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*Manga/TV anime Gegege no Kitarou - Otoroshi featured in one of the stories. *Manga/TV anime Inu-Yasha - There is an antagonistic otoroshi cast from the body of villain

*Manga/TV anime Bakuretsu Hunter/Sorcerer Hunters - Marron Glaces regularly uses shikigami. *Manga/TV anime Shaman King - Shikigami factor into this series, most especially the two cr

Nurikabe, like other yokai, often appear in manga and anime. For example, the anime and manga GeGeGe no Kitaro features a nurikabe as the hero's ally, as does

...of lightning fast weasels wielding razor-sharp claws appealed to manga and anime artists and the kamaitachi often appear in those media. * Temari in the manga/anime Naruto uses kamaitachi-inspired techniques including the summoning of a kam

...bi style that's available as an extra on the box set of the Ushio and Tora anime.

* InuYasha, Sesshomaru, Sesshomaru's Mother, and Inu no Taishou in the anime InuYasha * Kotaro Inugami from the manga and anime series Negima.

* A character in the manga/anime City Hunter is nicknamed Umibozu. He is a large muscle-bound hitman and his * In a filler arc of the anime Naruto, a man who is an accomplice of Orochimaru named Amachi summoned a cr

* A lighter version of Wanyudo is appears in the anime "Jigoku Shoujo". * In the anime Karas, a Wanyudo is converted into a mechanized demon 'Mikura.' As a nod to

*Manga/TV anime Gegege no Kitarou - Ittan Momen is one of Kitarou's closest friends and oft ...ege no Kitarou (Super Famicom) - Ittan Momen plays his role from the manga/anime series and carries Kitarou on his back for the flying stages.

*The character Hannya in the popular manga and anime series Rurouni Kenshin wears and takes his name from this mask

...uman-faced fruit appears in the episode "Fateful Night in Togenkyo" of the anime Inuyasha.

...the legend as well, often in throwaway lines. This is especially true for anime made in the 1980s, when the 1979 reports were fresh in people's memories. *Several kuchisake-onna appear in the manga and anime series Hell Teacher Nube.

* Amanojaku is the demon who possessed the cat Kaya in the anime Ghost Stories. * In episode 13 and 14 of the anime, Hanada Shounen Shi, an Amanojaku is the "ghost of the day".

*Manga/TV anime Gegege no Kitarou - Ashimagari appear in one of the many adventures of Kita

*An amefurikozo also appears in the Karas anime.

* The anime ''Ceres: Celestial Legend'' uses the ''tennyo'' kidnapping as the basis of * The hentai anime ''Twin Angels'' uses a ''tennyo'' as the family ancestor and founder of a d

*The demon horse Entei from Season 7 of the Inuyasha anime may be based paritally on this horse since it chooses only one rider which

...ttle Against the Dried Up Demons at the Cultural Festival" of the Inuyasha anime, a gaint catfish demon is captured while thrashing its tail around on the s

===Anime/Comics/Manga=== *The ''Hellsing Organization'' and ''Alexander Anderson'' from the anime ''''Hellsing'''''

...rrectly referred to as Mermen, are a race who appear throughout the entire anime/manga series of One Piece on a regular basis. They look like humans with fi * The manga/anime series, Mermaid's Scar and Mermaid Forest by Rumiko Takahashi is based on t

* Zabimaru, the zanpakuto of Renji Abarai in the manga/anime series Bleach, manifests itself as a nue. * Nue is the name of a mikura, a yokai turned blood-drinking machine, in the anime/CG 6-part OVA Karas

* Hitodama is an ally of the main character Okinu in the Ghost Sweeper Mikami anime and manga. * The are usually used as face faults in many anime, usually indicating depression.

Several creatures in anime and manga are inspired by Raiju, such as the Pokémon Raikou (Pokémon) and

*Manga/TV anime Dragon Ball - Enma employs oni as underlings. *Manga/TV anime Jigoku Sensei Nube (official page) - Nube - Nueno Meisuke, or "Nube" as he

* In the anime series Ayakashi(3rd arc) and Mononoke (last arc) * In the manga/anime series Hyper Police the character Natsuki Sasahara is half-human/half-nekom

* Manga/TV anime Gegege no Kitarou - Konaki-jiji is one of Kitarou's friends and often hangs

*a karakasa is seen in the anime movie "karas the revelation" where it saves important characters from being

*In the manga and anime series ''One Piece'', the pirate ship ''Merry Go|Going Merry'', unknown by

* In the manga/anime series xxxHolic, Yuuko Ichihara receives a kuda-gitsune from the rain-spiri

* Forneus is the main servant of Adilisia Lenn Mathers in the anime Rental Magica.

