anime-influenced animation

{{short description|Non-Japanese animation inspired by Japanese animation}}

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

Although outside Japan, anime is specifically used to mean animation from Japan or as a Japanese-disseminated animation style often characterized by colorful graphics, vibrant characters and fantastical themes,{{cite web|url=http://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/anime|title=Anime|year=2011|publisher=Merriam-Webster|access-date=March 9, 2012}}{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/lexicon.php?id=45 |title=Anime News Network Lexicon - Anime |access-date=April 22, 2013}} 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.{{cite web|last=Rush|first=Amanda|title=Feature: Inside Rooster Teeth's "RWBY"|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/07/12/feature-inside-rooster-teeths-rwby|publisher=Crunchyroll|access-date=July 18, 2013|date=July 12, 2013|archive-date=July 16, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130716153934/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/07/12/feature-inside-rooster-teeths-rwby|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=O'Brien|first=Chris|title=Can Americans Make Anime?|url=http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/features/9829-Can-Americans-Make-Anime|work=The Escapist|access-date=July 17, 2013|date=July 30, 2012|archive-date=October 18, 2012|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018071546/http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/features/9829-Can-Americans-Make-Anime|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|last=Fakhruddin|first=Mufaddal|title='Torkaizer', Middle East's First Anime Show|date=9 April 2013|url=http://me.ign.com/en/news/9594/-torkaizer-middle-east-s-first-anime-show|publisher=IGN|access-date=June 12, 2013}}

Americas

=United States=

==Television==

{{See also|Category:American anime-influenced animated television series}}

One of the first noted attempts from American companies on making a series visually inspired by anime was The King Kong Show in the late 1960s and early 1970s. It was the result of a collaboration between Toei Animation from Japan and Videocraft from America. The result was an animation with an anime-like visual style and a Japanese kaiju theme, that incorporated the cartoonish style of the Hanna-Barbera era in American TV animation.{{cite web|url=http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/oldies/collabo.html |title=東映アニメーション［オールディーズ］ |date=January 6, 2003 |access-date=January 17, 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20030106084320/http://www.toei-anim.co.jp/oldies/collabo.html |archive-date=January 6, 2003 }} Likewise, Hanna-Barbera's earlier series Frankenstein Jr. was heavily inspired by the Gigantor anime series, although its art style was more similar to that of other American cartoons of the time. Another early example of this might be The Smokey Bear Show,{{cite book |last1=Woolery |first1=George W. |title=Children's Television: The First Thirty-Five Years, 1946-1981, Part I: Animated Cartoon Series |date=1983 |publisher=Scarecrow Press |isbn=0-8108-1557-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/childrenstelevis0000wool/page/262/mode/2up |access-date=9 April 2020 |pages=261–262}}{{cite book |last1=Hyatt |first1=Wesley |title=The Encyclopedia of Daytime Television |date=1997 |publisher=Watson-Guptill Publications |isbn=978-0823083152 |url=https://archive.org/details/encyclopediaofda00hyat/page/398/mode/2up|access-date=13 April 2020|page=398}}{{Cite web |title=Registration No. PA0000393219 / 1988-12-28 |url=https://cocatalog.loc.gov/ |website=US Copyright Office |language=en}} Johnny Cypher in Dimension Zero,{{cite book|last=Clements|first=Jonathan|author-link=Jonathan Clements|author2=McCarthy, Helen |author-link2=Helen McCarthy |title=The Anime Encyclopedia|title-link=The Anime Encyclopedia |publisher=Stone Bridge Press|edition=2nd expanded|location=Berkeley, California|year=2006|page=313340|isbn=1-84576-500-1}} and Hong Kong Phooey.{{Cite book |last=Perlmutter |first=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1-5381-0373-9 |pages=286–287}}

Toei Animation continued this type of collaboration in the Transformers TV series and its associated film, both of which aired in the 1980s. While Transformers 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 resembled Mecha anime.

This trend continued throughout the 1980s with series like Dungeons & Dragons, X-Men: Pryde of the X-Men,{{cite web|url=http://marvel.toonzone.net/retrospective/x-men/part2.php|title=The X-Men In Animation{{snd}}A Retrospective|publisher=Marvel Animation Age}}{{cite web|url=http://marvel.toonzone.net/xmen/pryde/ |title=Marvel Animation Age Presents: X-Men{{snd}}Reviews |publisher=Marvel.toonzone.net |access-date=2011-01-10}}{{cite web|url=http://marvel.toonzone.net/retrospective/wolverine/ |title=Marvel Animation Age |publisher=Marvel.toonzone.net |access-date=2011-01-10}}{{cite web|last=Goldman |first=Eric |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2017/02/02/the-x-mens-tv-history?page=2 |title=The History of Wolverine and the X-Men on TV|publisher=IGN |access-date=2011-01-10}} Spider-Man, Spider-Man and His Amazing Friends, Inhumanoids, Jem, Voltron,{{cite web|url=http://www.mtv.com/news/2432998/confused-about-the-voltron-movie-weve-got-your-answers/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190107232901/http://www.mtv.com/news/2432998/confused-about-the-voltron-movie-weve-got-your-answers/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 7, 2019|title=Confused About The 'Voltron' Movie? We've Got Your Answers!|last=Mtvmovies|website=MTV News|access-date=8 January 2019}}{{cite magazine|url=https://www.wired.co.uk/article/voltron-returns-netflix-season-2-january-2017|title=Voltron: Legendary Defender season two lands on Netflix in January|first=Matt|last=Kamen|magazine=Wired UK|date=7 October 2016|access-date=7 February 2019|via=www.wired.co.uk|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161008153023/https://www.wired.co.uk/article/voltron-returns-netflix-season-2-january-2017|archive-date=October 8, 2016|url-status=live}} Voltron: Fleet of Doom, 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, and Police 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 notably TMS Entertainment and Sunrise, which animated popular television productions such as Inspector Gadget, The Real Ghostbusters, Mighty Orbots, Rainbow Brite, 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, and Superman: The Animated Series, most of which visually or thematically were not reminiscent of Japanese anime. TaleSpin (the animation was done at Walt Disney Animation Japan) did, however, take inspiration from Hayao Miyazaki's 1989 manga Hikōtei Jidai.{{cite web |url=http://www.animationsource.org/talespin/en/custom_questions/Porco_Rosso_likeliness/232.html%26nump%3D1338 |title=TaleSpin and Porco Rosso |publisher=Animationsource.org |access-date=2010-06-03 |archive-date=2010-09-03 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100903011856/http://www.animationsource.org/talespin/en/custom_questions/Porco_Rosso_likeliness/232.html%26nump%3D1338 |url-status=dead }}

Throughout the 1990s, some 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 the Cartoon Network show Dexter's Laboratory, the ABC show Clerks: The Animated Series, the Nickelodeon show My Life as a Teenage Robot, or the Jetix show Yin Yang Yo!.

At the same time, Godzilla: The Series is technically an adaptation of the 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.

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Other notable examples of series with an anime influence are Gargoyles, Todd McFarlane's Spawn,{{Cite web|url=https://www.tampabay.com/archive/1997/05/16/spawning-a-new-breed-of-hero/|title=Spawning a new breed of hero|website=Tampa Bay Times}} Samurai Jack,{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mngoHFUf4Ko&t=44m56s |title=Genndy's Roundtable |last=Tartakovsky |first=Genndy |type=DVD |publisher=Turner Home Entertainment |time=44:56 |access-date=2017-04-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170818000004/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mngoHFUf4Ko&t=44m56s |archive-date=2017-08-18 |url-status=live |work=Samurai Jack}} X-Men: Evolution,[http://marvel.toonzone.net/xmenevo/interviews/gordon/ Marvel Animation Age Presents: X-Men: Evolution]{{Cite web |url=http://x-men.toonzone.net/qaboyd.php |title=Beyond Evolution: X-Men Evolution |access-date=June 27, 2006 |archive-date=July 4, 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060704075118/http://x-men.toonzone.net/qaboyd.php |url-status=dead }} Teen Titans,{{cite web|url=https://nerdist.com/why-teen-titans-dc-comics-most-important-but-undervalued-franchises/|title=Why TEEN TITANS Is DC Comics' Most Important (But Undervalued) Franchise|date=August 30, 2016|website=Nerdist|access-date=December 21, 2018}} Exosquad, {{cite web|url=http://www.storyboardpro.com/exosquad/exosquad_landing_01.html |title=Exosquad – The Original American Anime |author=Meugniot, Will |publisher=StoryboardPro.com |access-date=2007-08-09 |quote=Exosquad is Will's all time favourite show! |author-link=Will Meugniot |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070905150150/http://www.storyboardpro.com/exosquad/exosquad_landing_01.html |archive-date=2007-09-05}}{{cite web|url=http://www.toonarific.com/show.php?show_id=1170|title=Exosquad|publisher=Toonarific Cartoons|access-date=2007-07-31|archive-date=2016-01-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160105235959/http://www.toonarific.com/show.php?show_id=1170|url-status=dead}} Megas XLR,{{cite web |url=http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/features/49962/Ten_Minutes_with_Megas_XLR.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20050325103106/http://www.g4tv.com/screensavers/features/49962/Ten_Minutes_with_Megas_XLR.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=March 25, 2005 |title=Ten Minutes with "Megas XLR" |date=October 13, 2004}} Loonatics Unleashed,{{cite news |last1=Conan|first1=Neal|title= Spawn of Looney Tunes Gang Go High-Tech |url=https://www.npr.org/transcripts/4794080 |website=NPR.com|date=August 10, 2005 }} The Jackie Chan Adventures, Xiaolin Showdown,{{Cite web |title=Xiaolin Showdown |url=http://www.scanews.com/spot/2003/november/s689/xiaolin/news.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070313215812/http://www.scanews.com/spot/2003/november/s689/xiaolin/news.html |archive-date=2007-03-13 |access-date=2007-03-01 |website=Scannews.com}}{{Cite web |last=Stricker |first=Danny |title=Meet Christy Hui, Animator |url=http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/kidscoops/0,28342,672293,00.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081201103108/http://www.timeforkids.com/TFK/kids/news/kidscoops/0,28342,672293,00.html |archive-date=December 1, 2008 |access-date=2007-03-01 |website=www.timeforkids.com}} Xiaolin Chronicles,{{cite web|url=https://us5.campaign-archive.com/?u=72e5e554031c8b4144d6b495d&id=bfa2d1120c|title=GONG YI TAN PAI!!! Xiaolin Chronicles NewsFlash|first=Christy|last=Hui|date=April 16, 2013|access-date=May 16, 2020|work=Xioalin Newsletter}} Wolverine and the X-Men,{{cite news |last1=Bhushan |first1=Nyay |title=India's Toonz has claws out |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/indias-toonz-has-claws-135678 |access-date=May 20, 2019 |work=The Hollywood Reporter |agency=AP |date=May 8, 2007 |language=en}}{{cite news |title=Toonz, Marvel tie up for second part of X-Men series |url=http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci-tech/toonz-marvel-tie-up-for-second-part-of-x-men-series_100126335.html |access-date=May 20, 2019 |work=Thaindian News |agency=Indo-Asian News Service |date=December 2, 2008 |archive-date=November 7, 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091107203544/http://www.thaindian.com/newsportal/sci-tech/toonz-marvel-tie-up-for-second-part-of-x-men-series_100126335.html |url-status=dead }} and The Avengers: Earth's Mightiest Heroes. {{cite web|author=Kit, Borys |url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i05c8198f5eab4cdaaa38682b1cae590c |title=Marvel assembles cartoon 'Avengers' |work=The Hollywood Reporter |date=October 8, 2008 |access-date=August 24, 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100627083720/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i05c8198f5eab4cdaaa38682b1cae590c |archive-date=June 27, 2010 }}

Batman Beyond displayed some characteristics of anime; in particular, some of its production processes were outsourced to Japan.{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2003-10-17|title=Ms. Answerman: The Internet Question Massacre|date=2003-10-17|access-date=2007-08-09|work=Rebecca Bundy, ANN}} Glen Murakami was also a strong influence in inspiring American cartoons with Japanese elements. He animated alongside Bruce Timm on Batman: 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.

American television producer Sam Register - who created anime inspired works such as Ben 10, its sequel Alien Force, Transformers Animated, Scooby-Doo! Mystery Incorporated, Beware the Batman, Mike Tyson Mysteries, Unikitty!, Hi Hi Puffy AmiYumi - also worked alongside Murakami to create the Teen Titans television show in 2003, giving rise to a unique style referred to as "murakanime". In 2004, Murakami also produced The Batman, which showed much stronger anime influence than even its predecessor Batman Beyond.{{Cite web |last=Donohoo |first=Timothy |date=2019-09-21 |title=How The '90s Anime Boom Changed Western Cartoons |url=https://www.cbr.com/90s-anime-boom-changed-western-cartoons/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=CBR |language=en-US}} Later, in 2013, Murakami produced Teen Titans Go!, which was given a stronger Japanese influence than even its predecessor, with it animation and visuals being heavily reminiscent of chibis. {{Cite web |last=Donohoo |first=Timothy |date=2019-09-21 |title=How The '90s Anime Boom Changed Western Cartoons |url=https://www.cbr.com/90s-anime-boom-changed-western-cartoons/ |access-date=2022-11-02 |website=CBR |language=en-US}}{{cite news|last=Goldman|first=Eric|url=http://ca.ign.com/articles/2012/06/08/teen-titans-returning-with-new-full-length-episodes|title=Teen Titans Returning With New Full Length Episodes|access-date=15 June 2012|date=8 June 2012|work=IGN|publisher=Ziff Davis, LLC|archive-date=24 September 2014|archive-url=https://archive.today/20140924010015/http://ca.ign.com/articles/2011/06/09/teen-titans-returning-with-new-full-length-episodes|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://bardel.ca/featured-television/|title=Work|first=Evoda|last=Group|access-date=2020-04-10|archive-date=2021-01-28|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210128111820/https://bardel.ca/featured-television/|url-status=dead}}

Super Robot Monkey Team Hyperforce Go! is the first Jetix 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.

American television producer Ciro Nieli, who had also previously served as a creator and director on Teen Titans and The Avengers: Earth’s Mightiest Heroes, would later become showrunner of Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2012), which also featured anime-inspired aesthetics and moments, some of the most notable examples being seen in the characters' reaction shots. In addition, a parody of the anime series Voltron: Defender of the Universe was featured within the series throughout the second season, titled Super Robo Mecha Force Five!

File:Avatar characters.jpg (2005–2008), one of the more notable American anime-influenced animated series]]

Avatar: The Last Airbender and its sequel series The 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.{{cite web | url = http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=13156 | title = Avatar: The Last Airbender Article | access-date = 2006-12-16 |date=2005-02-18 | publisher = Animation World Magazine| archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20061217011106/http://news.awn.com/index.php?ltype=top&newsitem_no=13156| archive-date= 17 December 2006 | url-status= live}} Avatar creators Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino confirmed an anime influence in a magazine interview; that of "Hayao Miyazaki, especially Spirited Away and Princess Mononoke"{{cite web|url=http://www.musogato.com/avatar/magazine/avatarmag1_scan08.jpg|title="In Their Elements." (September 2006) Nick Mag Presents, p. 6}} as well as My Neighbor Totoro.{{Cite video | people = Bryan Konietzko and Michael Dante DiMartino | title = Book 1: Water, Box Set | medium = DVD |date=2006-09-19}} Other studios from which inspiration was drawn include Studio 4°C, Production I.G, Polygon Pictures and Studio Ghibli.{{cite web|url=http://www.musogato.com/avatar/magazine/anime_insider-dec06.jpg|title=Anime Insider: December 2006|access-date=2007-03-20}}

The same strong resemblance can be seen in Voltron: Legendary Defender, a reboot of the Voltron franchise, this time produced completely by American artists. Lauren Montgomery and Joaquim Dos Santos, both known for their work on the Avatar: The Last Airbender series and its sequel The Legend of Korra, served as showrunners while fellow crew member Tim Hedrick served as head writer.

