History CompositeCharacter / AnimeAndManga

** Athrun Zala is a mix of [[CharClone Char Aznable]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing Heero Yuy]]. Some of Char's traits that appear in Athrun include him piloting red mobile suits and served as Kira's main rival in both shows. Similar to Heero, Athrun pilots transformable mobile suits, and has a tendency to self-detonate his mobile suits.

*** In ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime1999'', Dark Link is the demon of the Kakariko Well instead of Bongo Bongo.

*** There is only one Zora egg instead of seven.
*** Aveil has the same set of swords and fighting style as her EliteMooks.
*** Twinmold, the boss of the Stone Tower Temple, is a pair of giant flying centipede-like monsters. The manga condenses the two monsters into one.

** Yuu Mishouzaki's manga for ''VideoGame/ZeldaIITheAdventureOfLink'' depicts Link's Shadow as [[spoiler: a resurrected [[BigBad Ganon]].]]
** In ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast2005'', Ghanti is temporarily transformed into Trinexx, and she takes Link's place as the one who finishes off Ganon with the Silver Arrow. Her storyline as a bandit who gets stuck in the Dark World comes from Blind the Thief.
** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaLinksAwakening'', Link encounters a ghost that must be taken back to its old house, and may also receive the L-2 Sword from the Spirit of the Seashell Mansion. In the manga, [[NamedByTheAdaptation Nakura]] gives Link a powerful sword after being led back to the house he owned in life.
** In ''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime1999'', Dark Link is the demon of the Kakariko Well instead of Bongo Bongo.
** [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa Himekawa's version]] version of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'' has several instances due to the compressed plot.
*** There is only one Zora egg instead of seven.
*** Aveil has the same set of swords and fighting style as her EliteMooks.
*** Twinmold, the boss of the Stone Tower Temple, is a pair of giant flying centipede-like monsters. The manga condenses the two monsters into one.

** In [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa Himekawa's version]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', Ghanti is temporarily transformed into Trinexx, and she takes Link's place as the one who finishes off Ganon with the Silver Arrow. Her storyline as a bandit who gets stuck in the Dark World comes from Blind the Thief.

** In [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa Himekawa's version]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', Ghanti is temporarily transformed into Trinexx, and she takes Link's place as the one who finishes off Ganon with the Silver Arrow.

* Jiro Horikoshi from ''Anime/TheWindRises'' is a composite of real life Jiro, novelist Tatsuo Hori, and Creator/HayaoMiyazaki’s father , Katsuji. Jiro designed the planes from the film. Tatsuo was a chain smoker who wrote a novel based on his own life that was set in the same time period based on his wife suffering from TB. Miyazaki Sr. had elements of both men, being a aerospace engineer whose wife also had TB.

* ''Getter Robo Devolution'' has an...interesting twist. It is revealed that the original Musashi Tomoe of that universe had died soon after being born, and the young man being raised as Musashi was none other than [[spoiler:Benkei Kuruma.]]

* Jiro Horikoshi from ''Anime/TheWindRises'' is a composite of real life Jiro, novelist Tatsuo Hori, and Creator/HayaoMiyazaki’s father , Katsuji. Jiro designed the planes from the film. Tatsuo was a chain smoker who wrote a novel based on his own life that was set in the same time period based on his wife suffering from TB. Miyazaki Sr. had elements of both men, being a aerospace engineer whose wife also had TB.
* Another Miyazaki example is from ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro '' which is based on his own childhood. The film revolves around two sisters while Miyazaki has three brothers. He combined them into two siblings to streamline the story but made them girls so it wouldn’t be too similar to his own childhood.

* The first ''[[Anime/LupinIIIPart1 Lupin III]]'' anime sometimes gave the roles of one-shot GirlOfTheWeek FemmeFatale characters from the early chapters of [[Manga/{{Lupin III}} the manga]] to Fujiko Mine. A notable example is the episode "Who Had the Last Laugh?" which was adapted from a chapter that featured a pair of sisters named Fuji and Michi, who were combined into Fujiko for the animated version. [[Recap/LupinIIIS2E70 Another episode]] is based on a manga chapter where Lupin escapes from prison by [[MuggedForDisguise tying up and impersonating]] Zenigata's partner Melon Cop, but in the anime, it's Zenigata himself who Lupin replaces.

