- In the manga Naruto , the character Hyūga Neji has a ''manji''-shaped seal with hooked ends on his forehead, imprinted there when he was young. In the TV anime this is replaced with an 'X'-shaped symbol. It is possible the series staff already had overseas export in mind, mandating the change.
- In the Tenjho Tenge manga and anime, Shin Natsume is a power-hungry swordsman that employs a cursed sword and sometimes wears an eye patch decorated with an ''omote manji''. This specific orientation of the symbol is associated with love and mercy, which are attributes this character struggles with in rather dramatic ways.
- In the Sin City series of graphic novels, the character Miho 's shurikens are shaped like swastikas.
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- Swastikas appear frequently in political satirical comics often as a means of criticising Right-wing elements in the government. An example is a satirical Comic Strip that was published in Dagbladet Information as a critique of the right-wing in Danish politics.
- In the original release of the video game Doom , a floor area in one level took on the shape of a swastika. It was removed in a later version.
- A Pokémon playing card sold in Japan had a ''manji'' graphic. Because of its resemblance to the Nazi swastika, the card was altered for Western translations, and eventually withdrawn in Japan following Western complaints.
- Punk Rockers like Siouxsie Sioux , Sid Vicious and John Lydon used, and were photographed using, the Nazi version of the swastika for its shock value, notwithstanding that Malcolm McLaren , the Sex Pistols ' manager, was Jewish . But the punk rock enthusiasm for swastikas ended abruptly in 1981 with the release of the Dead Kennedys song '' Nazi Punks Fuck Off! '' After the song was released, not only did swastikas become "''verboten''" in punk rock culture, many punks had their swastika tattoos either removed or turned into less offensive images (e.g., a window).
- The previously successful career of the British band Kula Shaker virtually collapsed in the 1990s after the band's frontman, Crispian Mills , son of actress Hayley Mills , expressed his desire to use Swastikas as part of the imagery of their live show; because of this, and additional remarks he made, he was widely accused of holding Nazi sympathies. However, the band was musically influenced by Indian styles, and Mills asserted that his attraction to the swastika was part of an attempt to reclaim the Indian usage of the symbol in the West.
- During their 2004 live show Skinny Puppy showed imagery that involved the presidential seal and the swastika as well as a staged assassination and beheading. This resulted in a boycott by a group called PABAAH and during a show in Atlanta an individual from the Dekalb County Police Gang Taskforce left them a card[http://www.process.org/2004/11/patriots.html]. One review of their latest DVD claims they are on a federal watch list[http://www.popmatters.com/music/reviews/s/skinnypuppy-greaterdvd.shtml].
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