 The popular Japanese super hero show, Kamen Rider, referenced Raymond Chandler's "The Long Goodbye" in the 2009 series, Kamen Rider W. Kamen Rider W is a story of two detectives, Shotaro Hidari and Phillip, who become one when they transform into W, and battle criminals who are powered by drug like USBs called Gaia Memories.Phillip is named after Philip Marlowe, his name was chosen by Narumi Soukichi, Shotaro Hidari's mentor and fan of Chandler's "The Long Goodbye".Many episodes of the show reference the Hard Boiled style featured in Chandler's works.