* Many {{Historical Domain Character}}s were composited in ''Literature/TheAmbitionOfOdaNobuna'':
** Hachisuka Goemon is a {{Gender flip}}ped composite between [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hachisuka_Masakatsu Hachisuka Masakatsu]], one of UsefulNotes/ToyotomiHideyoshi's subordinates, and UsefulNotes/IshikawaGoemon.
** Oda Nobukatsu is a composite of the namesake aka [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oda_Nobuyuki Oda Nobuyuki]], his son [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tsuda_Nobusumi Tsuda Nobusumi]] (which explained his name change, as historically Nobukatsu was killed by UsefulNotes/OdaNobunaga when Nobusumi was still an infant), and then [[spoiler:[[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oichi Oichi]], Nobunaga's sister. Yes, he was sent off, crossdressed, to Asai Nagamasa]].
** Saitou Yoshikatsu is a composite of the namesake and his son Tatsuoki.
** Himiko is the composite of the three Japanese emperors that may be on throne in the latter half of 16th century.

* ''Anime/MarvelAnime'':
** ''Anime/MarvelAnimeXMen'':
*** Takeo Sasaki is basically a {{Race Lift}}ed verison of Ultimate Proteus, which makes him a combination of the classic Proteus and ComicBook/{{Legion|Marvel Comics}}. His RealityWarper abilities and status as the son of a prominent mutant researcher come from the former, while TheReveal of him being [[spoiler: [[ComicBook/ProfessorX Professor Xavier]]'s mentally unstable illegitimate child]] comes from the latter.
*** Mastermind is given Sebastian Shaw's role as the Hellfire Club/Inner Circle's leader.
** ''Anime/MarvelAnimeBlade'':
*** Blade himself has the backstory of his original comics incarnation (hailing from London, England) with the costume and weaponry of the Blade from [[Film/BladeTrilogy the film series]].
*** Noah Van Helsing is a character from the comics, but he also fills Jamal Afari's role as Blade's mentor and has some of the roughness of "Bible" John Carik (the latter two of whom were similarly combined into Whistler in ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManTheAnimatedSeries'' and the films).
** In ''Anime/IronManRiseOfTechnovore'', Technovore is initially introduced as basically Extremis combined with Ezekiel's bio-enhancements from the comics. [[spoiler: It becomes the more familiar inhuman-robot-virus near the end.]]
* The original ''Manga/UruseiYatsura'' manga wrote Lum's Stormtroopers out of the series after Mendou arrived, but the TV show brought them back [[AscendedExtra in far bigger roles]]. This meant that many episodes would give them lines and scenes that originally belonged to Kosuke, Ataru's friend from the manga who was AdaptedOut of the TV series.
* In the mid-1980s, the ''Manga/MazingerZ'' anime was dubbed as "Tranzor Z". While predominately a dub of Toei's 1972 adaptation of Creator/GoNagai's manga, it also has elements from Anime/GreatMazinger, including its launch sequence, and what is clearly Tetsuya from the latter series piloting the Brain Condor and docking with Great Mazinger. As a result, while "Tommy" from the Tranzor Z dub is predominately Kouji Kabuto from the Japanese original, he also has elements of Tetsuya.
* {{Implied}} InUniverse in ''Literature/MoribitoGuardianOfTheSpirit.'' According to the official history of Shin-Yogo, their first king and his band of warriors met a young boy who claimed to be a benevolent water spirit; however, he actually turned into a terrifying demon which they had to slay. What actually happened is that a water spirit SharingABody with a boy was attacked by one or more demons, and the group of warriors had to protect him. [[spoiler:The boy was killed, like all previous Guardians, though the spirit survived]].
* In ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'', [[Characters/SonicTheHedgehogKnucklesTheEchidna Knuckles the Echidna]] was made a treasure hunter just like [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogTripleTrouble Fang the Sniper]], and given a hat similar to his.
* ''Anime/GrimmsFairytaleClassics'':
