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* Her character and anime, however, are more reminiscent of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''. With her red braided hair, hunting dress-like attire and sword expertise, Selesia resembles Asuna; her LoveInterest Charon is equivalent to Kirito, not only for being TheAce and wearing black in contrast to her lighter colors, but also for DualWielding swords in his mecha and having a similar name ("Charon" is written in Romaji as "Karon"); even the advertising posters of their anime are similar to those of the first season of ''SAO''.
* Her EleventhHourSuperpower SwordBeam in episode 10 is almost identical to Saber's Excalibur in ''LightNovel/FateZero''.

* His role as a serious-looking gunman and his appearance in the opening firing his gun make him look like Emiya Kiritsugu from ''LightNovel/FateZero'', another anime that Ei Aoki previously directed. Just to further the parallel, he's also a father, a pragmatic killer, and uses [[AbnormalAmmo special bullets to defeat magic.]] In addition, the shot of him in the opening, calmly firing a gun in the hallway of a mansion at night, is reminiscent of the fight between Kiritsugu and El-Melloi.

* She is a crazy psychopath who deals in rather occult powers and is able to summon Lovecraftian monsters, just like Gilles from ''LightNovel/FateZero''. She also has the same character dynamics in that she's essentially a villain independent from ''the'' BigBad.
* With a motor mouth and love for dramatic poses, she'd be at home in a ''LightNovel/{{Bakemonogatari}}'' episode. She's especially similar to Ougi Oshino with her leather gloves and black turtleneck in summer, strangely specific hatred for hypocrites, compulsion to punish liars and NonstandardCharacterDesign compared to both her story's characters and the main cast.

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* His summoning is also similar to a Persona from the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' franchise.

* First and foremost, she reminds of Esdeath from ''Manga/AkameGaKill'', not only in attire and hair, but also in role, personality and power.

* Her backstory of [[spoiler:her being an indie character based on a mascot that took the internet by storm first through her design being posted in a popular art sharing website and later by a music video echoes ''Franchise/BlackRockShooter'',]] and considering [[spoiler:what [[Website/NicoNicoDouga look-alike video website]] she came from and her video clearly resembling Music/{{Vocaloid}} visual songs, she might be a reference to the Senbonzakura version of Hatsune Miku.]]

* Her character and anime, however, are more reminiscent of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''. With her red braided hair, hunting dress-like attire and sword expertise, Selesia resembles Asuna; her LoveInterest Charon is equivalent to Kirito, not only for being TheAce and wearing black in contrast to her lighter colors, but also for DualWielding swords in his mecha and having a similar name ("Charon" is written in Romaji as "Karon"); and the advertising posters of their anime are similar to those of the first season of ''SAO''.

* She stole the rocket launchers from the JSDF, just like Homura Akemi from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.

* It is also similar to a Persona from the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' franchise.

* Being a stoic, blond-haired lady knight clad in silver armor who fights monster also evokes Claire from ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'', another manga greatly inspired by ''Berserk''.

* The {{cyberpunk}} crime drama esthetic about cops with big guns of his series brings to memory ''Anime/PsychoPass'', which was inspired in those attributes by ''Blade Runner''.

* Being a lithe, dark-haired mecha pilot in a skintight blue suit who claims to be annoyed at being forced to get into his giant robot (at least initially) and is rather vocally attracted to his series's main heroine (whose hair is of a warm color as opposed to his own cold-colored hair) makes him a lighthearted parody of Shinji Ikari from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

* Her pentagram gloves and red and black color scheme evoke ''Manga/TokyoBabylon'', especially notable given than lying is a common vice for Creator/{{CLAMP}} to go against in their Aesops. CLAMP is also famous for their NoodlePeople designs, just like Magane's rather lanky build, and for their ''Manga/CLAMPSchoolDetectives'' series, which goes along Magane's in-universe series ''Record of the Night Window Demon'' being apparently starred by a child detective as well.

