Some really strange ideas I have about what things (themes, characters, entire series) relate to what non-anime things and some arguments on why or what I really mean. I'm really going for non-obvious and wacky stuff, so there might be some reaching. But it's amusing -- to me.

I think...	Is related to...
Tanya von Degurechaff from the Saga of Tanya the Evil	Friedrich Nietzche's Übermensch because of their (he who reincarnated as she) denial of God, and general self-reliance.
Kobayashi's Dragon Maid	Heinlein's A Stranger in a Strange Land since both seem to cover a lot about how the daily lives in their societies are shaped from the viewpoint of a stronger immigrant.
Char Aznable from Gundam	The Red Baron from the First World War, since both: have red craft are noblemen are exceptional pilots serve an authoritarian regime are known by popular nicknames (on both sides of their war) that mention redness