The American sitcom The 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 to Japanese animation, due to the series being partially outsourced to Japanese and Korean artists, most notably Madhouse Studios. However, despite this, Madhouse was never credited with its involvement with the cartoon.{{cite web |url=http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=17924 |title=Aaron McGruder - The Boondocks Interview |access-date=October 14, 2007 |work=Troy Rogers |publisher=UnderGroundOnline|quote="We looked at Samurai Champloo and Cowboy Bebop to make this work for black comedy and it would be a remarkable thing."|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071030033247/http://www.ugo.com/ugo/html/article/?id=17924|archive-date=October 30, 2007}}

Hulk and the Agents of S.M.A.S.H. has many anime-style features and has plentiful references, particularly the characters' reaction shots and the fight sequences.[http://www.ign.com/articles/2011/07/23/comic-con-hulk-smashes-new-team-cartoon "Comic-Con: Hulk Smashes New Team Cartoon"]. IGN.com. July 23, 2011.{{cite news|url=http://www.stuff.co.nz/business/small-business/8606735/Animation-company-does-Hulking-job|title=Animation company does Hulking job|last1=McNicol|first1=Hamish|date=April 29, 2013|access-date=July 27, 2014|publisher=stuff.co.nz}} Ultimate Spider-Man goes further with the anime references by including the Japanese chibi on the characters, which occurs throughout the cartoon series; there were multiple episodes that involved the characters becoming exclusively made as chibis similar to the style used in Teen Titans Go!, Thundercats Roar, and RWBY Chibi.{{cite web|author=Johnston, Rich |url=http://www.bleedingcool.com/2010/07/24/brian-bendis-to-produce-ultimate-spider-man-cartoon/ |title=Brian Bendis To Produce And Write For Ultimate Spider-Man Cartoon|publisher=Bleeding Cool|date=July 24, 2010}}{{cite web|author=Marshall, Rick |url=http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/08/04/paul-dini-ultimate-spider-man-animated-series/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100805100957/http://splashpage.mtv.com/2010/08/04/paul-dini-ultimate-spider-man-animated-series/ |url-status=dead |archive-date=August 5, 2010 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Paul Dini Joins 'Ultimate Spider-Man' Animated Series, Promises A 'Redefined' Peter Parker |publisher=MTV |date=2010-08-04 |access-date=2010-08-04}}

Witchblade and Super Crooks, from Icon Comics and Top Cow Productions, are both adapted from two separate American comic book series of the same name; Witchblade is loosely based on the film and television series; Super Crooks is a spinoff of Jupiter's Legacy. The Witchblade comic book series was influenced by the magical girls and ecchi genres, which are utilized throughout the animation, whereas the Super Crooks comic book series and the resulting animated series is often compared to that of My Hero Academia. Witchblade was released on April 6, 2006, and Super Crooks was released in Netflix on November 25, 2021. Both animated series were animated by Japanese studios Gonzo and Bones.{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-08-16/gonzo-to-produce-witchblade-anime |title=Gonzo to Produce Witchblade Anime |website=Anime News Network |date=2004-08-16 |access-date=2014-05-31 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140409204834/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2004-08-16/gonzo-to-produce-witchblade-anime |archive-date=2014-04-09}}{{cite web|script-title=ja:ウィッチブレイド|url=https://www.gonzo.co.jp/works/witchblade/|publisher=Gonzo|access-date=December 29, 2023|language=ja|archive-date=December 11, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231211225430/http://www.gonzo.co.jp/works/witchblade/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Theron|title=The History of American Superhero Comics in Anime|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2017-08-30/the-history-of-american-superhero-comics-in-anime/.119913|website=Anime News Network|access-date=December 29, 2023|date=August 30, 2017|archive-date=December 29, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231229205006/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2017-08-30/the-history-of-american-superhero-comics-in-anime/.119913|url-status=live}}{{cite web |last1=Webber |first1=Tim |title=Netflix Developing Supercrooks Anime Based on Mark Millar Series |url=https://www.cbr.com/netflix-developing-supercrooks-anime-based-on-mark-millar-series/ |website=CBR |publisher=Valnet Inc. |date=March 11, 2019 |access-date=October 22, 2021 |archive-date=October 21, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211021231813/https://www.cbr.com/netflix-developing-supercrooks-anime-based-on-mark-millar-series/ |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine|last1=Porter |first1=Rick |title=Jupiter's Legacy' Done at Netflix as Streamer Explores Other Millarworld Projects |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/jupiters-legacy-canceled-netflix-1234962194/ |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=PMRC |date=June 2, 2021 |access-date=October 22, 2021}}{{cite magazine|last1=Milligan |first1=Mercedes |title=Annecy: Netflix Anime Focus Spotlights 'Super Crooks,' 'Thermae Romae Novae', 'Witcher' & CLAMP's Grimm Project |url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/anime/annecy-netflix-anime-focus-spotlights-super-crooks-thermae-romae-novae-witcher-clamps-grimm-project/ |magazine=Animation Magazine |date=June 15, 2021 |access-date=October 22, 2021}}

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 actual anime adaptation, making Rick and Morty one of the examples of an American cartoon to have a Japanese anime adaptation. The Japanese version was first released as five short films from March 29, 2020, to November 12, 2021. Each of those short films depict the characters in Japanese settings, ranging from samurai and Neon Genesis Evangelion to even other anime-based projects such as Pacific Rim. The series aired on Adult Swim starting from August 16, 2024. {{Cite web|last=Hibberd|first=James|date=2022-05-18|title='Rick and Morty' Anime Spinoff Announced by Adult Swim|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/rick-morty-anime-spinoff-1235149017|access-date=2022-08-06|website=The Hollywood Reporter}} The series is written and directed by Takashi Sano.{{cite web |url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2024/07/11/all-new-series-rick-and-morty-the-anime-premieres-august-15-on-adult-swim-932115/20240711adultswim01/ |title=All-New Series "Rick and Morty: The Anime" Premieres August 15 on Adult Swim |work=The Futon Critic |date=July 11, 2024 |accessdate=August 19, 2024}}

File:Team RWBY Volume 9.png, an American animated web series heavily influenced by the aesthetics of anime]]

The web series RWBY, produced by Texas-based company Rooster 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.{{cite web|last=Lazar|first=Shira|title=Roosterteeth Adds Anime RWBY To YouTube Slate (Watch)|url=http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shira-lazar/roosterteeth-adds-anime-r_b_3720316.html|publisher=Huffingtonpost|access-date=August 15, 2013|date=August 7, 2013}} 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".{{cite web|last1=Castillo|first1=Michelle|title=American-Made Anime From Rooster Teeth Gets Licensed In Japan|url=http://www.adweek.com/news/technology/american-made-anime-rooster-teeth-gets-licensed-japan-159528|website=AdWeek|access-date=2014-08-20|date=2014-08-15}} 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." In 2013, Monty Oum, the creator of RWBY, 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." Furthermore, RWBY was often dubbed in Japanese version, and even got a 2016 spin-off series RWBY Chibi, which depicts the characters become chibi and depicts them in situations akin to that of typical of Japanese chibi parodies. Eventually, in 2022, RWBY was given an actual Japanese animation called Ice Queendom, making it one of the very first anime-based cartoons to have actually developed a true Japanese animation based on an American project.{{cite web |last=Pineda |first=Rafael Antonio |title=Shaft Animates New RWBY TV Anime RWBY: Ice Queendom |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-24/shaft-animates-new-rwby-tv-anime-rwby-ice-queendom/.183977 |website=Anime News Network |date=March 24, 2022 |access-date=July 3, 2022 |archive-date=March 16, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230316205816/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-03-24/shaft-animates-new-rwby-tv-anime-rwby-ice-queendom/.183977 |url-status=live }}

The Powerpuff Girls cartoon series, as well as its reboot and film 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.{{cite web |last1=Stalberg |first1=Allison |title=10 American Cartoons That Were Influenced By Anime |url=https://www.cbr.com/american-cartoons-influenced-by-anime/ |website=CBR |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023010749/https://www.cbr.com/american-cartoons-influenced-by-anime/ |archive-date=October 23, 2019 |date=October 17, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}} As a result of the cartoon's major popularity in Japan, the show was given an anime spin-off known as Z that debuted in July 1, 2006. The Z 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. {{Cite web |date=30 March 2008 |title=出ましたっ！パワパフガールズZ AT-X ワンランク上のアニメ専門チャンネル |url=http://www.at-x.com/program_detail/index.html?pid=2021 |url-status=bot: unknown |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080330025541/http://www.at-x.com/program_detail/index.html?pid=2021 |archive-date=30 March 2008 |access-date=27 August 2017 }}{{Cite web |title=プレスリリース |url=https://animeanime.jp/release/archives/2007/01/z_41.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070927022522/http://animeanime.jp/release/archives/2007/01/z_41.html |archive-date=27 September 2007 |access-date=27 August 2017 |website=Animeanime.jp}}

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 the first and second seasons, as well as the film adaptation, were all outsourced in Japan by the studio Toei Animation, who was also known for making The Transformers. The second, G.I. Joe: Sigma 6, was actually the closest known G.I. Joe property to ever be translated into Japanese animation in any form despite it still being an American cartoon; it was animated by the Japanese studio Gonzo, and it was produced by 4Kids Productions in America. Third, G.I. Joe: Resolute was a web series produced by Titmouse, Inc., and the animation was noted to be extremely similar to that of Avatar: The Last Airbender and the works of Madhouse 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 of Ninja culture and stylized fight choreography. {{cite web |last1=Wilkinson|first1=Abigail|title=Viewing the History of Japanese and U.S. Relations through Animation|url=https://www.nicholls.edu/cheniere/2022/09/02/viewing-the-history-of-japanese-and-u-s-relations-through-animation/#:~:text=Joe%3A%20A%20Real%20American%20Hero,G.I.|website=Chêniére|archive-url=http://web.archive.org/web/20111004000000/https://www.nicholls.edu/cheniere/2022/09/02/viewing-the-history-of-japanese-and-u-s-relations-through-animation/#:~:text=Joe%3A%20A%20Real%20American%20Hero,G.I. |access-date=July 30, 2011|archive-date=October 4, 2011 }} [https://www.yojoe.com/television/history.shtml Alt URL]

ThunderCats, both its 1985 and 2011 cartoons, are outsourced and produced by Japanese animators, like that of Studio 4°C, and thus both cartoons have several references to anime all throughout. The most recent one, Roar, made in 2020, even has a chibi-stye animation similar to the style used in Teen Titans Go!.{{cite web |last1=Fowler|first1=Matt|title=Thunder Thursdays: ThunderCats Gets (Anime)ted!|url=http://tv.ign.com/articles/118/1180012p1.html|website=Internet Archives|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110704011716/http://tv.ign.com/articles/118/1180012p1.html |access-date=June 30, 2011|archive-date=July 4, 2011 }}{{cite web |last1=Stalberg |first1=Allison |title=10 American Cartoons That Were Influenced By Anime |url=https://www.cbr.com/american-cartoons-influenced-by-anime/ |website=CBR |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023010749/https://www.cbr.com/american-cartoons-influenced-by-anime/ |archive-date=October 23, 2019 |date=October 17, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}{{Cite magazine|url=https://ew.com/tv/2020/02/04/thundercats-roar-premiere-cartoon-network/|title=New 'ThunderCats Roar' animated series sets February premiere on Cartoon Network|magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}

Ballmastrz: 9009 is an American-Japanese television series aired on Adult Swim and its animation produced by Titmouse, Inc., Williams Street, and Studio 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 the Ballmastrz: Rubicon special, series creator and voice actor Christy 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. {{cite news |last1=Lang |first1=Jamie |title='Ballmastrz: 9009,' 'Tigtone' Second Seasons Ordered by Adult Swim (EXCLUSIVE) |url=https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/ballmastrz-9009-tigtone-second-seasons-adult-swim-annecy-animation-festival-2019-1203260511/ |access-date=6 July 2019 |work=Variety |date=6 July 2019 |archive-date=6 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190706190815/https://variety.com/2019/tv/news/ballmastrz-9009-tigtone-second-seasons-adult-swim-annecy-animation-festival-2019-1203260511/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|last=Mufson|first=Beckett|date=6 April 2018|title=Ballmastrz 9009 Is the Last Sports Anime You'll Ever Need|url=https://www.vice.com/en/article/xw74wq/ballmastrz-9009-is-the-last-sports-anime-youll-ever-need|access-date=2021-05-05|website=Vice|language=en|quote=Karacas has been working on the show for four years...|archive-date=2021-05-05|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210505152541/https://www.vice.com/en/article/xw74wq/ballmastrz-9009-is-the-last-sports-anime-youll-ever-need|url-status=live}}

The Mexican-American Onyx Equinox, created by Sofia Alexander, and the American High Guardian Spice, created by Raye Rodriguez, are both Western cartoons that were released on Crunchyroll, a streaming platform that typically features Japanese anime shows and manga. Both series are notably extremely similar to Japanese anime, taking visual cues from Avatar: The Last Airbender, its sequel The Legend of Korra, and She-Ra and the Princesses of Power, and were also produced by South Korean animation company DR Movie.{{cite web |url=https://www.threeifbyspace.net/2020/11/onyx-equinox-premieres-saturday-on-crunchyroll/ |title="Onyx Equinox" Premieres Saturday on Crunchyroll |last=Prentice |first=Robert |date=November 20, 2020 |website=Three If By Space |access-date=November 26, 2020 |quote= |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20201121004455/https://www.threeifbyspace.net/2020/11/onyx-equinox-premieres-saturday-on-crunchyroll/ |archivedate=November 21, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.engadget.com/2018/08/22/crunchyroll-anime-originals/|title='High Guardian Spice' is Crunchyroll's first original series|website=Engadget|date=22 August 2018 |language=en|access-date=January 11, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200704114445/https://www.austinchronicle.com/daily/screens/2018-12-12/corporate-reshuffle-signals-new-era-at-rooster-teeth/|archive-date=July 4, 2020|url-status=live}}

Disney's Kim Possible, Star vs. the Forces of Evil, Amphibia, and The Owl House are all American-made cartoons, but it is notable for having some obvious anime influences regardless, in part due to the four being partially influenced by anime such as Sailor Moon and Dragon Ball Z, as well as the animation art style of Hanna-Barbera and Chuck Jones cartoons; each animation are characterized by large, expressive eyes, colorful hair on several characters (particularly to match the cartoon’s otherworldly setting), animation patterns, and their storylines heavily mirroring that of isekai works. Amphibia and The Owl House in particular were animated by the collaborations of Rough Draft Korea; a studio known for making many famous cartoons, Sunmin Image Pictures, and Sugarcube Animation.{{Cite web|last1=Terrace|first1=Dana|url=https://www.instagram.com/p/BtQn3amnsiO|title=Recently went to Seoul to visit The Owl House's 3 animation studios: Sugarcube, Sunmin, and Rough Draft. We had an amazing time, met some amazing artists, and even though we're still early in production (animation takes a looooong time) I was very excited by what I saw. I think this shows gonna be fun.|publisher=Instagram|date=January 30, 2019|access-date=April 29, 2019|archive-url=https://archive.today/20200818005656/https://www.instagram.com/p/BtQn3amnsiO/|archive-date=August 18, 2020}} The Owl House creator Dana Terrace had said that the visual style was inspired by paintings by Remedios Varo, John Bauer, and Hieronymus Bosch, as well as Russian architecture.{{Cite news|url=https://oneofus.net/2019/06/infestation-annecy-animation-festival-2019-the-owl-house/|title=Infestation: Annecy Animation Festival 2019: The Owl House|first=Chris|last=Cox|date=June 27, 2019|website=One of Us|access-date=August 25, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190628194629/https://oneofus.net/2019/06/infestation-annecy-animation-festival-2019-the-owl-house/|archive-date=June 28, 2019}}{{cite web |last1=Stalberg |first1=Allison |title=10 American Cartoons That Were Influenced By Anime |url=https://www.cbr.com/american-cartoons-influenced-by-anime/ |website=CBR |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023010749/https://www.cbr.com/american-cartoons-influenced-by-anime/ |archive-date=October 23, 2019 |date=October 17, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}{{cite web |last1=Gachin |first1=Samuel |title=13 Western Shows That Feel Like Anime |url= https://collider.com/tv-shows-like-anime/ |website=Collider |date=March 18, 2022 |access-date=October 15, 2024|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2015/07/20/creator-daron-nefcy-guides-us-through-tonights-star-studded-episode-of-star-vs-the-forces-of-evil/|title=Creator Daron Nefcy Guides Us Through Tonight's Star-Studded Episode of Star Vs. the Forces of Evil|date=July 20, 2015|work=Disney Insider Blog|access-date=November 5, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151028171520/http://blogs.disney.com/insider/2015/07/20/creator-daron-nefcy-guides-us-through-tonights-star-studded-episode-of-star-vs-the-forces-of-evil/|archive-date=October 28, 2015|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|last=Rutherford|first=Kristen|title=Interview: Daron Nefcy of Disney's Star vs. the Forces of Evil|url=http://nerdist.com/interview-daron-nefcy-of-disneys-star-vs-the-forces-of-evil/|work=Nerdist|date=March 26, 2015|access-date=July 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616015629/https://nerdist.com/interview-daron-nefcy-of-disneys-star-vs-the-forces-of-evil/|archive-date=June 16, 2018|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=https://www.reddit.com/r/StarVStheForcesofEvil/comments/apj88f/the_most_interesting_information_from_daron/|title=r/StarVStheForcesofEvil - The most interesting information from Daron Nefcy's ASS Podcast|website=reddit|date=February 11, 2019|access-date=April 7, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190508200851/https://www.reddit.com/r/StarVStheForcesofEvil/comments/apj88f/the_most_interesting_information_from_daron/|archive-date=May 8, 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-hill/how-comic-con-helped-crea_b_5989262.html|title=How Comic-Con Helped Create Fans for Disney XD's Star vs. The Forces of Evil Six Months Before Its First Episode Airs - Jim Hill|work=The Huffington Post|date=October 15, 2014|access-date=July 17, 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150721190427/http://www.huffingtonpost.com/jim-hill/how-comic-con-helped-crea_b_5989262.html|archive-date=July 21, 2015|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/animationworld/matt-bralys-hoppy-childhood-memories-inspired-new-disney-channel-series-amphibia|title=Matt Braly's 'Hoppy' Childhood Memories Inspired New Disney Channel Series, 'Amphibia'|website=Animation World Network|access-date=2020-10-28|archive-date=2022-07-07|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220707042707/https://www.awn.com/animationworld/matt-bralys-hoppy-childhood-memories-inspired-new-disney-channel-series-amphibia|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=http://www.parentdish.com/2006/01/13/kim-possibles-creators-speak-an-interview-with-mark-mccorkle-a/|title=Kim Possible's creators speak: An interview with Mark McCorkle and Bob Schooley|last=Allen|first=Jay|date=January 13, 2006|website=Parentdish|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202223403/http://www.parentdish.com/2006/01/13/kim-possibles-creators-speak-an-interview-with-mark-mccorkle-a/|archive-date=December 2, 2013|access-date=November 24, 2016|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|url=http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/05/Floridian/Anything_s_possible.shtml|title=Anything's possible|last=Robinson|first=Sherry|date=February 5, 2007|work=Tampa Bay Times|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304080309/http://www.sptimes.com/2007/02/05/Floridian/Anything_s_possible.shtml|archive-date=March 4, 2016|access-date=November 24, 2016}}{{cite web|url=http://www.br-online.de/jugend/izi/english/publication/televizion/21_2008_E/schooley_eng.pdf|title=Kim Possible. She can do anything|last=Schlote|first=Elke|year=2008|website=Bayerischer Rundfunk|pages=16–17|access-date=November 24, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130921055737/http://www.br-online.de/jugend/izi/english/publication/televizion/21_2008_E/schooley_eng.pdf|archive-date=September 21, 2013|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.awn.com/animationworld/three-grow|title=Three to Grow On|last=Goodman|first=Martin|date=May 14, 2004|website=Animation World Network|publisher=AWN, Inc|access-date=December 19, 2016|archive-date=March 9, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160309195730/http://www.awn.com/animationworld/three-grow|url-status=live}} James Turner, a British illustrator most well known for his work on the Pokémon series of games (having created several Pokémon designs and worked as the art director for Pokémon Sword and Shield), provided artwork during the initial stages of Amphibia.{{cite web |last1=Turner |first1=James |url=https://james-turner-42.squarespace.com/amphibia |title=Amphibia |access-date=June 14, 2021 |archive-date=May 25, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220525234601/http://james-turner-42.squarespace.com/amphibia |url-status=live }} Amphibia's visuals were inspired by Jim Henson's 1982 film The Dark Crystal and the 1977 animated adaptation of The Hobbit.{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/amphibia-creator-matt-braly-interview/|title=Amphibia Creator Matt Braly on Brenda Song as a Thai-American Character|date=June 14, 2019|website=Collider|access-date=October 28, 2020|archive-date=June 11, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220611044450/https://collider.com/amphibia-creator-matt-braly-interview/|url-status=live}}