** This series' version of "The Six Swans" gives the evil mother-in-law's role in the story to the WickedStepmother.
** In "The Iron Stove", there's no second princess claiming that the prince/former Iron Stove is her fiancé. Instead, the HotWitch is both the BigBad ''and'' the Princess' love rival.
* In ''Anime/GundamBuildFighters, Anime/GundamBuildFightersTry'' and ''Anime/GundamBuildDivers'', as the Mobile Suits of that series are actually Gunpla (Gundam plastic models), it's not uncommon to see characters design suits that carry weapons, parts or even systems of other suits. The most insane of these composite creations is Yukio Hidaka's Jegan Blast Master. The base machine is a Jegan from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamCharsCounterattack'', but it has weapons from other machines - the Double Zeta's Hi-Mega Cannon, the Strike Freedom's abdomen beam cannon, the skirts made up of the G-Self's beam rifles and AGE-3 Fortress SigMaxiss Cannons, the feet made up of GN Cannons from the Seraphim Gundam and two Satellite Cannons from the Gundam X!
* Parodied in the final episode of ''Manga/{{Joshiraku}}'' with the appearance of LastEpisodeNewCharacter Uzannu Uzatei who copies the characterstics of the five main characters to disrupt their character balance, threatening to replace all of them in a new season which only stars her (which of course doesn't happen). Although her core personality is far too different from the heroines.
* ''Anime/GodzillaSingularPoint'':
** Godzilla himself is one. Much like the Godzilla of ''Film/ShinGodzilla'', it can adapt and change forms -- with its Amphibia, Amphibia, and Terrestris forms respectively resembling Titanosaurus, Varan, and Gorosaurus, with Terrestris's breath weapon taking the form of Minilla's smoke rings.
** The show-original kaiju Salunga is a monkey-like blend of Gabara's coloration, skin texture and electricity powers with Baragon's posture, back ridges, long horn and ears
** The Mandas combine the original Manda's serpentine body and greenish scales with Ebirah's shrimp appendages.
** The various Kumongas are based on Kumonga, but they have Megalon's drill hands, the Kamanga varation has bladed forearms similar to Gigan or Kamacuras, they have blob creatures within them similar to Hedorah, and the relationship between the Kumongas and the blob creatures are similar to the monsters and Yog from ''Film/SpaceAmoeba''.
* ''Manga/GTOTheEarlyYears'': The 2020 live-action adaptation, being an AdaptationDistillation, has a few:
** The writers seem to have conflated Aina and Miki into a CompositeCharacter, who tries to get Eikichi to marry her and raise her child. Miki and Yokokawa appear later in the live-action (at the beginning of the Midnight Angels arc), but there's no mention of her having kids.
** Kamishima seems to have absorbed some of Takezawa's character traits, like his connection to Shinomi.
** Police Chief Matsuoka has an expanded role and appears to have aspects of Police Chief Matsushima, who doesn't appear.
* The 1998 live-action version of ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' combined Onizuka's best friends Ryuji and Saejima into one character, and did the same for {{Alpha Bitch}}es Miyabi and Anko.
* ''Anime/TransformersArmada'': Hot Shot combines many aspects of ''[[Franchise/TransformersGeneration1 G1]]'' Bumblebee (KidAppealCharacter, yellow coloration, and "feet-first" transformation) and Hot Rod/Rodimus Prime (sports car alternate mode, cocky teenage-like demeanor, [[spoiler:temporarily leading the Autobots after Optimus Prime is killed]], and red flame decor on his alt mode after his MidSeasonUpgrade).

* The 1998 live-action version of ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' combined Onizuka's best friends Ryuji and Saejima into one character, and did the same for {{Alpha Bitch}}es Miyabi and Anko.

* Shinn Asuka from ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSeedDestiny'' is pretty much one to both [[Anime/MobileSuitGundam Amuro]] and [[Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam Kamille]], his Impulse is similar to The RX-78 Gundam a CombiningMecha consisting of legs as one section, upper body as another, and SpaceFighter[=/=]MetaMecha cockpit as the torso, and a very similar red-with-gold-cross design for its shield just like Amuro even his dub voice is Amuro's Zeta dub voice and he has {{Wangst}} UnstoppableRage due to suffering through a TraumaCongaLine, and [[LoveHurts romantic troubles]] with their [[DatingCatwoman enemy-cum-love interest]] just like Kamille.

* In ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'', [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Knuckles the Echidna]] was made a treasure hunter just like [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogTripleTrouble Fang the Sniper]], and given a hat similar to his.

