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Anime-influenced animation is a type of non-Japanese work ofanimation that is noticeably similar to or inspired byanime. Generally, the termanime refers to a style of animation originating from Japan. As Japanese anime became increasingly popular,Western animation studios began implementing some visual stylizations typical in anime—such as exaggerated facial expressions, "super deformed" versions of characters, and white radial lines appearing on the screen when something shocking happens or when someone screams.

Although outside Japan,anime is specifically used to mean animation from Japan or as a Japanese-disseminated animationstyle often characterized by colorful graphics, vibrant characters and fantastical themes,^[1][2] there is a debate over whether the culturally abstract approach to the word's meaning may open up the possibility of anime produced in countries other than Japan.^[3][4][5] Additionally, all these anime-influenced series have become defined as "anime" by some sources, in an attempt to classify all Japanese-anime styled works of non-Japanese origin.^[6]

One of the first noted attempts from American companies on making a series visually inspired by anime wasThe King Kong Show in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was the result of a collaboration betweenToei Animation from Japan andVideocraft from America. The result was an animation with an anime-like visual style and a Japanesekaiju theme, that incorporated the art style of the Hanna-Barbera era in American TV animation.^[7] Likewise, note that Hanna-Barbera's earlier seriesFrankenstein Jr. was heavily influenced by theGigantor anime series, although its art style was more similar to that of other American cartoons of the time. Another early example of this might beThe Smokey Bear Show,^[8][9][10]Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero,^[11]Challenge of the GoBots,^{[12][13][14][15]} andHong Kong Phooey.^[16]

Toei Animation continued this type of collaboration in theTransformers TV series andits associated film, both of which aired in the 1980s. WhileTransformers was co-produced with Toei Animation, who handled several stages of the animation production process, the series was ultimately written in the United States.Transformers showed many influences and elements of anime including story, themes, and a style that resembledMecha anime.^{[citation needed]}

This trend continued throughout the 1980s with series and movies likeDungeons & Dragons,X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men,^{[17][18][19][20]}Spider-Man,Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends,Inhumanoids,Jem,Voltron,^[21][22]Voltron: Fleet of Doom,GoBots: Battle of the Rock Lords,^[23]Defenders of the Earth,The Adventures of the American Rabbit,The Glo Friends,Sky Commanders,Hello Kitty's Furry Tale Theater,The Real Ghostbusters,Superman, andPolice Academy, all projects that were also co-produced by Toei Animation. Throughout the 1980s and the 1990s, many American shows started to be outsourced to Japanese artists and animators, most notablyTMS Entertainment andSunrise, which animated popular television productions such asInspector Gadget,The Real Ghostbusters,Mighty Orbots,Rainbow Brite,The Adventures of the Galaxy Rangers,Bionic Six,Tiny Toon Adventures,DuckTales,Chip 'n Dale: Rescue Rangers,Animaniacs,The Littles,The New Adventures of Zorro,Dennis the Menace,Spider-Man: The Animated Series,Batman: The Animated Series, andSuperman: The Animated Series, most of which visually or thematically were not reminiscent of Japanese anime.TaleSpin (the animation was done atWalt Disney Animation Japan) did, however, take inspiration fromHayao Miyazaki's 1989 mangaHikōtei Jidai.^[24]

Throughout the 1990s and 2000s, multiple American cartoons began showing a strong influence from anime without having any Japanese artists directly involved in the project. A few notable examples of this can be seen in theCartoon Network showDexter's Laboratory, theABC showClerks: The Animated Series, theNickelodeon showInvader Zim (including its filmInvader Zim: Enter the Florpus), andBlaze and the Monster Machines, or theJetix showYin Yang Yo!.

At the same time,Godzilla: The Series is technically an adaptation ofthe American Godzilla movie, but has plentiful references to the Japanese films and has a more directly anime-looking aesthetic throughout the show. Godzilla himself is made to look more in line with his earlier Japanese design.

Return to the Planet of the Apes, based on thePlanet of the Apes franchise, is an American cartoon series that follows theVietnam War andCold War themes prominent inPlanet of the Apes andBeneath the Planet of the Apes as opposed to the fantasy elements found in later films, of which the cartoon itself has referenced. The animation is designed in such a way that looks somewhat similar to the works ofToei Animation andMadhouse Studios.^{[25][26][27][28][29]}

American animator, writer, and television producerButch Hartman, best known for creating theNickelodeon cartoonsThe Fairly OddParents,The Jimmy Timmy Power Hour,Danny Phantom,T.U.F.F. Puppy,Bunsen Is a Beast, andThe Fairly OddParents: A New Wish, has frequently implemented the use of anime elements and references throughout his work, and his animation and character design is characterized by fluid action sequences, large eyes, comic-book or colorful artwork and backgrounds, and exaggerated facial expressions, which is common in a typical anime. Adding onto their closeness to anime, some episodes fromThe Fairly OddParents andDanny Phantom even directly reference anime in some way, particularly parodying styles fromHello Kitty andSpeed Racer.^{[30][31][32][33][34][35][36][37][38][39][40][41][42][43][44][45][46][47][48][49][50][51][52][53][54][55][56][57]}

There are various other notable examples of cartoon series with an strong anime influence, includingX-Men: The Animated Series^{[58][59][60][61][62][63][64][65][66]} (includingX-Men '97^[67][68][69]),RoboCop: The Animated Series,^{[70][71][72][73]}Men in Black: The Series,^{[74][75][76][77]}Back to the Future: The Animated Series,^{[78][79][80][81]}Beetlejuice: The Animated Series,^[82][83][84]Gargoyles,Æon Flux,The Pirates of Dark Water,^{[85][86][87][88][89]}The Tick,^[90][72][73]Todd McFarlane's Spawn,^[91][92]Samurai Jack,^[93]X-Men: Evolution,^[94][95]The Venture Bros.,^{[96][97][98][99][100][101]} (including the filmThe Venture Bros.: Radiant Is the Blood of the Baboon Heart),^{[102][103][104][105]}Metalocalypse,^{[106][107][108][109]} (including the filmMetalocalypse: Army of the Doomstar,)^[110][111]Teen Titans,^[112] (including the filmsTeen Titans: Trouble in Tokyo^[113][114] andTeen Titans Go! vs. Teen Titans^[115][116]),Justice League,^[117]Justice League Unlimited,^[118]Exosquad,^[119][120]Megas XLR,^[121]Loonatics Unleashed,^[122]The Jackie Chan Adventures,^{[123][124][74]}The Spectacular Spider-Man,^{[125][126][127][128][129][130][131]}Batman: The Brave and the Bold,^{[132][133][134][135][136][137][138]}Xiaolin Showdown,^[139][140]Xiaolin Chronicles,^[141]Spaceballs: The Animated Series^{[142][143][144][145]}Wolverine and the X-Men,^[146][147]The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes,^[148]Avengers Assemble,^[149]Guardians of the Galaxy,^{[150][151][152]}Neo Yokio,^{[153][154][155]}Seis Manos,^[156][157]Blood of Zeus,^{[158][159][160][161][162]}Invincible,^{[163][164][165][166][167]}Primal,^{[168][169][170][171]} andTwilight of the Gods.^{[172][173][174][175][176]}

Batman Beyond displayed some characteristics of anime; in particular, some of its production processes were outsourced to Japan.^[177]Glen Murakami was also a strong influence in inspiring American cartoons with Japanese elements. He animated alongsideBruce Timm onBatman: The Animated Series and its sequel,Batman: Beyond. Keeping the sharp-edged angular style of Timm and mixing in his own personal influences, the show was given cyberpunk and sci-fi elements with a Japanese twist.^{[citation needed]}

American television producerSam Register – who created anime inspired works such asBen 10, its sequelAlien Force,Transformers Animated,Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated,Beware the Batman,Mike Tyson Mysteries,Unikitty!,Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi – also worked alongside Murakami to create theTeen Titans television show in 2003, giving rise to a unique style referred to as "murakanime". In 2004, Murakami also producedThe Batman, which showed much stronger anime influence than even its predecessorBatman Beyond.^[123] Later, in 2013, Murakami producedTeen Titans Go!, which was given a stronger Japanese influence than even its predecessor, with it animation and visuals being heavily reminiscent ofchibis.^[123][178]

Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! is the firstJetix original show to be produced by Japanese artists and use an anime concept for the characters, including a transformation sequence for the series' main protagonist, Chiro.

Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel seriesThe Legend of Korra are other examples of American series influenced by anime so heavily that they started discussions among fans and viewers about what anime is and whether a non-Japanese animation should be called anime.^[179]Avatar creatorsBryan Konietzko andMichael Dante DiMartino confirmed an anime influence in a magazine interview; that of "Hayao Miyazaki, especiallySpirited Away andPrincess Mononoke"^[180] as well asMy Neighbor Totoro.^[181] Other studios from which inspiration was drawn includeStudio 4°C,Production I.G,Polygon Pictures andStudio Ghibli.^[182]

The same strong resemblance can be seen inVoltron: Legendary Defender, areboot of theVoltron franchise, this time produced completely by American artists.Lauren Montgomery andJoaquim Dos Santos, both known for their work on theAvatar: The Last Airbender series and its sequelThe Legend of Korra, served as showrunners while fellow crew member Tim Hedrick served as head writer.