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Steven Universe, as well as its television film adaptation and Future, are notable for possessing anime aesthetics resembling that from Dragon Ball Z and especially the works of Osamu Tezuka and Harvey Kurtzman.{{cite web |last1=Stalberg |first1=Allison |title=10 American Cartoons That Were Influenced By Anime |url=https://www.cbr.com/american-cartoons-influenced-by-anime/ |website=CBR |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023010749/https://www.cbr.com/american-cartoons-influenced-by-anime/ |archive-date=October 23, 2019 |date=October 17, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}{{cite book|last1=McDonnell|first1=Chris|title=Steven Universe: Art & Origins|date=2017|publisher=Abrams Books|isbn=978-1419724435|language=en |page=150}} Most notably, the protagonist team, the Crystal Gems, are directly inspired and modeled after magical 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 company Studio Trigger. Furthering the cartoon’s similarity to Japanese animation, the manga series Land of the Lustrous and its television series adaptation animated by Orange are shown to be somewhat based on Steven 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. {{cite web|url=https://steemit.com/anime/@grarkada/land-of-the-lustrous-a-review-glass-reflection#:~:text=Lustrous%20is%20like%20if%20Steven,that%20makes%20this%20show%20unique.|title=Land of the Lustrous: A Review Glass Reflection|publisher=Steemit|date=April 17, 2018|access-date=April 20, 2018}}{{cite web |last=Hori |first=Takafumi |date=August 25, 2016 |title=New episode of Steven Universe this Thursday... |url=http://porigoshi.tumblr.com/post/149420873384/new-episode-of-steven-universe-this-thursday |publisher=Tumblr |access-date=August 25, 2016}}{{cite web|first=Crystalyn|last=Hodgkins|date=August 25, 2016|title=Studio Trigger Animator Takafumi Hori Works on Latest Episode of Steven Universe Animated Series|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2016-08-25/studio-trigger-animator-takafumi-hori-works-on-latest-episode-of-steven-universe-animated-series/.105751|website=Anime News Network|access-date=February 14, 2022}}

OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes (2017-2019), made by Steven Universe's co-developer Ian 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 of Studio Trigger, Hiroyuki Imaishi, and its animation produced in South Korea by Digital eMation and Sunmin Image Pictures.{{cite web|url=https://collider.com/ok-ko-ian-jones-quartey-interview/#cartoon-network|title='OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes' Creator Ian Jones-Quartey on His Robot-Punching Protagonist|first=Dave|last=Trumbore|website=Collider|date=August 1, 2017|access-date=January 31, 2020}}{{cite web|url=http://www.emation.co.kr/emation-web/home/portfolio/year.html?mid=MC00000054|title=Service Work Portfolio|website=Digital eMation|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171030040709/http://www.emation.co.kr/emation-web/home/portfolio/year.html?mid=MC00000054|archive-date=October 30, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Zahed|first=Ramin|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/playing-to-win-ok-k-o-lets-be-heroes/|title=Playing to Win: 'OK K.O.! Let's Be Heroes'|website=Animation Magazine|date=August 1, 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210305160245/https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/playing-to-win-ok-k-o-lets-be-heroes/|archive-date=March 5, 2021|url-status=live}}

ND Stevenson and the crew of She-Ra and the Princesses of Power were strongly influenced by anime, especially those with magical girls.{{cite web |last1=Stalberg |first1=Allison |title=10 American Cartoons That Were Influenced By Anime |url=https://www.cbr.com/american-cartoons-influenced-by-anime/ |website=CBR |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023010749/https://www.cbr.com/american-cartoons-influenced-by-anime/ |archive-date=October 23, 2019 |date=October 17, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}

Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and its film adaptation were both strongly influenced by anime visuals and iconography, using imagery and animation similar to that of Japanese studios such as Studio Trigger.{{cite web |last1=Stalberg |first1=Allison |title=10 American Cartoons That Were Influenced By Anime |url=https://www.cbr.com/american-cartoons-influenced-by-anime/ |website=CBR |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023010749/https://www.cbr.com/american-cartoons-influenced-by-anime/ |archive-date=October 23, 2019 |date=October 17, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}{{cite press release |url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2017/03/02/nickelodeon-reimagines-the-iconic-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-in-all-new-animated-series-rise-of-the-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-301314/20170302nickelodeon04/ |title=Nickelodeon Reimagines the Iconic Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles in All-New Animated Series, Rise of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles |publisher=Nickelodeon |via=The Futon Critic |date=March 2, 2017 |access-date=August 9, 2020 |archive-date=September 23, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230923134535/http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2017/03/02/nickelodeon-reimagines-the-iconic-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-in-all-new-animated-series-rise-of-the-teenage-mutant-ninja-turtles-301314/20170302nickelodeon04/ |url-status=live}}

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 a shonen anime.{{cite web |last1=Donohoo |first1=Timothy|title=Is My Adventures With Superman an Anime? |url=https://www.cbr.com/my-adventures-with-superman-anime/#:~:text=Though%20it%20would%20appear%20to%20be%20a%20shonen,others%2C%20it%20is%20in%20fact%20an%20American%20production.|website=CBR |access-date=May 28, 2023|date=May 28, 2023 |df=mdy-all}} The show was animated by Studio Mir in South Korea, the same studio that animated other notable anime-inspired shows like The Legend of Korra, Voltron: Legendary Defender, and the fourth and final season of The Boondocks. It was sometimes known as the American version of One-Punch Man and My 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 series The Man of Steel, as well as the works of Dan Jurgens, Jon Bogdanove, and Louise Simonson. Additionally, Superman's transformation sequence is particularly inspired by Pretty Cure, specifically Cure Mermaid from Go! Princess PreCure.{{Cite web |last=Huh |first=Diana |date=July 7, 2023 |title=Not sure if this would be interesting to anyone, but these are some thumbnails of plussing the transformation scene that Jessica Zammit boarded from way back when! Sometimes when I cannot figure things out on computer i gotta go back to pencil and paper |url=https://twitter.com/dihuh/status/1677462568364052480?s=46 |access-date=August 14, 2023 |website=Twitter}}{{Cite web |last=Huh |first=Diana |date=July 7, 2023 |title=It was Cure Mermaid, specifically the part in her transformation when her back ribbons and hair were formed! I watched it on repeat for inspiration haha |url=https://twitter.com/dihuh/status/1677517775898832897?s=46&t=4-Uxtokr0Z7bpxFaGmI5cQ |access-date=August 14, 2023 |website=Twitter}}

{{Cite web |last=Rosario |first=Alexandra Del |date=2021-05-19 |title='My Adventures With Superman': Jack Quaid-Fronted Animated Series Gets Two Season Order From HBO Max & Cartoon Network |url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/my-adventures-with-superman-hbo-max-cartoon-network-gives-jack-quaid-animated-series-two-season-order-1234759929/ |access-date=2023-04-14 |website=Deadline Hollywood |language=en-US |archive-date=May 19, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210519141713/https://deadline.com/2021/05/my-adventures-with-superman-hbo-max-cartoon-network-gives-jack-quaid-animated-series-two-season-order-1234759929/ |url-status=live }}

The Hazbin Hotel cartoon series and its web spinoff Helluva Boss have been frequently interpreted by viewers and fans as an anime despite both shows being made in the United States and their primary influence being other American cartoons, such as Disney's musicals.{{cite web |last1=Stalberg |first1=Allison |title=Vivienne Medrano Shares Surprising Hazbin Hotel Influences & How A24 Became Involved|url=https://screenrant.com/hazbin-hotel-vivienne-medrano-interview/|website=ScreenRant |date=January 16, 2024 |df=mdy-all}} That said, both cartoons indeed possess plentiful anime references, particularly in terms of animation, visual effects, and iconography, making Hazbin Hotel and Helluva Boss recent examples of American cartoons being comparable to that of actual Japanese anime.{{cite web |last1=Stalberg |first1=Allison |title=10 American Cartoons That Were Influenced By Anime |url=https://www.cbr.com/american-cartoons-influenced-by-anime/ |website=CBR |access-date=April 21, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191023010749/https://www.cbr.com/american-cartoons-influenced-by-anime/ |archive-date=October 23, 2019 |date=October 17, 2019 |url-status=live |df=mdy-all}}{{cite web |last1=Stalberg |first1=Allison |title=Hazbin Hotel Review: Prime Video's Adult Animated Series Successfully Mixes Unique Story With Music|url=https://screenrant.com/hazbin-hotel-tv-review/|website=ScreenRant|date=January 18, 2024 |df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|last1=Asarch|first1=Steven|url=https://www.insider.com/hazbin-hotel-creator-on-shows-creation-and-future-2021-2|title=A cartoon demon musical drew in 53 million YouTube viewers. The creator of 'Hazbin Hotel' says she couldn't have predicted its success.|date=February 3, 2021|access-date=February 3, 2021|website=Insider|archive-url=https://archive.today/20210203232139/https://www.insider.com/hazbin-hotel-creator-on-shows-creation-and-future-2021-2|archive-date=February 3, 2021|url-status=live}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.princessbento.com/copy-of-smiling-friends|title=HAZBIN HOTEL|website=Princess Bento Studio|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220315135103/https://www.princessbento.com/copy-of-smiling-friends|archive-date=March 15, 2022|access-date=March 19, 2022|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://screenrant.com/db/tv-show/helluva-boss/|title=Helluva Boss Summary|work=Screen Rant|access-date=January 30, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241206205907/https://screenrant.com/db/tv-show/helluva-boss/|archive-date=December 6, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite news|first=Jef|last=Rouner|url=https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/opinion-helluva-boss-is-a-better-show-than-hazbin-hotel-18985905|title=Opinion: Helluva Boss is Better Than Hazbin Hotel|newspaper=Houston Press|date=September 24, 2024|access-date=January 30, 2025|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240925014205/https://www.houstonpress.com/arts/opinion-helluva-boss-is-a-better-show-than-hazbin-hotel-18985905|archive-date=September 25, 2024|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://letterboxd.com/film/helluva-boss/|title=Helluva Boss (2019) directed by Vivienne Medrano|website=Letterboxd|date=November 14, 2019|access-date=November 1, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201101231353/https://letterboxd.com/film/helluva-boss/|archive-date=November 1, 2020|url-status=live}}

==Film==

Even though it derived from an American 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 in development 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 from Disney, Lucasfilm, Warner Bros. Animation, and Studio Ghibli. Those who expressed interest in or were involved at some stage of the film's development included George 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 and Robert B. Sherman), Hayao Miyazaki (who was working at TMS at the time), and Gary Kurtz.{{cite book |last1=Lenburg |first1=Jeff |title=The Encyclopedia of Animated Cartoons |date=1999 |publisher=Checkmark Books |isbn=0-8160-3831-7 |access-date=6 June 2020 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780816038312/page/189/mode/2up |page=189}}{{cite web|url= https://magmix.jp/post/69782|author= |title= 宮崎駿監督幻の米デビュー作『リトル・ニモ』企画途中で離脱も、数々の出会いと「名作」が生まれ…(1)|language= ja|date=2021-12-02|accessdate= 2022-04-03|website= マグミクス|publisher= メディア・ヴァーグ}}{{cite web|url= https://cinemajp.com/2019/09/22/anime005/|author=西川昭幸|title=日本アニメ海外進出の先鞭をつけた野心作 NEMO ニモ（東宝東和）|language= ja|date= 2019-09-22| accessdate = 2022-04-04|website= |publisher= 日本映画100年史}}{{cite web|url= https://reminder.top/742391829/|author= |title=宮崎駿も降板、壮大すぎたアニメ「NEMO/ニモ」映画より面白い制作過程!|language= ja|date= 2019-11-22|accessdate = 2022-04-04|website= Re:minder|publisher= 株式会社リマインダー}}{{cite web|url= http://www.style.fm/as/05_column/katabuchi/katabuchi_016.shtml|author=片渕須直|title=β運動の岸辺で第16回思弁的なハリウッド|date= 2009-12-21|accessdate = 2022-04-04|language= ja|website=WEBアニメスタイル|publisher=株式会社スタイル}}{{cite web|url= https://magmix.jp/post/69782/3|author= |title= 宮崎駿監督幻の米デビュー作『リトル・ニモ』企画途中で離脱も、数々の出会いと「名作」が生まれ…(3)|language= ja|date=2021-12-02|accessdate= 2022-04-04|website= マグミクス|publisher= メディア・ヴァーグ}}{{cite web|url= http://www.style.fm/as/05_column/katabuchi/katabuchi_022.shtml|author=片渕須直|title=β運動の岸辺で第22回演助助になる|date= 2010-02-22|accessdate = 2022-04-04|language= ja|website=WEBアニメスタイル|publisher=株式会社スタイル}}{{cite web|url= http://www.style.fm/as/05_column/katabuchi/katabuchi_018.shtml|author=片渕須直|title=β運動の岸辺で第18回捨てられた骨法|date= 2010-01-18|accessdate = 2022-04-04|language= ja|website=WEBアニメスタイル|publisher=株式会社スタイル}}

The production on The Animatrix began when the Wachowskis visited some of the creators of the anime films that had been strong influences on their work, and decided to collaborate with them."What is Animatrix?" feature on The Matrix Revisited DVD.McCarthy, Helen. 500 Essential Anime Movies: The Ultimate Guide. — Harper Design, 2009. — P. 40. — 528 p. — {{ISBN|978-0061474507}} After the success of The Animatrix, companies such as Lionsgate, Warner Bros., DC Entertainment, Sony Pictures, Legendary Television, Skydance Television, Disney+, Netflix, Lucasfilm, 343 Industries, and Amazon 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, such as Hellboy Animated, Van Helsing: The London Assignment, 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, and Terminator Zero. {{Cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2019/01/love-death-and-robots-first-look-photos-david-fincher-tim-miller-netflix-1202530682/|title='Love Death & Robots': First Look At David Fincher & Tim Miller's Animated Netflix Anthology Series|last=Hipes|first=Patrick|date=2019-01-07|website=Deadline Hollywood|access-date=2019-02-14|archive-date=August 20, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190820110137/https://deadline.com/2019/01/love-death-and-robots-first-look-photos-david-fincher-tim-miller-netflix-1202530682/|url-status=live}}{{Cite web |last=Prudom |first=Laura |date=2019-02-14 |title=Netflix's Love, Death & Robots Trailer: First Look at Tim Miller and David Fincher's Surreal Animated Anthology |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/02/14/netflixs-love-death-robots-trailer-premiere-date-release |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190215155834/https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/02/14/netflixs-love-death-robots-trailer-premiere-date-release |archive-date=February 15, 2019 |access-date=2019-02-14 |website=IGN}}{{Cite web |last=Schwartz |first=Terri |date=2019-03-16 |title=How David Fincher and Tim Miller's Heavy Metal Reboot Became Netflix's Love, Death & Robots |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/03/16/how-david-fincher-and-tim-millers-heavy-metal-reboot-became-netflixs-love-death-and-robots |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200112064953/https://www.ign.com/articles/2019/03/16/how-david-fincher-and-tim-millers-heavy-metal-reboot-became-netflixs-love-death-and-robots |archive-date=January 12, 2020 |access-date=2019-03-17 |website=IGN}}{{cite web |last1=Stalberg |first1=Allison |title=Hugh Jackman's Forgotten Van Helsing Anime Prequel Is Better Than The Movie|url=https://screenrant.com/van-helsing-london-assignment-anime-better-movie-why/

