* In the anime Hellsing, a Baobhan sith who claims to be the sister of Integra Hellsing makes an appearance.

* Dashwood's " Hellfire Club " makes many appearances in the anime Le Chevalier D ' Eon.

Much of Japanese animation ( anime ) makes use of techniques adapted from limited animation.

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.

Another episode makes a parody of the Macross anime, as the crew celebrates a Miss Nadesico contest to decide a new captain and public figurehead, in which all the female crew members participate.

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

The Mammoth Car in this episode makes the same sound as it did in the anime, made when its headlights were turned on.

In the anime, Mr. Cat particularly makes this threat to Duck, due to her lack of concentration during practice as well as her constant tardiness.

This practice is also fairly common in certain comics, such as Svetlana Chmakova's Dramacon, which makes several product-placement-esque usages of " Pawky ", ( a modification of the name of the Japanese snack " Pocky ", popular among the anime and manga fan community in which the story is set ) or Naoko Takeuchi's Sailor Moon, which includes numerous references to the series Codename: Sailor V, which Sailor Moon was spun off of ; the anime makes further use of this meta-referential gag, going so far as having an animator on a Codename: Sailor V feature film be a victim in one episode.

Wigglytuff makes multiple appearances in the Pokémon anime ; Wigglytuff acts in a film in one episode, while a Wigglytuff appears with a sinister smile in another.

* Gennai makes an appearance in the anime Read or Die, along with the clones of many other historical and legendary figures.

* In the anime Flint the Time Detective, he makes an appearance with the Time Shifter Elecky as he uses it to make giant robots.

She makes her appearance in the Great Guardians anime, arriving to the house of Hakufu ( Sun Ce's reincarnation ), Goei ( Madame Wu's ) and Koukin ( Zhou Yu's ) and masquerading as the incarnation of Sun Ce's brother, Sun Quan ( alias Sonken Chuubou ).

It makes multiple appearances in the anime and manga, notably in the film Pokémon The Movie 2000.

It makes multiple appearances in the anime and manga, notably in the film Pokémon The Movie 2000.

In the Electric Tale of Pikachu manga, the character Mikey ( who appeared in the anime episode: " The Battling Eevee Brothers ") makes an appearance with his own Eevee and within the chapter that he appears in, Mikey attempts to prove to his brothers that he doesn't need to evolve his Eevee to win battles.

* The 2009 Japanese visual novel, novel, manga, and anime series, Steins ; Gate makes heavy use of the legend of John Titor, the IBM 5100, the fictional organization SERN ( based off of the real organization CERN ), and a character using Titor's name as a pseudonym .< ref >

Her blue and white farm dress slightly differs from how it was described in the books ( in fact, it looks quite Alice in Wonderland-esque ), but her anime design makes her appear young.

DoCo makes one actual performance in the Ranma ½ anime, in the OAV " Tendo Family Christmas Scramble " as the opening act for the Christmas party that is hosted by the Tendos.

Shirow Masamune's anime series Ghost Hound makes several references to Dr. Penfield and his studies.

From anime theme songs being sung by the characters ( namely by the elven mage Niele, who makes constant references to Pokémon throughout the series, sometimes confusing main character Lisandra ) to anime characters hidden among the crowd.

The text gives reference, for example, to the flame-proof " ( or salamander )' s fur robe " ( perhaps familiar to watchers of the anime InuYasha as the vestment of the title character ), which attests to considerable degree of book-knowledge and learning by its author.

During his brief appearance in the anime, he is shown coughing and having pain in his chest, a reference to his death by tuberculosis.

Originally intended as a one-shot in the manga's episodic introduction of new games, the game was named " Magic and Wizards " as a reference to the card game Magic: The Gathering and its publishing company Wizards of the Coast ( the card game's name was changed to " Duel Monsters " in the anime adaptations ).

The Human Instrumentality Project in the Neon Genesis Evangelion anime series is a reference to Cordwainer's works.

A password used in the anime Serial Experiments Lain, " Think Bule Count One Tow " ( used by Lain's father ) is a misspelled reference to Think Blue, Count Two.

* An episode of the anime Digimon Frontier, entitled " The Great Trailmon Race " ( a homage to Wacky Races ), a ShadowWereGarurumon and his Dogmon sidekick attempted to undermine the other racers, as a reference to Dastardly and Muttley, and, at one point in the original Japanese version, ShadowWereGarurumon gives Doggymon a Dick Dastardly-style knock to the head after Doggymon laughs.

Common plot points include such otaku-centric activities as the buying and creation of dōjinshi, fan-made manga usually of erotic content ; convincing a character to try cosplay ( the dressing up as characters from manga, anime, or video games ); the creation of plamo ( plastic models that must be assembled ); visiting Akihabara, Tokyo's electronics shopping district ; or attending the biannual Comic Festival (" Comifes "), a reference to Comic Market (" Comiket "), Japan's single largest anime-and manga-focused fan convention.