The American sitcomThe Boondocks has many anime-style features and uses Japanese style fighting. It is shown in many scenes, as Japanese sword styles have been used. Additionally, the aesthetics are notably very similar toJapanese animation, due to the series being partially outsourced to Japanese and Korean artists, most notablyMadhouse Studios. However, despite this, Madhouse was never credited with its involvement with the cartoon.^[183]

Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. andMoon Girl and Devil Dinosaur both have many anime-style features, especially through their animation and art style, and as such each of the cartoons have plentiful references, particularly the characters' reaction shots and the fight sequences.^[184][185]Ultimate Spider-Man andSpidey and His Amazing Friends both go further with the anime references by including the Japanesechibi on the characters, which occurs throughout both cartoon series; there were multiple episodes inUltimate Spider-Man that involved the characters becoming exclusively made aschibis similar to the style used inTeen Titans Go!,Thundercats Roar, andRWBY Chibi.^{[186][187][188][189][190][191][192][193][194][195][196][197][198][199][200]}

Witchblade andSuper Crooks, fromIcon Comics andTop Cow Productions, are both adapted from two separateAmerican comic book seriesof the same name;Witchblade is loosely based on thefilm andtelevision series;Super Crooks is a spinoff ofJupiter's Legacy. TheWitchbladecomic book series was influenced by themagical girls andecchi genres, which are utilized throughout the animation, whereas theSuper Crooks comic book series and the resulting animated series is often compared to that ofMy Hero Academia.Witchblade was released on April 6, 2006, andSuper Crooks was released inNetflix on November 25, 2021. Both animated series were animated by Japanese studiosGonzo andBones.^{[201][202][203][204][205][206][207]}

The web seriesRWBY, produced by Texas-based companyRooster Teeth was premiered in July 2013, is produced using an anime-heavily influenced art style and has been referred to as an American anime by multiple sources.^[3][208] For example, when the series was licensed for release in Japan,AdWeek reported on the situation using the headline "American-made anime from Rooster Teeth gets licensed in Japan".^[209] The CEO of Rooster Teeth,Matt Hullum, commented on the licensing agreement, saying "This is the first time any American-made anime has been marketed to Japan. It definitely usually works the other way around, and we're really pleased about that."^[209] In 2013,Monty Oum, the creator ofRWBY, said "Some believe just like Scotch needs to be made in Scotland, an American company can't make anime because it's impossible at all. I think that's a narrow way of seeing it. Anime is an art form, and to say only one country can make this art is wrong."^[3] Furthermore,RWBY was often dubbed inJapanese version, and even got a 2016 spin-off seriesRWBY Chibi, which depicts the characters in the style and appearance ofchibi and depicts them in situations akin to that of typical of Japanese chibi parodies. Eventually, in 2022,RWBY was given an actual Japanese animation calledIce Queendom, making it one of the very first anime-based cartoons to have actually developed a true Japanese animation based on an American project.^[210]

ThePowerpuff Girls cartoon series, as well asits reboot andfilm adaptation were all heavily influenced and stylized by anime to begin with, with the three main characters being obvious examples. For this, the franchise was revered by not just American viewers, which was its intended target audience, but also Japanese viewers as well.^[211] As a result of the cartoon's major popularity in Japan, the show was given ananimespin-off known asZ that debuted on July 1, 2006. TheZ spinoff is loosely based on the original cartoon, with plot details and characters very similar to their depiction from the cartoon.The Powerpuff Girls stands as one of the very first anime-based cartoons to have actually developed a true Japanese animation based on an American project.^{[212][213][207]}

Rick and Morty was already heavily influenced by Japanese anime, and has multiple references throughout many episodes. Due to the cartoon's resulting popularity in Japan, the series was given an actualanime adaptation, makingRick and Morty one of the few examples of an American cartoon to have a Japanese anime adaptation. The Japanese version was first released as fiveshort films from March 29, 2020, to November 12, 2021. Each of those short films depict the characters in Japanese settings, ranging fromsamurai andNeon Genesis Evangelion to even other anime-based projects such asPacific Rim. The series aired onAdult Swim starting from August 16, 2024.^[214] The series is written and directed by Takashi Sano.^[215]

TheTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles franchise, despite being an American IP, has been frequently implementing Japanese culture and anime elements since its very inception, mainly due to itsninjutsu andsamurai themes. These references have been repeatedly featured in its various media, especially their animated projects, with the1987,2003, and2012 TV series featuring various anime-inspired aesthetics and moments, some of the most notable examples being seen in the characters' reaction shots and the action sequences. In addition, a parody of the anime seriesVoltron: Defender of the Universe was featuredwithin the 2012 series throughout its second season, titledSuper Robo Mecha Force Five! The franchise's animated filmsTMNT,Turtles Forever, andTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem only further their anime similarities and references by utilizing plotlines akin to that of asamurai film andisekai anime. Of all the cartoons,Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles andits film adaptation are the most strongly influenced by anime visuals and iconography, using imagery and animation similar to that of Japanese studios such asStudio Trigger. Most recently, in 2024,Tales of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles, while a sequel series followingTeenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Mutant Mayhem, follows the movie's similar anime-style animation formatting. Ultimately, the franchise even has its own anime series, that ofMutant Turtles: Superman Legend, a two-partoriginal video animation made as part of marketing on the success of the 1987 cartoon series. However, until relatively recently, the anime remains obscure and completely unavailable to find on American stores or media sources, therefore it was one of the more lesser known adaptations from the franchise.^{[211][216][217][218][219][220][221][222][223][224][225][226][227][228][229][230][231][232][233][234][235][236][237][238][239][240][241][242][243][244][245][246][247][248][249][250][251][207]}

G.I. Joe, despite it being primarily and notably an American cartoon, film, and toy line franchise, is notable for having quite a handful of anime influences in their animations. The first and most notable example,G.I. Joe: A Real American Hero, both thefirst andsecond seasons, as well as thefilm adaptation, were all outsourced in Japan by the studioToei Animation, who was also known for makingThe Transformers. The second,G.I. Joe: Sigma 6, was actually the closest known G.I. Joe property to ever be translated intoJapanese animation in any form despite it still being an American cartoon; it was animated by the Japanese studioGonzo, and it was produced by4Kids Productions in America. Third,G.I. Joe: Resolute was a web series produced byTitmouse, Inc., and the animation was noted to be extremely similar to that ofAvatar: The Last Airbender and the works ofMadhouse Studios, especially its character designs and fight scenes. Finally, the most recent one to date,G.I. Joe: Renegades, despite it being primarily an American cartoon, had plenty of anime references, particularly its frequent usage ofNinja culture and stylized fight choreography.^{[252][253][254]}

ThunderCats, both its1985 and2011 cartoons, are outsourced and produced by Japanese animators, like that ofStudio 4°C, and thus both cartoons have several references and visuals reminiscent to anime all throughout. The most recent one,Roar, made in 2020, even has achibi-stye animation similar to the style used inTeen Titans Go!.^{[255][211][256]}

Ballmastrz: 9009 is an American-Japanese television series aired onAdult Swim and its animation produced byTitmouse, Inc.,Williams Street, andStudio 4°C. When the animators were discussing the artistic direction of the series,Chris Prynoski, president of Titmouse said that the show's animation was made "like it was drawn by High School kids who try to draw anime". For theBallmastrz: Rubicon special, series creator and voice actorChristy Karacas intended for the special to "dive into the actual anime world," using the teams from the Japanese animation studio Studio 4 °C for this express purpose.^[257][258]

The Mexican-AmericanOnyx Equinox, created bySofia Alexander, and the AmericanHigh Guardian Spice, created by Raye Rodriguez, are both Western cartoons that were released onCrunchyroll, a streaming platform that typically features Japanese anime shows andmanga. Both series are notably extremely similar to Japanese anime, taking visual cues fromAvatar: The Last Airbender, its sequelThe Legend of Korra, andShe-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and were also produced by South Korean animation companyDR Movie.^[259][260]

Disney Channel andDisney XD'sKim Possible,Tron: Uprising,Gravity Falls,Star vs. the Forces of Evil,Amphibia, andThe Owl House are all American-made cartoons, but it is notable for having some obvious anime influences regardless, in part due to the six being partially influenced by anime such asSailor Moon andDragon Ball Z, as well as the animation art style ofHanna-Barbera andChuck Jones cartoons and the futuristic setting and styling oftheTron franchise; each animation are characterized by large, expressive eyes, colorful hair on several characters (particularly to match the cartoon's otherworldly setting), animation patterns, sleek appearances, fluid movements, and their storylines heavily mirroring that ofisekai works.Amphibia,Gravity Falls, andThe Owl House in particular were animated by the collaborations ofRough Draft Korea; a studio known for making many famous cartoons, as well asSunmin Image Pictures, Sugarcube Animation, Digital eMation andYearim Productions.^{[261][262][263][264][265][266][267][268][269]}The Owl House creatorDana Terrace had said that the visual style was inspired by paintings by Remedios Varo,John Bauer, and Hieronymus Bosch, as well asRussian architecture.^{[270][211][271][272][273][274][275][276][277][278][279]} James Turner, a British illustrator most well known for his work on thePokémon series of games (having created several Pokémon designs and worked as theart director forPokémon Sword and Shield), provided artwork during the initial stages ofAmphibia.^[280]Amphibia's visuals were inspired byJim Henson's 1982 filmThe Dark Crystal and the1977 animated adaptation ofThe Hobbit.^{[281][282][283]} Also, the look of theTron: Uprising series was inspired byStar Wars: The Clone Wars,ThunderCats, andAeon Flux.^[262] Director Charlie Bean explained 'the idea was to create a distinct style for the CG show not seen elsewhere on television or in film.'^[284] To ensure this goal would manifest itself, he worked closely with art directorAlberto Mielgo, character designerRobert Valley, who was also the animation artist for theGorillaz music videos, and lead vehicle designerDaniel Simon, who was previously responsible for many vehicle designs in theTron: Legacy feature film, including the light cycles.^{[285][286][287]}

Rebecca Sugar (left) and her husbandIan Jones-Quartey (right) have been strongly influenced by anime aesthetics for their respective series.