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Universal Home Video and Japanese animation studio Gonzo even personally tried to replicate the same animation process that was used from The Animatrix, which led to the creation of Gankutsuou: The Count of Monte Cristo and The Chronicles of Riddick: Dark Fury. The two projects were notably produced through collaborations with Mahiro Maeda and Peter Chung, both of whom had worked in The Animatrix.{{Cite book|date=April 22, 2005|script-title=ja:巌窟王コンプリート|trans-title=Gankutsuou Complete|language=ja|publisher=Media Factory|isbn=4-8401-1240-1}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gankutsuou.com/world/introduction.html|script-title=ja:巌窟王 - World - Introduction|language=ja|publisher=Gankutsuou Website|access-date=January 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080204080534/http://www.gankutsuou.com/world/introduction.html|archive-date=February 4, 2008|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gonzo.co.jp/works/gankutsuou/|script-title=ja:Works - 巌窟王|language=ja|publisher=Gonzo|access-date=January 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171011100426/http://www.gonzo.co.jp/works/gankutsuou/|archive-date=October 11, 2017|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gankutsuou.com/staff/interview/01_01.html|script-title=ja:巌窟王 - スペシャル対談＜キャラクター編＞ - 前田真宏 X 松原秀典|language=ja|publisher=Gankutsuou Website|access-date=January 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091123015416/http://www.gankutsuou.com/staff/interview/01_01.html|archive-date=November 23, 2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite web|url=http://www.gankutsuou.com/staff/interview/02_01.html|script-title=ja:巌窟王 - スペシャル対談＜キャラクター編＞ - 前田真宏 X 山下友弘, 神山修一, 高橋ナツコ|language=ja|publisher=Gankutsuou Website|access-date=January 27, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091028071210/http://www.gankutsuou.com/staff/interview/02_01.html|archive-date=October 28, 2009|url-status=dead}}{{cite web |last1=Cotter|first1=Padraig|title=Vin Diesel's Chronicles Of Riddick Anime Showed Pitch Black's Aftermath |url=https://screenrant.com/chronicles-riddick-dark-fury-anime-prequel-forgotten/

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Japanese anime has majorly influenced Disney, Pixar and DreamWorks productions. Glen Keane, the animator for successful Disney films such as The Black Cauldron (1985), The Little Mermaid (1989), Beauty and the Beast (1991), Aladdin (1992), and Tangled, has credited Hayao Miyazaki as a "huge influence" on Disney's animated films ever since The Rescuers Down Under (1990).Michael J. Lee (October 24, 2010), [http://movies.radiofree.com/interviews/tangled_glen_keane.shtml An Exclusive Interview With Glen Keane], RadioFree.com Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise, the directors of Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast, Hunchback of Notre Dame (1996), and Atlantis: The Lost Empire (2001), are fans of anime and have cited Miyazaki's works as a major influence on their own work.{{cite news|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2001-05-15|title=Probing the Atlantis Mystery|first=Lee|last=Zion|date=May 15, 2001|work=Anime News Network|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110629004303/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/feature/2001-05-15|archive-date=June 29, 2011|url-status=live|access-date=July 15, 2012}} Miyazaki's influence on Disney dates back to The Great Mouse Detective (1986), which was influenced by Miyazaki's Lupin III film Castle of Cagliostro (1979) and which in turn paved the way for the Disney Renaissance.{{cite web|last=Korkis|first=Jim|title=How Basil Saved Disney Feature Animation: Part Two|url=https://www.mouseplanet.com/9549/How_Basil_Saved_Disney_Feature_Animation_Part_Two|website=Mouse Planet|date=March 2, 2011|access-date=June 22, 2016}}{{cite news |last1=Motamayor |first1=Rafael |title=Revisiting 'The Great Mouse Detective', the Unsung Kickstarter of the Disney Renaissance (And One of Disney's Creepiest Movies) |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/the-great-mouse-detective-revisited-2/ |access-date=5 April 2020 |work=/Film |date=2 April 2020}} It was especially inspired by the adventures of the 1994 Disney movie The Lion King Doraemon. In particular, Roger Allers had stated in an interview that he went to Japan before 1988, the year the production of The Lion King started, and that he was very impressed by the adventures in Doraemon, and that The Lion King was greatly influenced by Doraemon. Fujiko Fujio, despite the controversy, later thanked Disney in 1995 for being impressed by Disney's The Lion King and praising Doraemon.{{cite web |url=https://www.boxofficemojo.com/title/tt29402528/?ref_=bo_rl_ti |title=Doraemon: Nobita's Earth Symphony |website=Box Office Mojo |publisher=IMDb |accessdate=March 9, 2024}}

Controversy surrounded another Disney film, Atlantis: The Lost Empire, which was alleged to have plagiarized the Studio Gainax anime series Nadia: The Secret of Blue Water (1990).{{cite news|url=https://www.gwern.net/docs/eva/2002-takeda-notenkimemoirs|title=The Notenki Memoirs: Studio Gainax And The Men Who Created Evangelion|first=Takeda|last=Yasuhiro|date=March 25, 2019|work=Gwern|access-date=October 29, 2019}} Atlantis directors Gary Trousdale and Kirk Wise denied the allegation, but nevertheless acknowledged Miyazaki's films as a major influence on their work.

Miyazaki's work deeply influenced Pixar co-founder John Lasseter, who described how Miyazaki's influence upon his life and work began when he first saw Castle of Cagliostro.{{cite news|last1=Brzeski|first1=Patrick|title=John Lasseter Pays Emotional Tribute to Hayao Miyazaki at Tokyo Film Festival|url=http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-lasseter-pays-emotional-tribute-743635|access-date=10 November 2014|work=The Hollywood Reporter|date=24 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170509210432/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/john-lasseter-pays-emotional-tribute-743635|archive-date=9 May 2017|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}} Pete Docter, director of the popular Pixar films Monsters, Inc. (2001) and Up (2009) as well as a co-creator of other Pixar works, has also described anime, specifically Miyazaki, as an influence on his work.[http://www.kpbs.org/news/2009/may/29/interview-director-peter-docter/ Interview with Up Director Peter Docter]. By Beth Accomando. KPBS. Published May 29, 2009. Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck cited the influence of Miyazaki's anime productions on Frozen (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."{{cite news |title=Frozen creators: It's Disney - but a little different |url=https://metro.co.uk/2013/12/08/frozen-creators-its-disney-but-a-little-different-4221547/ |access-date=14 June 2019 |work=Metro |date=8 December 2013}} Chris Sanders and Dean DeBlois described Miyazaki's flight and pacifist themes as an influence for creating How to Train Your Dragon (2010). Joel Crawford, the director of Puss in Boots: The Last Wish (2022), cited Akira (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 by Variety's Jazz Tangsay.{{cite web |last1=Tangcay |first1=Jazz |title=How 'Puss in Boots: The Last Wish' Found Inspiration in Anime Classic 'Akira' |url=https://variety.com/2022/artisans/news/puss-in-boots-last-wish-joel-crawford-anime-akira-1235463407/ |website=Variety |date=16 December 2022 |access-date=14 February 2023}}

==Video games==

While the Sonic the Hedgehog franchise is originally a Japanese IP, it also has influence in Italy, France, Canada, and the United States, which led to animated co-productions in the form of Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog (1993–1996),{{cite web|title=Adventures of Sonic the Hedgehog|url=http://dhxmedia.com/shows/animation/sonicthehedgehogadventuresof.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150317103740/http://dhxmedia.com/shows/animation/sonicthehedgehogadventuresof.html|archive-date=March 17, 2015|access-date=June 18, 2021|publisher=DHX Media|quote=Sonic the Hedgehog, the most fearless hero on Planet Mobius, uses his supersonic speed and teenage irreverence to thwart the comedically despicable Dr. Robotnik. Sonic's idolizing little buddy, Tails, tags along on every fast-action, gag-driven adventure.}} the TV series of the same name (1993–1994), {{cite web|last=Plant|first=Gaz|date=October 18, 2013|title=Feature: A Supersonic History of Sonic Cartoons|url=http://www.nintendolife.com/news/2013/10/feature_a_supersonic_history_of_sonic_cartoons|access-date=June 19, 2021|website=Nintendo Life}}Way Past Cool!: A Conversation with Ben Hurst, Sonic The Hedgehog - The Complete Series. Brian Ward. Cookie Jar Entertainment. Burbank, California. 2007. B000M8N41W. Underground (1999),{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |edition=2nd |pages=757–760}}{{cite web|title=SAGE - Sonic Amateur Games Expo 2008|url=http://www.sagexpo.org|access-date=22 October 2013|publisher=Sagexpo.org}} Boom (2014–2017) {{cite web|url=http://blogs.sega.com/2013/10/02/sonic-boom-working-title-a-new-animated-series-coming-fall-2014/|title=Sonic Boom (Working Title) – A New Animated Series Coming Fall 2014|date=2 October 2013|publisher=Sega.com|access-date=6 February 2014|archive-date=5 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150905185122/http://blogs.sega.com/2013/10/02/sonic-boom-working-title-a-new-animated-series-coming-fall-2014/|url-status=dead}} and Prime (2022–2024).{{cite web|last=Shin|first=Sophia|date=February 1, 2021|title=Sonic the Hedgehog Speeds Over to Netflix in the All-New Animated Series 'Sonic Prime'|url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/sonic-the-hedgehog-speeds-over-to-netflix-in-the-all-new-animated-series|access-date=February 1, 2021|website=Netflix Media Center|language=en}}{{cite web|last1=McWhertor|first1=Michael|date=December 10, 2020|title=New Sonic the Hedgehog animated series coming to Netflix|url=https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/10/22167777/netflix-sonic-the-hedgehog-new-animated-series-date|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210201192302/https://www.polygon.com/2020/12/10/22167777/netflix-sonic-the-hedgehog-new-animated-series-date|archive-date=February 1, 2021|website=Polygon}} Meanwhile, in Sonic's home country, Japan, two animated projects exist in form of the anime movie of the same name (1996),{{cite web |date=September 9, 1999 |title=Sonic the Hedgehog DVD! |url=http://www.advfilms.com/advhome/catalog/news.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/19991115144335/http://www.advfilms.com/advhome/catalog/news.html |archive-date=November 15, 1999 |access-date=June 18, 2021 |publisher=ADV Films}}{{Cite web |title=studioぴえろ作品年表(OVA) |url=http://pierrot.jp/archive/ova/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091214192604/http://pierrot.jp/title/list_ova.html |archive-date=December 14, 2009 |access-date=January 18, 2021 |publisher=Studio Pierrot |language=ja}} and X (2003–2005).{{cite web|last=Jones|first=Tim|title=Sonic X|url=http://www.themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=355|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915060412/http://themanime.org/viewreview.php?id=355|archive-date=September 15, 2014|access-date=June 19, 2021|publisher=THEM Anime}}{{cite magazine|date=March 18, 2003|title=アニメ『ソニックX』の制作発表会が開催！|url=https://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1139336_1124.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019045655/http://www.famitsu.com/game/news/1139336_1124.html|archive-date=October 19, 2014|access-date=June 19, 2021|magazine=Famitsu|language=ja}}{{cite web|title=これまでの話|url=https://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/sonic_x/story.html|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304055035/http://www.tv-tokyo.co.jp/anime/sonic_x/story.html|archive-date=March 4, 2016|access-date=June 19, 2021|publisher=TV Tokyo|language=ja}}{{cite web|title=ソニックＸ|url=https://www.kids-station.com/programs/KS00094127|url-status=dead|access-date=June 19, 2021|publisher=Kids Station|language=ja|archive-date=September 3, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200903165542/https://www.kids-station.com/programs/KS00094127}}{{Cite web|last=Rasmussen|first=David|date=February 12, 2006|title=mr. michael haigney interview (4kids)|url=https://animeboredom.co.uk/anime-articles/80|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070217075303/http://www.animeboredom.co.uk/anime-articles/80|archive-date=February 17, 2007|access-date=April 30, 2014|publisher=Anime Boredom}}

While Street 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 notably Madhouse Studios and Sunrise, Inc., allowing itself for plentiful anime references and visuals, while also making references to the first movie and the earlier games. {{cite web|url=http://www.destructoid.com/remix-of-usa-street-fighter-cartoon-is-awful-awfully-funny--124258.phtml|title=Remix of USA Street Fighter cartoon is awful...awfully funny!|first=Nick|last=Chester|publisher=Destructoid.com|date=March 9, 2009|access-date=June 10, 2014}}{{cite web|url=http://www.1up.com/features/street-fighter-ii-things-you-did-not-know?pager.offset=1|title=20 Things You Didn't Know about Street Fighter II|publisher=1UP.com|date=2011|access-date=June 10, 2014}}

While Final 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 by Chris Lee and the franchise's creator Hironobu Sakaguchi and stands as the first full-length photorealistic computer-animated feature film ever made. {{cite web |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/final-fantasy-the-movie/1100-2465389/ |title=Final Fantasy: The Movie |last=Mullen |first=Michael |date=April 28, 2000 |work=GameSpot |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103183426/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/final-fantasy-the-movie/1100-2465389/ |archive-date=November 3, 2020 |url-status=live}}{{cite magazine |url=http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,997597,00.html |title=Cinema: A Painstaking Fantasy |last=Taylor |first=Chris |date=July 31, 2000 |magazine=Time |access-date=December 23, 2014 |url-access=subscription |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141217070831/http://content.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,997597,00.html |archive-date=December 17, 2014 |url-status=live}} Lee even compared The Spirits Within to that of Walt Disney's Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, which was the first full-length cel animated film.

Mortal Kombat has had several animated movies, many of which were aesthetically similar to that of anime, with some recent examples including Mortal Kombat Legends: Battle of the Realms, Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match, Mortal Kombat Legends: Scorpion's Revenge, and Mortal Kombat Legends: Snow Blind. {{Cite web|last=Couch|first=Aaron|date=2021-06-16|title=Animated 'Mortal Kombat Legends' Sequel Arriving This Summer (Exclusive)|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mortal-kombat-legends-battle-of-the-realms-cast-1234968317/|access-date=2021-06-16|website=The Hollywood Reporter|language=en-US|archive-date=2021-06-16|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210616160645/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/mortal-kombat-legends-battle-of-the-realms-cast-1234968317/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url = https://revengeofthefans.com/2019/01/10/rtf-exclusive-joel-mchale-and-jennifer-carpenter-will-lead-the-cast-of-an-animated-mortal-kombat-movie/|title = RTF EXCLUSIVE: Joel McHale and Jennifer Carpenter Will Lead the Cast of an Animated MORTAL KOMBAT Movie!|date = 2019-01-10|access-date = 2020-02-03|archive-date = 2020-03-08|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200308180300/https://revengeofthefans.com/2019/01/10/rtf-exclusive-joel-mchale-and-jennifer-carpenter-will-lead-the-cast-of-an-animated-mortal-kombat-movie/|url-status = live}}{{cite web | url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/animated-mortal-kombat-movie-works-joel-mchale-1270671/ | title=Animated 'Mortal Kombat' Movie in the Works with Joel McHale | website=The Hollywood Reporter | date=17 January 2020 | access-date=3 February 2020 | archive-date=18 January 2020 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200118010224/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/amp/heat-vision/animated-mortal-kombat-movie-works-joel-mchale-1270671 | url-status=live }}{{cite web | url=https://www.ign.com/articles/mortal-kombat-legends-cage-match-will-arrive-in-2023-with-joel-mchale-returning-as-johnny-cage | title=Mortal Kombat Legends: Cage Match Will Arrive in 2023 with Joel McHale Returning as Johnny Cage | date=8 October 2022 }}

Tak and the Power of Juju is an American cartoon series loosely based on the 2003 video game of the same name and has quite a handful of anime visuals and aesthetics. {{Cite web|url=https://www.awn.com/news/taks-got-power-nickelodeon|title=Tak's Got the Power on Nickelodeon|website=Animation World Network|date=August 14, 2007|first=Rick|last=DeMott|url-status=live|access-date=January 24, 2020|archive-date=October 6, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191006233059/https://www.awn.com/news/taks-got-power-nickelodeon}}{{Cite web|url = https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/nick-dishes-new-shows-development-process/|title = Nick Dishes New Shows, Development Process|date = 9 March 2006|access-date = 19 January 2020|archive-date = 28 August 2021|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20210828191905/https://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/nick-dishes-new-shows-development-process/|url-status = live}}{{cite web | url=https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/tak-and-the-power-of-juju | title=Tak and the Power of Juju review | date=31 August 2007 | author=Ashby, Emily | publisher=Common Sense Media | access-date=7 May 2017 | archive-date=6 December 2017 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171206140715/https://www.commonsensemedia.org/tv-reviews/tak-and-the-power-of-juju | url-status=live }}

The American videogame Dante's Inferno, loosely based on Dante Alighieri's Divine Comedy, particularly Inferno, was adapted into a 2010 anime-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 as Production I.G, Dong Woo Animation, Manglobe, and Digital eMation.{{cite web|url=http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/dantesinfernobd.php|website=DVD Verdict|first=Steve|last=Power|title=Review – Dante's Inferno (2010) (Blu-ray)|date=February 19, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100221191034/http://www.dvdverdict.com/reviews/dantesinfernobd.php|archive-date=February 21, 2010}}{{cite web|url=http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/15429/dante-s-inferno-an-animated-epic-blu-ray-dvd/|website=Dread Central|title=Dante's Inferno: An Animated Epic (Blu-ray / DVD)|date=January 28, 2010|access-date=January 19, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190220004336/http://www.dreadcentral.com/reviews/15429/dante-s-inferno-an-animated-epic-blu-ray-dvd/|archive-date=February 20, 2019}}