MegaMan is also a secret character in Capcom's Onimusha Blade Warriors series, and in Battle Network 5 two BattleChips are based on Duel Masters, a reference to the double billing of movie adaptations of their respective anime series.

It has seen several editions since its introduction in 1984, the most recent, Mekton Zeta ( メクトン Z ; a reference to the seminal mecha anime series Mobile Suit Zeta Gundam ) being first published in 1994.

An episode of the Hoshi no Kirby anime series (" Kirby: Right Back at Ya " in America ) contains an Ultraman reference, leading to the possibility that " Tiga " may have only been licensed in order to explain the reference ( both shows debuted on the same day ).

The most well-known reference in Western youth culture to Fruits Basket is the anime and manga series of the same name, where it is used as a metaphor for ability to integrate with a social group.

This type of editing may involve altering nudity or sexual innuendo, violence, profanity, possible racism ( in most cases, there is no racism in any anime but nevertheless is still removed to avoid confusion ), and / or religious reference ( s ).

: The anime title occasionally makes a reference to the program, namely in the episode 19, 23, and 26.

Daedalus is the name of a major character in the game Deus Ex and the anime Ergo Proxy.

A second game bearing the anime TV series title Stand Alone Complex was released in November 2004 on PlayStation 2, developed by Sony Computer Entertainment and Cavia and published by Bandai.

In the anime based on the video game however, Limbo is shown as a peaceful part of Hell where the shades of historical pagans debate with one another in philosophical matters.

Nobunaga is portrayed as evil, villainous, bloodthirsty, and / or demonic in the video games: Ninja Master's, Sengoku ( 1991 ), Inindo: Way of the Ninja, Atlantica Online, Sengoku Basara ( and anime ), and the two video game series Onimusha and Samurai Warriors.

It was intended for a young audience with anime quiz software and edutainment making up most of the game library.

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

In addition, the anime cut-scenes introduced in the Sega Saturn version of the game return with subtitles based on the Xbox 360's system language.

Several bonus features were added to each game, such as art galleries, bestiaries, and cutscenes — including computer-generated full motion video used at the beginning of Final Fantasy IV and anime scenes used throughout Chrono Trigger.

* Berserker ( Fate / stay night ), a character in the computer game and anime Fate / stay night

The Mi-Go are one of the main enemies of humanity in the role-playing game CthulhuTech, which combines Lovecraft's fiction with tropes and themes from mecha anime.

There were earlier appearances of Luigi being taller than Mario: in the 1988 Famicom Disk System game Famicom Grand Prix II: 3D Hot Rally and earlier, in a very rare 1986 anime Super Mario Bros .: Peach-Hime Kyushutsu Dai Sakusen!

* Naga, a character in the video game and anime series Monster Rancher

A marketing agreement between Sega and the producers of the anime Zillion resulted in a game based on the anime series in which the protagonists use a pistol which is nearly identical to the Light Phaser, including the cable.

Kyaraben is typically decorated to look like popular Japanese cartoon ( anime ) characters, characters from comic books ( manga ), or video game characters.

* imagine-nation-hosted by MC Isabell with reporters Gow, Kei, Sawa, Justin, Nadia & Pettas ; Spotlighting Japanese pop culture, interviews with leading creators are featured along with the latest trends in Japanese anime, video game and manga.

A cosplay enthusiast will usually dress as a fictional or iconic character from a band, game, movie, anime, or manga.

* Stand ( JoJo's Bizarre Adventure ), a supernatural power in the manga, anime and game series JoJo's Bizarre Adventure

The characters chosen to be cosplayed may be sourced from any movie, TV series, book, comic book, video game or music band but the practice of cosplay is most often associated with replicating anime and manga characters.

Other cosplayers, who prefer to create their own costumes, still provide a market for individual elements, accessories, and various raw materials, such as unstyled wigs or extensions, hair dye, cloth and sewing notions, liquid latex, body paint, shoes, costume jewellery and prop weapons. Some anime and video game characters have weapons or other accessories that are hard to replicate, and conventions have strict rules regarding those weapons but, most cosplayers engage in some combination of methods to obtain all the items necessary for their costume ; for example they may commission a prop weapon, sew their own clothing, buy character jewelry from a cosplay accessory manufacturer, and buy a pair of off-the-rack shoes and modify them to match the desired look.

Since 1998, Tokyo's Akihabara district contains a number of cosplay restaurants, catering to devoted anime and cosplay fans, where the waitresses at such cafés dress as video game or anime characters ; maid cafés are particularly popular.

A cosplay model, also known as a cosplay idol, cosplays costumes for anime and manga or video game companies.

The franchise's non-video game media, particularly the anime, has expanded upon the character, giving Mewtwo a male voice and, while aware of why it was created, actively questioning its own existence.

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