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.

* In the manga and anime series Gunslinger Girl, Henrietta carries an Amati violin case.

* In the manga and anime world of BLAME!

* Arcologies are common elements in futuristic anime and manga titles.

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

* In the manga / anime Gintama, the main character, Gintoki Sakata, wields a bokken as opposed to a katana, as the story takes place in an Edo period of an alternate timeline where a weapons ban has been imposed by imperialistic aliens.

* Ceres, Celestial Legend ( Ayashi no Ceres ), an anime / manga work

* Seras Victoria, a character in the anime / manga Hellsing, of which an alternate romanization is " Ceres "

The manga and anime series Fist of The North Star has one of its major fighting style, Nanto Seiken, with the Crux as its symbol.

* Cepheus Daidalos, a fictional character in the manga and anime, Saint Seiya

In Akira Toriyama's manga and anime series Dragon Ball, a scientist named Dr. Gero created several cyborgs, including villain Cell, sibling cyborgs Android 17 and Android 18, as well as Android 20, who was built from Gero himself.

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.

* 8 Man, a manga and anime superhero created in 1963 by writer Kazumasa Hirai and artist Jiro Kuwata.

* Many of the members of Section 9 in the Ghost in the Shell universe, specifically the main characters Major Motoko Kusanagi and Batou, are cyborgs dependent on regular maintenance ; there are several manga ( or graphic novel ) and artbooks set in the GitS universe, as well as two feature-length anime films, three television series and three video games.

* In Glass Mask ( episode 29 of the anime and volume 17 of the manga ), Ayumi Himekawa played Carmilla in a stage adaptation of the novella.

The anime was adapted into two manga series which were serialized in Kadokawa Shoten's Asuka Fantasy DX.

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.

After a brief and unpopular animated series in 1973 by Nippon Television, Doraemon remained fairly exclusive in manga from until 1979 when a newly formed animation studio, Shin-Ei Animation ( Now owned by TV Asahi ) produced an anime series of Doraemon.

Unlike the anime and manga ( some based on the stories in select volumes ), they are more action-adventure oriented and have more of a shōnen demographic, taking the familiar characters of Doraemon and placing them in a variety of exotic and perilous settings.

Overall, the films have a somewhat darker tone in their stories, unlike the manga and anime.

Doraemon is also mentioned in several anime and manga by other manga artists.

* Franky ( One Piece ), cyborg from anime and manga One Piece

The earliest association between anime and adult animation occurred prior to the 1972 release of Fritz the Cat when American distributors attempted to cash in on the publicity garnered from the rating by rushing out dubbed versions of two other adult animations from Japan, both of which featured an X rating in their advertising material: Senya ichiya monogatari and Kureopatora, retitled One Thousand and One Arabian Nights and Cleopatra: Queen of Sex, respectively.

* The Ancient One ( Kaos ), a character from the anime Ronin Warriors

One prominent example is the anime Maziger Z, where the term " Super Robot ", features in the Japanese theme song According to Go Nagai:

* In the manga and anime One Piece, one of the main protagonists, " Black Leg Sanji ," uses kicking techniques very similar to Savate.

* Van Auger, a character in the anime One Piece

For the anime character, see Hina ( One Piece )

On October 20, 2009, it was announced that Mr. Children produced their first anime theme " Fanfare " for the movie One Piece Film: Strong World.

* Boa Hancock, a character in the One Piece manga and anime series

One of Japan's top ranked kickboxers, Nagashima makes all his entrances and publicity appearances for K-1 dressed as different female anime characters, accompanied by cosplaying girls.

* In the manga and anime One Piece a pirate turned slave is named after Jean Bart.

Fuji Television also operates three premium television stations, known as " Fuji TV One " (" Fuji TV 739 "-sports / variety ), " Fuji TV Two " (" Fuji TV 721 "-drama / anime ), and " Fuji TV Next " (" Fuji TV CSHD "-live premium shows ) ( called together as " Fuji TV OneTwoNext "), all available in High-definition.

One episode of Kappa Mikey titled Mikey and the Pauper involves Mikey Simon switching lives with Jomar, an urchin who looks exactly like Mikey in anime form.

* In the One Piece anime, Igaram makes dummies with the henohenomoheji face to impersonate Luffy, Zoro, and Nami.

One of the earliest examples is the shot at the end of the title sequence for the 1966 Japanese anime series Speed Racer: as Speed leaps from the Mach Five, he freezes in mid-jump, and then the camera does an arc shot from front to sideways.

* Maxim, a fictional ship in the manga and anime series One Piece

* Buggy the Clown, an antagonist in the One Piece manga / anime series

* Smoker ( One Piece ), a character from the manga and anime One Piece

* Cipher Pol, a governmental organization from the One Piece manga and anime series

* Franky ( One Piece ), a character in anime and manga series One Piece

* Baroque Works, Organization from the anime One Piece