Steven Universe, as well as itstelevision film adaptation andFuture, are notable for possessing anime aesthetics resembling that fromDragon Ball Z and especially the works ofOsamu Tezuka andHarvey Kurtzman.^[211][288] Most notably, the protagonist team, the Crystal Gems, are directly inspired and modeled aftermagical girls, and there are plenty of references to anime throughout the original and sequel shows. There was even an episode in the fourth season, "Mindful Education", that had animation assistance from Japanese animation companyStudio Trigger. Furthering the cartoon's similarity to Japanese animation, the manga seriesLand of the Lustrous and itstelevision series adaptation animated byOrange are shown to be somewhat based onSteven Universe, particularly in terms of plot, characters, and visuals. However, this similarity and whether or not it is a direct adaptation of the show itself, or whether they are related at all, has been heavily debated and used as a point of contention to fans and critics alike.^{[289][290][291]}

My Life as a Teenage Robot, in a somewhat similar manner to that of its fellowNickelodeon cartoonsAvatar: The Last Airbender series and its sequelThe Legend of Korra, uses plentiful anime elements. Unlike the aforementioned two, these anime references are not as noticeable as that the ordinary human characters have a Western aesthetic, but the robot and alien characters, especially the main character Jenny herself, have large eyes and use facial expressions that are regularly used in anime. One episode notably depicts Jenny traveling to Japan and after losing her language OS disc, she was only able to speak Japanese for almost its entirety. The series also is known for having Japanese-American voice actors, such as Jenny's voice actress,Janice Kawaye.^{[292][293][16][294]}

OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (2017–2019), made bySteven Universe's co-developerIan Jones-Quartey, is another example of a Western cartoon being heavily similar to actual Japanese anime. The show's animation and aesthetics are extremely similar to that of anime and video games, with plenty of references for both. The cartoon is actually partially outsourced to Japanese and Korean artists, with the title sequence produced by the co-founder ofStudio Trigger,Hiroyuki Imaishi, and its animation produced in South Korea byDigital eMation andSunmin Image Pictures.^{[295][296][297]}

Of all the cartoon installments to theSpider-Man franchise, includingthe 1981 Spider-Man series,Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends,Spider-Man: The Animated Series,Spider-Man Unlimited,Spider-Man: The New Animated Series,The Spectacular Spider-Man,Ultimate Spider-Man,Spidey and His Amazing Friends, andYour Friendly NeighborhoodSpider-Man, all of which were already somewhat stylized in an anime format and have been frequently mistaken as a genuine anime as a result, it isthe 2017 Spider-Man series in particular that is the most thematically and visually similar to anime, especially through the character design, action sequences, and reaction shots. Its animation style is especially similar to that of other anime-inspired works, taking visual cues fromShe-Ra and the Princesses of Power,High Guardian Spice,Avatar: The Last Airbender, its sequelThe Legend of Korra, andVoltron: Legendary Defender. However, every single one of the specific Spider-Man cartoons, including the 2017 series, are done in a Western art style and are made in the United States.^{[298][299][300][301][302]}

ND Stevenson and the crew ofShe-Ra and the Princesses of Power were strongly influenced by anime, especially those withmagical girls.^[211]

DC Superhero Girls was already heavily stylized and inspired by anime despite the web series andfranchiseconsisting ofdirect-to-video andtelevision films all primarily having a Western art style and animation format. However, the2019 reboot is even further inspired by anime through the art style and fluid animation alone, which was because of the creatorLauren Faust using the similar art style she used for another one of her anime-inspired, and most famous, works, that ofMy Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.^{[211][303][304][305][306][307][308]}

Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go is an American-Canadian animatedreboot series based on theThomas and Friends franchise, with its animation style being easily comparable to that of Japanese anime. While it is unknown as to whether this similarity is intended, the cartoon series’ fluid animation, facial expressions, and visual design in particular can be noticed on somekodomomuke works.^[309][310]

Skull Island is the first television series of theMonsterverse franchise and a sequel toKong: Skull Island (2017). The series follows the same distinction as other installments of theKing Kong franchise in terms of being heavily inspired by Japanese anime, even though the series is made entirely in the United States. Another series in the franchise that has that same distinction of being based on anime despite it being an American cartoon isThe King Kong Show. The series was produced byPowerhouse Animation andLegendary Television with animation services provided byStudio Mir, the same studio that animated other notable anime-inspired shows likeThe Legend of Korra,Voltron: Legendary Defender,Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts,Dota: Dragon's Blood,Skull Island, and thefourth and final season ofThe Boondocks.^[311] Additionally, it was developed as part of a partnership betweenNetflix andLegendary Entertainment.^{[312][313][314][315][316][317][318]}

My Adventures with Superman was primarily an American production, but was thematically and visually inspired by Japanese anime, with its animation and aesthetics heavily reminiscent to that of ashonen anime.^[319] The show was animated byStudio Mir in South Korea, the same studio that animated other notable anime-inspired shows likeThe Legend of Korra,Voltron: Legendary Defender,Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts,Dota: Dragon's Blood,Skull Island, and thefourth and final season ofThe Boondocks. It was sometimes known as the American version ofOne-Punch Man andMy Hero Academia, and the series has been frequently compared to the two and various other similar anime projects. Major influences for the series include the 1986 comic book limited seriesThe Man of Steel, as well as the works ofDan Jurgens,Jon Bogdanove, andLouise Simonson. Additionally, Superman's transformation sequence is particularly inspired byPretty Cure, specifically Cure Mermaid fromGo! Princess PreCure.^{[320][321][322]}

AMC+ created an anime-styled cartoon,Pantheon (2022-2023), which follows the format and style as other anime-inspired cartoons with the same genre, such asLove, Death & Robots,Pacific Rim: The Black, andBatman Beyond, as well as other cyberpunk television shows likeAltered Carbon andBlack Mirror.^{[323][324][325]}Pantheon is AMC's first hour-long animated drama original series.^[326] The series is created by Craig Silverstein who also executive produced the series. AMC Studios andTitmouse, Inc. are involved with producing and animating the series.^[163] The series is based onKen Liu's short stories "The Gods Will Not Be Chained", "The Gods Will Not Be Slain", "The Gods Have Not Died in Vain", "Staying Behind", "Altogether Elsewhere, Vast Herds of Reindeer" and "Seven Birthdays" from the short fictions collectionThe Hidden Girl and Other Stories.^[327]

Scavengers Reign, based on the original 2016 short film of the same name,^[328] is a 12-episode American anime-styled series that was released onMax andNetflix. It was produced over two years byTitmouse, Inc. and Green Street Pictures and notably consisted a crew including international animators working remotely from locations including Mexico, Spain, Portugal and France.^[329]

TheHazbin Hotel cartoon series and its web spinoffHelluva Boss have been frequently interpreted by viewers and fans as an anime despite both shows being made in the United States and is therefore a Western cartoon. According to series creatorVivienne Medrano, both animated series got their primary influence from other American cartoons, such asDisney's movies andBroadway musicals.^[330] That said, both also possess plentiful anime references, particularly in terms of animation, visual effects, character design, and iconography, makingHazbin Hotel andHelluva Boss recent examples of American cartoons being comparable to that of actual Japanese anime.^{[211][331][332][333][334][335][336]}

The Legend of Vox Machina, based on the web seriesCritical Role, is reminiscent of anisekai work. The animation also adds as plentiful anime elements and references, especially using them into the character design, action sequences, and reaction shots. The series also includes a few notable references to theDragon Ball franchise being added. Additionally, many of the voice actors have voiced roles in actual anime projects.^{[337][338][339][340][341][342][343]} Released onAmazon Prime Video, it is written by Jennifer Muro, and animated byTitmouse, Inc, a studio of which is already noted for creating other anime-based works.^{[344][345][346][347][348][349]}

Even though it derived from anAmerican comic strip,Little Nemo: Adventures in Slumberland was animated by the Japanese company Tokyo Movie Shinsha and thus is often considered an anime film, although it was a joint production of Japanese and American animators and production companies. Despite being infamously trapped indevelopment hell for much of the 1980s, many notable people were involved with the film's production at some point before dropping out, with the workers coming fromDisney,Lucasfilm,Warner Bros. Animation, andStudio Ghibli. Those who expressed interest in or were involved at some stage of the film's development includedGeorge Lucas,Chuck Jones,Ray Bradbury,Isao Takahata,Brad Bird,Jerry Rees, Chris Columbus,Ken Anderson,Frank Thomas,Oliver Johnston,Paul Julian,Osamu Dezaki,Andy Gaskill,Roger Allers,the Sherman Brothers (Richard M. Sherman andRobert B. Sherman),Hayao Miyazaki (who was working atTMS at the time), andGary Kurtz.^{[350][351][352][353][354][355][356][357]}

