* 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.

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

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

New, albeit censored, editions of all three manga volumes remain in print from Kodansha in the United States ; home video versions of the various films and anime series are available in English as well.

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 ).

is a Japanese manga artist and prominent film director and animator of many popular anime feature films.

Oda Nobunaga appears frequently within fiction and continues to be portrayed in many other anime, manga, video games, and cinematic films.

Outside Japan, it is best known as the producer and distributor of many kaiju ( monster ) and tokusatsu ( special effects ) movies, the Chouseishin tokusatsu superhero TV franchise, the films of Akira Kurosawa, and the anime films of Studio Ghibli.

As the entries below tend to testify, Pierrot is most visible ( as in the 18th century ) in unapologetically popular genres — in circus acts and street-mime sketches, TV programs and Japanese anime, comic books and graphic novels, children's books and " young adult " fiction ( especially fantasy and, in particular, vampire fiction ), Hollywood films, and pop and rock music.

The scene is perhaps the best example of Eisenstein's theory on montage, and many films pay homage to the scene, including Terry Gilliam's Brazil, Francis Ford Coppola's The Godfather, Brian De Palma's The Untouchables, Tibor Takacs ' Deathline, Laurel and Hardy's The Music Box, George Lucas's Star Wars Episode III: Revenge of the Sith, Chandrashekhar Narvekar's Hindi film Tezaab, Shukō Murase's anime Ergo Proxy and Peter Sellers ' The Magic Christian.

The Sengoku period has been used as the setting for a myriad of books, films, anime, and video games.

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In the ' 90s, pop songs were often used in films, anime, television advertisement and dramatic programming, becoming some of the best-selling forms of music in Japan.

Theme music composed for films, anime, Tokusatsu, and Japanese television dramas are considered a separate music genre.

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Favorite sources include manga and anime, comic books, video games and films.

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The genre encompasses action fiction, action films, action games and analogous media in other formats such as manga and anime.

is a fictional character from the Japanese science fiction anime television series Mobile Suit Gundam and the related films.

is a composer, arranger and musician best known for her work on the soundtracks for many anime films, television series, live-action films, video games, and advertisements.

First, the upper portion requires series of films for every child, consisting of those from Hand, Elbow, Shoulder, Knee, and Foot.

The popular AFI 100 Years … series, which ran from 1998 to 2008, and created jury-selected lists of America ’ s best movies in categories including Musicals, Laughs and Thrills, drove new generations to experience classic American films.

A 1945 radio series of at least 13 original half-hour episodes ( none of which apparently adapt any Christie stories ) transferred Poirot from London to New York and starred character actor Harold Huber, perhaps better known for his appearances as a police officer in various Charlie Chan films.

The success of the series has led to the adaptation of several books into 14 films: ten animated, and four with live actors.

The character Worf does so in almost every one of his appearances through two series and four films.

" Ash " Williams in Sam Raimi's Evil Dead series of films and he has starred in many low-budget cult films such as Crimewave, Maniac Cop, Bubba Ho-tep, Escape From L. A. and Sundown: The Vampire in Retreat.

The first two films in the series are considered horror classics and are credited with spawning the " horror comedy " genre.

He has appeared in many of Raimi's films outside of the Evil Dead series, notably cameo roles in the Spider-Man film series.

* Borzoi can also been seen in cameo roles in the films Love at First Bite, Legends of the Fall (" Notchee Boy "), Excalibur, All Dogs Go to Heaven ( 1989 ), Bride of Frankenstein, Easter Parade, Wolfen, Ziegfeld Follies, Onegin ( 1999 ), Gangs of New York ( 2002 ), Chaplin, The Avengers ( TV series ), JAG, Maverick ( 1994 ), Sleepy Hollow, Last Action Hero, and A Knights Tale ( on the DVD deleted scenes ).

In 1986, the film was featured in the syndicated series, the Canned Film Festival and was later featured on the comedy series, Mystery Science Theater 3000, which also featured other Wood films.

The following year, in November 1963, the Plaza Theater in New York started a year-long series of Chaplin's films, including Monsieur Verdoux and Limelight, which now gained excellent reviews from American critics.

In England in the late 1940s, Ealing Studios achieved popular success as well as critical acclaim with a series of films known collectively as the " Ealing comedies ", from 1947 to 1957.

The British film industry produced a number of highly successful film series, however, including the Doctor series, the St. Trinian's films and the increasingly bawdy Carry On films.

Most British comedy films of the early 1970s were spin-offs of television series, including Dad's Army and On the Buses.

Starting in 1996, Guest began writing, directing and acting in his own series of heavily improvised films.

Certainly not as pristine a future we would see in other series or films, Cowboy Bebop decides to deliver a future that closely reflects that of our own time.

Watanabe, however, made no secret that, in addition to Lupin III, the series paid subtle tribute to his favorite American films and series, which were shown in Japan during the 1970s and ' 80s including Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid ( the relationship between Spike and Jet ), Bruce Lee films ( Spike's martial-arts practice ), films with blues or jazz soundtracks ( the music of the series ), as well as Blaxploitation films ( the series has a very racially diverse supporting cast ).

Finally in the same episode, Batou expresses his fondness of Marx Brothers films, although not from the story, Salinger is a known fan of the films.

Shirow's characterization of Batou in the manga, and indeed the other members of Section 9, is notably more light-hearted than the characterization used in Mamoru Oshii's films of the same name.

The portrayal of Batou in Mamoru Oshii's films is very different from the depiction in the anime series.

In both films, Batou carries a gun dubbed a " Jericho 942 ," based on the real Jericho 941 made by IMI but chambered for. 50AE.

Like Oshii's films, the series suggests romantic tension between the Major and Batou.