Chapter 239 of Negima! Magister Negi Magi has one, complete with Exploding Calendar.Layla, who normally Suffers Newbies Poorly, is impressed enough to allow Sora to stay with the Kaleido Stage crew. She comes oh-so-close to pulling it off, perfecting the spin technique but missing the opposite trapeze bar by thatmuch. Episode 2 of Kaleido Star uses this when Sora preps herself to duplicate the 'Golden Phoenix', a favorite trick of Layla Hamilton, one of her idols.Episode 6 of Beyond the Boundary has one where the gang spend an entire week training for an epic song and dance number that they need to perform in order to defeat a monster.
The 'running along the water' scene is even duplicated - albeit with the protagonist inside a giant robot. The original Gunbuster had one played so straight it comes across as a homage to Rocky.
