An anime artist drew a picture for the cover of "Cell" recently.
http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2007-09-07/jojo's-araki-draws-cover-for-u.s-biological-journal-cell
Obviously, the people who requested it (and have their article as the main one to read in Cell) were Japanese. For those who might not know, Cell is a highly academically acclaimed scientific journal that publishes the latest research in cell biology. It is VERY prominent and to have your paper published in Cell is a great honor, similar to getting your paper published in Nature or winning the Nobel Peace prize (well, that could possibly be the greatest honor of all in science).
While the artist is just another passing artist, it was still nice to know that something from two worlds I thought could never come together... comes together in this unique and awesome way.
I am absolutely reading this article just because of the cover. :V (It's a good article and relates to neuroscience! People should read it!)