History CanonForeigner / AnimeAndManga

* ''Manga/ShonanJunaiGumi'': In the seventh episode of the 2020 live-action adaptation, an ApatheticTeacher named Kenji Inoue is teaching the main characters' class, and gives Onizuka some life advice which ends up making him decide to become the Manga/GreatTeacherOnizuka. At the end of the episode, he punches out the principal for calling his students the "scum of society", [[CallForward echoing what Onizuka does to Uchiyamada in GTO]].

** Of Ash's pre-Journeys friends, Tracey is the only one with no game equivalent unless one counts the player character in ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap'' to be him and not just a similarly designed shoutout or as one of the opponents in ''Pokémon Puzzle League'', which is a DolledUpInstallment of ''VideoGame/PanelDePon''. Max is a borderline example as he seems to be based on an [=NPC=] who appeared in ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', but goes nameless there.

** ''Pokémon Journeys'', aka the series that debuted alongside the release of ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'', is notable to have a supporting cast consisting of original characters.

* ''Manga/SchoolLive'' has several RecurringExtra characters in the anime, such as the collar wearing girl with MulticoloredHair. In the manga [[spoiler:Yuki's hallucinations aren't given such depth and they're random students]].

** Of Ash's friends, Tracey is the only one with no game equivalent unless one counts the player character in ''VideoGame/PokemonSnap'' to be him and not just a similarly designed shoutout or as one of the opponents in ''Pokémon Puzzle League'', which is a DolledUpInstallment of ''VideoGame/PanelDePon''. Max is a borderline example as he seems to be based on an [=NPC=] who appeared in ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire'', but goes nameless there.

* ''Anime/SaintSeiyaLegendOfSanctuary'': The false Athena. In [[Manga/SaintSeiya the original series]], the villain merely claims Athena stays inside her temple and forbids others from entering.

** Given [[WalkingTheEarth the]] [[LongRunners nature]] of [[Anime/{{Pokemon}} the anime]], there are [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters numerous]] recurring characters not based on any original game characters, the most notable being [[TerribleTrio Jessie, James, Meowth]] and Officer Jenny who were [[CanonImmigrant given green cards]] in ''[[RecursiveAdaptation Pokémon Yellow]]'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee''.

* The ''F-Zero'' anime sub-series, ''[[Anime/FZeroLegendOfFalcon Falcon Densetsu]]'', has Ryu Suzaku, Lucy Liberty, Miss Killer and Lisa Brilliant. All of them achieved CanonImmigrant status soon after, being playable in ''GP Legend'' and ''Climax''.

** Rika Oosawa, a half-Japanese/half-French PluckyGirl who befriends Tsubasa and the Japanese Team and acts as their tour guide when they go to France. She also appears in the non-canon movies.

* The numerous anime that drew from ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima'' surprisingly do not add a lot for all of the changes they make; the most well-known immigrant was the demonic king that [[spoiler:made a DealWithTheDevil with Asuna, which ends up in her death]] from the 2005 anime adaptation.

* ''Anime/DemashitaPowerpuffGirlsZ'', the anime adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', has quite a lot of characters who weren't present in the original cartoon, the most notable ones being Professor Utonium's son Kitazawa Ken and the [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters]] created by the black light other than the girls' normal RoguesGallery.
** The short-lived manga version in turn has some characters that never appeared in the anime: Natsuki, a boy Momoko/Blossom has a one-sided crush on, and Alpha and Beta, a pair of androids who start off as villains before having a HeelFaceTurn after learning that two scientists created them to be their children.

*** Bardock’s teammates do appear in ''Anime/DragonBallSuperBroly'' but only [[DemotedToExtra as background Saiyans]]. Toyotarō' was courteous enough to give them a page in ''[[Manga/DragonBallSuper Dragon Ball Super manga]]'' where they apparently got killed by Dodoria the same as in the TV special.

** Many of the star trainers from ''Manga/PokemonAdventures'' are taken directly from the main game series (Blue herself existed as a MythologyGag), yet [[{{Bifauxnen}} Yellow]] and [[TheNapoleon Emerald]] are the only ones with no canon video game equivalents.

** The series that debuted alongside the release of ''VideoGame/PokemonSwordAndShield'' is notable to have a supporting cast consisting of original characters.

* ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'''s AnimatedAdaptation has a lot, due to the need of AdaptationExpansion and the eventual BroadStrokes treatment. In order of first appearance: resident sleepyhead Kumin, [[MrImagination Rikka]]'s older sister Touka, and BrattyHalfPint Sanae.

* ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'''s AnimatedAdaptation has a lot, due to the need of AdaptationExpansion and the eventual BroadStrokes treatment. In order of first appearance: resident {{sleepyhead}} Kumin, [[MrImagination Rikka]]'s older sister Touka, and BrattyHalfPint Sanae.

** The [[BadassAndChildDuo Old Man and the mute girl with him]] aid [[TheProtagonist Yuka]], by saving her and her friends from [[spoiler: Damian]] in the second episode. Then imparts her with words of wisdom to help her find the strength she'd need to save Satomi.

* ''[[Characters/MetroidNoncanonicalCharacters Metroid]]'' has enough(mostly from Manga) for a page.

* ''[[Characters/MetroidNoncanonicalCharacters Metroid]]''

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