Sharon Apple, a character in the
anime OVA series
Macross Plus, was a "virturoid idol": a computerized
persona created to be the perfect
idol singer. Her
concerts were elaborate interactive
holographic works of art, engineered to match the
emotional response of the audience. Unbeknownst to the adoring public, however, Sharon was not initially an independent
personality: her own emotional responses were supplied by her "manager",
Myung Fang Lone.
When Sharon's producers fitted her host computer with a contraband bioelectronic processor, she became capable of independent emotion, but remained imprinted with Myung's loves and obsessions. The result (avoiding too many spoilers) was tragedy.
Interesting note: Sharon's
computer case -- black with a single red
camera eye -- seems to be intended as a reference to
HAL 9000.