Ein is referred to as a "data dog" by the scientists that created him.

Super Dimension Fortress Macross created one of the first anime idols, Lynn Minmay, turning her voice actress Mari Iijima into an instant celebrity.

Nami was formerly a member of the Arlong Pirates and initially joined the Straw Hats so she could rob them for her real crew in order to buy back her village from Arlong, but joined the Straw Hats for real after they defeated Arlong. Her dream is to make a map of the entire world.

The protagonist of Dragon Ball, Goku is actually a Saiyan sent to destroy Earth. As Goku grows up, however, he becomes the Earth's mightiest warrior and protects his adopted home planet from those who seek to destroy it.

In Oh My Goddess, Keiichi Morisato is a college sophomore who accidentally calls the Goddess Help Line. The goddess Belldandy materializes and tells him that her agency has received a system request from him and has been sent to grant him a single wish. Believing that a practical joke is being played on him, he wishes that she will stay with him forever, and his wish is granted.

On October 5, 1969, Fuji Television aired the first episode of Sazae-san, an anime comedy series which has broadcast over 7,000 episodes and is still on the air today.

Trixie often flies around in a helicopter during a race, acting as Speed's spotter, a function she also serves in the live-action film during the Casa Cristo 5000.

Set in a post-apocalyptic world that has been destroyed by a nuclear war, Fist of the North Star tells the story of Kenshiro, the successor of a deadly martial art known as Hokuto Shinken.

Fruits Basket tells the story of an orphan girl who learns that twelve members of the Soma family are possessed by the animals of the Chinese zodiac and cursed to turn into their animal forms when they are weak, stressed, or when they are embraced by anyone of the opposite sex that is not possessed by a zodiacal spirit.

Momotaro: Sacred Sailors was directed by Mitsuyo Seo, who was ordered to make a propaganda film for World War II by the Japanese Naval Ministry.