The EA videogames Dead Space and Dead Space 2 has developed two animated films, Downfall (2008) and Aftermath (2011), both of which were released direct-to-video. Both films were aesthetically influenced by anime and were distributed by Manga Entertainment, which typically produces and distributes Japanese animation. {{cite web|url=https://www.gamezone.com/originals/dead-space-film-invades-your-home/|title=Dead Space Film Invades Your Home|website=GameZone|date=October 30, 2008|access-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200412182909/https://www.gamezone.com/originals/dead-space-film-invades-your-home/|archive-date=April 12, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/visceral-games-on-breathing-life-into-dead-space/1100-6270865/|title=Visceral Games on breathing life into Dead Space|author=McInnis, Shaun|website=GameSpot|date=August 14, 2020|access-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200814022655/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/visceral-games-on-breathing-life-into-dead-space/1100-6270865/|archive-date=August 14, 2020|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.horrorchannel.co.uk/articles.php/%E2%80%9Dhttp:/articles.php?feature=dead+space%3A+aftermath+-+news&category=news|title=Dead Space: Aftermath – News|author=Whittington, James|website=Horror Channel|date=January 17, 2011|access-date=January 30, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210130115644/https://www.horrorchannel.co.uk/articles.php/%E2%80%9Dhttp:/articles.php?feature=dead+space%3A+aftermath+-+news&category=news|archive-date=January 30, 2021|url-status=live}}

{{cite magazine|url=https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/12/08/features-staring-into-the-void-the-lore-of-dead-space.aspx|title=Staring Into The Void: The Lore of Dead Space|author=Reeves, ben|magazine=Game Informer|date=December 8, 2009|access-date=May 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190711130213/https://www.gameinformer.com/b/features/archive/2009/12/08/features-staring-into-the-void-the-lore-of-dead-space.aspx|archive-date=July 11, 2019|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.gamesradar.com/16-must-know-facts-about-dead-space-universe/|title=Dead Space 3 – Must-know facts about the Dead Space universe|author=Taljonick, Ryan|website=GamesRadar+|date=2013-01-31|access-date=May 13, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170416014801/https://www.gamesradar.com/16-must-know-facts-about-dead-space-universe/|archive-date=2017-04-16|url-status=live}}{{cite AV media | date = January 25, 2011 | title = Dead Space: Aftermath | medium = Video | language = English | publisher = Anchor Bay Entertainment | asin = B001B182R0}}

The popular BioWare and EA videogame franchises Mass Effect and Dragon Age have both developed their own Japanese-American animated projects in 2012, Mass Effect: Paragon Lost and Dragon 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 of Dragon Age: Origins and Mass Effect 3, respectively.{{cite web|url=https://twitter.com/MassEffectAnime/status/243115819280785408|title=Mass Effect Anime|work=Twitter}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-07/funimation-t.o-to-make-anime-movie-of-mass-effect-games|title=Funimation. T.O to Make Anime Movie of Mass Effect Games|publisher=Anime News Network|date=April 7, 2011|access-date=April 20, 2020|archive-date=May 11, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200511015016/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-04-07/funimation-t.o-to-make-anime-movie-of-mass-effect-games|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-09-23/dragon-age-trailer-for-japanese-theatrical-release-posted |title=Dragon Age Trailer for Japanese Theatrical Release Posted |date=23 September 2011|access-date= 2012-01-27|publisher=Anime News Network}}{{cite web |url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2012-01-27/dragon-age-cg-anime-film-1st-production-update-streamed |title=Dragon Age CG Anime Film's 2nd Production Update Streamed|date=27 January 2012|access-date= 2012-01-27|publisher=Anime News Network}} Dragon Age would appear in animated form again in 2022 as Dragon Age: Absolution, where unlike Dawn 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 of Dragon Age: Inquisition, as characters make reference to events in that game, but before the events of the upcoming video game Dragon Age: Dreadwolf.{{Cite web |date=December 9, 2022 |title=Dragon Age: Absolution Review: A Welcome Return to Thedas |url=https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dragon-age-absolution-review-netflix-anime/ |access-date=December 9, 2022 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en |archive-date=December 9, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221209101248/https://comicbook.com/gaming/news/dragon-age-absolution-review-netflix-anime/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=2022-11-10 |title=Netflix's Dragon Age Show Taps BioWare's Lore, Which Makes Me Hopeful |url=https://kotaku.com/dragon-age-absolution-trailer-dreadwolf-inquisition-1849769805 |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=Kotaku |language=en |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111011023/https://kotaku.com/dragon-age-absolution-trailer-dreadwolf-inquisition-1849769805 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |last1=Hamilton |first1=Kirk |date=November 13, 2014 |title=A Beginner's Guide To All Things Dragon Age |work=Kotaku |url=https://kotaku.com/a-beginners-guide-to-all-things-dragon-age-1658487212 |access-date=March 29, 2020 |archive-date=April 22, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200422064927/https://kotaku.com/a-beginners-guide-to-all-things-dragon-age-1658487212 |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |last=Melzer |first=Jennifer |date=2020-10-26 |title=Dragon Age: Everything We Know About the Tevinter Imperium |url=https://www.cbr.com/dragon-age-tevinter-imperium-magisters/ |access-date=2022-11-11 |website=CBR |language=en-US |archive-date=November 11, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221111011020/https://www.cbr.com/dragon-age-tevinter-imperium-magisters/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite book |last=Berry |first=Joanna |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/837908692 |title=Dragon Age: The World of Thedas Volume 1 |others=Joy Ang |year=2013 |isbn=978-1-61655-115-5 |edition=1st |location=Milwaukie, OR |pages=75–79 |chapter=Nations: Tevinter Imperium |oclc=837908692 |access-date=November 11, 2022 |archive-date=August 25, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230825175702/https://www.worldcat.org/title/837908692 |url-status=live }}

Other heavily anime-inspired American-made shows that were based from popular videogames are the Netflix series Castlevania, created by Warren Ellis, its sequel Castlevania: Nocturne, created by Clive Bradley, and Blood of Zeus, created by Charley and Vlas Parlapanides.{{cite news |last=Narcisse |first=Evan |title=The Animation Studio That Made Castlevania Explains Why It Was a Dream Project |url=https://io9.gizmodo.com/the-animation-studio-that-made-castlevania-explains-why-1797476526 |work=io9 |agency=Gizmodo |date=August 2, 2017}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/castlevania-nocturne-announced-netflix-anime|title=Castlevania: Nocturne Announced - a Spin-Off of the Beloved Netflix Show|last=Skrebels|first=Joe|date=June 10, 2023|access-date=May 21, 2023|website=IGN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220610175949/https://www.ign.com/articles/castlevania-nocturne-announced-netflix-anime|archive-date=June 10, 2022}} 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.

=Brazil=

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 comic Holy Avenger after its completion in 2003,{{Cite web |url=https://universohq.com/noticias/versao-animada-para-holy-avenger/ |title=Versão animada para Holy Avenger|website=Universo HQ|date=October 15, 2013|access-date=November 15, 2022}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.jbox.com.br/2007/07/03/imagens-da-animacao-de-holy-avenger/ |title=Imagens da animação de Holy Avenger|website=Universo HQ|date=July 3, 2007|access-date=November 15, 2022}} 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 being Dogmons!,{{Cite web |url=https://pokemonnewscenter.com.br/dogmons-animacao-br-inspirada-em-pokemon/ |title=Dogmons Animação BR inspirada em Pokémon|website=Pokémon News Center|date=June 3, 2018|access-date=November 15, 2022}} XDragoon{{cite web|author=Marcos Mendes|title=Conheça a webcomic brasileira XDragoon|website=InfoAnimation|url=http://www.infoanimation.com.br/2012/03/conheca-webcomic-brasileira-xdragoon.html|access-date=September 25, 2014|language=pt}} and Magma.{{Cite web |url=http://sintoniageek.com.br/animes-brasileiros-conheca-alguns-projetos/ |title=Animes brasileiros: conheça alguns projetos|website=Sintonia Geek|date=29 January 2019|access-date=November 15, 2022}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.folhavitoria.com.br/entretenimento/noticia/01/2022/animes-brasileiros |title=Animes: conheça as principais animações produzidas no Brasil |website=Folha Vitoria|date=January 30, 2022|access-date=November 15, 2022}}

In 2021 an independent platform for anime-inspired animations titled Anistage was created.{{Cite web |url=https://anmtv.com.br/anistage-plataforma-brasileira-de-streaming-de-animes-abre-website-oficial/ |title=Anistage: plataforma brasileira de streaming de animes abre website oficial

|website=ANMTV|date=27 September 2021 |access-date=November 15, 2022}}

Among the anime-inspired Brazilian animated series that premiered on TV are Os Under-Undergrounds that debuted in May 2016, Nickelodeon{{Cite web |url=http://recreio.uol.com.br/noticias/noticias/entrevista-especial---os-under-undergrounds.phtml |title=Entrevista especial - Os Under-Undergrounds! |access-date=2016-07-10 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160921085010/http://recreio.uol.com.br/noticias/noticias/entrevista-especial---os-under-undergrounds.phtml |archive-date=2016-09-21 |url-status=dead }} and Turma da Mônica Jovem, based on the manga-styled comic created by Mauricio de Sousa, that debuted on November 7, 2019.{{cite web |url=https://www.adorocinema.com:443/noticias/series/noticia-151618/ |title=Turma da Mônica Jovem: Personagens vivem aventuras modernas sem perder a essência (Primeiras Impressões) |work=AdoroCinema |date=November 8, 2019 |accessdate=November 8, 2019}}

Despite being a series entirely made in Japan, No Game No Life is often credited by many Brazilians as an authentic Brazilian anime, due to the Brazilian origin of its creator Yuu Kamiya.

=Chile=

Animated series such as Golpea Duro Hara, a show which was an inspiration of the Japanese series such as Dragon Ball and One-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 of Hayao Miyazaki's projects such as Future Boy Conan and the entire Studio Ghibli with the mixtures of other Western animated series such as Steven Universe and Gravity Falls based on its characters. It became the first Latin American feature to win the Tokyo Anime Award for Award of Excellence a year later.{{cite web | url=https://animefestival.jp/en/post/1240/ | title=TAAF2021 Competition Winners Announced | TOKYO ANIME AWARD FESTIVAL 2023 }}

=Other countries in the Americas=

In 2007, the Canadian anime-style animated short Flutter became the first work from a non-Asian nation to win the Open Entries Grand Prize at the Tokyo Anime Awards.{{cite news|title=Shia wins top prize|url=http://www.canada.com/reginaleaderpost/news/arts_life/story.html?id=48d81cd5-fc45-400a-9a2a-2cc63deaf0a3|access-date=15 January 2011|newspaper=Regina Leader-Post|date=24 March 2007}}

Europe

=France=

File:W.I.T.C.H. (TV series).png animated series (2004–2006), based on the Italian comics of the same title]]

The French-American international co-production W.I.T.C.H., a magical girl series,{{Cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/w-i-t-c-h-disney-magical-girl-revival/|title=W.I.T.C.H: Disney's '00s Magical Girl Series Deserves a Revival|date=September 26, 2020|website=CBR}}{{cite speech|last=Bellerby|first=Grace|title=The History of Magical Girl Anime: Sparkles Without Cullens|event=Amecon 2012|date=August 15, 2012|location=Keele University|publisher=SlideShare|url=https://www.slideshare.net/gracebellerby/the-hstory-of-magical-girl-anime-sparkles-without-cullens|access-date=October 18, 2017}} has been noted as having an anime-influenced visual style.{{cite web|url=https://animesuperhero.com/forums/threads/w-i-t-c-h-to-get-preview-on-abc-kids-and-jetix-12-18-and-12-19.3746231/ |title=W.I.T.C.H. to get preview on ABC Kids and Jetix 12/18 and 12/19 | Anime Superhero Forum |date=November 2004 |publisher=Animesuperhero.com |access-date=2019-10-17}}{{cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2005/02/06/arts/television/for-young-viewers-growing-up-galactic.html|title=For Young Viewers; Growing Up Galactic|first=Jacqueline|last=Cutler|newspaper=The New York Times|date=6 February 2005|access-date=25 March 2018}} First season director Marc Gordon-Bates cited anime such as Neon Genesis Evangelion as design inspiration.{{cite web|url=http://www.agni-animation.com/fullerton/halloffame/Marc_Gordon-Bates.html|title=Animators' Hall of Fame|website=www.agni-animation.com|access-date=October 29, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200626184602/http://www.agni-animation.com/fullerton/halloffame/Marc_Gordon-Bates.html|archive-date=June 26, 2020}} The animated series is based on Italian comics of the same name themselves drawn in line with manga conventions, as opposed to the more rounded style traditionally used by publisher and co-producer Disney.{{cite web|url=https://en.tefen.com/insights/services/SandM/disneys_journey_to_the_teen_heart|title=Disney's journey to the teen heart|website=en.tefen.com|access-date=2 July 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180702204507/https://en.tefen.com/insights/services/SandM/disneys_journey_to_the_teen_heart|archive-date=2 July 2018|url-status=dead}} Co-executive producer Olivier Dumont noted that the high-quality animation was intended to be true to the detailed artwork of the comics series.{{Cite web|url=https://www.leparisien.fr/culture-loisirs/un-dessin-anime-realise-en-france-16-02-2005-2005707143.php|title=Un dessin animé réalisé en France|first=Par C. M. Le 16 février 2005|last=à 00h00|date=February 15, 2005|website=leparisien.fr}}

The producers of the French anime Code 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."{{cite web|url= http://www.codelyoko.net/FRA/Garage_Kids/Garage_Kids.pdf |title=Promotional document for Garage Kids }} {{small|(798 KB)}} Page 2, paragraph 2

The French-Canadian-American Fantastic 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 company Marvel Entertainment and French company MoonScoop Group, with the participation of M6 and Cartoon Network Europe and is distributed by Taffy Entertainment.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2004/scene/markets-festivals/marvel-tooning-up-four-1117911526/|title=Marvel tooning up 'Four' |publisher=Variety|access-date=April 11, 2024}}{{cite web |url=http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=12213 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061004112358/http://news.toonzone.net/article.php?ID=12213|url-status=dead |archive-date=2006-10-04 |title=Prepare For The Fantastic! Chris Yost Talks Fantastic Four! |publisher=toonzone.net|access-date=2024-04-12}}

The animation and style in Miraculous: Tales of Ladybug & Cat Noir is practically influenced by various Magical 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 to CGI 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 in Wakfu: The Animated Series, a flash animation series based on a video game of the same title, and Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix, a Netflix series inspired by the 2013 video game Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon and amalgamates elements and characters from several other Ubisoft franchises, despite both series having been made in France and America. {{cite web|url=http://serie.wakfu.com/fr/coulisses/character-designer|title=Making of|access-date=December 20, 2009|publisher=Ankama Animation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091230081454/http://serie.wakfu.com/fr/coulisses/character-designer|archive-date=December 30, 2009|url-status=dead|language=fr}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/captain-laserhawk-a-blood-dragon-remix-gets-official-release-date-new-cast-members|title=Captain Laserhawk: A Blood Dragon Remix Gets Official Release Date, New Cast Members|last=Bankhurst|first=Adam|publisher=IGN|date=September 27, 2023|access-date=September 27, 2023}}{{cite web|url=https://www.escapistmagazine.com/far-cry-3-blood-dragon-netflix-spinoff-show-coming-castlevania-producer-attached/|title=Far Cry 3: Blood Dragon Spinoff Show Coming, Castlevania Producer Attached|last=Cripe|first=Michael|website=The Escapist|date=October 10, 2019|access-date=October 10, 2019}}{{cite web|url=https://www.polygon.com/animation-cartoons/22529529/captain-laserhawk-ubisoft-netflix-adi-shankar|title=The Ubisoft universe collides in Netflix's Captain Laserhawk|last1=Goslin|first1=Austin|last2=Patches|first2=Matt|website=Polygon|date=June 11, 2021|access-date=June 11, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animationmagazine.net/2023/06/captain-laserhawk-teaser-unleashes-netflixs-retro-game-anime-revolution/|title='Captain Laserhawk' Teaser Unleashes Netflix's Retro Game Anime Revolution|last=Milligan|first=Mercedes|website=Animation Magazine|date=June 12, 2023|access-date=June 12, 2023}}

=Spain=

In 2018, Movistar+ released Virtual Hero, a Spanish animated series created by YouTube personality El Rubius. It was dubbed as the "first anime in Spanish history".{{cite news |url=https://www.lavanguardia.com/series/20171020/432199040716/el-rubius-serie-virtual-hero.html |title=El Rubius prepara con Movistar el primer anime de la historia de España |first=Pere Solà |last=Gimferrer |location=Barcelona |date=20 October 2017 |access-date=2 October 2018 |newspaper=La Vanguardia |language=es}} The Netflix original "The Idhun Chronicles", based on The Idhún's Memories book saga written by Laura Gallego, premiered in 2021, also featuring an anime-style animation.{{cite web |last1=Serba |first1=John |title=Stream It Or Skip It: 'The Idhun Chronicles' on Netflix, a Dragons-and-Unicorns Fantasy Anime Among Many |url=https://decider.com/2020/09/10/the-idhun-chronicles-netflix-review/ |website=Decider |access-date=11 September 2020 |date=10 September 2020}}

=Other European countries=

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Some French, Italian and Canadian co-produced series have also been influenced by anime, such as Totally Spies!,{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/answerman/2002-07-13|title=Answerman: Saturday Surprise|publisher=Anime News Network|date=2002-07-13|access-date=2008-08-09|work=Answerman}} Martin Mystery, and Team Galaxy.

