Much of the material derives from male-oriented ( shōnen and seinen ) works which contained male-male close friendships and are perceived by fans to imply homosexual attraction, such as with Captain Tsubasa and Saint Seiya, two titles which popularised yaoi in the 1980s.

* Captain Tsubasa Road to Dream ( 2002 )-Misaki Taro ( child )

* Captain Tsubasa J: The Way to World Youth

* Captain Tsubasa J: Get In The Tomorrow

* Minami Ozaki, creator of the boylove manga Zetsuai, is an extremely prolific doujinshi creator who has authored numerous yaoi publications, most notably featuring characters from the soccer manga, Captain Tsubasa.

* Hyūga Kojirō from the anime / manga Captain Tsubasa

* Captain Tsubasa J as Makoto Soda

* Captain Tsubasa ( Road to 2002 ) ( Hikaru Matsuyama )

* Captain Tsubasa ( Captain Tsubasa J ) ( adult Misaki Taro )

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* Captain Tsubasa J-Ken Wakashimazu

* Captain Tsubasa Road to 2002-Tsubasa Ôzora ( adult )-Taro Misaki

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* Captain Tsubasa ( Holly & Benji )

The first worldwide popular association football-oriented Japanese animation ( manga ) series, Captain Tsubasa, was started in 1981.

Captain Tsubasa was extremely popular among children ( boys and girls ) in Japan.

Captain Tsubasa has also inspired the likes of prominent footballers such as Hidetoshi Nakata, Seigo Narazaki, Zinedine Zidane, Francesco Totti, Fernando Torres, Christian Vieri, Giuseppe Sculli and Alessandro Del Piero to play association football and choose it as a career.

* In Captain Tsubasa, Hyuga Kojiro's third special shot was named " Raiju Shot " because of its sharp, uppercutting effect.

It was continued onto a sequel, Captain Tsubasa: " World Youth " Saga, which was serialized between 1994 and 1997 in Shōnen Jump, spanning 18 volumes, and another sequel, entitled Captain Tsubasa: Road to 2002, which was serialized between 2001 and 2004 in Weekly Young Jump, which spanned 15 volumes.

* The manga Captain Nemo by Jason DeAngeles and Aldin Viray.

* Captain ( Hellsing ), a fictional character from the Hellsing manga and OVA

* Captain ( manga ) ( キャプテン ), a baseball manga series by Akio Chiba

: Captain Terror is the leader of the Car Acrobatic Team, is shown as an arrogant racing car driver in the manga, sabotaging races for his own benefit.

The role Captain Terror had in the manga was lifted on to the Snake Oiler character, therefore Captain Terror's role in the Alpine Race was replaced with Snake.

* The anime and manga series Space Pirate Captain Harlock takes place in 2977.

* Shigekuni Yamamoto-Genryūsai, the General ( sotaicho ) and 1st Division Captain ( ichibantai-taicho ) in the Bleach manga and anime

( also known as " Captain Herlock " for the English release of Endless Odyssey and as " Albator " in the French-speaking countries ) is a fictional character created by manga artist Leiji Matsumoto.

On March 24, 2010, Toei Animation announced the release of the new Harlock movie, they announced a completed pilot for its planned computer-graphics remake of Leiji Matsumoto and Toei's Space Pirate Captain Harlock manga and anime franchise, and it has revealed a preliminary image and the project's staff.

The idea was still used later in a Yamato manga by Matsumoto where Yamato later encounters Mamoru who assumed the false identity of Captain Harlock ( as revealed when hero Susumu Kodai finds a copy of a Captain Harlock manga among his supposedly dead brother's belongings ).

Another divergence from the manga takes place here when Emeraldas states that there are five Cosmo Dragoons in existence ( hers and the ones owned by Tochiro, Captain Harlock, Tetsuro and Maetel ), whereas in the manga there are only four.

, also known as Flash Kicker, or Captain Majid in Arab speaking countries, is a popular long-running Japanese manga, animation, and video game series, originally created by Yōichi Takahashi in 1981.

The eleventh volume of the Bakuman manga mentions Captain Tsubasa.

