Friend to All Living Things in Anime & Manga.
- A Dog of Flanders (1975):
- Nello has an affection towards dogs and rescues Patrasche from his abusive owner, and even gives Andre a dachshund. He's a Nature Lover and knows all sorts of flowers, and they're often the topic of his drawings.
- Alois also loves flowers and when she learns Patrasche discovered the ones Nello gave her as a gift, she ordered her housemaid to give Patrasche a meal fit for a king. Though the housemaid questioned it and said the meal was too good for a dog, Alois insisted she do it anyway. Later, when it's winter and Patrasche is out in the cold, Alois once again gives him a lot of food, knowing that both him and Nello were living in poverty.
- Tae Young in 4★Town 4★Real is shown to be loved by animals especially birds. Random wild pigeons will not only land on his shoulders and arms but nuzzle up to him. This is also shown in the film when a dove with an injured leg also nuzzles up to him.
- Ekoda Ren in Anne Happy. More specifically, friend to all-female things. She is a Chick Magnet to the point that female animals are constantly drawn to her, and thus is often seen followed by cats and dogs or with little birds landing on her shoulders.
- Basilisk, where Hotarubi of the Iga Tsubagakure has to power to summon insects and reptiles... and use them to kill.
- Black Jack: "The Painting Is Dead!" features a horribly tragic version. Artist Go Gan is seen chatting happily with cute animals gathering around him as he paints in a jungle on a South Seas island... that's suddenly hit by the shock wave from a nearby atomic bomb test, leaving Go Gan the only survivor, surrounded by dead bodies of animals and natives, and horribly stricken with radiation poisoning. Black Jack manages to give him a little extra time by transplanting his brain into another body, but it's only temporary; his brain is also dying from the radiation. He accepts this, using his last hours alive to paint a picture of the devastation the bomb wrought, to outlive him as a message of the horrors of nuclear weapons.
- In Buddha, being one is a sign of some spiritual enlightenment or supernatural gift.
- Umi and Sora, with countless marine and shore animals, in Children of the Sea. Though the 'friendship' might be more malevolent than assumed, since those sea creatures also eat Sora and intend to do the same to Umi. It's a weird manga.
- Asuka Tokugawa from E's Otherwise is always seen tending to and caring for animals. She can sense their feelings and it seems they are attracted to her instantly.
- Ruka Nogi in Gakuen Alice has an animal pheromone which allows him to communicate with animals. He himself says that other than Natsume, the animals are his best friends. He genuinely loves and cares for the animals, whom he can also control. He is seen perpetually carrying a rabbit on his shoulder.
- GoLion: Princess Fala (known as Princess Allura in Anime/Voltron) befriended a group of Altean mice, and she's the only one who understands their language. While they tend to irritate everyone else, she's their sole exception and they often come to her aid.
- Beautifully used to send up all expectations in the Wham Episode of GUN×SWORD. Wendy meets an old man in a park who's feeding the birds. The animals are gathered peacefully around him, and birds even land on his outstretched finger. He has a pet St. Bernard, and gives a speech about dreams, adding that his own is world peace. This charming old man, loved by all the animals, is the Claw.
- Haven't You Heard? I'm Sakamoto:
- Sakamoto went to great lengths to save a bird that had been blown away in a storm while they were trying to outpace each other and is seen visiting it in later scenes. In one episode he got himself sent to the hall so he could feed it.
- When a wasp invaded the classroom, everyone screamed for someone to kill it, but Sakamoto just told it to behave, skillfully fended it off with a compass, caught it, and put it out of a window.
- When his classmates in home economics found a slug in some lettuce, he appeared to break this track record by making a show of sprinkling salt and other seasonings on the slug until it disappeared... then proved that it was a ruse by carefully washing the slug off and putting it outside with a gentle admonishment for choosing a bad spot to "play hide and seek".
- Hello! Sandybell: Sandybell loves to play with her collie/Scottish sheepdog mix Oliver, and her long list of Animal Companions include squirrels and birds. Apart from fauna, Sandybell also has an affinity for flowers as she tends to the Countess of Wellington's gardens.
- In the anime/manga of The Heroic Legend of Arslan, animals in general appear to be fond of Arslan. Hawks Azrael and Surush, especially Azrael, seem to be more of Arslan's pet than Kishward's. Kishward lampshades this and comments that the hawks know the goodness in Arslan's heart.
- Hetalia: Axis Powers:
- America loved to play with bunnies and bison (if you count, uh, sort've dancing with them?) as a young child and befriends whales as an adult. It's so over the top that he comes to befriend extra-terrestrials, one of which lives in his house (hi there, Tony). Nevertheless, he doesn't particularly care about global warming and whatnot. He's even friends with the unicorn England gave him, whom he can't see. He also has a very unusual personality for this trope, especially a male version, being a Large Ham Boisterous Bruiser instead of a calm Messiah type.
- England is a friend to all mythical creatures, which apparently only he can see. In one episode he even befriends a kappa, who laments being forgotten in his own country.
- Gon from Hunter × Hunter is a male example, especially in the first few chapters/episodes. It's an established rule of the setting that great Hunters are well-liked by animals, as Gon's father Ging also seemed to have a way with critters.
- The half-demon Gyu-oh from the anime Inuyasha also has this ability. Unlike the other half-demons, he is a pure human during the day and a pure demon at night. As a human, he is so pure that wild birds settle on his body. However, when the night falls, they fly away and he transforms into his demonic form.
- Jeanie With The Light Brown Hair: Jeanie cares for the horses at the Mac Dowell family stable, cares for the little fox with the injured paw, cares for all the children at the orphanage and is compassionate to no end.
- Laura, the Prairie Girl: Laura's more inclined to animals than she is to humans, considers her horse and dog her best friends, and is also opposed to hunting animals.
- Katri, Girl of the Meadows: Katri's Animal Companion is a dachshund, but she befriends all the animals on her grandparent's farm and is heartbroken after they're killed by bears. As she finds employment in various Big Fancy Houses as a maid, she befriends their various animals as well.
- Appachai in Kenichi: The Mightiest Disciple. Occasionally the omakes will exaggerate this, such as him thinking he only needs to stand still for the next 20 days and the birds nesting on top of his head will be gone. Particularly interesting in that he is a two meter tall, musclebound man who goes by the moniker Death God of the Underground Muay Thai World.
- Lady!!: Lynn takes a shine to a kitten named Queen, and after witnessing Mary abuse her cat Prince, she adopts him too. She took in and raised Andrews the horse after Vivian abused him too, and also befriended Sophie's squirrel King.
- La Seine No Hoshi: Simone is friendly to humans and animals alike, and her best friends include a donkey named Tintin and an Owl named Corot. She loves horses especially, so Robert gives her a White Stallion of her own.
- The titular character of Lucy-May of the Southern Rainbow. Her list of Animal Companions include her hamster from England, Mash, her goats Sticky, Pansy, and Soppy, her sheep Snowflake and her dingo Little. Not to mention various ducks and chickens amongst other animals.
- Caro of Lyrical Nanoha worked for the Wildlife Preservation Division before the events of the third season. In the manga that showed her time there, we see her surrounded by birds she had befriended (Not in that way), with her superiors talking about how her nature as a summoner lets her connect with animals easily.
- Monster:
- A tragic example is a man who used to be a Friend To All Living Things in the forest he grew up around. That was before he killed an innocent man in the place because he was ordered to.
- Played straight with the main character Dr. Tenma, who is also the Messiah himself. When he's talking to the aforementioned guy after (of course) saving his life, a finch lands on his arm
. It is cute.
- Naruto:
- Parodied/lampshaded when Naruto goes through training that requires him to be still enough to balance on a stone slab on a spike. When he finally manages to do it a bird perches on his shoulder... which throws him off balance and sends him plummeting to the ground.
- Killerbee is definitely every animal's friend. Probably because they can tell how awesome he is. Taken to the extreme when Killer Bee comforts Kisame's sword, Samehada, after it was weeping over its master's death.
- Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind:
- The titular Nausicaä is one of the classic examples of this trope. She's a kind person whose compassion extends to people of all nations and to animals as well She takes it much further than most others; she not only befriends cute wild animals but also horrifying battleship-sized insects, slavering-jawed giant dragonflies and so forth, so she really is a friend to All Living Things.
- The Garden Master in the manga is a nasty deconstruction of the trope, as he tends to a beautiful, perfect garden and can speak with his animals, but cannot comprehend violence and the human need to survive, and a prolonged stay within the Garden's limits will destroy the visitor's will and cause them to forget the outside world.
- Shion (or Sion) of No. 6 is beloved by all animals, especially robot mice and dogs.
- One Piece:
- Apis from the Filler Warship island arc, has the Devil Fruit power Whisper-Whisper Fruit, which grants her the ability to talk to them. So naturally, she befriends a dragon.
- An inverted case with Zoro, who, though he doesn't care much for animals, often finds them coming towards him. An octopus stuck on his head when he was inspecting a shipwreck. A South bird stayed near his side during Skypiea (to get his food) and his crewmate Chopper (a half-reindeer) clamps on his head when he's scared.
- Nami and Usopp count as well. In Strong World, Nami befriends the electric duck Billy and is disgusted at Shiki mutating the other animals into monsters. Nami also is happy to see Mohmoo again despite it's connection to Arlong (Nami also attracts pervy animals like Eyelash the camel and Scissors the giant crab). As for Usopp, he actually tamed massive tarantulas when he was young. Ironic since he is a massive coward when it comes to everything else.
- In the Wano arc, Tama plays this very straight as she befriends komainu (a mythical Japanese lion dog thing) and Hihimaru (a giant baboon). Tama's unnamed Devil Fruit even gives her the power to produce food that is capable of taming animals and even animal-humans.
- PandoraHearts: Glen Baskerville seems to have a thing with birds. They always love to sit on his head.
- Alice (and Mokuren) in Please Save My Earth can talk to plants and animals, and makes plants grow when she sings.
- The Story of Pollyanna, Girl of Love: Pollyanna is willing to befriend everyone, and she also has an Animal Companion in the form of Chipmack the Squirrel. She also loves nature, and is fond of plants.