The visual style of the Italian animated series Winx Club is a mixture of European and Japanese elements, and also very similar to magical girl subgenre.{{cite web |title=10 American Cartoons That Were Influenced By Anime |url=https://www.cbr.com/american-cartoons-influenced-by-anime/ |website=CBR |access-date=30 October 2020 |date=17 October 2019}}

Asia

=East Asia=

The animated movies The Adventures of Jinbao and Ratchet and Clank, despite them ostensibly being American-based, were both made in Hong Kong and China. While The 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 a donghua. {{cite web|url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt5779650/companycredits/?ref_=tt_dt_co|title=The Adventures of Panda Warrior Company Credits|publisher=IMDb|access-date=September 16, 2012}} 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 the games rather than actual Japanese animation. {{cite magazine|first1=John|last1=Gaudiosi|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/johngaudiosi/2013/04/23/sony-playstation-franchise-ratchet-and-clank-goes-hollywood-with-3d-feature-film/|title=Sony PlayStation Franchise Ratchet And Clank Goes Hollywood With 3D Feature Film|magazine=Forbes|access-date=2013-04-23}}{{cite web|first1=James|last1=Stevenson|url=http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/04/23/first-video-ratchet-clank-movie-hits-theaters-2015/|title=First Video: Ratchet & Clank Movie Hits Theaters 2015|publisher=Sony Computer Entertainment|work=PlayStation Blog|date=April 23, 2013|access-date=2013-04-23|archive-date=April 26, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130426000831/http://blog.us.playstation.com/2013/04/23/first-video-ratchet-clank-movie-hits-theaters-2015/|url-status=live}}

== China ==

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

=Middle East=

The Emirati-Filipino produced TV series called Torkaizer is dubbed as the "Middle East's First Anime Show", inspired from Japanese mecha media franchise Gundam, and is currently in production, which is currently looking for funding.{{cite web|last1=Green|first1=Scott|title=VIDEO: An Updated Look at "Middle East's First Anime"|url=http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2013/12/26/video-an-updated-look-at-middle-easts-first-anime|website=Crunchyroll|access-date=2014-08-20|date=2013-12-26}}

=Southeast Asia=

In June 2021, the Singaporean anime-influenced TV series, Trese was released on Netflix. It is an adaptation of the Filipino komik series of the same name produced by South East Asian BASE Entertainment.{{Cite news|last=Tan|first=Yvette|date=2021-06-11|title=Trese: What Netflix's new occult anime reveals about the Philippines|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-57424360|access-date=2021-08-16}}{{Cite web|last=Limson|first=Yvan|date=2018-11-13|title='Trese' creator on Netflix adaptation: A dream come true|url=https://www.gmanetwork.com/news/lifestyle/hobbiesandactivities/674549/trese-creator-on-netflix-adaptation-a-dream-come-true/story/|access-date=2021-08-16|website=GMA News Online|language=en}}

=South Asia=

==Pakistan==

A Pakistani hand drawn romantic anime film called The Glassworker is currently in production. It is directed by Usman Riaz. The trailer of the film was released in October 2016. The film will release 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.{{cite news |last1=Rehman |first1=Sonya |title=The Karachi Whiz Kid And Pakistan's First Hand Drawn Animated Flick |url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/sonyarehman/2016/02/21/the-karachi-whiz-kid-and-pakistans-first-hand-drawn-animated-flick/?sh=385823aa74a4 |access-date=30 May 2022 |work=Forbes |date=21 February 2016 |language=en}}

==India==

In India, Karmachakra was produced as one of the first Indian anime influenced animations under Studio Durga.{{cite news |last1=Moodley |first1=Vasalya |title=Studio Durga: India's First Anime Studio |url=https://gamerant.com/studio-durga-india-first-anime-studio/ |access-date=30 May 2022 |work=Game Rant |date=21 March 2022}}

Co-productions with Japan

File:Oban promo poster.jpg (2006) featuring major characters from the series like both parodies of Brandstätter's “Playmobil” and Lucasfilm's “Star Wars” franchises]]

Occasionally, animated series are developed as outright international 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 as Ulysses 31, The Mysterious Cities of Gold, Dogtanian and the Three Muskehounds, Sherlock Hound, Treasure Island, Maya the Honey Bee, and Montana Jones. During the same period, the Italian studio Mondo TV co-produced animated series with Japanese companies, including The Jungle Book, Robin Hood, The Legend of Snow White, The Legend of Zorro and Cinderella.{{cite web |url=https://www.specchioeconomico.com/interviste/2039-matteo-corradi-mondo-tv-non-abbiamo-crisi-perche-da-anni-usiamo-i-razzi-fotonici |title=Mondo TV: Non abbiamo crisi perché da anni usiamo i razzi fotonici |date=6 May 2015 |website=Specchio Economico |language=Italian }}

More recent examples of Canadian and French co-productions include Cybersix (1999), Pecola (2001), as well as Oban Star-Racers and Spider 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.{{cite web |url=http://www.savtheworld.com/eng/company.php |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070813141936/http://www.savtheworld.com/eng/company.php |url-status=dead |archive-date=2007-08-13 |title=STW company background summary }} Other examples of Canadian-Japanese co-productions include Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures,{{Cite web |title=41 Entertainment - Our Product |url=http://www.41e.tv/en/our_product/5/pac_man_and_the_ghostly_adventures_26_x_22 |access-date=2013-10-14 |publisher=41e.tv |archive-date=2013-04-07 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130407231735/http://www.41e.tv/en/our_product/5/pac_man_and_the_ghostly_adventures_26_x_22 |url-status=dead }}{{Citation |title=Pac-Man and the Ghostly Adventures E3 2010 Pilot Trailer | date=May 23, 2020 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU4p8EMKJ_g |language=en |access-date=2022-05-29 |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529221846/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MU4p8EMKJ_g |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |date=September 26, 2011 |title=41 Entertainment Named Worldwide Distributor for PAC-MAN 3D |url=https://www.41e.tv/wp-content/uploads/14_20110926_press_release_pac-man_26_sept_2011.pdf |access-date=May 29, 2022 |website=41e.tv |archive-date=June 7, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220607020030/https://www.41e.tv/wp-content/uploads/14_20110926_press_release_pac-man_26_sept_2011.pdf |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=News & Press - 41 Entertainment |url=https://www.41e.tv/news-press/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=www.41e.tv |archive-date=May 29, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220529221848/https://www.41e.tv/news-press/ |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=SPRITE ANIMATION STUDIOS {{!}} About |url=https://www.spriteanimation.com/about |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=version9 |language=en |archive-date=May 16, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210516221517/https://www.spriteanimation.com/about |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |title=Motonori Sakakibara |url=http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1012102/ |access-date=2022-05-29 |website=IMDb |archive-date=June 2, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220602044439/https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1012102/ |url-status=live }} Tenkai Knights,{{Cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-22/shopro-and-spin-master-tenkai-knights-to-run-on-cartoon-network |title=ShoPro & Spin Master's Tenkai Knights to Run on Cartoon Network |access-date=June 23, 2013 |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222075505/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-06-22/shopro-and-spin-master-tenkai-knights-to-run-on-cartoon-network |url-status=live }}{{Cite web |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-25/anime-studio-bones-tenkai-knight-project-listed |title=Anime Studio Bones' "Tenkai Knight" Project Listed |access-date=June 23, 2013 |archive-date=December 22, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171222053906/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2013-05-25/anime-studio-bones-tenkai-knight-project-listed |url-status=live }}{{cite news|url=https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/02/20/bones-kids-anime-tenkai-knights-to-start-airing-in-japan-on-april-5|title=Crunchyroll - Bones' Kids Anime "Tenkai Knights" to Start Airing in Japan on April 5|first=Mikikazu|last=Komatsu|work=Crunchyroll|date=February 20, 2014|access-date=March 24, 2015|archive-date=September 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911184738/http://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2014/02/20/bones-kids-anime-tenkai-knights-to-start-airing-in-japan-on-april-5|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://animeanime.jp/article/2014/02/21/17547.html|title=制作はボンズ「テンカイナイト」4月5日テレビ東京他放送開始、世界展開のキッズアニメ|work=アニメ！アニメ！|date=February 21, 2014|access-date=March 24, 2015|archive-date=September 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911185335/https://animeanime.jp/article/2014/02/21/17547.html|url-status=live}} and Scott Pilgrim Takes Off.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/why-is-scott-pilgrim-takes-off-anime/#:~:text=Summary,shonen%20anime%2Dstyle%20fight%20sequences.|title=What Makes Scott Pilgrim Takes Off An Anime?|last= |first= |date= 24 February 2023|website=Shacknews |access-date=6 March 2023}}{{Cite web |last=Vary |first=Adam B. |date=2023-11-21 |title=Inside 'Scott Pilgrim Takes Off': The Makers and Stars Explain Their 'Alternate-Reality Sequel,' and Why They Kept It a Secret |url=https://variety.com/2023/tv/news/scott-pilgrim-takes-off-interview-spoilers-1235802924/ |access-date=2023-11-21 |website=Variety |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |last=Otterson |first=Joe |date=2022-01-07 |title='Scott Pilgrim' Anime Series in Development at Netflix |url=https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/scott-pilgrim-anime-series-netflix-1235149376/ |access-date=2023-04-01 |website=Variety |language=en-US |archive-date=April 14, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230414004238/https://variety.com/2022/tv/news/scott-pilgrim-anime-series-netflix-1235149376/ |url-status=live}}{{Cite magazine |last=Kit |first=Borys |date=January 7, 2022 |title=Scott Pilgrim Anime Series in the Works From UCP, Netflix (Exclusive) |url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/scott-pilgrim-anime-series-netflix-1235071580/ |magazine=The Hollywood Reporter |publisher=PMRC |access-date=January 8, 2022 |archive-date=October 10, 2023 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20231010072431/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/movies/movie-news/scott-pilgrim-anime-series-netflix-1235071580/ |url-status=live}}

American comic book artist, animator, and television producer LeSean Thomas, who had worked on several anime-influenced projects through varying roles such as being the creative producer and supervising director on Black Dynamite, the storyboard and animation production artist on The Legend of Korra, and as the supervising character designer and series co-director on The 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 on Netflix: Cannon Busters (2019) and Yasuke (2021). Both series were co-produced by Japanese animation studios Satelight, MAPPA, and Yumeta Company.{{cite web|url=https://www.thrillist.com/entertainment/nation/cannon-busters-review-netflix-anime-series/ |title=Netflix's 'Cannon Busters' Is a Super-Fun '90s Anime Throwback |last=Vincent |first=Brittany |date=30 August 2019 |website=Thrillist |access-date=31 October 2023}} LeSean Thomas started a crowdfunding drive in 2014 through Kickstarter for an animated adaptation of Cannon 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 with MAPPA based on Yasuke. According to Thomas, unwilling to create a standard biopic, he made the series heavily influenced and inspired by other figures in Japanese history, such as Yagyū Jūbei Mitsuyoshi. Instead of a traditional historical animated series, Yasuke was developed as a reimagined take of feudal Japan set in a world of science fiction and fantasy elements, such as magic and mecha, to set it apart from other {{transliteration|ja|jidaigeki}} anime. [http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-08-02/netflix-to-stream-lesean-thomas-cannon-busters-animated-series/.119640 Netflix to Stream LeSean Thomas' Cannon Busters Animated Series]{{cite web|url=https://www.looper.com/396536/the-action-filled-samurai-anime-that-everyones-binging-on-netflix/ |title=The Action-Filled Samurai Anime That Everyone's Binging On Netflix |last=Balkovich |first=Robert |date=29 April 2021 |website=Looper |access-date=17 March 2023}}{{cite web|last=Horne|first=Karama|title=How a Real-Life African Samurai Inspired the Anime YASUKE|url=https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/real-life-african-samurai-inspired-161239975.html|website=Nerdist via Yahoo! Movies|access-date=October 6, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20231006054407/https://www.yahoo.com/lifestyle/real-life-african-samurai-inspired-161239975.html?guccounter=1|archive-date=October 6, 2023|date=April 26, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last=Limbong|first=Andrew|url=https://www.npr.org/2021/05/02/992922655/with-trojan-horse-animation-yasuke-creators-honor-true-story-of-black-samurai/|title= With 'Trojan Horse' Animation, 'Yasuke' Creators Honor True Story Of Black Samurai|date=May 2, 2021| website=Npr| access-date= August 16, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210428194010/https://www.npr.org/2021/05/02/992922655/with-trojan-horse-animation-yasuke-creators-honor-true-story-of-black-samurai/|archive-date=April 28, 2021|url-status=live}}{{cite web|last=Nguyen-Okwu|first=Leslie|title=Netflix is retelling the lost tale of Japan's first African samurai|url=https://qz.com/africa/2000011/yasuke-netflix-reclaims-forgotten-story-of-japans-black-samurai/|website=Quartz Africa|access-date=June 23, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210507154532/https://qz.com/africa/2000011/yasuke-netflix-reclaims-forgotten-story-of-japans-black-samurai/|archive-date=May 7, 2021|date=April 24, 2021|quote=The action-filled anime, set in an alternative world of science fiction and fantasy, is steeped with magic and robots.|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=http://leseanthomas.com/about/|title=LeSean Thomas: About|date=8 September 2010|access-date=April 2, 2021|archive-date=April 21, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210421212056/http://leseanthomas.com/about/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://about.netflix.com/en/news/redefining-what-anime-can-be-with-yasuke|title=Redefining What Anime Can Be With 'Yasuke'|website=Netflix|access-date=April 2, 2021|archive-date=April 2, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210402090436/https://about.netflix.com/en/news/redefining-what-anime-can-be-with-yasuke|url-status=live}}{{cite web|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2021-04-28/yasuke-director-lesean-thomas/.172172|title=Interview: Yasuke Director LeSean Thomas|date=April 28, 2021|website=Anime News Network|access-date=May 2, 2021|archive-date=May 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210501171121/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/interview/2021-04-28/yasuke-director-lesean-thomas/.172172|url-status=live}}

Tales from Earthsea (2006) is a Japanese-American film co-written and directed by Gorō Miyazaki, and is animated by Studio Ghibli for the Nippon Television Network, Dentsu, Hakuhodo DY Media Partners, Buena Vista Home Entertainment, Mitsubishi and Toho, and distributed by the latter company. The film was based on a combination of plot and character elements from the first four American books of Ursula K. Le Guin's Earthsea series (A Wizard of Earthsea, The Tombs of Atuan, The Farthest Shore, and Tehanu), as well as Hayao Miyazaki's graphic novel Shuna's Journey; its English title is taken from the collection of short stories of the same name that was published in 2001. {{cite web|last=DeLorme|first=Daniel|title=Gedo Senki - Review|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/gedo-senki|website=Anime News Network|access-date=January 21, 2021|date=August 11, 2006|archive-date=January 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210126061731/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/gedo-senki|url-status=live}}

Highlander: The Search for Vengeance (2007) is an American-Japanese-Hong Kong anime film based on the British-American Highlander franchise of movies and television shows. The film was produced through a collaboration with Imagi Animation Studios, Madhouse, and franchise creator Davis-Panzer Productions.{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2004/film/markets-festivals/highlander-series-entering-toon-territory-1117909882/|title='Highlander' series entering toon territory|publisher=Variety|access-date=December 26, 2023}} The script was written by David Abramowitz who had previously served as a head writer on Highlander: The Series.