* Nishio Ōnishi has a palyndrome name very similar to that of well-known novelist Creator/NisioIsin, but he's such a hopeless pervert and loser that he's just hopefully a very superficial homage and not an actual statement on the real author or his work.

* First and foremost, she reminds of Esdeath from ''Manga/AkameGaKill'', not only in attire and hair, but also in role, personality and poder.

* On the other hand, her actual show seems to be more light-hearted, resembling more ''Franchise/PrettyCure''.

* Her backstory of [[spoiler:her being an indie character based on a mascot that took the internet by storm first through her design being posted in a popular art sharing website and later by a music video echoes ''Franchise/BlackRockShooter'',]] and considering [[spoiler:what [[Website/NicoNicoDouga look-alike video website]] she came from and her video clearly resembling {{Music/Vocaloid}} visual songs, she might be a reference to the Senbonzakura version of Hatsune Miku.]]

* His summoning resembles Susano'o from ''{{Manga/Naruto}}'', helped by him being a villain and TheRival to the protagonist in his series in the vein of Sasuke and Naruto.

* With a motor mouth and love for dramatic poses, she'd be at home in a ''{{LightNovel/Bakemonogatari}}'' episode. She's especially similar to Ougi Oshino with her leather gloves and black turtleneck in summer, strangely specific hatred for hypocrites, compulsion to punish liars and NonstandardCharacterDesign compared to both her story's characters and the main cast.

* She also has a bit of Rachnera Arachnera from ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl'' in her, namely the purple bands, pointy teeth, extreme distaste for hypocrisy, hedonistic attitude and sporting "edgy" symbols (a skull/pentagrams).

!Military Uniform Princess

!Selesia Upitiria

!Meteora Österreich

!Mamika Kirameki

!Yuuya Mirakuji
* His summoned partner has been likened to either a Stand from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'', a Persona from the ''Franchise/{{Persona}}'' franchise or a Susano'o from ''{{Manga/Naruto}}''.
** The second case is helped by the scene in which his rival Shou expains his own GuardianEntity, Banyard, was named by "an old man and his fortune teller friend", directly referencing ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders''; Shou has [[spoiler:Polnareff's]] main motivation and reckless impulsiveness, and his silhouette and color scheme resemble more closely a young Joseph Joestar's, while Banyard shares the same general concept as an armored fighter with Polnareff's Silver Chariot with the powers of the Hanged Man, the Stand belonging to the man who killed his sister.
** The third case is also helped by him being a villain and TheRival to the protagonist in his series in the vein of Sasuke and Naruto.
* It could be also a reference to the shamans from ''Manga/ShamanKing'', particularly the character of Ryu (a thug with a wooden sword, just like Yuuya).
* Finally, Yuuya's fashion sense somewhat resembles visual kei, and with it Iori Yagami of ''VideoGame/TheKingOfFighters''.

!Aliceteria February

!Blitz Talker

* The {{cyberpunk}} crime drama esthetic about cops with big guns of his series brings ''Anime/PsychoPass'' to memory.

!Rui Kanoya

!Magane Chikujoin

!Others

* His summoned partner has been likened to either a Stand from ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventure'', a Persona from the ''Franchise/ShinMegamiTenseiPersona'' franchise or a Susano'o from ''{{Manga/Naruto}}''.

* She's a dead ringer for Genocide Jill from ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa''. If being an AxeCrazy, MotorMouth, LargeHam SerialKiller with [[ScaryTeeth shark-teeth]], braided hair, and a dark-colored SailorFuku wasn't enough, episode 13 reveals she attends Korougamine Gakuen - a name not far off from the school Jill attends, '''Kib'''ougamine Gakuen.

* Her EleventhHourSuperpower SwordBeam in episode 10 is almost identical to aber's Excalibur in ''LightNovel/FateZero''.

* Her StormOfBlades is launched just like Gigalmesh from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''.

* In episode 7 the creators are conducting an online research to determine where the Military Uniform Princess comes from. One of the several characters [[https://s7.postimg.org/waklm5uaz/recreators.png that appear on-screen]] looks very similar to Ky Kiske from VideoGame/GuiltyGear.
* During the ending credits a woman can be seen holding a bag with A/Z written on it. ''Anime/AldnoahZero'' was directed by Eir Aoki and had a soundtrack by Creator/HiroyukiSawano as well.

