Osamu Tezuka
The Lion King was accused of plagiarizing this Tezuka manga.
Kimba the White Lion
Ogami Itto and his son Daigoro are the titular characters of this seminal manga series.
Lone Wolf and Cub
Akira
Misa Amane gets the Shinigami eyes from this Shinigami.
Rem
This swordsman's injuries include a missing eye, a mechanical arm, and a mark that makes him a target for monsters.
Guts
One of Tezuka's most acclaimed series is a fictionalized account of the life of this religious figure.
Buddha
Akira Kurosawa's Seven Samurai was adapted into a post-apocalyptic anime with a very similar title.
Samurai 7
This anime is set in a dystopian future where citizens are arrested if their "crime coefficient index" is too high.
Psycho-Pass
Tanjiro carries this demonically possessed family member in a barrel to keep her from the sun.
Nezuko
This former prince of Britannia becomes a resistance leader after he gains the power Geass.
Lelouch Vi Britannia
This manga shares a title with a 1927 silent film and was adapted into a movie directed by Rintaro and written by Katsuhiro Otomo.
Metropolis
This ninja with an alliterative name was nearly punched in the groin by Saitama, resulting in a bitter rivalry between them.
Speed o Sound Sonic
A high school girl enters a virtual world called "the Wired".
Serial Experiments Lain
The protagonist of this anime, Yuji Itadori, swallows a severed finger and becomes possessed by a spirit called Ryomen Sukuna.
Jujutsu Kaisen
A vampire with a name similar to a character from Castlevania.
Alucard
Naoki Urusawa created a manga series loosely based on and named after this villain from Astro Boy.
Pluto
A mercenary and a kunoichi with poison skin battle an army of monstrous shinobi in this hyper-violent 90s cult classic by Madhouse animation studio.
Ninja Scroll
Inspector Re-l Mayer investigates the Cogito Virus making androids develop self-awareness in this anime.
Ergo Proxy
The Soul Reapers battle the Hollows in this anime.
Bleach
The Lagoon company's MVP who also goes by the nickname "Two-Hands"
Revy
This series, which Tezuka considered his life's work, was unfortunately left unfinished due to his death in 1989.
Phoenix
Mugen, Jin, and Fuu seek out the "samurai who smells of sunflowers" in this hip-hop infused anime.
Samurai Champloo
Stand Alone Complex, SAC 2045, Innocence, Arise, and the New Movie are the sequels, spin-offs, and remakes of this manga and anime series.
Ghost in the Shell
This classic series is about a yokai boy whose father is a walking eyeball and whose allies include a rat-man and a cat-woman.
Kitaro
The sometimes enemy-sometimes love interest of Arsene Lupin III
Fujiko Mine