The main character of the "Red Peony Gambler" film series is homaged by a character's appearance as a kimono-wearing female gambler who wields a knife and exposes a tattoo on her right shoulder.
The first film of the Torakku Yaro series, which spawned the real-life cultural phenomenon of dekatora trucks, is homaged on animated dekatora trucks by its subtitle "Goiken muyou", which appears on the front of a character's truck in both films.
Louis XIV's stage entrance in the "Ballet de la Nuit" scene is homaged in animation, recreating the placement of the Sun King headdress and stage pyrotechnics as a character ascends onto a stage from below.