Bakeneko in Anime & Manga!

Japanese popular culture contains a large number of two-tailed cat characters based on the nekomata. Some of these include:

• In the series InuYasha, Kirara (the demon companion of Sango), is a type of nekomata that can transform from a cute two-tailed cat like creature into a large demon surrounded in flame and capable of flight.
  
• In the anime series Ayakashi: Samurai Horror Tales and Mononoke
• In the manga Shaman King, Hao Asakura's spirit ally from 1,000 years ago is a nekomata named Matamune.
• In the manga/anime series Hyper Police the character Natsuki Sasahara is half-human/half-nekomata.
• In the anime Inukami!, the character Tomekichi is a benevolent nekomata who honors an obligation to a deceased priest who once took care of him.
• In the Pokémon game series, the Psychic-type Pokémon Espeon is a lavender cat-like creature with a forked tail.
• In the video game Shin Megami Tensei: Nocturne Beast Nekomata appear as recruitable allies in Ginza and Ikebukuro.
• In the video game Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3, Nekomata is one of the main Protagonist's summonable Personas.
• The character Yurine in the animation Karas appears as both a human and a white cat with a forked-tail.
• In the series Claymore, Luciela, the abyssal one of the South, has an awakened form resembling a two-tailed cat demon.
• In the video games Disgaea: Hour of Darkness and Disgaea 2: Cursed Memories, the player has the ability to create nekomata characters.
• The Bakeneko was featured in episode 10, 11, and 12 of the series Mononoke.
• Chen, from Touhou Project, is a nekomata shikigami.
• Rin, also from Touhou Project, is a nekomata, but she is also a kasha.
• In the manga/anime series Naruto, Kakuzu and Hidan find the two-tailed bijuu which has the appearance of a giant nekomata when fully materialized.
• An artist by the name Nekomata Master is present in multiple KonamiBEMANI series. related video games, especially in the BEMANI series.
• In the Digimon Series there is a Digimon named Persiamon who takes the form of a two tailed cat woman.
• In the anime series Xam'd: Lost Memories, there is a small, green and white, rabbit-like creature called a nekomata adopted by two children who name it Roppa.