*** Aveil has the same swords and fighting style of her EliteMooks.
*** Twinmold, the boss of the Stone Tower Temple, is a pair of giant flying centipede-like monsters. The manga only has one.

* The 1998 live-action version of ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' combined Onizuka's best friends Ryuji and Saejima into one character, and did the same for {{Alpha Bitch}}es Miyabi and Anko.
''Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaAkiraHimekawa'':
** The manga condenses the two Twinmold monsters into one.
** There is only one Zora egg instead of seven.
** Aveil has the same set of swords and fighting style as her EliteMooks.

* The 1998 live-action version of ''Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka'' combined Onizuka's best friends Ryuji and Saejima into one character, and did the same for {{Alpha Bitch}}es Miyabi and Anko.

* Many {{Historical Domain Character}}s were composited in ''LightNovel/TheAmbitionOfOdaNobuna'':

** In the [[Manga/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime manga adaptation]] of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaOcarinaOfTime'', Dark Link is the demon of the Kakariko Well instead of Bongo Bongo.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaMajorasMask'', Twinmold, the boss of the Stone Tower Temple, is pair of giant flying centipede-like monsters. The manga only has one.

** Oden from Wano arc is an epic composite of Luffy, Zoro and Sanji. Like Luffy, he’s a destructive and feckless BigEater and a MagneticHero to everyone around him as well as fiercely caring to his allies. Like Zoro, he’s an honourable and booze-loving MasterSwordsman who favours a DualWielding style and has a aptitude for getting lost. Like Sanji, he’s a SupremeChef and AlwaysSaveTheGirl horndog, Oden even utters the “I heard a woman’s voice screaming for help” line himself at one point.

** Garlic Junior from ''Anime/DragonBallZDeadZone'' is a composite of Pilaf and Demon King Piccolo Daimao. Like Pilaf he is TheNapoleon being a tiny goblin-like man with world conquering ambitions and even has the same voice actor as Pilaf in both Japanese and English. Like King Piccolo he’s a serious antagonist with a horde of demon-like minions and makes a wish for longevity (though immortality in his case, not just enteral youth.
** Speaking of King Piccolo, [[Anime/DragonBallZLordSlug Lord Slug]] is composite of him (being a evil Namekian who wishes for youth) and Frieza (being a GalacticConquerer with a CoolSpaceship and QuirkyMiniBossSquad).

** Oden from Wano arc is an epic composite of Luffy, Zoro and Sanji. Like Luffy, Oden is a destructive and feckless BigEater and a MagneticHero to everyone around him as well as fiercely caring to his allies. Like Zoro, Oden is a honourable and booze-loving MasterSwordsman who favours a DualWielding style and has a aptitude for getting lost. Like Sanji, Oden is a SupremeChef and AlwaysSaveTheGirl horndog, he even utters the “I heard a woman’s voice screaming for help” line himself.

* For ''Franchise/DragonBall'', Bulma's personality was based on the princess from Creator/AkiraToriyama's one-shot ''Dragon Boy'' and her appearance was from Plamo from another one of Toriyama's one-shots named ''The Adventures of Tongpoo''. Her personality is also similar to Akane from ''Manga/DoctorSlump''.

* In ''Manga/OnePiece'', Nami's design and personality (and arguably her background story as well) is the result of a long process with several other similar characters. The first apparent character in the process of developing towards Nami was Silk in ''Romance Dawn, Version 1'', who was then followed by another girl called Ann in ''Romance Dawn, Version 2''. Each one of the girls had her own personality which seemed to have been placed into Nami's overall design.

** In ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfZeldaALinkToThePast'', Ghanti is temporarily transformed into Trinexx, and she takes Link's place as the one who finishes off Ganon with the Silver Arrow.