* Captain Tsubasa manga official website

* Ambrós ( Miguel Ambrosio Zaragoza ( 31 August 1913 – 30 September 1992 )), a distinguished comic strip cartoonist, most famous for the comic book series Capitán Trueno ( Captain Thunder ).

Conversely, Fleet Captain Honoré Ganteaume later reported the cause as an explosion on the quarterdeck, preceded by a series of minor fires on the main deck among the ship's boats.

Charles played the emotionally disturbed and violent prisoner, Eugene Buffy, in the high successful Lynda La Plante drama series The Governor ( 1995 ); the title role in the Channel 4 pirate sitcom Captain Butler ( 1997 ); the warden of a women's prison in the Canadian sci-fi fantasy Lexx ( 2001 ); Detective Chief Inspector Mercer in 7 episodes of the BBC soap opera Doctors ( 2003 ); and soccer agent, Joel Brooks, in the Sky TV football soap Dream Team ( 2004-5 ).

Captain Vancouver played an undeniable role in the subsequent series of upheavals and losses in the lives and homelands of the Indians on the North American Pacific Coast, since his explorations opened up the region to European colonization of the New World.

* International Cricket Captain ( series ), a video game series about cricket management

After a series of legal battles between 1912 and 1914, Dirks left the Hearst organization and began a new strip, first titled Hans und Fritz and then The Captain and the Kids.

In 1938, The Captain and the Kids became the subject of Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer's first self-produced series of theatrical short subject cartoons, directed by William Hanna, Bob Allen and Friz Freleng.

Pit was a recurring character in the American animated television series Captain N: The Game Master, and made cameo appearances in Nintendo games such as Tetris, F-1 Race and Super Smash Bros. Melee.

Commissioned officers rise through a series of six ranks, namely ( in English translation ): Sub-Lieutenant, Lieutenant, Captain, Commandant, Lieutenant Colonel, Colonel.

Star Trek is an American science fiction television series created by Gene Roddenberry that follows the adventures of the starship and its crew, led by Captain James T. Kirk ( William Shatner ), first officer Spock ( Leonard Nimoy ), and chief medical officer Dr. Leonard McCoy ( DeForest Kelley ), in the 23rd century.

The crew faces situations that are familiar to Star Trek fans and shows the origins of some concepts which have become taken for granted in Star Trek canon, such as Lt. Reed's development of force fields and Captain Archer's questions about cultural interference eventually being answered by later series ' Prime Directive.

Seven begins to regain her humanity as the series progresses, thanks to ongoing efforts by Captain Janeway to show her that the perfection the Borg seek is not compatible with the imperfection of humanity ; however emotions such as love and care are more important to happiness.

In the series finale " All Good Things ...", it is revealed that in an alternate future, Dr. Crusher and Captain Picard had been married and then divorced — still evidently having feelings for each other after so many years.

Following the television series and films, the relationship between Dr. Crusher and Captain Picard continued throughout the non-canonical Star Trek: The Next Generation pocket book series, to the point of marrying and having children.

Within eight months of Captain Video's debut, two other landmark series were launched-Tom Corbett, Space Cadet ( 8 / 50-6 / 55 ) and Space Patrol ( 3 / 50-2 / 55 ).

Other children's series of note in the 1950s would be Captain Z-Ro which was broadcast starting in 1951, Rocky Jones, Space Ranger, and Flash Gordon ( 1954 TV series ) syndicated in 1954.

Gerry Anderson made science fiction series for ITV using the puppet based ' Supermarionation ' technique including Fireball XL5 ( 1962 – 63 ), Thunderbirds ( 1965 – 66 ), Captain Scarlet and the Mysterons ( 1967 & 68 ), and Stingray ( 1964 – 65 ) which all retain a following.

* Sigismund, a character from the Warhammer 40, 000 game series, First Captain of the Imperial Fists Legion and later founder and first High Marshall of the Black Templars Chapter

The 13 episodes would have introduced Captain Harlock as a new series character.

The Nintendo / Skip Ltd. games GiFTPiA and Captain Rainbow both contain references to the series.

He also created the environmental-themed animated series Captain Planet and the Planeteers.

Captain Grissom then underwent a series of physical and psychological tests and on April 13, 1959, was notified that he had been chosen as one of the seven Mercury astronauts.