Bleach's transforming Zanpakuto are extensions of the wielder' souls.The Appetite Demons in Toriko are hulking, humanoid monsters that become more corporeal as their users' Gourmet Cells grow stronger.This is how spirits are materialized via Oversoul in Shaman King, in many ways similar to Stands.Special mention goes to Zetsuei, a humanoid Alter whose injuries reflect on its user, Ryuho.Additionally, only a few Alters are humanoid, with others becoming weapons, elements, or 'harmonius' armor, while Stands are the opposite - mostly humanoid, with a minority taking on other shapes or styles. The main difference is that while Stands are mental constructs, Alters are physical in nature (and blow away small portions of the landscape for the material to form themselves). s-CRY-ed drew heavily from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure with its Alters.

Sakura's 'Inner Sakura' is simply a visualization of her repressed feelings, but some of the video game portray it as an actual physical being she can fight with.The Susanoo technique of the Sharingan similarly creates a massive Energy Being around the user, its form evolving from a skeletal form into a yamabushi and then finally a Samurai as it increases in power.Naruto's Fox Cloak can function as this, forming arms of chakra to attack independently of Naruto's movements and at its most powerful forming a gigantic Animal Battle Aura he controls from within.Netero's 100-Type Guanyin Bodhisattva in particular fights like a giant Stand.

Many of the Nen abilities from Hunter × Hunter qualify, such as Razor's 13 Devils.

For example, there are Stands shaped like a giant Ghost Ship, a fishing rod, and hundreds of mini-Stands. Although Memetic Mutation implies that all Stands take the form of a humanoid being standing behind the user, there are many which are far more bizarre and complex. Jotaro's main reason for hunting DIO in Stardust Crusaders is to save her. Jotaro's mother Holly starts dying when her Stand manifests because she's a gentle person with a passive nature. A strong fighting spirit (or at the very least a lot of passion, as seen with Tonio in Part 4) is actually required to properly control a Stand. They started out as a way of making Psychic Powers more visually interesting, and they were so awesome that they eventually became the most common power in the series.

The Trope Codifier for this trope in Japanese media are the Stands from JoJo's Bizarre Adventure.

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