Wizards has the assassin Necron 99 ride a biped creature with ostrich-like legs and body, topped by the meanest, ugliest horse-ish head ever.Taarna herself rides a critter that resembles a kawaii pterodon, and a mighty faithful one, to boot. Heavy Metal has the barbarians mount huge vampire bats to pursue the fleeing Action Girl Taarna.Birds such as sparrows are considered inferior to hummingbirds and are generally used only for racing. However, the bats aren't actually loyal to the Boggins in one scene, a Leafman knocks a Boggin off his bat and takes the reins, and the bat has no complaints. They also can ride on bats due to their leader's ability to imitate the cry that bats use to locate others of their own kind. The Leafmen in Epic ride hummingbirds into battle, while the Boggins prefer Creepy Crows because they are more tolerant of decay.Yu-Gi-Oh!: In Kaiba's in-universe virtual reality video game, the characters ride Niwatori (giant flightless birds), which some of the characters call giant chickens.Trigun has the Tomas, weird cross-breeds between ostriches and non-avian dinosaurs.In Samurai 7, some people ride around on giant turtle-like creatures.
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In the early series of Pokémon: The Series, it was rather common to see Dodrio (a three-headed ostrich-like bird) used as a mount.Panzer World Galient: In the world of Arst, people ride horned, bipedal critters that look like a wingless bird mixed with a dinosaur.What look like giant ducklings are used as mounts in One Piece's Kingdom of Alabasta.Nausicaa also features another type of unusual mount, referred to as Warbeasts, which are something like giant, shaggy dogs with cow horns and lizard-like feet. Horseclaws are giant flightless birds used as rides in Nausicaä of the Valley of the Wind (and inspired the above-mentioned chocobos).In Maze Megaburst Space, a two-legged brown dinosaur is the preferred cavalry mount.Although they were never used as mounts they replaced horses as the animal of choice for racing. Last Exile has some very chocobo-esque flightless birds.Mostly just a Mythology Gag owing to Yasuhiro Nightow creating both series. Gungrave also has the Tomas, which, while not featured as a primary mount, are used instead of horses for racing purposes.They normally can't fly, but can be granted that ability through the use of seal spells. Dog Days has cellkulls, who are about as close to chocobos as you can get without violating copyright.