The production onThe Animatrix began whenthe Wachowskis visited some of the creators of the anime films that had been strong influences on their work, and decided to collaborate with them.^[358][359] After the success ofThe Animatrix, companies such asLionsgate,Warner Bros.,DC Entertainment,Sony Pictures,Legendary Television,Skydance Television,Disney+,Netflix,Lucasfilm,343 Industries, andAmazon Prime Video all decided to take advantage of its success by using other films and comics to make their own adaptations directly influenced by Japanese animation or have also been done in an anthology format, such asHellboy Animated,Van Helsing: The London Assignment,Revisioned: Tomb Raider,Batman: Gotham Knight,Ultraviolet: Code 044,Halo Legends,Underworld: Endless War,Love, Death & Robots,Pacific Rim: The Black,Bright: Samurai Soul,Star Wars: Visions,What If?,The Boys Presents: Diabolical,Terminator Zero, andPredator: Killer of Killers.^{[360][361][362][363][364][365][366][367][368][369][370][371][372][373][374][375][376][377][378][379][380][381][382][383][384][385][386][387][388][389][390]}

Universal Home Video and Japanese animation studioGonzo even personally tried to replicate the same animation process that was used fromThe Animatrix, which led to the creation ofGankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo andThe Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury. The two projects were notably produced through collaborations withMahiro Maeda andPeter Chung, both of whom had worked inThe Animatrix.^{[391][392][393][394][395][396]}

Japanese anime has majorly influencedDisney,Pixar andDreamWorks productions.Glen Keane, the animator for successful Disney films such asThe Black Cauldron (1985),The Little Mermaid (1989),Beauty and the Beast (1991),Aladdin (1992), andTangled, has creditedHayao Miyazaki as a "huge influence" on Disney's animated films ever sinceThe Rescuers Down Under (1990).^[397]Gary Trousdale andKirk Wise, the directors of Disney films such asBeauty and the Beast,Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), andAtlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), are fans of anime and have cited Miyazaki's works as a major influence on their own work.^[398] Miyazaki's influence on Disney dates back toThe Great Mouse Detective (1986), which was influenced by Miyazaki'sLupin III filmCastle of Cagliostro (1979) and which in turn paved the way for theDisney Renaissance.^[399][400] It was especially inspired by the adventures of the 1994 Disney movieThe Lion KingDoraemon. In particular,Roger Allers had stated in an interview that he went to Japan before 1988, the year the production ofThe Lion King started, and that he was very impressed by the adventures in Doraemon, and thatThe Lion King was greatly influenced byDoraemon.Fujiko Fujio, despite the controversy, later thanked Disney in 1995 for being impressed by Disney'sThe Lion King and praisingDoraemon.^[401]

Controversy surrounded another Disney film,Atlantis: The Lost Empire, which was alleged to have plagiarized theStudio Gainax anime seriesNadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990).^[398][402]Atlantis directorsGary Trousdale andKirk Wise denied the allegation, but nevertheless acknowledged Miyazaki's films as a major influence on their work.^[398]

Miyazaki's work deeply influenced Pixar co-founderJohn Lasseter, who described how Miyazaki's influence upon his life and work began when he first sawCastle of Cagliostro.^[403]Pete Docter, director of the popular Pixar filmsMonsters, Inc. (2001) andUp (2009) as well as a co-creator of other Pixar works, has also described anime, specifically Miyazaki, as an influence on his work.^[404]Jennifer Lee andChris Buck cited the influence of Miyazaki's anime productions onFrozen (2013), stating that they were inspired by their sense of "epic adventure and that big scope and scale and then the intimacy of funny quirky characters."^[405]Chris Sanders andDean DeBlois described Miyazaki's flight and pacifist themes as an influence for creatingHow to Train Your Dragon (2010).Joel Crawford, the director ofPuss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), citedAkira (1988) as an influence on the design of the characters and action within the film. Additionally, the film utilized 2D animation to "highlight the personal touch of hand-drawn animation that is found in traditional anime", as noted byVariety's Jazz Tangsay.^[406]

TheDC Animated Movie Universe andMarvel Animated Features franchises ofdirect-to-video animations possesses plentiful anime-style or anime-based films, in no small part due to many of the films actually having their animation outsourced and produced by Japanese studios, such asMadhouse, Inc.,TMS Entertainment, andStudio 4°C; notable examples of this distinction includeHulk vs.,Planet Hulk,Thor: Tales of Asgard,Next Avengers: Heroes of Tomorrow,Justice League: The Flashpoint Paradox,Justice League Doom,Green Lantern: First Flight,Green Lantern: Emerald Knights,Superman vs. The Elite,Superman: Unbound,Catwoman: Hunted, and many installments of theDC Universe Animated Original Movies.^{[407][408][409][410][411][412][413][414][415][416][417][418][419][420][421][422][423][424][425][426][427][428][429][430][431][432][433][434][435][436][437]}

Pac-Man, a Japanese video game franchise, has anAmerican cartoon that was produced byHanna-Barbera. Made in 1982, the cartoon was very faithful to the source material in terms of plotline, characters and their names, and references to the original games.^[438] It also stands out as the very firstcartoon based on a video game, as well as the first cartoon to be based from a Japanese franchise.^{[439][440][441][442][443][444]} The cartoon's success also led to a Halloween special and aChristmas special that follows the same animation style and character design.^{[445][446][447][448][449][450]}

Captain N: The Game Master is acrossover cartoon series that focuses upon several video games that were originally created in Japan, includingKid Icarus,Mega Man,Castlevania,Donkey Kong,Metroid,The Adventures of Bayou Billy,Dragon Quest,The Legend of Zelda, andWizards & Warriors, among others; the animation itself has been heavily styled by anime despite the series itself being predominantly an American media project.^{[451][452][453][454][455][456][457][458]}

While theMario franchise is originally a Japanese IP, it also has popular influence inItaly,Canada, and the United States, which led to animated co-productions in the form ofThe Super Mario Bros. Super Show!,The Adventures of Super Mario Bros. 3,Super Mario World, and most recently,The Super Mario Bros. Movie.^{[459][460][461][462][463][464][465][466][467][468][469][470][471][472][473][474][475][476]} Meanwhile, in Mario's home country, Japan,numerous anime projects^{[477][478][479][480][481][482][483][484][485][486][487]} and a1986 anime film^{[488][489][490][491][492]} have depicted the titular character and his brother, some of which actually follow the plot lines from the original video games.

While theSonic the Hedgehog franchise is originally a Japanese IP, it also has popular influence inItaly,France,Canada, and the United States, which led to animated co-productions in the form ofAdventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993–1996),^[493][459] theTV series of the same name (1993–1994),^[494][495]Underground (1999),^[496][497]Boom (2014–2017)^[498] andPrime (2022–2024).^[499][500] Meanwhile, in Sonic's home country, Japan, twoanimated projects exist in form of theanime movie of the same name (1996),^[501][502] andX (2003–2005).^{[503][504][505][506][507]}

WhileMega Man is a Japanese property to begin with, there are two animated television series featuring the titular character and is based on the franchise,Mega Man (1994), an American cartoon co-produced byRuby-Spears Productions andAshi Productions,^{[508][509][510][511][512]} andFully Charged (2018), an American-CanadianCGI cartoon co-produced byMan of Action Studios, Dentsu Entertainment USA, andDHX Studios Vancouver. Both cartoons notably draw inspiration from the"Classic" series from the original video games.^{[513][514][515][516][517][518][519][520][521][522][523][524][525][526][527][528][529][530][531][532][533]}

WhileStreet Fighter is a Japanese property to begin with, one particular animated television series based on the franchise,Street Fighter (1995), was primarily made in the United States and Canada. The cartoon was produced by Japanese artists, most notablyMadhouse Studios andSunrise, Inc., allowing itself for plentiful anime references and visuals, while also making references to thefirst movie and the earlier games.^[534][535]

WhileFinal Fantasy is also a Japanese property to begin with, one particular animated movie based on the franchise,The Spirits Within (2001), was primarily made in the United States byChris Lee and the franchise's creatorHironobu Sakaguchi and stands as the first full-lengthphotorealistic computer-animated feature film ever made.^[536][537] Lee even comparedThe Spirits Within to that ofWalt Disney'sSnow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which by comparison was the first full-lengthcel animated film.