* Her character and anime, however, are more reminiscent of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''. With her red braided hair, hunting dress-like attire and sword expertise, Selesia resembles Asuna; her LoveInterest Charon is equivalent to Kirito, not only for being TheAce and wearing black in contrast to her lightee colors, but also for DualWielding swords in his mecha and having a similar name ("Charon" is written in Romaji as "Karon"); and the advertising posters of their anime are similar to those of the first season of ''SAO''.

* The {{cyberpunk}} crime drama esthetic of his series brings ''PsychoPass'' to memory.

* Her pentagram gloves and red and black color scheme evoke ''Manga/TokyoBabylon'', especially notable given than lying is a common vice for Creator/{{CLAMP}} to go against in their Aesops. CLAMP is also famous for their NoodlePeople designs, just like Magane's rather lanky build, and for their ''Manga/CLAMPSchoolDetectives'' series, which goes along Magane's in-universe series ''Record of the Night Window Demon'' being apparently about a child detective as well.

* She's a dead ringer for Genocide Jill from ''VisualNovel/DanganRonpa''. If being an AxeCrazy, MotorMouth, LargeHam SerialKiller with [[ScaryTeeth shark-teeth]], braided hair, and a dark-colored SailorFuku wasn't enough, episode 13 reveals she attends Korougamine Gakuen - a name not far off from the school Jill attends, '''Kib'''ougamine Gakuen.

* She reminds visually of Esdeath from ''Manga/AkameGaKill'', while her StormOfBlades is launched just like Gigalmesh from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''while simultaneously using them as a spinning shield a la Noctis Lucis Caelum from ''VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV''.

* Her character and anime, however, are more reminiscent of ''LightNovel/SwordArtOnline''. With her red hair, complex braids and sword expertise, Selesia resembles Asuna; her LoveInterest Charon is equivalent to Kirito, not only for being TheAce and wearing black, but also for DualWielding swords in his mecha and his very name ("Charon" is written in Romaji as "Karon"); and the advertising posters of their anime are similar to those of the first season of ''SAO''.

* Meteora takes another page out of ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight'''s book and unleashes an attack quite similar to Caster's BeamSpam, except with [[RuleOfCool magically summoned rocket launchers]], which she from the JSDF, just like Homura Akemi from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica''.
* Her homeworld is similar to ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', but the exact combination of being a JRPG with a highly detailed world, a PC release and somewhat modest production values (her dialogue is shown not to be in-engine or from a pre-rendered cutscene, it's instead a talking portrait in the style of a VisualNovel) is evocative of ''VideoGame/TheLegendOfHeroesTrailsInTheSky'' instead.

* Her name is a rather unsubtle nod to Madoka Kaname from ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' and, just like Madoka, she is a pink-haired magical girl who goes through [[BreakTheCutie traumatic realizations]].
* On the other hand, her actual show is quite light-hearted and resembles more ''Franchise/PrettyCure''.

** The second case is helped by the scene in which his rival Shou expains his own GuardianEntity, Banyard, was named by "an old man and his fortune teller friend", directly referencing ''Manga/JojosBizarreAdventureStardustCrusaders''; Shou has [[spoiler:Polnareff's]] main motivation and reckless impulsiveness and his silhouette and color scheme resemble more closely a young Joseph Joestar's, while Banyard shares the same general concept as an armored fighter with Polnareff's Silver Chariot with the powers of the Hanged Man, the Stand belonging to the man who killed his sister.

* The {{cyberpunk}} crime drama esthetic of his series brings PsychoPass to memory.
* One of the biggest parallels to Blitz is the character Roy from Anime/SoltyRei, who was also a private investigator that simply wanted his daughter back.