** Ash was was originally just an [[AdaptationNameChange anime counterpart]] of Red, [[PlayerCharacter the protagonist of]] [[VideoGame/PokemonRedAndBlue the first generation]]. Starting around ''VideoGame/PokemonGoldAndSilver'' he started loosely following the path of Ethan, the male protagonist of that generation. Ever since, he has co-opted the male protagonist of that generation[[note]]with [[Videogame/PokemonBlackAndWhite one exception]][[/note]] and often interacts with the female protagonist of said generation[[note]]Again, excepting ''both'' Gen 5 ladies; and yes, [[Videogame/PokemonGoldAndSilver Lyra]] [[GuestStarPartyMember counts]] due to her appearing in Sinnoh,[[/note]] with said female often acting as a {{Deuteragonist}}. Not to mention that, starting from the DP saga onwards, he wears outfits based on the playable characters' clothes of each generation. For the anime's chapter of ''VideoGame/PokemonSunAndMoon'', he started to take on aspects of Lillie, mainly that while she was still a [[DecompositeCharacter present character]] and still had the stuff to sort out with her brother Gladion and mother Lusamine, Ash replaced her as the one that Professor Kukui invites into the upper floor of his house (while Lillie gets a mansion instead) and the one who raises Nebby the Cosmog / Cosmoem / Solgaleo.

* Taken to ridiculous extremes with Josuke, the main character of ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'' [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureJojolion Part 8]]. While he's technically the AU counterpart of Josuke (protagonist of [[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureDiamondIsUnbreakable Part 4]]), early on, we are led to believe his true identity is Yoshikage Kira. Later on, not only do we find out that [[spoiler:Kira himself is a CompositeCharacter of Kira and ''[[Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders Jotaro]]'', but that Josuke himself is a FusionDance (i.e. the ''literal'' version of this trope), being a synthesis of Kira and an unnamed man ultimately revealed to be Josefumi Kujo.]]
** In terms of his character design, his face and build are almost identical to Jotaro as drawn in the new art style, he spouts his "ORA!" (although one randomly becomes "ARA!") and RapidFireFisticuffs when fighting, wears sailor clothes referencing Jotaro's marine profession (though those originally belonged to Kira, who was a ship's doctor), and occasionally bears Jotaro's "raised hand/halt" insignia.

* Haruyoshi Shimomura is actually a character in the novels for ''LightNovel/TheCaseFilesOfJewelerRichard'', but he performs none of the same actions in the anime, instead standing in for various ''other'' of Seigi's college friends.

* Mallanox in ''Anime/EagleRiders'', the CutAndPasteTranslation of [[Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman Gatchaman II and Gatchaman F]], is an example. In ''Gatchaman II'', Leader X employed Gel Sadra as his [[TheDragon lieutenant]], who was replaced by [[AristocratsAreEvil Count Egobossler]] in ''Gatchaman F'' after the former [[GoOutWithASmile peacefully died]]. To transition between both shows, Gel Sadra's original death scene was altered to have Cybercon (Leader X) transform Mallanox into a new form: Happy Boy (Count Egobossler).

* The Shirogane Brothers of ''Anime/GoLion'', Takashi and Ryou, were melded in ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'' to become [[SixthRanger Sven]]. Interestingly, Ryou was introduced as Takashi's BackUpTwin after the outcry over [[SacrificialLamb the latter's death six episodes in]]. So, because of the NeverSayDie mentality, [[{{Woolseyism}} it seemed natural for WEP to adjust the script accordingly]]: [[SparedByTheAdaptation the "injured and recovering on another planet" Sven healed up]].

* In ''Anime/SonicTheHedgehogTheMovie'', [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Knuckles the Echidna]] was made a treasure hunter just like [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehogTripleTrouble Fang the Sniper]], and given [[NiceHat a hat]] similar to his.

* Madame Sulliman from ''Anime/HowlsMovingCastle'' is a combination of two characters from the book: Howl's old magic teacher, who was not affiliated with the king, and Wizard Suliman, the King's head wizard. He is a young man [[spoiler: transformed into a dog, who ends up marrying one of Sophie's sisters.]]

* ''Manga/{{Cyborg 009}}'':

*** Takeo Sasaki is basically a {{Race Lift}}ed verison of Ultimate Proteus, which makes him a combination of the classic Proteus and Comicbook/{{Legion|Marvel Comics}}. His RealityWarper abilities and status as the son of a prominent mutant researcher come from the former, while TheReveal of him being [[spoiler: [[Comicbook/ProfessorX Professor Xavier]]'s mentally unstable illegitimate child]] comes from the latter.

* ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'': The 2020 live-action adaptation, being an AdaptationDistillation, has a few: