- Eureka Seven: The Gekko's gunner and owner, Ken-Goh, is a reference to Kengo Watanabe also known as KEN=GO→, an old buddy of the series chief scriptwriter, Dai Sato, with whom he also manages an indie electronic label Frogman Records. Watanabe also established the limited company Frognation which is responsible for the English localization of FromSoftware's Dark Souls games.
- When Kaguya and Shirogane are thinking about the suspension bridge effect in Episode 20 of Kaguya-sama: Love Is War, there's a visual reference to the Ashes of Ariandel DLC.
Video Games
- Märchen Forest: Mylne and the Forest Gift: Bonfires of teleportation, and using the same font for level ups.
Web Videos
- Philosophy Tube: In Capital Punishment (& Prison Abolition)
Abigail says that constructive malice sounds like a Dark Souls boss when giving a very quick overview of how Derek Bentley was found guilty of the murder his partner committed and executed for it.
- Adventure Time: The premise of "Train Dungeon" is Finn and Jake facing off against a bunch of other people who have gone insane/corrupted from wandering the train (or maybe world in this case) for dozens of years and killing those who are also lost on the train. Sound familiar?
- In the episode "Wing it like Witches" of The Owl House, one of the posters in the background depicts the Demon Vanguard from Demon's Souls.
