the Doraemon anime series in the mid-1980s for an English-language release, but canceled it without explanation before any episodes were aired.

In many countries, most actors who regularly perform this duty are generally little-known outside of popular circles such as anime fandom, for example, or when their voice has become synonymous with the role or the actor or actress whose voice they usually dub.

Yaoi also extends beyond the hentai genre, since it applies to any anime / manga material that includes male homosexuality, except for that actually aimed at a gay male audience.

Before becoming a manga artist, Asamiya graduated from the Tokyo Designer School, then worked as a character designer for a number of anime series, and even designed models for some of the later Godzilla films ( 1980s ).

* The anime film Spirited Away is set in a bathhouse for kami, and a main character is the spirit of a destroyed river.

In 1982, Otomo made his anime debut, working as character designer for the animated film Harmagedon.

In 1987, Otomo continued working in anime, directing an animated work for the first time: a segment, which he also wrote the screenplay and drew animation for, in the anthology feature Neo Tokyo.

This was often done for letterbox widescreen anime on VHS, though the practice of " hiding " subtitles within the lower matte also is done with symmetrical mattes, albeit with less space available.

He is best known for the manga Ghost in the Shell, which has since been turned into two theatrical anime movies, two anime TV series, an anime TV movie, and several video games.

In 2007, he collaborated again with Production I. G to co-create the original concept for the anime television series Shinreigari / Ghost Hound, Production I. G's 20th year anniversary project.

Many people mistake him for the creator of the original anime movie, but he had no major role in its production.

Yoshiyuki Tomino's original plot for the anime was considerably much more grim, with Amuro dying halfway through the series, and the crew of the White Base having to ally with Char ( who is given a red Gundam ), but finally having to battle him after he takes control of the Principality of Zeon.