- Pokémon Adventures:
- Yellow is not only a particularly kind and gentle trainer, but she has the power to both heal and listen to the thoughts of Pokémon, which leads to her befriending just about any Pokémon that isn't being trained by an enemy.
- Diamond as well. Byron even notes how he managed to quickly tame a Shieldon even he couldn't handle. He befriends Steelix, the cavern boss of Iron Island as well, and can convince legendaries to side with him.
- And on the Pokémon: The Series side:
- Of course, there's Ash: if a Pokémon doesn't like him right away, it usually will eventually. He's even befriended Arceus itself. We later learn in the final episode of his anime that in order to become a Pokémon Master, being the strongest trainer isn't enough, but he befriending all Pokémon is required to be a Pokémon Master. The Aim to be a Pokémon Master focuses especially on this trope, where he keeps helping wild Pokémon without catching them.
- There's also Brock, who has been known to convince wild Pokémon to approach when they're hurt, and who has expressed interest in becoming a Pokémon doctor.
- James interestingly enough is one of these, completely in spite of him technically being a bad guy. It probably helps that he's more of a Punch-Clock Villain and sucks at his job anyway. All of his Pokemon absolutely adore him, he in turn dotes on his Pokemon like a fussy dad, and on more than one occasion he has legitimately captured Pokemon just by asking them nicely if he could.
- Exagerated with Goh, to the point that he managed to befriend - or outright got all the attention of - a Galar Pokémon Grookey conveniently wandering around Vermilion City (in Kanto) into his room at Cerise's Lab while he was asleep and while he very conveniently was having a dream where his whole family was Rillaboom.
- Hareta from Pokémon: Diamond and Pearl Adventure! actually lived with Pokémon for most of his life, and can even make a Gallade owned by Commander Saturn smile at him.
- Princess Diana: Diana coos at seeing a bunny, befriends a dog, adores Woodland Creatures, and is shown to be close to nature.
- Sarah in Princess Sarah is a straight, if somewhat realistic example. Her animal friends include a pony, a parrot, the Seminary's comic cat, the sparrows outside her attic, and even a group of mice that live in her attic.
- Remy: Nobody's Girl: Remy befriends Vitalis' three dogs, Capi, Zerbino and Dolce. His monkey, Joli-Coeur, quickly becomes her Animal Companion. Back when she lived with the Barberins, Remy adored Rosette the cow and put a necklace made of flowers for her. She's also a Nature Lover.
- Saint Young Men has animals gathering around Jesus and Buddha and helping them with their daily needs, even going so far as to serve themselves on plates when they're out of food.
- Parodied in School Rumble. Harima Kenji, in a fit of despair over a broken heart, rejects civilization to live as a hermit. In time, he gains the ability to talk to wild animals and a veritable zoo follows him wherever he goes for a time.
- The Secret Garden:
- Mary, despite being a Spoiled Brat at first, is kind to her cat Paddy, and later befriends all the animals of the Craven Mansion garden.
- Dickon Sowerby. All the animals love him so much, they show him their secret hiding spots, and he knows all their names.
- Fumina Konoe from Shakugan no Shana has something of an affinity for birds, getting easily distracted by them, and they tend to love her back.
- Tentomushi no Uta has an example in the main protagonist Hiyoko Isshuu, who frequently hangs around with animals and even desires to be a veterinarian when she grows up.
- Sakura in Tsubasa -RESERVoir CHRoNiCLE-. She's not exactly a Messiah but she is the linchpin in a Gambit Roulette. Her power is described as 'speaking to things that do not have voices', and therefore can communicate with ghosts and inanimate objects. The unfailingly gentle persona starts to develop cracks in the second half of the series.
- Ataru from Urusei Yatsura, a.k.a. the most lecherous man in the universe sometimes shows his side as a friend to all living things. He manages to hatch a fairy egg, raises a caterpillar into a fairy using the Power of Love, and saves the life of a kappa.
- Parodied in Violinist of Hameln when Lute's entourage of birds eventually grows into a mob of adoring animals, including crocodiles, gorillas, and a boa constrictor, which prove to be difficult to shoo off. His original bird companions stick around, played fairly straight, though lampshaded by people around him.
- Voltes V: Daijiro befriends a puppy in one episode after finding its mother's corpse, telling him he understands his pain because he watched his mother die too. The rest of the Voltes team eagerly warm up to it.
- Kusanagi in X/1999 (manga and TV series, the movie leaves it out) is a rare male example. A 6-feet bulk of a paratrooper sergeant hearing trees talk, feeding pigeons and befriending cats.
- Daitokuji-sensei from Yu-Gi-Oh! GX (called Lyman Banner in the dub) was a self-proclaimed animal-lover. He once threatened a group of scientists who were performing cruel experiments on a monkey, and he had a pet cat named Pharaoh that he was very close to. SO close, in fact, that when he died, Pharaoh literally swallowed his soul, making him unable to depart to the afterlife. He remained inside his pet's stomach from that point on, occasionally acting as an advisor to Judai.