In the popular [[anime]] series [[Neon Genesis Evangelion]], the seventeenth [[Angel (Neon Genesis

*Manga/TV Anime Shaman King - The Giant Oversoul form of Tokageroh is none other than Oroch *TV anime Blue Seed - Reportedly the legend of Orochi features heavily into this supe

...appears as a collossal artifact of great power in the highly controversial anime series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion''. There it is the only projectile that ca * The sequel to the infamous hentai anime series Bible Black is called Shin Bible Black Lanze de Longinus.

* Miki Hosokawa in the manga/anime Hell Teacher Nube is a rokurokubi.

*In the anime Karas, a bloodthirsty Ushi-Oni becomes a mechanized 'Mikura' concealing its

Tanuki appear in numerous anime, manga and video games. *Hachi from the anime series InuYasha takes the form of a tanuki. Ranma 1/2, which was written by

* Moé-chan, a French-made automaton from the Love Hina anime series, is identified as a "tsukumogami".

* Marchosias appears in the light novel, anime, and manga series Shakugan no Shana as a Crimson Lord bound to the Flame Ha

*Naraku from the anime/manga Inuyasha and Inuyasha:The Final Act may be based on this,since his tr

*In manga/anime Nurarihyon no Mago *In manga/anime, such as Yukime in Hell Teacher Nube,

Today shinigami frequently appear in original Japanese works of fiction (anime and manga most often). However, Shinigami may also be used more loosely to * The protagonist of the anime Darker Than Black, codename Hei, is known by the nickname "Black Shinigami"

...a [[wikipedia:Zeon]] [[wikipedia:Mobile Suit]] in the [[wikipedia:Gundam]] anime series. *"Efreet" is one of the monsters defeated by Dark Shneider in the anime "Bastard".

*Manga/TV anime Dororon Enmakun - Kappaeru - Enma's kappa friend Kappaeru accompanies him o *Manga/TV anime Urusei Yatsura/Lum - A family of kappa, at one point, draw Ataru underwater

* In the popular anime ''Saint Seiya'', as a villain under the legion of [[Hades]] minions. * The soundtrack of the anime series ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'''s includes several versions of a song ti

* Manga/TV anime Jigoku Sensei Nube (official site) - In this series a Futakuchi-onna is see

*''Spriggan'' is a manga series and 1998 anime movie.

* In the anime/manga Berserk, Behelit is an item that can be used to call the Demonic demi

...similar to, and most likely based on Moguera, appears in episode 48 of the anime ''Sonic X''. In the same episode a giant moth also appears, very similar to

...while the other is an adaptation of the third novel in the series. In both anime, D is referred to, both directly and indirectly, as the son of [[Count Drac

In the ''Twelve Kingdoms'' anime series, based on the fantasy novels by Fuyumi Ono, the monarch of each king

...well as the ''Star Wars univers''e. Examples of insectoid aliens in sci-fi anime are the "Uchuu Kaijuu" ("Space Monsters") from ''Gunbuster'' and the "Vajra

...he character designer is Suzuhito Yasuda - creator of another sobrenatural anime/manga series "Yozakura Quartet".

* Shippo from the Inuyasha anime/manga is based partially on kitsunes. * The nine-tailed fox demon that possesses Naruto in the Naruto anime is based on kitsunes.

* Baragon had a cameo in the hit anime series ''Dragon Ball''.

* In the anime ''Negima!?'' a robotic chupacabra is featured that looks similar to Gigan.

===Comics/Manga/Anime=== *In the second series of the anime version of ''Those Who Hunt Elves'' mermaids are portrayed as a group of fe

* Impmon from the anime series, Digimon Tamers, is clearly based on the archetypal image of an imp

* ''The Tale of the White Serpent'' (1958), the first coloured anime feature film in Japan, released in the United States as Panda and the Magic

* In episode 40 of the ''Kimagure Orange Road'' anime TV series, the cast are making an amateur movie referencing certain element * In the ''Love Hina'' anime, Motoko has a dream where Mutsumi Otohime appears as two tiny versions of h

* The popular fantasy anime ''Record of Lodoss War'' features Sylph as the guardian wind spirit of the

===Visual novels/Anime/Manga/Comics=== *In the Japanese visual novel and anime series "Fate/Stay Night", the Servant Rider is none other than Medusa herse

===Anime/Manga=== ...uardian of the seal, is one of the main characters in the popular Japanese anime '''Cardcaptor Sakura'''. In his true form, he looks more like a lion and he

===Anime/Manga=== *In the classic French/Japanese anime "The Mysterious Cities of Gold", statues of Quetzalcoatl appear as a recurr

* The ''Monster Rancher'' video games and anime series:Features anthropoid pixies that resemble angels and fairies.

In the anime and manga series ''Hellsing'', ghouls are [[zombie]]-like creatures that ar

..."Harpie Lady", which originated from Mai Valentine's deck in the manga and anime.

* In the [[anime]] series ''RahXephon'', the main weapons are called "Dolems". Like golems, *In the anime series, Slayers, golems are summoned to do the spell caster's bidding. One

* A Meowth from the Pokémon anime series dresses up like Puss In Boots. * In Gainax's 2000 anime FLCL, the third episode is named Maru Raba (Marquis de Carabas).

...pirate captain with supernatural powers, from the ''One Piece'' manga and anime. ...(Piedmon in the English version) from the first season of the ''Digimon'' anime.

*In the anime Legendz, Salamander is an anthropomorphic salamander who is relegated a rol

...aracter in the new Sakura Taisen OVA series Sakura Taisen: New York, as an anime catgirl with bat wings.

In ''Saint Seiya'', (Both the Manga and the Anime) Hades is the King of the Underworld. He has an army of 108 Spectres, Seiya In the anime Saint Seiya which is inspired in greek mythology Seiya and his friends have

* In episode 4 of the anime series Negima?!, the Flatwoods Monster appears for a brief moment.

* Simurgh is the name of the AMP's Rapid Response ship in the anime Silent Mobius

*The story of Talos may also have inspired the origin of the Japanese anime robot Mazinger Z.

...alchemist known as "The Father". Their method of creation differs from the anime severely; the substance Red Water that forms the Philosopher's Stone is inj *Another anime who made use of the homunculus concept is ''Cyberteam in Akihabara''. The h

===Anime/Comics/Manga===

In the anime series ''Beyblade'', characters battle using a form of spinning top, many o In the anime version of the game "Monster Rancher" a boy named Genki gets sucked into hi

* In the anime television series Full Metal Alchemist, the Ouroboros symbol was used to id

===Anime/Comics/Manga=== *Anubis is the name of a villain who turns good in the anime series Ronin Warriors

*2001 - In the vampire anime Hellsing a member of the Iscariot Organization refers to the main character

* In the anime Slayers, one of the lead characters, Zelgadis Greywords, is turned into a c

* Dragon Ball is a manga and anime metaseries

...(Sailor Galaxia's cronies) mentioned is ''Sailor Aluminum Siren''. In the anime, she doesn't sing, but just as her name suggests, she lures victims to thei

* In the anime and manga Shaman King, the Tao family has a massive army of jiāngshī at t

*In the anime series The Big O, Roger Smith Roger Smith does battle with a giant, many-he

* A creature named Manticore appears in the anime Boogiepop Phantom. It feeds on people but does not devour theam.

...ms, special effects action films, only marginally related genres such as [[anime]] and gaming, and completely unrelated fields such as [[UFOlogy]]. (The ter ...achronism]], the [[L-5 Society]], [[LARP]] gaming, [[Furry fandom]], and [[anime]]. SF fandom also has close historical links and a large population overlap

*In the anime [[Weiss Kreuz]], Naoe Nagi of the assassin team Schwartz displayed psychoki

...a cat goddess is turned into a genie catgirl, and becomes the slave of an anime fan.

...rror (genre)|horror]] [[fandom]], [[furry lifestylers]], [[cosplay]] and [[anime]]/[[manga]] fandom, and the more costuming-oriented aspects of high [[fetis

...voice actor who is best known for voicing Spike Spiegel in the dub of the anime series ''Cowboy Bebop'', appears in ''Doom 3'' playing various marines, tec

In the anime/manga BLEACH, ghosts appear in two types, pluses, good ghosts, and hollows,

In the anime, Saint Seiya (Knights of the Zodiac) Poseidon - one of Poseidon's marine ge

...prominently featured in comics and animation, such as [[Hakushin]] in the anime series "InuYasha", Anal Ho Tep from Eric Millikin's "Fetus-X", [[N'Kantu, t

...The word demon is often specifically chosen by the Japanese producers of [[anime]] and [[computer games]] as a translation of some other Japanese concepts a

*In the manga and anime series ''Hellsing'', the vampire Alucard (note: Dracula spelled backwards)

*Kazuki Takahashi, ''Yu-Gi-Oh! GX'' anime (2004–). The character Daitokuji is an alchemist who preserved his soul w