Resident Evil is originally a Japanese property, but is frequently mistaken to be American due to the popularity and prevalence of the franchise in the United States, which led to the creation of thefilm franchise and later theNetflix series of the same name. However, there are several English-languageCGI-animated films to the franchise, making them easily labeled as anime due to all the films being primarily of Japanese origin. The anime-styled filmsBiohazard 4D-Executer,Degeneration,Damnation,Vendetta, andDeath Island, as well as theNetflix animated seriesInfinite Darkness, are all made in Japan and primarily marketed for American audiences. Unlike the film series or the Netflix series, all of the animations are set within the same universe as the original video game series.^{[538][539][540][541][542][543][544][545][546][547][548][549][550][551][552][553][554][555][556][557][558][559][560][561][562][563][564][565][566][567][568][569][570][571][572][573][574][575][576][577][578][579][580][581][582][583]}

Mortal Kombat has had several animated movies, many of which were aesthetically similar to that of anime, with some recent examples includingMortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms,Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match,Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, andMortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind.^{[584][585][586][587][588][589][590][591][592][593][594]}

Sin: The Movie is a 2000original video animation released byADV Films, adapted fromthe American video game of the same title. It is an example of a Japanese-American project that was directly based on a Western video game.^{[595][596][597][598]}

Tak and the Power of Juju is an American cartoon series loosely based onthe 2003 video game of the same name and has quite a handful of anime visuals and aesthetics.^{[599][600][601]}

Devil May Cry is originally a Japanese franchise, with its very first animated adaptation being that ofan actual anime miniseries produced byMadhouse Studios in 2007.^{[602][603][604][605][606][607][608][609]} However, eighteen years later, due to the franchise's popularity in America,Adi Shankar, one of the producers of the similarly anime-styledCastlevania, developedan American-South Korean anime-based series based onDevil May Cry, which was animated byStudio Mir in South Korea, the same studio that animated other notable anime-inspired shows likeThe Legend of Korra,Voltron: Legendary Defender,Kipo and the Age of Wonderbeasts,Dota: Dragon's Blood,Skull Island, and thefourth and final season ofThe Boondocks. The series was released onNetflix.^{[610][611][612][613][614][615][616][617]}

The American videogameDante's Inferno, loosely based onDante Alighieri'sDivine Comedy, particularlyInferno, was adapted into a 2010anime-based movie that was developed by the combined efforts of American, Japanese, and South Korean artists. Several known Korean and Japanese animation studios have done their part to contribute to this film, such asProduction I.G,Dong Woo Animation,Manglobe, andDigital eMation.^[618][619]

TheEA videogamesDead Space andDead Space 2 has developed two animated films,Downfall (2008) andAftermath (2011), both of which were releaseddirect-to-video. Both films were aesthetically influenced by anime and were distributed byManga Entertainment, which typically produces and distributesJapanese animation.^{[620][621][622][623][624][625]}

The popularBioWare andEA videogame franchisesMass Effect andDragon Age have both developed their own Japanese-American animated projects in 2012,Mass Effect: Paragon Lost andDragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker. Both anime films were made to promote the release or to give clarity to the plot holes of certain videogames as official prequels, particularly for that ofDragon Age: Origins andMass Effect 3, respectively.^{[626][627][628][629]}Dragon Age would appear in animated form again in 2022 asDragon Age: Absolution, where unlikeDawn of the Seeker, the series is not an actual anime, nor was it made in Japan. However, it was produced by Red Dog Culture House, a South Korean animation studio, and the series does thematically resemble anime in many ways, particularly through the animation, character design, and fight scenes. Chronologically,Absolution is established to take place after the conclusion ofDragon Age: Inquisition, as characters make reference to events in that game, but before the events of the upcoming video gameDragon Age: Dreadwolf.^{[630][631][632][633][634]}

Ingress: The Animation is an animated television series based onNiantic'saugmented realitymobile game ofthe same name. An example of acomputer-generated anime, the series began airing first in Japan onFuji TV's+Ultra programming block in October 2018, and then was released globally onNetflix on April 30, 2019. It is also an example of a Japanese-American project that was directly based on a Western video game.^{[635][636][637][638]}

While the closest thing theTomb Raider series has to animation, especially anime based, is a short-lived anthology series,Revisioned: Tomb Raider,^[639][640] it is not until 2024 that an actual animated series, that ofTomb Raider: The Legend of Lara Croft would be produced and animated byPowerhouse Animation Studios, a studio of which was already notable for having made other anime-inspired works such asCastlevania,Seis Manos,Blood of Zeus,Masters of the Universe: Revelation,Skull Island, andCastlevania: Nocturne.^{[641][642][643][644][645][646][647]}

Ark: The Animated Series, based on the video gameArk: Survival Evolved, is an American anime-styled television series that premiered onParamount+ on March 21, 2024. The series is notable for having been produced by actors who have voiced roles in the game, such asVin Diesel andDavid Tennant, who also stars in the series. The creators of theArk: Survival Evolved video game, Jeremy Stieglitz and Jesse Rapczak, are the series creators, whileMarguerite Bennett and Kendall Deacon Davis are the series writers.Jay Oliva directed the series, which consisted of 14 thirty-minute episodes that develop the game's world further. In an interview withPaste set in early April 2024, Stieglitz said that hand-drawn animation ages better that they made the series 2D so it was not visually confused with the video games and didn't use the same game models, and said that writers Marguerite Bennett and Kendall Deacon Davis ensured that the series was driven by characters than only action, adding that Bennett made, among other aspects, "the character of Helena feel completely authentic", describing her as an "academically trained historian", noting he was a history buff that that cultural consultants were brought in during the episodes "about indigenous cultures...with some of the plot aspects with the flashbacks of those cultures...and the language as well".^{[648][649][650][651][652][653]}

Other heavily anime-inspired American-made shows that were based from popular videogames are the Netflix seriesCastlevania, created byWarren Ellis, its sequelCastlevania: Nocturne, created byClive Bradley,Dota: Dragon's Blood, created byAshley Edward Miller,Arcane, created by Christian Linke and Alex Yee, andSplinter Cell: Deathwatch, created byDerek Kolstad and based on the works fromTom Clancy.^{[654][655][656][657][658][659][660][661][662][663][664][665]}

Since the 2000s there have already been countless independent projects for animated series inspired by anime. One of the first attempts was an animated adaptation of the popular manga-styled comicHoly Avenger after its completion in 2003,^[666][667] however due to financial and production problems the series was never developed. Over the years several other attempts for independent projects for animation inspired by Brazil were created, the most notable beingDogmons!,^[668]XDragoon^[669] andMagma.^[670][671]

In 2021 an independent platform for anime-inspired animations titledAnistage was created.^[672] In 2025 an animated adaptation of the webcomicRei de Lata was announced for 2027 produced by the independent animation studio Kimera Estúdio.^[673]

Among the anime-inspired Brazilian animated series that premiered on TV areOs Under-Undergrounds that debuted in May 2016,Nickelodeon^[674] andTurma da Mônica Jovem, based on the manga-styled comic created byMauricio de Sousa, that debuted on November 7, 2019.^[675]

Animated series such asGolpea Duro Hara, a show which was an inspiration of the Japanese series such asDragon Ball andOne-Punch Man, was released in 2018. The second season was released in 2020 on Cartoon Network.

In 2020, the Chilean-Brazilian animated film,Nahuel and the Magic Book, was created and inspired by the works ofHayao Miyazaki's projects such asFuture Boy Conan and the entireStudio Ghibli with the mixtures of otherWesternanimated series such asSteven Universe andGravity Falls based on its characters. It became the first Latin American feature to win theTokyo Anime Award for Award of Excellence a year later.^[676]

In 2007, the Canadian anime-style animated shortFlutter became the first work from a non-Asian nation to win theOpen Entries Grand Prize at the Tokyo Anime Awards.^[677]

The Australian independent web seriesThe Amazing Digital Circus andMurder Drones, both produced byGlitch Productions, are entirely Western-styledCGI cartoons in terms of animation, art, and visual design, but there are also plentiful anime elements that can be seen within both series, particularly from the character designs, facial expressions, reaction shots, fluidity of animation, and action sequences.^{[678][679][680][681][682][683][684][685][686][687][688][689][690][691][692]}

The French-Americaninternational co-productionW.I.T.C.H., amagical girl series,^[693][694] has been noted as having an anime-influenced visual style.^[695][696] First season director Marc Gordon-Bates cited anime such asNeon Genesis Evangelion as design inspiration.^[697] The animated series is based on Italiancomics of the same name themselves drawn in line withmanga conventions, as opposed to the more rounded style traditionally used by publisher and co-producerDisney.^[698] Co-executive producer Olivier Dumont noted that the high-quality animation was intended to be true to the detailed artwork of the comics series.^[699]

The producers of the French animeCode Lyoko, one of the most successful works of European anime, explicitly stated in their introductory document that they were: "Influenced by the poetry and the visual impact of Japanese animation, the series proposes a graphic universe that's particularly original and strong."^[700]

The French-Canadian-AmericanFantastic Four: World's Greatest Heroes series was heavily stylized by Japanese anime; however, the series was never produced in Japan. Instead, it was co-produced by American companyMarvel Entertainment and French companyMoonScoop Group, with the participation ofM6 andCartoon Network Europe and is distributed byTaffy Entertainment.^[701][702]

The animation and style inMiraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir is practically influenced by variousMagical girl anime.Toei Animation does some of the modeling for the series, and was originally going to be in an anime-esque art-style.Thomas Astruc, the creator of the show, stated that the production team switched toCGI instead because Ladybug's spots were hard to animate around that time.

Another example of example of an animation that is repeatedly defined as “anime” can be seen inWakfu: The Animated Series, aflash animation series based ona video game of the same title, andCaptain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix, aNetflix series inspired by the 2013 video gameFar Cry 3: Blood Dragon and amalgamates elements and characters from several otherUbisoft franchises, despite both series having been made in France and America.^{[703][704][705][706][707]}

Blue Eye Samurai is frequently mistaken to be an actual Japanese anime due to its setting being in theEdo period of Japan, as well as its animation being heavily influenced and stylized to appear as a typical anime would, such as Japanese depictions and references and the action sequences. However, it is actually a French-American co-production, and was animated by the studio Blue Spirit, a French company.^{[708][709][710]} The creators expressly wanted the series to "look like a moving painting" with character design drawn frombunraku puppets. Inspiration was taken from the characterZatoichi, the "Man with No Name", and the works ofAkira Kurosawa.^{[711][712][713]}

In 2018,Movistar+ releasedVirtual Hero, a Spanish animated series created byYouTube personalityEl Rubius. It was dubbed as the "first anime in Spanish history".^[714] TheNetflix original "The Idhun Chronicles", based onThe Idhún's Memories book saga written byLaura Gallego, premiered in 2021, also featuring an anime-style animation.^[715]

Some French, Italian and Canadian co-produced series have also been influenced by anime, such asTotally Spies!,^[716]Martin Mystery, andTeam Galaxy.

The visual style of the Italian animated seriesWinx Club is a mixture of European and Japanese elements, and also very similar tomagical girl subgenre.^[717]

The animated moviesThe Adventures of Jinbao andRatchet and Clank, despite them ostensibly being American-based, were both made inHong Kong andChina. WhileThe Adventures of Jinbao is heavily influenced by anime to the point where several anime websites outright list it as such, it was actually made in China, and therefore is an example of adonghua.^[718] Meanwhile,Ratchet and Clank also indeed has both anime aesthetics and references all throughout the film, but the animation itself is made to be more in line with thegames rather than actual Japanese animation.^[719][720]

Donghua stands for Chinese animation. Most Chinese animated series are produced in 3D such asDouluo Dalu (Soul Land), others likeThe Kings Avatar have gained global recognition in an emerging industry as more and moreManhuas are being adapted.

YooHoo & Friends is an anime inspired 2009 series produced by Aurora World, but it is primarily animated by nSac Entertainment, which is based in South Korea.

Ark is an American-South Korean anime-based movie that predominantly features manyarchetypes taken fromFinal Fantasy-styleJapanese console RPGs; it is the spiritual successor toElysium (2003) which takes place in the same universe as the film.^[721]

MetaJets is a South Korean-Canadiananimated television series produced byCookie Jar Entertainment andSunwoo Entertainment. It was displayed in stations likeTeletoon,KBS1,TF1, andCartoon Network.^[722][723]

The Emirati-Filipino produced TV series calledTorkaizer is dubbed as the "Middle East's First Anime Show", inspired from Japanese mecha media franchiseGundam, and is currently in production,^[5] which is currently looking for funding.^[724]

The 2015 Indonesian animated movie,November 10th is also a kind of anime-influenced animated movie. There's also some other examples of Indonesian anime-influenced animated movie can be found onYouTube and some streaming websites.

In June 2021, the Singaporean anime-influenced TV series,Trese was released onNetflix. It is an adaptation of theFilipino komik series of the same name produced by Southeast Asian BASE Entertainment.^[725][726]

A Pakistani hand-drawn romantic anime film calledThe Glassworker was produced. It is directed by Usman Riaz. The trailer of the film was released in October 2016. The film was released in 2024 as described by the animation studio's website. It is also Pakistan's and South Asia's first crowd funded movie as it had raised $116,000 on Kickstarter. The reason for this high raise was due to Usman Riaz being a famous musician, speaker. The movie is hand drawn so the scenes of the movie gives it a Studio Ghibli vibe.^[727]

In India,Karmachakra was produced as one of the first Indian anime influenced animations under Studio Durga.^[728]

Occasionally,animated series are developed as outrightinternational co-productions between Japan and one or more other countries, as opposed to having stylistic influence. In the 1970s, 1980s, and 1990s, there were Japanese-European productions such asZoom the White Dolphin,Vicky the Viking,Ulysses 31,The Mysterious Cities of Gold,Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds,Sherlock Hound,Treasure Island,Maya the Honey Bee,Soccer Fever,Ramayana: The Legend of Prince Rama,Montana Jones, andReporter Blues. During the same period, the Italian studioMondo TV co-produced animated series with Japanese companies, includingThe Jungle Book,Robin Hood,The Legend of Snow White,The Legend of Zorro andCinderella.^[729]

More recent examples of Canadian and French co-productions includeCybersix (1999),Pecola (2001), as well asOban Star-Racers andSpider Riders, both from 2006.Ōban Star-Racers is known as one of the European animations that strongly resemble anime. While the majority of the creative directors and writers were French, the production team moved to Tokyo to collaborate with a Japanese production team.^[730] Other examples of Canadian-Japanese co-productions includePac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures,^{[731][732][733][734][735][736]}Bakugan,^{[737][738][739][740][741][742][743][744][745]}Tenkai Knights,^{[746][747][748][749]} andScott Pilgrim Takes Off.^{[750][751][584][752][753]}

While not as common or prevalent as opposed to Western or Eastern animation being produced and released globally, there are notable examples of combining elements ofaeni andanime, animation made from Japan and South Korea respectively, into a single animation project. Examples of Japanese-Korean collaborations being done on several animated projects includeElement Hunters andSecret of Cerulean Sand, both made in the 2000s.^{[754][755][756][757][758]} At the same time, the combination of elements fromanime anddonghua, animation made from Japan and China respectively, into a single animation project is more common by comparison, especially with Chinese animation becoming more and more common as it is becoming increasingly globally distributed across multiple regions in recent years. Examples of Japanese-Chinese collaborations being done on several animated projects includeThe Tibetan Dog (2011),^{[759][760][761][762][763]}Bloodivores (2016),^[764][765]Last Hope (2018),^{[766][767][768]}TO BE HERO (2016–2018),To Be Hero X (2025),^{[769][770][771][772][773][774][775][776][777][778][779]}Cheating Craft (2016),^[780][781] andRomance of the Three Kingdoms (2009–2010).^{[782][783][784][785][786]}

American comic book artist, animator, and television producerLeSean Thomas, who had worked on several anime-influenced projects through varying roles such as being the creative producer and supervising director onBlack Dynamite, the storyboard and animation production artist onThe Legend of Korra, and as the supervising character designer and series co-director onThe Boondocks, is notable for creating two original projects which he conceived, developed, and chief directed in-house at notable Japanese anime studios in Tokyo, both of which were released and is available onNetflix:Cannon Busters (2019) andYasuke (2021). Both series were co-produced by Japanese animation studiosSatelight,MAPPA, andYumeta Company.^[787] LeSean Thomas started a crowdfunding drive in 2014 throughKickstarter for an animated adaptation ofCannon Busters, based on a comic book of the same name that he created, directed and executive produced in-house at Satelight in Tokyo, but the pilot was never posted online for unknown reasons. The Satelight pilot was picked up for a full series at Netflix, also produced at Satelight. Before production of the Netflix series was finished, Thomas began development of a second animated series withMAPPA based onYasuke. According to Thomas, unwilling to create a standard biopic, he made the series heavily influenced and inspired by other figures in Japanese history, such asYagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi. Instead of a traditional historical animated series,Yasuke was developed as a reimagined take of feudal Japan set in a world ofscience fiction andfantasy elements, such asmagic andmecha, to set it apart from otherjidaigeki anime.^{[788][789][790][791][792][793][794][795][796][797][798][799]}

Batman Ninja (2018) and its 2025 sequelBatman Ninja vs. Yakuza League are the second and third officialJapanese animated adaptations ofBatman, next toGotham Knight; howeverNinja andNinja vs. Yakuza League both stand as actual anime depictions of Batman, as opposed to theGotham Knight's anime-basedanthology format and the frequent influencing and aesthetic inspirations of anime being used on many Western cartoons depicting the character, likeThe Animated Series,The Batman,The Brave and the Bold,Beware, andBeyond. Both films were directed by Junpei Mizusaki, produced byWarner Bros., and animated by Kamikaze Douga and YamatoWorks, while the character design was done byTakashi Okazaki, who is famous for being the creator ofAfro Samurai. The first film's plot involves Batman and hisBat-Family being flung through time and end up stranded infeudal Japan while battlingGorilla Grodd. While there, Batman learns of Japanese history and practices the art of ninja to compensate for his technology failing. The first film also depicts medieval Japanese versions of many of Batman'sestablished rogues gallery, who have each taken on the roles ofdaimyos warring against each other. The second film's plot involves an invasion ofyakuza on Gotham City, masterminded byRa's al Ghul, and is set literally the next day after the events of the first film. It also depicts the first anime portrayal of theJustice League, but the team is modified to have a more Japanese origin and appearance and are referred to as the titular Yakuza League.^{[800][801][802][803][804][805][806][807][808][809][207]}

Numerous Japanese anime series were created based on theMoomin books by theFinnish authorTove Jansson, some of them were even results of collaborations with Japan and the Netherlands,^[810] such asMūmin (Moomin, 1969–70),Mūmin (Moomin, 1972),^[811]Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka: Mūmindani no Suisei (Comet in Moominland, 1992), a Dutch-Japanese-produced film,Tanoshii Mūmin Ikka (Moomin, 1990–91), which was a Dutch-Finnish-Japanese-produced TV series, andTanoshii Mūmin Ikka: Bōken Nikki (Delightful Moomin Family: Adventure Diary, 1991–92), which was a Dutch-Japanese-produced traditionalanime TV series.^{[812][813][814][815][816][817]}

IGPX andFLCL are two separate American-Japanese projects produced through the collaborations ofProduction I.G,Cartoon Network, andAdult Swim, respectively. Both anime series consist oforiginal video animations and seasons that have their own distinctive names as part of the English translations.FLCL, in particular, has all its seasons renamed in English as part of its anthology format:Progressive,Alternative,Grunge andShoegaze.^{[818][819][820][821][822][823][824][825]}

The Last Unicorn (1982) is a Japanese-American film based from a script byPeter S. Beagle adapted from his 1968 novelof the same title.^[826] It was produced byITC Entertainment andRankin/Bass Productions, which was responsible for producing anime-based projects likeThe King Kong Show,The Smokey Bear Show,The Hobbit andThe Return of the King; the animation was done by Japanese studioTopcraft.^{[827][828][829][830][831][832][833][834][835]}

Galaxy High School (1986) is an American-Japanesescience fictionanimated series that premiered onCBS and ran for 13 episodes. It was first aired and dubbed in English, and was then given a Japanese dub to follow. The series was animated, distributed and owned byTMS Entertainment. TMS producedGalaxy High as an attempt to create a similar series to one of their previousanime projects, that ofUrusei Yatsura, which was released in 1981 and based on a 1978manga developed for the American market. Notably, whileUrusei Yatsura involves an alien girl attending a human high school, the plot inGalaxy High is reversed to be based around humans attending a high school for aliens.^{[836][837][838][839]}

Ultraman: The Adventure Begins (1987) is an American-Japanese animatedsuperhero film that was jointly produced byHanna-Barbera Productions andTsuburaya Productions and animated by both Studio Sign andAshi Productions. The film was intended to not only introduce theUltramanmedia franchise to American audiences but also serve as apilot for a potential series, but the plan was canceled due to poor critical reception.^{[840][841][842][843][844][845][846][847][848][849][850][851][852]}

Alfred J. Kwak (1989–1992) is a Spanish-Dutch-German-Japanese cartoon based on the original one-man theatre show of the same name made byHerman van Veen. The series was broadcast internationally, and was produced byTelecable Benelux B.V.,VARA,ZDF,Televisión Española, andTV Tokyo, and was animated by Telescreen Japan, and first shown in 1989. It consists of 52 episodes. The series’ characters were designed byHarald Siepermann.^[853][854]

The Adventures of T-Rex (1992) is an American-Japanese-French animated series that was a coproduction between Gunther-Wahl Productions, C&D (Créativité et Développement), and well-knownanime producersKitty Film andMadhouse, Inc., and its plot depicts five musicalTyrannosaurus brothers who acts as avaudeville group and a superhero team. The series was short-lived and lasted only one season.^[855][856]

The Big O (1999–2003) has its second season co-produced by Cartoon Network andSunrise, and from there the series was released onAdult Swim.^{[857][858][859][860][861][862][863][864]}

Bubblegum Crisis Tokyo 2040 (1998), a sequel series ofBubblegum Crisis, is primarily a Japanese project, but it has also been developed and produced through the collaborations ofAIC andADV Films.^{[865][866][867]}

Baby Felix (2000) is a Japanese animated series aimed for kids that depicts both the adult and infant versions ofFelix the Cat as well as various infant versions of the other characters fromJoe Oriolo'sFelix television program from the 1950s. It was launched by Oriolo's son,Don Oriolo, who also voices the adult Felix, and was also developed byJBC Educational,NEC Interchannel, AEON Studios of Japan and SMEC Media & Entertainment of Taiwan. The show consists of 26 half-hour episodes.^[868][869]

Howl's Moving Castle (2004) is a Japanese film written and directed byHayao Miyazaki, based on the1986 British novel of the same name made byDiana Wynne Jones. The film was produced byToshio Suzuki, animated byStudio Ghibli, and distributed byToho. Despite following much of the source material, the film differs significantly in the primary theme from the novel; while the novel focuses on challenging class and gender norms, the film focuses on love, personal loyalty, and the destructive effects of war.^{[870][871][872][873]}

Tales from Earthsea (2006) is a Japanese-American film co-written and directed byGorō Miyazaki, and is also animated byStudio Ghibli for theNippon Television Network,Dentsu,Hakuhodo DY Media Partners,Buena Vista Home Entertainment,Mitsubishi andToho, and distributed by the latter company. The film was based on a combination of plot and character elements from the first four American books ofUrsula K. Le Guin'sEarthsea series (A Wizard of Earthsea,The Tombs of Atuan,The Farthest Shore, andTehanu), as well asHayao Miyazaki's graphic novelShuna's Journey; its English title is taken from thecollection of short stories of the same name that was published in 2001.^[874]

Afro Samurai (2007) and its 2009 sequelAfro Samurai: Resurrection are both Japanese animated projects based on thedōjinshimanga series of the same name written and illustrated bymanga artistTakashi Okazaki. After they were created, a producer from the Japanese animation studio,Gonzo, developed an animated miniseries based on the manga, and when the studio released a trailer,Samuel L. Jackson, who would soon voice the titular character, began a five-episode "creative collaboration" with Okazaki and Gonzo, as well asWu-Tang Clan memberRZA, who served as a music composer. Then in 2006, whenFunimation (later Crunchyroll, LLC) acquired the rights to the anime series which would premiere onSpike.^{[875][876][877][878][879]} TheAfro Samurai series would debut on January 4, 2007. The sequel television film also aired onSpike TV on January 25, 2009.^[880] On May 3, 2007, the series premiered on Japanese television, in English with Japanese subtitles, and for the first time completely uncut.^{[881][882][883][884][885][886]}

Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007) is an American-Japanese-Hong Kong anime film based on the British-AmericanHighlander franchise of movies and television shows. The film was produced through a collaboration withImagi Animation Studios,Madhouse, and franchise creator Davis-Panzer Productions.^[887] The script was written by David Abramowitz who had previously served as a head writer onHighlander: The Series.^{[887][207][888]}

Stitch! is the Japanese animespin-off ofDisney'sLilo & Stitch franchise and the successor toLilo & Stitch: The Series. It debuted inJapan in October 2008. The first show features a Japanese girl named Yuna in place of Lilo, and is set on a fictional island in theRyukyus off the shore ofOkinawa instead ofHawaii. Its popularity resulted in multiple anime specials, all of which have been marketed in America as part of the series as separate seasons.^{[889][890][891][892]} TheLilo and Stitch franchise evidently became so popular in Asian countries, in addition to Japan, that it created yet another spin-off, adonghua in the form ofStitch & Ai, which debuted inChina on March 27, 2017, and has a similar plot.^[893] The second show features a Chinese girl named Wang Ai Ling in place of Yuna and Lilo and is set inHuangshan,Anhui.^[894]Victor Cook, who directed both seasons ofLilo & Stitch: The Series, personally visited China to assist making the eighth episode of the Chinese series.^[895][207]

First Squad: The Moment of Truth (2009) is a Russian-Japanese coproduction that was made by Japan'sStudio 4°C and Russia's Molot Entertainment.^{[896][897][898][899][900]} On June 8, 2010,Anchor Bay Entertainment released the film in theUnited States throughManga Entertainment and L.A. based XYZ Films.^[901]

Marvel Anime (Iron Man, Wolverine, X-Men, and Blade),Iron Man: Rise of Technovore,Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher,Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, andMarvel Future Avengers were allJapanese animated projects based on theMarvel Comics franchise created byStan Lee,Steve Ditko, andJack Kirby among others, and their animation services were produced by Japanese studiosMadhouse andToei.^{[902][903][904][905][906][907][908][909][910][911][912][913][914][802][803][207]}

Supernatural: The Anime Series (2011) is a Japanesedirect-to-video anime miniseries based on theAmerican television series of the same name made byEric Kripke, and covers the first two seasons. The series was animated byMadhouse.Supernatural stands as one of the few American-based live-action television programs of any kind to have ever been adapted intoJapanese animation, as well as the first.^{[915][916][207]}

Monsuno (2012–2014) is a Japanese-American anime series directed by Yoshiaki Okumura and distributed and produced byFremantleMedia,Dentsu Entertainment USA (part ofDentsu Aegis Network),Jakks Pacific, andThe Topps Company.Larx Entertainment animated the series.^[917] The series premiered in the United States on February 23, 2012 onNickelodeon's sister channel,Nicktoons^[918][919] and began airing onTV Tokyo in Japan in October 2012.^[920][921]

TheNinja Hattori-kun anime series has an Indian-Japanese remake of the series of the same name made in 1981; it was produced by Shin-Ei and the Indian animation firmsReliance MediaWorks and laterGreen Gold Animations which aired on TV Asahi and Animax. It aired from May 13, 2013 to February 16, 2015.^[922] The announcement to make theNinja Hattori-kun remake was part of a marketing ploy to produce several remakes of popular anime television series to be broadcast across television stations in the Asian market to counteract Japan's stagnating domestic anime marketplace due to its declining birthrate.^{[923][924][925]}

Monster High: Kowa Ike Girls (2014) is a Japaneseweb animated miniseries consisting of 8 episodes, and is based on theMonster High franchise made by toy designer Garrett Sander and launched byMattel.^[926] The series was animated at Picona Creative Studio,^[926][927] and was broadcast as a part ofTXN's morning children's television programming blockOha Suta, before being currently released on Mattel's JapaneseYouTube channel.^[928] Next to theTransformers franchise,Monster High stands as one of the few American-based toy line franchises of any kind to have ever been adapted intoJapanese animation.

When Marnie Was There (2014) is a Japanese film co-written and directed byHiromasa Yonebayashi, and was again produced byStudio Ghibli and distributed byToho. The film is based onthe 1967 British novel of the same name made byJoan G. Robinson. It is also notable for depicting various places and environments that actually exist in Japan, such as theKushiro wetlands inHokkaido, theBurnham Overy Staithe Windmill inNorfolk, andKaruizawa, Nagano.^{[929][930][931][932][933]}

The French-Japanese filmMutafukaz (2017) is an anime based on the comic series and the short film of the same name.^[934] The film was developed through a co-production betweenAnkama Animations andStudio 4°C and is directed by Shōjirō Nishimi and Guillaume "Run" Renard.^[935]

Another French-Japanese co-production,Radiant (2018), is an anime television series based on themanfra of the same name. The 21-episode anime series aired onNHK Educational TV^[936] and is based on volumes 1 through 4 of the comic book. It was directed bySeiji Kishi and Daisei Fukuoka, and written byMakoto Uezu, with the animation done inRETAS software byNerima-based studioLerche. It was also simulcast byCrunchyroll,^[937] withFunimation producing an English dub as it aired.^{[938][939][940][941][942][943][944][945][946][947]}

Starship Troopers, including thenovel made byRobert A. Heinlein and then themovie franchise created byEdward Neumeier andPaul Verhoeven, had already spawned several animated projects, includingRoughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles,^{[948][949][950]} itself heavily reminiscent of anime. Additionally,Starship Troopers was also unexpectedly popular in Japan, leading to the development of three separate animations from that country.The 1988 anime miniseries of the same name is the closest known adaptation of the novel and was produced by Japanese animation studioSunrise. 24 years later, two Japanese-Americandirect-to-videoCGI animated films,Invasion (2012) andTraitor of Mars (2017), were both designated to continue the storyline from the movie trilogy but through a different format than that of the typical live-action movies withCGI andstop motion. Both sequel films were created byShinji Aramaki and Joseph Chou.^{[951][952][953][954][955][956]} Even with the animations involving the franchise, they each more or less satirize Western politics and military and glorifies gratuitous violence through dark comedy in a similar manner to that from the movies.^[957][958]

Blade Runner, based on the 1968 novelDo Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? byPhilip K. Dick, has two Japanese animated adaptations that are based on the movies:Black Out 2022, ananimeshort film made in 2017 byShinichirō Watanabe, who is famous for directing other anime projects likeCowboy Bebop,Samurai Champloo,Carole & Tuesday, andSpace Dandy;^{[959][960][961]} andBlack Lotus, aCGI series made in 2021 byKenji Kamiyama andShinji Aramaki, both of whom have developed projects such asStarship Troopers: Invasion,Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars,Appleseed,Appleseed Ex Machina,Viper's Creed,Halo Legends,Jin-Roh,Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex,Eien no 831, andGuardian of the Sacred Spirit.^{[962][963][964][965]} Both animated projects notably include "familiar" characters from theBlade Runner universe.^[966]

The Lord of the Rings andThe Hobbit, both created by English authorJ. R. R. Tolkien, have both been adapted into animated projects as early as in 1967; five of those animations have been completed through the efforts ofRankin-Bass and American animatorsRalph Bakshi andGene Deitch,^[967] and all of them were actually partially outsourced by British and Japanese artists and animators. The first wasThe Hobbit, ashort film meant to be part of a larger scale animated project, but had never materialized. The first official animated adaptation wasThe Hobbit in 1977, made by Rankin Bass. The second wasThe Lord of the Rings in 1978, made by Bakshi as the first part of what was originally intended to be a two-part adaptation of the story.^[968] The third,The Return of the King was a 1980 television special again made by Rankin-Bass.^[969] All three animated films were heavily anime-based, despite being made in the United States for an American audience. Recently, in 2024, the closest, if not the first time, the franchise had ever been translated intoJapanese animation wasThe War of the Rohirrim, which was a New Zealand-American-Japanese co-production. The film was repeatedly confirmed to be an anime as opposed to the previous animated projects and is depicted to be around 200 years beforePeter Jackson'sThe Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) andThe Hobbit (2012–2014) film trilogies.The War of the Rohirrim was produced byNew Line Cinema,Warner Bros. Animation,Sola Entertainment,WingNut Films and Domain Entertainment.^{[970][971][972][973][974][975][976][977][978][979][980]}

A Japanese-Filipino produced anime television seriesBarangay 143 is currently airing onGMA Network.

Altered Carbon: Resleeved (2020) is a Japanese anime film based on theBritish novel and thesubsequent American television series of the same name made byRichard K. Morgan andLaeta Kalogridis, respectively. The film is meant to be aprequel to the show, and covers events that occurres before the first season began.Altered Carbon is the second known American-based live-action television program of any kind to have ever been adapted intoJapanese animation.^{[981][982][983]}

In April 2020, a studio named Manga Production from Saudi Arabia announced the release ofThe Journey andFuture's Folktales, co-produced with Toei.^[984]

Cyberpunk: Edgerunners (2022) is a Polish-Japanese animated miniseries that is adapted from thePolish video game of the same name, made byCD Projekt, and theAmerican tabletop science fiction role-playing game of the same name, made byMike Pondsmith andR. Talsorian Games. The series was animated byStudio Trigger and was released onNetflix on September 13, 2022. The anime serves as a prequel to the game and takes place about a year before the events of theCyberpunk 2077 game.^{[985][986][987][988][989][990][991][992][993][994][995][996][997]}

Suicide Squad Isekai (2024) is the firstDC Comics animated project to be a full-fledgedanime television series, and not done in an anthologyshort film format like withBatman: Gotham Knight. The anime series depicts thetitular team being deployed into a kingdom filled with mythical creatures and magic byAmanda Waller, director ofA.R.G.U.S.. The team spends the whole series trying to meet their mission deadline before Waller activates the bombs she placed inside each of them.^{[998][999][1000][1001][1002][1003][1004][1005][1006][1007][1008]}

The advent of Japanese anime stylizations appearing in Western animation questioned the established meaning of "anime".^[6] Defining anime as style has been contentious amongst critics and fans, with John Oppliger stating, "The insistence on referring to original American art as "anime" or "manga" robs the work of its cultural identity."^[2][1009]

On the other hand, series likeAvatar: The Last Airbender, itssequel andVoltron: Legendary Defender have opened up more debates on whether these works should be called "anime", and whether the culturally abstract approach to the word's meaning may open up the possibility of anime produced in countries other than Japan.^[3][4][5] While some Westerners strictly view anime as a Japanese animation product,^[2] some scholars suggest defining anime as specifically or quintessentially Japanese may be related to a new form oforientalism^[1010] with some fans and critics arguing that the term should be defined as a "style" rather than as a national product, which leaves open the possibility of anime being produced in other countries.^[1][4]

Animation such asOban Star-Racers andCode Lyoko, likeAvatar: The Last Airbender, are examples over which some critics and fans debate about the termanime and whether it is defined as a "style" rather than as a national product, which leaves open the possibility of anime being produced in other countries.^[1][4]

One of the key points that differentiated anime from a handful of Western cartoons is the potential for visceral content. Once the expectation that the aspects of visual intrigue or animation are just for children is put aside, the audience can realize that themes involving violence, suffering, sexuality, pain, and death can all be storytelling elements utilized in anime just as much as other media projects.^[1011]

At the same time, as anime itself became increasingly popular in America, its styling has been inevitably the subject of both satire and serious creative productions.^[2]South Park's "Chinpokomon" and "Good Times with Weapons" episodes,Futurama's episode "Reincarnation",Eureka's episode"Do You See What I See",Blue Sky Studios’sHorton Hears a Who!,Adult Swim'sPerfect Hair Forever andAqua Teen Hunger Force,Comedy Central'sDrawn Together andits associated film,Nickelodeon'sKappa Mikey, andCartoon Network'sThe Amazing World of Gumball are a few notable examples of Western satirical depictions of Japanese culture and anime.^{[1012][1013][1014][1015][1016][1017][1018][1019][1020]} However, sometimes, anime tropes have even been satirized inside its own medium, with such examples includingGintama,KonoSuba,Ouran High School Host Club,Ghost Stories,Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt andPop Team Epic.^{[1021][1022][1023][1024][1025][1026][1027][1028][1029]}

The American fast-foodTaco Bell advertisementFry Force has many anime-style features, particularly from Japanese mecha animeGundam. It is shown in many scenes, asGundam fighting styles have been used.^[1030] At the same time,McDonald's had also created its own anime-styled advertisement,WcDonald's, created through the collaborations ofStudio Pierrot.^[1031]

The Odyssey InteractiveOmega Strikers action sport video game has a heavy anime influence on its launching advertisement video because it was made by the Japanese animation studioTrigger. The commercial was made specifically in celebration of the premiere launch of its video game.^[1032]

The Bulgarian juice company Florina had anime-style mascots of the juice flavours namedFlo Force,^[1033] advertised in many youth activities.^[1034]

Pepsi was featured in commercials and advertisements in theTiger and Bunny universe, with one particular character, Blue Rose, being frequently depicted as referencing or sponsoring the company in various ways. The commercials started off as ameta depiction within the anime series, but the popularity of Blue Rose resulted in these commercials becoming used as actual advertisements in for the titular soda company.^[1035]

Dragon Ball Z has been referenced in multiple advertisements, including one sponsored byFord Motor Company, with the particular advertisement namedDragon Car Z, and another sponsored byKFC.^[1036][1037]

Fanta sponsored a commercial depicted in theOne Piece universe where the charactersMonkey D. Luffy andTony Tony Chopper startrapping about the soda drink. This led to eight specific designs being made on the soda bottles that were then marketed and sold in stores for a limited time.^[1038]

Windows 7 developed its own advertisement, “Nanami Madobe's Windows 7 Build-It-Yourself PC Commercial!!", which primarily features Japan's titular Windows 7 mascot character, voiced byNana Mizuki. The commercial's popularity led to it being sold on DVD.^[1039]

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