Nazca (anime)

Nazca (時空転抄ナスカ) is an anime TV series. It is about a group of people who are reincarnations of ancient Incan warriors who have returned to re-enact a civil war that resulted in the fall of the Incan empire. Miura Kyoji, a dedicated kendo student, discovers that his master, Tate Masanari, is a reincarnated Incan warrior named Yawaru who wishes to destroy the world to purify it. Kyoji himself is the warrior Bilka, who foiled Yawaru's plans in their previous lives. Yawaru gathers other awakened spirits to release the powers of nature. Now Kyoji must wrestle with his own fate and decide if he is merely a vessel for the reincarnated soul or if he is truly Miura Kyoji and which will be better able to save the world and the future as he knows it.

Pop culture

 * Two clips from Nazca are used in the opening titles of the tv show Malcolm in the Middle
 * The main characters expression reached meme-status on various online message boards, including the little-known /a/ of 4chan