Hopper's influence reached the Japanese animation world in the dark cyberpunk thriller Texhnolyze.

Tetsuo is considered the definitive example of Japanese cyberpunk.

Inspired by both the American movie Star Wars, the work of Moebius and the Japanese animated series Tetsujin 28, Otomo created a work centered in the emerging cyberpunk tradition.

* Ghost in the Shell, a Japanese cyberpunk manga and anime film series

Tetsuo: The Iron Man ( 鉄男: Tetsuo ) is a 1989 Japanese cyberpunk film by cult-film director Shinya Tsukamoto produced by Japan Home Video.

964 Pinocchio and Rubber's Lover are considered important, core films of the Japanese cyberpunk genre.

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.

* 1958 – Yoshito Usui, Japanese manga artist

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

Since the introduction of the comic book format in 1933 with the publication of Famous Funnies, the United States has produced the most titles, along with British comics and Japanese manga, in terms of quantity of titles.

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.

* 1953 – Masami Kurumada, Japanese manga artist

* 1971 – Mine Yoshizaki, Japanese manga artist

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

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

* 1919 – Takashi Yanase, Japanese manga artist

* 1989 – Osamu Tezuka, Japanese manga artist ( b. 1928 )

In America, the fandom also began as an offshoot of science fiction fandom, with fans bringing imported copies of Japanese manga to conventions.

In 1988 Dark Horse Comics released a six-issue limited series, Godzilla, which was an American adaptation of the Japanese manga adaptation of The Return of Godzilla.

is a media franchise based on the Japanese seinen manga series written and illustrated by Masamune Shirow.

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.

Hentai manga on display at a Japanese bookstore.

Eroticism for the masses: Japanese manga comics and their assimilation into the U. S. Sexuality & Culture, 6 ( 1 ) pp. 3 – 126.

* Toaru Majutsu no Index, a Japanese light novel, manga, and anime series

* 1960 – Naoki Urasawa, Japanese manga author

* 1973 – Mayu Shinjo, Japanese manga artist

is the pen-name of Japanese manga artist Michitaka Kikuchi whose work spans multiple genres and appeals to diverse audiences.

One of the most widely published Japanese manga artist, nearly all of his stories have been translated into other languages, including English.

is a Japanese manga artist, screenwriter and film director.

Ghost in the Shell is a futuristic police thriller dealing with the exploits of the cyborg Motoko Kusanagi, a member of a covert operations division of the Japanese National Public Safety Commission known as Section 9.

In November 13, 2010, Paramount and Shochiku released a Japanese remake of Ghost, titled.

The success of A Better Tomorrow and A Chinese Ghost Story made his name known in the Japanese and South Korea film markets.

* In the Japanese anime series Ghost Hound, psychiatrist Atsushi Hirata emails an MRI scan image of a brain to colleague neurologist Reika Ōtori, who initially diagnoses the brain in the image as showing signs of Lewy Body Dementia.

Japanese manga series Ghost in the Shell cyclically returns to this paradox of a " human " whose body is replaced by artificial parts.

* Ishikawa ( Ghost in the Shell ), a character in the Japanese seinen manga Ghost in the Shell

O-bon, or simply Bon, is the Japanese version of the Ghost Festival.

The original soundtrack for Ghost in the Shell used Japanese choir singing parts of the Min ' yō prayer toho kami emi tame and taiko drums.

Its title track has been covered by various bands, including The Presidents of the United States of America, who completely reworked the lyrics to an upbeat form on their eponymous debut album in 1995, post-punkers Volcano Suns on their 1989 double album Thing of Beauty, hard rock band Blue Öyster Cult on their 1978 live album Some Enchanted Evening, Rage Against the Machine on their album Renegades with Tom Morello also performing the song with Street Sweeper Social Club and Trent Reznor live, Henry Rollins with Bad Brains for the Pump Up the Volume soundtrack, Afrika Bambaataa, Monster Magnet, Japanese rockers Guitar Wolf on their debut album Run Wolf Run, Jeff Buckley ( whose version was released on his posthumous " legacy edition " of Grace on the bonus CD of unreleased songs ), Entombed on the EP Family Favourites, Silverchair, and Give Up the Ghost ( formerly American Nightmare ) on their Year One compilation.

* Ghost ( 1984 band ), a Japanese experimental rock band founded in 1984

* Ghost ( 2004 band ), a Japanese gothic rock band founded in 2004

* Ghost ( Ghost album ), the debut album by the Japanese band Ghost

*" Ghost " ( Gackt song ), the twenty-ninth single by Japanese musical artist Gackt

Asking himself how he and the rest of the development team could " take the battles from Dragon Quest and make them more fun ", he drew inspiration from an obscure Japanese PC game called Silver Ghost, " a simulation action type of game where you had to direct, oversee and command multiple characters.

* The Major, nickname of Motoko Kusanagi, character in the Japanese anime / manga series Ghost in the Shell

A 2005 nationwide survey taken in Japan by TV Asahi, sampling age groups from teenagers to adults in their sixties, ranked Tom and Jerry # 85 in a list of the top 100 " anime " of all time ; while their web poll taken after the airing of the list ranked it at # 58-the only non-Japanese animation on the list, and beating anime classics like Tsubasa: Reservoir Chronicle, A Little Princess Sara, and the ultra-classics Macross and Ghost in the Shell ( it should be noted that in Japan, the word " anime " refers to all animation regardless of origin, not just Japanese animation ).

PBS have been cited as a key influence by various musicians including The Dream Academy, Damon and Naomi, the Bevis Frond, Magic Hero vs. Rock People, The Late Cord, This Mortal Coil, and the Japanese band Ghost.

* Characters appearing in Japanese manga and anime that possess psychometric abilities include Chiba Mamoru from Sailor Moon and Olivier Davis from Ghost Hunt.

Best known for his humorous mysteries, Akagawa's first novel, Ghost Train, was published in 1976 and went on to win the annually granted All Yomimono New Mystery Writers ' Prize by Bungeishunjū, a Japanese literary publishing company.

Katy then becomes entranced by a man posing as a lord ( Danshaku in Japanese, Baron de Ghost in English ).

* Joe Yimbo ( a play on words on the Japanese " Yojimbo ", first appeared in 1994's Ghost Special )