History FurryConfusion / AnimeAndManga

-->'''China''': Is it true that [[Franchise/HelloKitty Kitty-chan]] is raising a pet cat, [[VerbalTic aru]]!?
-->'''Japan''': Yes, it's true. Kitty-chan raises a Persian cat...Isn't it cute that a cat would own a cat?
-->'''China''': ...She's only a cat and yet [[EatTheDog she's raising emergency rations...]]

* One of the [=CDs=] for ''Franchise/{{Anpanman}} features Currypanman, a superhero made from curry bread, [[https://youtu.be/Y3hwagaPl58 singing a song about curry.]]

* ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheKnightsOnDinosaurs'' is mostly set in the underground world of Enriru, where dinosaurs escaped cataclysm 65 million years ago and have been living BeneathTheEarth ever since. Some of the dinosaurs, such as velociraptors (including the gang's new ally Banhou, the titular dinosaur knight) have evolved to a sentient, humanoid form having their own language and technology, but most of the dinosaurs retains their feral nature from 65 million years ago. Even the raptor-men knights use non-sapient raptors as steeds, for some reason.
* More or less justified in ''Anime/DoraemonNobitaAndTheSpiralCity'', an installment of the Doraemon movies set in a planet of LivingToys. Most of the toy animals are non-sentient and behaves like an animal would (including Shizuka's stuffed monkey Wooky, and Gian's giant NotZilla plushie Goji-chan) but there are sentient, intelligent toy animals like Pibu and Popi the toy pigs (the former being the toy's mayor), and the two resident scientists Ain Motain the stuffed cow and Thomas Meedison the sheep whose inventions are put to good use for the toy city's industrial developments. As Nobita finds out after encountering the Sower (the god-like being who made the planet in the first place), turns out it's the Sower who ''bestowed'' sentience and intelligence on certain toys.

* One episode of ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'' involved a colony of [[EverythingsBetterwithPenguins penguins]] on a motorized ice floe taking over Dream Land after their own home was destroyed. Wait a minute, isn't King Dedede also a penguin?[[note]]It should be noted that those same penguins appear as enemies in some of the Kirby games as it is.[[/note]] Though Escargo([[SpellMyNameWithAnS o]])n does call the Wandering Pengi "Your Majesty's relatives", at least in Japanese.

* Averted in ''Anime/PorcoRosso'', where the main character is human turned into an anthropomorphic pig, and therefore, has no problem with eating ham.
** And of course, real life pigs often have no issue with eating pork either...

* In the manga ''Wa!,'' there's a [[http://www.mangareader.net/wa/12/18 scene]] in which ThoseTwoGirls engage in a SeinfeldianConversation which quickly turns into ConversationalTroping regarding this trope and CarnivoreConfusion.

* In ''Manga/{{Bleach}}'', Sajin [[FanNickname "Captain Furry"]] Komamura is an anthropomorphic canine with a wolf's head. [[GentleGiant He owns a pet dog and likes watching dog shows]].

* ''Manga/AfricaNoSalaryman'': Most of the main characters look like furries, but non-anthropomorphic animals exist too. What add even more confusion is that animals that talk but don't look anthropomorphic also exist. In one episode Toucan spends a mixer night mistakenly thinking the pig wearing clothes sitting across from him is a girl when in reality it was actually a normal pig and the pet of his date that never showed up.

* ''Anime/OddTaxi'': Odokawa is seen interacting with a non-anthropomorphic cat in the show's opening theme even though it takes place in a WorldOfFunnyAnimals including anthro cats. The confusion is cleared up in the final episode when it is confirmed that the characters are actually humans [[ThroughTheEyesOfMadness seen through Odokawa's damaged brain]].

** The Mink tribe plays with it a little, but generally manages to avoid it: Any animal with actual fur can have a mink, and they're an entirely separate species from humans (though they do think humans are some kind of furless monkey mink). The meat-eaters among them apparently eat any furless animals, as they don't have minks. While it includes reptiles and birds, as expected, it also includes ''hippos'', which are mammals and would confuse the matter if "furless" wasn't the explicit thing. The apparently bird-mink Morgans was revealed to be a Zoan-fruit user, costantly transformed in his Albatros form.
* The intro to the ''VideoGame/ParappaTheRapper'' has Parappa giving flowers to his crush, Sunny Funny. Sunny is an anthropomorphic sunflower herself.

* ''Manga/AxisPowersHetalia'' {{lampshades}} this when [[MoeAnthropomorphism China and Japan]] are discussing Franchise/HelloKitty's pet cat, Charmy, mentioned below in the Collectables section. Japan thinks it's cute while China is noticeably disturbed by the idea, though not for the reason one might think:
-->'''China''': Is it true that [[Franchise/HelloKitty Kitty-chan]] is raising a pet cat, [[VerbalTic aru]]!?
-->'''Japan''': Yes, it's true. Kitty-chan raises a Persian cat...Isn't it cute that a cat would own a cat?
-->'''China''': ...She's only a cat and yet [[EatTheDog she's raising emergency rations...]]

* Very easily [[HandWave Hand Waved]] due to the nature of ''Manga/OnePiece''. This is slightly averted for all Zoan type Devil Fruit users, who are animal-humans, but is played fairly straight with Tony Tony Chopper the human-reindeer.

* One episode of ''Anime/KirbyOfTheStars'' involved a colony of [[EverythingsBetterwithPenguins penguins]] on a motorized ice floe taking over Dream Land after their own home was destroyed. Wait a minute, isn't King Dedede also a penguin?[[note]]It should be noted that those same penguins appear as enemies in some of the Kirby games as it is.[[/note]] Though Escargo([[SpellMyNameWithAnS o]])n does call the Wandering Pengi "Your Majesty's relatives", at least in Japanese.