* 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.

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 ).

Where foreign distribution occurs, dubbing is common in theatrically released films, television series, cartoons and anime.

During the 1980s, anime gained in popularity, with new animated movies released every summer and winter, often based upon popular anime television series.

Two anime television series, Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex and Ghost in the Shell: S. A. C.

A film called Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex: Solid State Society, was created after the anime series and directed by Kenji Kamiyama, premiering on the SKY Perfect satellite television network on September 1, 2006.

Astro Boy quickly became ( and remains ) immensely popular in Japan and elsewhere, and the anime adaptation of Sazae-san drawing more viewers than any other anime on Japanese television in 2011.

However, Kelland, Morris, and Lloyd state that a small range of emotions is often sufficient, as in successful Japanese anime television series.

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.

Mobile Suit Gundam was also later aired by the anime satellite television network, Animax, across Japan, with the series continuing to be aired on the network currently, and later its respective networks worldwide, including Hong Kong, Southeast Asia, South Asia, and other regions.

Examples include the Sean Connery film Outland, the Firefly television series, and the film sequel Serenity by Joss Whedon, as well as the manga and anime series Trigun, Outlaw Star, and Cowboy Bebop.

Throughout history, succubi have been popular characters in music, literature, film, television, and especially as video game and anime characters.

is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced by Sunrise Studios and directed by Kazuki Akane.

* Barefoot Gen Fact-based manga which subsequently was adapted into film, anime and television drama formats.

* Ulysses 31, a French-Japanese anime television program

The anime included some story arcs not covered in the manga, and is notable for being the only one of Rumiko Takahashi's four long-running series where the television series ending corresponds to the manga ending.

Ninja appear in many forms of Japanese and Western popular media, including books ( Kōga Ninpōchō ), television ( Ninja Warrior ), movies ( You Only Live Twice, Ninja Assassin, The Last Samurai ), Satire ( REAL Ultimate Power: The Official Ninja Book ) video games ( Tenchu, Shinobi ), anime ( Naruto ), manga ( Basilisk ) and Western comic books ( Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and G. I.

is a 26-episode Japanese anime television series produced in 2001 by the Bee Train animation studio.

Sunrise has been involved in many popular and acclaimed anime television series, including Mobile Suit Gundam ( and all its various spinoffs and sequels since 1979 ), the Mashin Eiyūden Wataru series ( 1988 – 1997 ), the Yūsha series ( 1990 – 1997 ), the Eldran series ( 1991 – 1993 ) which has now become part of the Yūsha series since the Takara Tomy merger, and the Crest of the Stars series ( 1999 – 2001 ).

* In Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water, an early 1990s Japanese anime television series based on Jules Verne's 20, 000 Leagues Under the Sea and set in 1889, there is a submarine called the Nautilus, which is also captained by a Captain Nemo.

is an anime television series from 1982.

Like anime made for television broadcast, OVAs sub-divide into episodes.

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

* Boomer ( Bubblegum Crisis ), a fictional synthetic life form developed by Katsuhito Stingray in the anime series Bubblegum Crisis

In the world of anime, the MTV spoof series Ultracity 6060 created by Beavis and Butt-head animator Mike Judge has become a hard-to-acquire cult classic among American anime fans.

It has also been portrayed various times in the anime series Negima!

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.

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

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.

is a 1998 Japanese anime series developed by Sunrise.

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

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

Notable examples of space adventure anime series developed around this period include Sunrise's Outlaw Star and Madhouse's Trigun.

Thus, Cowboy Bebop was not just a normal anime series produced by Sunrise.

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.

Unlike many anime titles, viewers weren ’ t expected to have knowledge of Asian culture — character names, signs, and the like were primarily in English to begin with — or have seen any other anime series prior.

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

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