Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin

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Ginga: Nagareboshi Gin is a manga and anime series that ran from 1984 to 1986. It was created by manga author Yoshihiro Takahashi. The main character is an Akita Inu called Gin which is Japanese for "silver". It was released in Korea, Finland, Sweden, Hungary, Norway and China. It is mostly popular in its country of origin, Japan, as well as Finland and the United States.

The story tells of Gin, a Tore-Ge (meaning "tiger-striped" in Japanese) Akita Inu who is born and is trained harshly by a dog-trainer called Gohei Takeda (nickname is "Jii-Sama") to become a bear-dog because it is believed tiger-striped Akita Inus are the best to kill bears. A large monstrous bear called Akakabuto (Japanese for "red helmet") terrorizises Gin's hometown for several years.

Gin while with his owner, Daisuke, a boy of twelve years, Gin stumbles upon some wild dogs, and wants to join them, but he is stopped. Later, Gin finds them again and realizes their aim is to fight against and defeat the bear Akakabuto.

Gin: A silver tiger-striped Akita Inu. He is a year old in the anime. He is a determined soul for his age and can move very quickly like "the speed of a shooting star" and has the unusual ability to leap onto things like the bark of trees without falling off.

Riki: Gin's father. He is a favourite of Gohei Takeda, and he does not remember his son Gin due to amnesia, which he got from a battle with Akakabuto.