Stitch! is the Japanese anime spin-off of Disney's Lilo & Stitch franchise and the successor to Lilo & Stitch: The Series. It debuted in Japan in October 2008. The first show features a Japanese girl named Yuna in place of Lilo, and is set on a fictional island in the Ryukyus off the shore of Okinawa instead of Hawaii. Its popularity resulted in multiple anime specials, all of which have been marketed in America as part of the series as separate seasons. {{cite web|url=https://www.thetvdb.com/series/stitch|title=Stitch|work=TheTVDB|publisher=Whip Media Group|access-date=December 31, 2019|archive-date=December 31, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191231114019/https://www.thetvdb.com/series/stitch|url-status=live}}{{cite news|last1=Nakata|first1=Hiroko|title=Disney to work with two local animators|url=http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/03/07/business/disney-to-work-with-two-local-animators/|access-date=May 31, 2017|work=The Japan Times Online|date=7 March 2008|archive-date=1 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035451/https://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2008/03/07/business/disney-to-work-with-two-local-animators/|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Stitch!|url=https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/stitch/1260015292|website=Disney+ Hotstar|access-date=23 February 2022|archive-date=23 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220223164651/https://www.hotstar.com/in/tv/stitch/1260015292|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Stitch!|url=https://www.hotstar.com/id/tv/stitch/1260015292|website=Disney+ Hotstar|access-date=24 August 2022|archive-date=20 March 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220320074105/https://www.hotstar.com/id/tv/stitch/1260015292|url-status=live}} The Lilo and Stitch franchise evidently became so popular in Asian countries, in addition to Japan, that it created yet another spin-off, a donghua in the form of Stitch & Ai, which debuted in China in March 27, 2017 and has a similar plot.{{cite web|author=Mo Hong'e|title=Disney shares its secrets with leading Chinese animators|url=http://www.ecns.cn/news/feature/2018-09-11/detail-ifyxtvir0549073.shtml|publisher=Xinhua News Agency|via=ecns.cn|access-date=2018-09-12|date=2018-09-11|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180911033955/http://www.ecns.cn/news/feature/2018-09-11/detail-ifyxtvir0549073.shtml|archive-date=2018-09-11|url-status=live}} The second show features a Chinese girl named Wang Ai Ling in place of Yuna and Lilo and is set in Huangshan, Anhui.{{cite web|url=http://m.xinhuanet.com/2017-03/27/c_1120703040.htm|script-title=zh:《安玲与史迪奇》27日起全球首播|work=Xinhua News Agency|date=March 27, 2017|language=zh-hans|access-date=April 3, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170404132435/http://m.xinhuanet.com/2017-03/27/c_1120703040.htm|archive-date=April 4, 2017|url-status=live|df=mdy-all}} Victor Cook, who directed both seasons of Lilo & Stitch: The Series, personally visited China to assist making the eighth episode of the Chinese series.{{cite web|title=流程流程流程！重要的事情说三遍！—— Victor Cook|url=https://mp.weixin.qq.com/s/tJAmNBpWiFzNbDAVP5fObA|website=qq.com|accessdate=2019-09-01|language=zh-hans|date=2015-12-22|df=mdy-all}}

Marvel Anime (including Iron Man: Rise of Technovore and Avengers Confidential: Black Widow and Punisher), Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers, and Marvel Future Avengers were all Japanese animated projects based on the Marvel Comics franchise created by Stan Lee, Steve Ditko, and Jack Kirby among others, and their animation services were produced by Japanese studios Madhouse and Toei. {{Cite news | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2008-08-25/iron-man-wolverine-in-marvel-madhouse-1st-tv-anime | title=Iron Man, Wolverine in Marvel, Madhouse's 1st TV Anime (Updated) | work=Anime News Network | date=August 25, 2008 | access-date=December 29, 2008}}{{cite web |date=2010-07-29 |work=marvel.com |access-date=2011-01-06 |url=https://www.marvel.com/news/story/13390/marvel_anime_heads_to_g4 |title=Marvel Anime Heads to G4}}{{Cite news | url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-02-18/x-men-anime-nichijou-promo-videos-streamed | title=News: X-Men Anime, Nichijou Promo Videos Streamed | work=Anime News Network | date=February 18, 2011 | access-date=February 20, 2011}}{{cite web |url=http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201212250013 |title=ANIME NEWS: Madhouse and Marvel join hands again to produce new 'Iron Man' anime feature |publisher=Asahi Shimbun |date=December 25, 2012 |access-date=January 25, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130603205705/http://ajw.asahi.com/article/cool_japan/anime_news/AJ201212250013 |archive-date=June 3, 2013 |url-status=dead }}{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/live-feed/marvel-disney-team-toei-bandai-650487|title=Marvel, Disney Team with Toei and Bandai for Japan-Only 'Avengers'|date=October 23, 2013|publisher=Hollywoodreporter.com|access-date=May 12, 2014}}{{Cite news | url=http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/09/15/x-men-anime-scott-porter/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110930112340/http://splashpage.mtv.com/2011/09/15/x-men-anime-scott-porter | url-status=dead | archive-date=September 30, 2011 | title='X-Men' Anime Debuts In October With Scott Porter As Cyclops}}{{cite web|title=Blade English Dub's Lead Cast – Interest|publisher=Anime News Network|date=October 14, 2011|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2011-10-14/blade-english-dub-lead-casted|access-date=April 29, 2013}}{{cite news|last=Vejvoda|first=Jim|title= Black Widow and The Punisher Team For Animated Feature Film|url=http://www.ign.com/articles/2014/01/22/black-widow-and-the-punisher-team-for-animated-feature-film|publisher=IGN|access-date=January 24, 2014|date=January 22, 2014}}{{cite web|url=https://www.marvel.com/news/story/21403/walt_disney_japan_announces_marvel_disk_wars_the_avengers|title=Walt Disney Japan Announces Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers|date=October 23, 2013|publisher=Marvel|access-date=October 24, 2013}}{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2013/10/23/japanese-anime-series-marvel-disk-wars-the-avengers-announced|title=Japanese Anime Series Marvel Disk Wars: The Avengers Announced|date=October 24, 2013|publisher=IGN|access-date=February 8, 2021}}{{cite web|url=https://hobby.dengeki.com/news/14007/|script-title=ja:新作アニメ『ディスク・ウォーズ：アベンジャーズ』制作発表会見レポート！|access-date=May 12, 2014|publisher=Dengeki.com|date=March 26, 2014|language=ja}}{{cite news |last1=Speelman |first1=Tom |title=Marvel's Future Avengers Anime, Explained (& Whether It's Worth Your Time) |url=https://www.cbr.com/marvel-future-avengers-anime-explained/ |access-date=May 25, 2020 |work=CBR |date=March 27, 2020}}{{Cite web |last=Valdez |first=Nick |date=February 28, 2020 |title=Marvel Future Avengers Anime is Now Streaming on Disney+ |url=https://comicbook.com/anime/news/marvel-future-avengers-disney-plus-streaming-anime/ |access-date=2023-07-13 |website=ComicBook.com |language=en}}{{cite web |last1=Geiser |first1=Bradley|title=10 Times American Superheroes Went Anime |url= https://www.cbr.com/american-superheroes-anime/|website=CBR |access-date=June 14, 2019|date=June 14, 2019|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web |last1=DeSantis |first1=Derek |title= 10 Anime Inspired By Comic Books |url= https://www.cbr.com/anime-inspired-by-comic-books/ |website=CBR |access-date=March 7, 2022|date=March 7, 2022|df=mdy-all}}

Supernatural: The Anime Series (2011) is a Japanese direct-to-video anime miniseries based on the American television series of the same name made by Eric Kripke, and covers the first two seasons. Supernatural stands as one of the few American-based live-action television programs of any kind to have ever been adapted into Japanese animation, as well as the first.{{cite news |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-06-09/supernatural-the-animation-project-launched-in-japan |title=Supernatural The Animation Project Launched in Japan |work=Anime News Network |date=June 9, 2010 |access-date=June 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100613034945/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-06-09/supernatural-the-animation-project-launched-in-japan |archive-date=June 13, 2010 |url-status=live }}{{cite news |url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-06-10/madhouse-makes-anime-for-warners-supernatural-tv-show |title=Madhouse Makes Anime For Warners Supernatural TV Show |work=Anime News Network |date=June 10, 2010 |access-date=June 10, 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906020353/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-06-10/madhouse-makes-anime-for-warners-supernatural-tv-show |archive-date=September 6, 2011 |url-status=live }}

The French-Japanese film Mutafukaz (2017) is an anime based on the comic series and the short film of the same name.{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/annecy-first-look-english-trailer-mutafukaz-ankama-1202461884/|title=Annecy: See the First English-Subtitled Trailer for Ankama's 'Mutafukaz' (Exclusive)|first=Jamie|last=Lang|work=Variety|date=June 11, 2017|accessdate=September 9, 2018|archive-date=January 5, 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190105092613/https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/annecy-first-look-english-trailer-mutafukaz-ankama-1202461884/|url-status=live}} The film was developed through a co-production between Ankama Animations and Studio 4°C and is directed by Shōjirō Nishimi and Guillaume "Run" Renard.{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/annecy-mutafukaz-creator-director-guillaume-run-renard-talks-inspiration-animation-adaptation-1202463189|title=Mutafukaz creator-director Guillaume 'Run' Renard talks inspiration, animation and adaptation|first=Jamie|last=Lang|website=Variety|date=June 12, 2017|access-date=July 10, 2018|archive-date=July 11, 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180711055528/https://variety.com/2017/film/festivals/annecy-mutafukaz-creator-director-guillaume-run-renard-talks-inspiration-animation-adaptation-1202463189/|url-status=live}}

Batman Ninja (2018) is the second official Japanese animated adaptation of Batman, next to Gotham Knight; however Ninja stands as the first actual anime depiction of Batman, as opposed to the Gotham Knight's anime-based anthology format and the frequent influencing and aesthetic inspirations of anime being used on many Western cartoons depicting the character, like The Animated Series, The Batman, Beware, and Beyond. The film was directed by Junpei Mizusaki, produced by Warner Bros., and animated by Kamikaze Douga and YamatoWorks, while the character design was done by Takashi Okazaki, who is famous for being the creator of Afro Samurai. The film's plot involves Batman and his Bat-Family being flung through time and end up stranded in feudal Japan while battling Gorilla Grodd. While there, Batman learns of Japanese history and practices the art of ninja to compensate for his technology failing. The film also depicts medieval Japanese versions of many of Batman's established rogues gallery, who have each taken on the roles of daimyos warring against each other.{{cite web|url=https://kotaku.com/first-look-at-the-batman-ninja-anime-1820907463|title=First Look At The Batman Ninja Anime|first=Brian|last=Ashcraft|publisher=Gizmodo Media Group|work=Kotaku|date=December 1, 2017}}{{cite web|url=http://uk.ign.com/articles/2018/02/13/batman-ninja-box-art-and-release-date-revealed|title=Batman Ninja Box Art and Release Date Revealed|date=February 13, 2018|work=IGN|publisher=Ziff Davis|access-date=February 13, 2018|first=Alex|last=Gilyadov}}{{cite web |last1=Geiser |first1=Bradley|title=10 Times American Superheroes Went Anime |url= https://www.cbr.com/american-superheroes-anime/|website=CBR |access-date=June 14, 2019|date=June 14, 2019|df=mdy-all}}{{cite web |last1=DeSantis |first1=Derek |title= 10 Anime Inspired By Comic Books |url= https://www.cbr.com/anime-inspired-by-comic-books/ |website=CBR |access-date=March 7, 2022|date=March 7, 2022|df=mdy-all}}

Starship Troopers, including the novel made by Robert A. Heinlein and then the movie franchise created by Edward Neumeier and Paul Verhoeven, had already spawned several animated projects, including Roughnecks: Starship Troopers Chronicles,{{cite book |last1=Perlmutter |first1=David |title=The Encyclopedia of American Animated Television Shows |date=2018 |publisher=Rowman & Littlefield |isbn=978-1538103739 |pages=518–519}}{{cite book |last1=Erickson |first1=Hal |title=Television Cartoon Shows: An Illustrated Encyclopedia, 1949 Through 2003 |date=2005 |edition=2nd |publisher=McFarland & Co |isbn=978-1476665993 |pages=689–691}}{{cite web|title=Station Eight|url=https://www.s8.org/gargoyles/askgreg/search.php?qid=5150|publisher=Station Eight|date=March 29, 2002|access-date=2023-02-24}} 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 studio Sunrise. 24 years later, two Japanese-American direct-to-video CGI animated films, Invasion (2012) and Traitor 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 with CGI and stop motion. Both sequel films were created by Shinji Aramaki and Joseph Chou.{{YouTube|JdjBqmJc9Y4|Video interview with executive producers Casper Van Dien and Ed Neumeier, director Shinji Aramaki and producer Joseph Chou}}.[http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/movies/news/a346711/neil-patrick-harris-for-starship-troopers-4-dvd-release.html Digital Spy: Neil Patrick Harris for 'Starship Troopers 4' DVD release]{{cite web|url=http://www.shocktillyoudrop.com/news/topnews.php?id=21402|title=The Fourth Starship Troopers Film Will Be Animated|date=22 September 2023 |publisher=Shock Till You Drop}}{{cite web |url=http://www.starshiptroopersinvasion-movie.com/about.html |title=Starship Troopers: Invasion - About The Film |publisher=Sony Pictures Digital Inc. |access-date=2011-08-15 |archive-date=2013-05-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130516224744/https://www.sonypictures.com/movies/starshiptroopersinvasion/about.html |url-status=dead }}{{Cite news |date= July 18, 2017 |author= Rai Kelly |title= Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars Trailer Reveals September 19 Home Video Release |url= https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2017-07-18/starship-troopers-traitor-of-mars-trailer-reveals-september-19-home-video-release/.119005 |publisher= Anime News Network }}{{cite web |url= http://www.allmovie.com/movie/starship-troopers-traitor-of-mars-v689159 |title= Starship Troopers: Traitor of Mars (2017) |publisher= AllMovie |access-date= July 18, 2017 }} 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.{{cite web |last1=Stalberg |first1=Allison |title=Starship Troopers' Secret Meaning Explained: What It Was Really About |url=https://screenrant.com/starship-troopers-movie-meaning-fascism-military-explained/|website=ScreenRant |access-date=March 17, 2024|date=March 1, 2024 |df=mdy-all}}{{cite web|title=Greg Weisman|url=https://twitter.com/Greg_Weisman/status/1628843044844998657|publisher=Twitter|date=2023-02-23|access-date=2023-02-24}}

Blade Runner, based on 1968 novel Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep? by Philip K. Dick, has two Japanese animated adaptations that are based on the movies: Black Out 2022, an anime short film made in 2017 by Shinichirō Watanabe, who is famous for directing other anime projects like Cowboy Bebop, Samurai Champloo, Carole & Tuesday, and Space Dandy;{{cite news|last1=Barder|first1=Ollie|title='Blade Runner Black Out 2022' Is Finally Released And It Is A Fantastic Piece Of Anime|url=https://www.forbes.com/sites/olliebarder/2017/09/27/blade-runner-black-out-2022-is-finally-released-and-it-is-a-fantastic-piece-of-anime/#5f8372a86049|work=Forbes|date=27 September 2017}}{{cite news|last1=Complex|first1=Valerie|title=Blade Runner Blackout 2022 Review|url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/blade-runner-blackout-2022-review/1100-6453687/|publisher=GameSpot|date=29 September 2017}}{{cite news|last1=D'Anastasio|first1=Cecilia|title=Cowboy Bebop Director's New Blade Runner Anime Is Killer|url=https://kotaku.com/cowboy-bebop-directors-new-blade-runner-anime-is-killer-1818918295|publisher=Kotaku|date=27 September 2017}} and Black Lotus, a CGI series made in 2021 by Kenji Kamiyama and Shinji Aramaki, both of whom have developed projects such as Starship 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, and Guardian of the Sacred Spirit. {{cite web|last=Mateo|first=Alex|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-07/blade-runner-black-lotus-anime-premieres-on-november-13/.178241|title=Blade Runner: Black Lotus Anime Premieres on November 13|website=Anime News Network|accessdate=October 7, 2021|date=October 7, 2021|archive-date=October 7, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211007233204/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2021-10-07/blade-runner-black-lotus-anime-premieres-on-november-13/.178241|url-status=live}}{{cite report |last1=Evershed |first1=John |date=2020 |title=Adult Animation Finally Breaking Free of its Comedy Shackles |url=https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5daf57aecd04c82eed72aa1a/t/5e8643ba226c066acaa235b2/1585857472073/Adult+Animation+White+Paper.pdf |publisher=High Concentrate, LLC in Squarespace |pages=26 |access-date=November 2, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201103023954/https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5daf57aecd04c82eed72aa1a/t/5e8643ba226c066acaa235b2/1585857472073/Adult+Animation+White+Paper.pdf |archive-date=November 3, 2020}}{{cite news |last=Gurwin |first=Gabe |date=November 29, 2018 |title=BLADE RUNNER ANIME SERIES COMING TO CARTOON NETWORK, CRUNCHYROLL |url=https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/11/29/blade-runner-anime-series-coming-to-cartoon-network-crunchyroll?%3A+ign%2Fall+%28IGN+All%29 |work=IGN |access-date=November 29, 2018 |archive-date=August 7, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200807083438/https://www.ign.com/articles/2018/11/29/blade-runner-anime-series-coming-to-cartoon-network-crunchyroll?:+ign/all+(IGN+All) |url-status=live }}{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4QVBgip996I| archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211118/4QVBgip996I| archive-date=2021-11-18 | url-status=live|title=Blade Runner: Black Lotus Co-Director Interview, Toonami Special Edition, Adult Swim Con| date=25 July 2020|publisher=youtube|access-date=July 25, 2020}}{{cbignore}} Both animated projects notably include "familiar" characters from the Blade Runner universe.{{cite web |last1=Petski |first1=Denise |title='Blade Runner' Anime Series Inspired By Movie Heads To Adult Swim's Toonami |url=https://deadline.com/2018/11/blade-runner-animated-series-inspired-by-movie-adult-swim-blade-runner-2049-1202510982/ |website=Deadline |access-date=November 29, 2018 |date=November 29, 2018 |archive-date=July 14, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210714151212/https://deadline.com/2018/11/blade-runner-animated-series-inspired-by-movie-adult-swim-blade-runner-2049-1202510982/ |url-status=live }}

The Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit, both created by English author J. 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 of Rankin-Bass and American animators Ralph Bakshi and Gene Deitch,[https://www.indiewire.com/2014/06/watch-first-animated-short-film-adaptation-of-the-hobbit-from-1966-85006/ IndieWire article on 1966 animated adaptation] and all of them were actually partially outsourced by British and Japanese artists and animators. The first was The Hobbit, a short film meant to be part of a larger scale animated project, but had never materialized. The first official animated adaptation was The Hobbit in 1977, made by Rankin Bass. The second was The 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.{{cite web |url=https://www.rogerebert.com/reviews/the-lord-of-the-rings-1978 |title=Review of The Lord of the Rings |last=Ebert |first=Roger |author-link=Roger Ebert |date=1 January 1978 |work=The Chicago Sun Times |access-date=20 January 2022}} The third, The Return of the King was a 1980 television special again made by Rankin-Bass.{{cite web |last=Culhane |first=John |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1977/11/27/archives/will-the-video-version-of-tolkien-be-hobbit-forming.html |title=Will the Video Version of Tolkien Be Hobbit Forming? |date=27 November 1977 |work=The New York Times |page=D33|access-date=20 January 2022}} 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 into Japanese animation was The 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. The anime film is set to be around 200 years before Peter Jackson's The Lord of the Rings (2001–2003) and The Hobbit (2012–2014) film trilogies. The War of the Rohirrim was produced by New Line Cinema, Warner Bros. Animation, Sola Entertainment, WingNut Films and Domain Entertainment.{{Cite web |last=Motamayor |first=Rafael |date=June 11, 2024 |title=The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim Footage Reaction: Middle-Earth Goes Anime And It Looks Amazing [Annecy] |url=https://www.slashfilm.com/1600533/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-footage-reaction/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240611210503/https://www.slashfilm.com/1600533/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-footage-reaction/ |archive-date=June 11, 2024 |access-date=June 22, 2024 |website=/Film}}{{Cite web |last=Grobar |first=Matt |date=August 22, 2024 |title=Anime 'The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim' Gets First Trailer |url=https://deadline.com/video/the-war-of-the-rohirrim-gets-first-trailer-from-warner-bros/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823090726/https://deadline.com/video/the-war-of-the-rohirrim-gets-first-trailer-from-warner-bros/ |archive-date=August 23, 2024 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}{{Cite web |last=Patches |first=Matt |date=August 22, 2024 |title=The War for Rohirrim trailer brings Lord of the Rings into the anime age |url=https://www.polygon.com/lord-of-the-rings/443172/lord-rings-war-for-rohirrim-trailer |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823090959/https://www.polygon.com/lord-of-the-rings/443172/lord-rings-war-for-rohirrim-trailer |archive-date=August 23, 2024 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=Polygon}}{{Cite web |last=King |first=Jordan |date=August 22, 2024 |title=Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim Trailer Brings Anime Battles To Middle-Earth |url=https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-trailer-brings-anime-battles-to-middle-earth/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823090935/https://www.empireonline.com/movies/news/lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-trailer-brings-anime-battles-to-middle-earth/ |archive-date=August 23, 2024 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=Empire}}{{Cite web |last=West |first=Amy |date=August 22, 2024 |title=First trailer for Lord of the Rings anime movie The War of the Rohirrim promises a "groundbreaking journey back to Middle-earth" |url=https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/anime-movies/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-first-trailer-anime-movie/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823091021/https://www.gamesradar.com/entertainment/anime-movies/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-first-trailer-anime-movie/ |archive-date=August 23, 2024 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=GamesRadar+}}{{Cite web |last=Rusak |first=Rotem |date=August 22, 2024 |title=The Lord of the Rings: The War of the Rohirrim Trailer Teases Epic Anime Return to Middle-earth and... Rings |url=https://nerdist.com/article/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-anime-movie-trailer/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240823091245/https://nerdist.com/article/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-anime-movie-trailer/ |archive-date=August 23, 2024 |access-date=August 23, 2024 |website=Nerdist}}{{Cite web |title=The Lord of The Rings: The War of The Rohirrim {{!}} Official Movie Site |url=https://www.lotrthewaroftherohirrim.com/synopsis/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://archive.today/20241107093612/https://www.lotrthewaroftherohirrim.com/ |archive-date=November 7, 2024 |access-date=November 7, 2024 |website=The Lord of The Rings: The War of The Rohirrim}}{{Cite web |last=D'Alessandro |first=Anthony |date=December 23, 2024 |title='Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim' Heading Into Homes After 14-Day Theatrical Window |url=https://deadline.com/2024/12/lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-digital-release-date-1236241163/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241223212644/https://deadline.com/2024/12/lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-digital-release-date-1236241163/ |archive-date=December 23, 2024 |access-date=December 23, 2024 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}{{Cite web |last=Senzatimore |first=Renee |date=December 5, 2024 |title='It Was Magnificent': Lord of the Rings' Peter Jackson Praises War of the Rohirrim as 'Essential Lore' |url=https://www.cbr.com/lord-of-the-rings-peter-jackson-war-of-the-rohirrim-praise/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241209063945/https://www.cbr.com/lord-of-the-rings-peter-jackson-war-of-the-rohirrim-praise/ |archive-date=December 9, 2024 |access-date=January 21, 2025 |website=Comic Book Resources}}{{Cite web |last=Petite |first=Steven |date=January 15, 2025 |title=The Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim 4K Steelbook Release Date Announced |url=https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-release-date-4k-blu-ray-preorder-amazon/1100-6528224/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250116003018/https://www.gamespot.com/articles/the-lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-release-date-4k-blu-ray-preorder-amazon/1100-6528224/ |archive-date=January 16, 2025 |access-date=January 21, 2025 |website=GameSpot}}{{Cite web |last=Petski |first=Denise |date=February 21, 2025 |title='Lord Of The Rings: The War Of The Rohirrim' Sets Max Release Date |url=https://deadline.com/2025/02/lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-max-release-date-1236297290/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20250222055444/https://deadline.com/2025/02/lord-of-the-rings-the-war-of-the-rohirrim-max-release-date-1236297290/ |archive-date=February 22, 2025 |access-date=February 22, 2025 |website=Deadline Hollywood}}

A Japanese-Filipino produced anime television series Barangay 143 is currently airing on GMA Network.

Altered Carbon: Resleeved (2020) is a Japanese anime film based on the British novel and the subsequent American television series of the same name made by Richard K. Morgan and Laeta Kalogridis, respectively. The film is meant to be a prequel 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 into Japanese animation.{{Cite web|date=2020-03-19|title=When Altered Carbon: Resleeved Is Set in the Timeline|url=https://screenrant.com/altered-carbon-resleeved-timeline-setting-prequel/|access-date=2021-07-29|website=ScreenRant|language=en-US}}{{Cite web|date=2020-03-04|title=When is the 'Altered Carbon' anime spin-off 'Resleeved' out on Netflix?|url=https://www.newsweek.com/altered-carbon-resleeved-anime-spin-off-netflix-release-date-cast-trailer-plot-movie-film-1490465|access-date=2021-07-29|website=Newsweek|language=en}}{{Cite web|date=2020-03-19|title=Stream It Or Skip It: 'Altered Carbon: Resleeved' on Netflix, an Anime Spinoff of the Popular Sci-Fi Series|url=https://decider.com/2020/03/19/altered-carbon-resleeved-on-netflix-stream-it-or-skip-it/|access-date=2021-07-29|website=Decider|language=en-US}}

In April 2020, a studio named Manga Production from Saudi Arabia announced the release of The Journey and Future's Folktales, co-produced with Toei.[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2020-03-31/saudi-arabia-manga-productions-toei-animation-reveal-future-folktales-animated-series/.158144 Saudi Arabia's Manga Productions, Toei Animation Reveal Future's Folktales Animated Series]

Polish-Japanese Cyberpunk: Edgerunners, an anime adaptation of the video game of the same name made by CD Projekt co-produced with Studio Trigger released in September 13, 2022.{{cite web|url=https://www.shacknews.com/article/134332/cyberpunk-edgerunners-interview-with-producer-saya-elder |title=Cyberpunk: Edgerunners producer talks working with Studio Trigger |last= |first= |date= 24 February 2023|website=Shacknews |access-date=6 March 2023}}

Controversy and debate regarding the true definition of anime

The advent of Japanese anime stylizations appearing in Western animation questioned the established meaning of "anime".{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/editorial/2002-07-26|title=What is anime?|date=2002-07-26|work=ANN|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070820052800/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/editorial/2002-07-26|archive-date=20 August 2007 |url-status=live|access-date=2007-08-18}} 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."{{cite web |url=http://www.animenation.net/blog/2006/05/15/ask-john-how-should-the-word-anime-be-defined/ |title=How should the word Anime be defined? |date=May 15, 2006 |access-date=September 26, 2008 |work=AnimeNation}}

On the other hand, series like Avatar: The Last Airbender, its sequel and Voltron: 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. While some Westerners strictly view anime as a Japanese animation product, some scholars suggest defining anime as specifically or quintessentially Japanese may be related to a new form of orientalism{{sfn|Ruh|2014|pages=134–135}} 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.

Animation such as Oban Star-Racers and Code Lyoko, like Avatar: The Last Airbender, are examples over which some critics and fans debate about the term anime 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.

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.{{sfn|MacWilliams|2008|p=307}}

=Satire and parody involving anime=

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. South Park{{'}}s "Chinpokomon" and "Good Times with Weapons" episodes, Futurama{{'}}s episode "Reincarnation", Eureka{{'}}s episode "Do You See What I See", Adult Swim's Perfect Hair Forever, Comedy Central's Drawn Together and its associated film, Nickelodeon's Kappa Mikey, and Cartoon Network’s The Amazing World of Gumball are a few notable examples of Western satirical depictions of Japanese culture and anime.{{cite web |url=https://www.salon.com/2011/09/07/futurama_season_6_finale/ |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130201171902/http://www.salon.com/2011/09/07/futurama_season_6_finale/ |archive-date=February 1, 2013 |title=The "Reincarnation" of "Futurama" |last=Zoller Seitz |first=Matt |date=September 7, 2011 |work=Salon |accessdate=February 15, 2022 |url-status=live }}{{cite magazine|title='South Park': Matt Stone and Trey Parker Name Their 15 Best Episodes (and 53 Worst)|url=https://ew.com/gallery/south-park-matt-stone-and-trey-parker-name-their-15-best-episodes-and-53-worst/|date=November 3, 2015|magazine=Entertainment Weekly|access-date=March 21, 2016|archive-date=November 26, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211126155229/https://ew.com/gallery/south-park-matt-stone-and-trey-parker-name-their-15-best-episodes-and-53-worst/|url-status=dead}}{{cite video | people=Trey Parker, Matt Stone|date=2003|title=South Park: The Complete Third Season|format=Audio commentary |url= http://southpark.cc.com/clips/jx04tg/creator-commentary-chinpoko-mon |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20141126023401/http://southpark.cc.com/clips/jx04tg/creator-commentary-chinpoko-mon |url-status= dead |archive-date= November 26, 2014 |medium=DVD|publisher=Comedy Central}}{{cite journal|url=http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/gumball-begins-reign-of-color/|title=Gumball Regins Reign of Color|journal=Animation|publisher=Animation Magazine Inc.|date=May 29, 2011|access-date=July 4, 2013|author=Zahed, Ramin|archive-date=June 15, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130615165553/http://www.animationmagazine.net/tv/gumball-begins-reign-of-color/|url-status=live}}{{cite web |url=http://www.toonzone.net/2011/04/toonzone-interviews-the-amazing-world-of-gumball-creator-ben-bocquelet/ |title=Toonzone Interviews "The Amazing World of Gumball" Creator Ben Bocquelet |website=Toonzone |date=April 20, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-date=October 18, 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121018052342/http://www.toonzone.net/2011/04/toonzone-interviews-the-amazing-world-of-gumball-creator-ben-bocquelet/}} in Toonzone However, sometimes, anime tropes have even been satirized inside its own medium, with such examples including Gintama, KonoSuba, Ouran High School Host Club, Ghost Stories, Panty and Stocking with Garterbelt and Pop Team Epic.{{cite book|last= Sorachi|first= Hideaki|title= Gin Tama, Vol. 3|year= 2008|publisher= Viz Media|isbn= 978-1-4215-1360-7|page= [https://archive.org/details/gintamavol3ifyou0000sora/page/22 22]|url= https://archive.org/details/gintamavol3ifyou0000sora/page/22 }}{{cite web|last=Martin|first=Theron|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/review/konosuba-god-blessing-on-this-wonderful-world-2/episode-7/.112580|title=KONOSUBA - God's blessing on this wonderful world! 2 - Episode 7|website=Anime News Network|date=February 23, 2017|access-date=September 1, 2017|quote=Week in and week out, Jun Fukushima knocks it out of the park with his perfectly-measured rendition of Kazuma. In every scene, his inflection and tone is exactly right to milk the maximum value out of a scene's comedy potential. ... The female seiyuu are nailing their roles too, but many scenes in this series wouldn't be half as funny without Kazuma's dry wit as the slightly-less-crazy center of a crazy maelstrom.}}{{Cite web|last=Thomas|first=Deshawn|date=10 December 2021|title=Why Everyone Thinks The Cult Classic Anime Ghost Stories Bombed In Japan — When It Didn't|url=https://www.slashfilm.com/703353/why-everyone-thinks-the-cult-classic-anime-ghost-stories-bombed-in-japan-when-it-didnt/|access-date=1 March 2022|website=Slashfilm|archive-date=1 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901030102/https://www.slashfilm.com/703353/why-everyone-thinks-the-cult-classic-anime-ghost-stories-bombed-in-japan-when-it-didnt/|url-status=live}}{{cite news|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-08/panty-and-stocking-inazuma-11-agukaru-promos-streamed|title=Panty & Stocking, Inazuma 11, Agukaru Promos Streamed|work=Anime News Network|date=2010-09-08|access-date=September 8, 2010|archive-date=September 10, 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100910152920/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2010-09-08/panty-and-stocking-inazuma-11-agukaru-promos-streamed|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Studio Trigger Reveals New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Project|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-02/studio-trigger-reveals-new-panty-and-stocking-with-garterbelt-project/.187308|website=Anime News Network|last=Hodgkins|first=Crystalyn|date=July 2, 2022|access-date=July 2, 2022|archive-date=July 3, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220703011114/https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2022-07-02/studio-trigger-reveals-new-panty-and-stocking-with-garterbelt-project/.187308|url-status=live}}{{cite web|title=Trigger Unveils Announcement Video for New Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Anime Project

|url=https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/news/2023-07-01/trigger-unveils-announcement-video-for-new-panty-and-stocking-with-garterbelt-anime-project/.199878|website=Anime News Network|last=Pineda|first=Rafael Antonio|date=July 1, 2023|access-date=July 6, 2023}}{{cite web|url=http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-11-25/gainax-west-teases-possible-panty-and-stocking-with-garterbelt-announcement/.109185|title=Gainax West Teases Possible Panty & Stocking with Garterbelt Announcement|work=Anime News Network|date=25 November 2016|access-date=25 November 2016|archive-date=November 26, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161126191931/http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/daily-briefs/2016-11-25/gainax-west-teases-possible-panty-and-stocking-with-garterbelt-announcement/.109185|url-status=live}}{{cite tweet|user=GAINAX_WEST|author=GAINAX WEST 公式|number=802149505923616769|date=25 November 2016|title=And they are not pachinko. Not a pachislot. Not a social network game. Not Blu-ray. It will be officially announced on December 16.|access-date=25 November 2016}}{{Cite news|last=Gramuglia|first=Anthony|date=25 January 2020|title=The Most Offensive Anime Dub Ever Has to be Heard to be Believed|url=https://www.cbr.com/ghost-stories-failed-anime-became-most-offensive-dub-ever/amp/|access-date=1 March 2022|work=Comic Book Resources|archive-date=1 September 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230901030109/https://www.cbr.com/ghost-stories-anime-dub-most-offensive/|url-status=live}}

In advertising

The American fast-food Taco Bell advertisement Fry Force has many anime-style features, particularly from Japanese mecha anime Gundam. It is shown in many scenes, as Gundam fighting styles have been used.{{cite web|url=https://www.cbr.com/taco-bell-anime-fry-force-olympics-real/ |title=Taco Bell's Fry Force Is the Mecha Anime We've Waited For (Now Make It Real!) |last=Corr |first=Ashley |date=27 July 2021 |publisher=CBR |access-date=27 March 2023}}

The Odyssey Interactive Omega Strikers action sport video game has anime influence on its launching advertisement video because made by Japanese Studio Trigger in celebration of the premiere launch of its video game.{{cite web|url=https://nintendoeverything.com/omega-strikers-opening-cinematic-from-studio-trigger/ |title=Omega Strikers opening cinematic from Studio Trigger |last= |first= |date=24 April 2023 |publisher=Nintendo Everything |access-date=11 May 2023}}

The Bulgarian juice company Florina had anime-style mascots of the juice flavours named Flo Force,{{cite web | url=http://floforce.bg/ | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150314192856/http://floforce.bg/ | archive-date=2015-03-14 | title=Florina Flo Force | Детски натурални сокове }} advertised in many youth activities.{{cite web | url=https://www.noviteroditeli.bg/obrazovanie-sport-novini/ot-7-do-10-ot-11-do-14-14/shahmaten-klub-cska-organizira-nov-turnir-za-kupa | title=Шахматен клуб ЦСКА организира нов турнир за "Купа FLORINA" | date=28 April 2017 }}

References

=Sources=

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{{cite book |last1=Ruh |first1=Brian |title=Stray dog of Anime : the films of Mamoru Oshii |date=2014 |location=New York, NY |isbn=978-1-137-35567-6 |edition=Second}}

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