Characters in Smash previously seen in Japanese animation format, otherwise known as anime:
- The Pokémon anime and Pokémon Origins, of course.
- There was a Fire Emblem anime based on Marth's games, though it was cancelled after 2 episodes. Ironically, it was dubbed in English before Melee came out.
- The anime series, F-Zero: GP Legend.
- The series was adapted to anime with Sonic X.
- The promotional anime shorts for Kid Icarus: Uprising and Palutena's trailer for Smash 3DS/Wii U.
- Palutena's trailer for Smash 3DS/Wii U.
- Wasn't there an anime movie based on Animal Crossing or something?
- There as a Kirby anime series as well.
- Okay, this one is quite a bit of a stretch, but his games' cutscenes were made by a well-known anime studio, Production I.G, who also worked with Nintendo on other occasions such as Pokémon Origins and one of the KIU anime shorts, Thanatos Rising. The studio also worked on several other projects, including Attack on Titan.