The Man From Nowhere is perhaps the most common Twin Peaks reference to pop up in anime series, as a similar character appears in Episode 12 of Soul Eater.
Monster features a character known as The Baby, a vicious neo-nazi who routinely dances in a closed off, curtained room, much like The Man From Nowhere in Twin Peaks.
But while Twin Peaks was a hit with Americans, it was a massive sensation in Japan.