If based on characters from a book or other media.

They are often based on characters from a movie, comic book, video game, or television program.

The book is based on real characters and events.

The enemies are all based on characters who appeared in the episode as well.

It is based on characters from the movie Ice Age.

This could because the Japanese are used to looking at pictograms, since their written language is based on such characters.

The character and his voice appear to have been based on characters from the 1930s and 1940s.

Several Batman villains are based on characters from the books.

They are all also based on diverse ancient characters, just like the rest of the alphabet.

Of the album's 17 tracks, 10 are directly based on characters or concepts from the book.