* Her pentagram gloves and red and black color scheme evoke ''Manga/TokyoBabylon'', especially given than lying is a common vice for Creator/{{CLAMP}} to go against in their Aesops. CLAMP is also famous for their NoodlePeople designs, just like Magane's rather lanky build, and for their ''Manga/CLAMPSchoolDetectives'' series, which goes along Magane's in-universe series ''Record of the Night Window Demon'' being apparently about a child detective as well.

* His role as a serious-looking gunman and his appearance in the opening firing his gun make him look like Emiya Kiritsugu from ''LightNovel/FateZero'', another anime that Ei Aoki previously directed. Just to further the parallel, he's also a father, a pragmatic killer, and uses [[AbnormalAmmo special bullets to defeat magic.]]

* Finally, Yuuya's fashion sense somewhat resembles visual kei, and with it Iori Yagami of ''VideoGame/KingOfFighters''.

* One of the biggest parallels to Blitz is the character Roy from SoltyRei, who was also a private investigator that simply wanted his daughter back.

* The {{cyberpunk}} crime drama esthetic of his series brings ''PsychoPass'' to memory.

* She reminds visually of Esdeath from ''Manga/AkameGaKill'', while her StormOfBlades is launched just like Gigalmesh from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''while simultaneously using them as a spinning shield a la Noctis Lucis Caelum from VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV.

* Her immensely destructive attacks and attempts to befriend her enemies are straight from ''Franchise/LyricalNanoha''.

* She gains her powers from the Gauntlet of [[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gotz_von_Berlichingen Gotz von Berlichingen]], a real life German knight and mercenary who is famously similar to Guts of ''Manga/{{Berserk}}'' fame. Indeed, from the way she describes it, ''Aliceteria of the Scarlet'' also seems to be set in a suspiciously ''Berserk''-like CrapsackWorld. She even [[ActorAllusion shares]] her [[Creator/YokoHikasa voice actor]] with Farnese from the same series - a blonde female knight who is introduced as a KnightTemplar before her interactions with Guts and various supernatural beings start to shake her worldview.

* Blitz somewhat departs from the pattern for referencing primarily not an anime character, but a Western film character: his job to hunt synthetic monsters, his washed up life state, his attire and his preference for HandCannon type guns make him resemble Rick Deckard from ''Film/BladeRunner'', helped by the coincidental revelation in the film's sequel ''Film/BladeRunner2049'' that Deckard [[spoiler:has a daughter he was trying to protect.]]

* Being a lithe, dark-haired mecha pilot in a skintight blue suit who claims to be annoyed at being forced to get into his giant robot (at least initially) and is rather vocally attracted to his series's main heroine, whose hair is of a warm color as opposed to his own cold-colored hair, make him a lighthearted parody of Shinji Ikari from ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.

* She reminds visually of Esdeath from ''Manga/AkameGaKill'', while her StormOfBlades is launched just like Gigalmesh from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''while simultaneously using them as a spinning shield a la Noctis Lucis Caelum from VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV. * Her backstory of [[spoiler:her being an indie character based on a mascot that took the internet by storm first through her design being posted in a popular art sharing website and later by a music video echoes ''Franchise/BlackRockShooter'',]] and considering [[spoiler:what [[Website/NicoNicoDouga look-alike video website]] she came from and her video clearly resembling {{Music/Vocaloid}} visual songs, she might be a reference to the Senbonzakura version of Hatsune Miku.]]

* She reminds visually of Esdeath from ''Manga/AkameGaKill'', while her StormOfBlades is launched just like Gigalmesh from ''VisualNovel/FateStayNight''while simultaneously using them as a spinning shield a la Noctis Lucis Caelum from VideoGame/FinalFantasyXV. * Her backstory of [[spoiler:her being an indie character based on a mascot that took the internet by storm first through her design being posted in a popular art sharing website and later by a music video echoes ''Franchise/BlackRockShooter'',]] and considering [[spoiler:what [[Website/NicoNicoDouga look-alike video website]] she came from and her video clearly resembling {{Music/Vocaloid}} visual songs]], she might be a reference to the Senbonzakura version of Hatsune Miku.]]