History GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff / AnimeAndManga

** It was a such huge hit for Pop Girl in the UK that it occupied over 4 spots for the top 10 programmes of the week. When Pretty Cure came to the channel they compared it to Mew Mew Power and the rest is history.

* The show is extremely popular in the Middle East, which dubbed three out of the four seasons. The opening theme (Which is the ending theme in the Japanese version) is one of the most iconic Arabic Anime openings.
* Spain also loved the show a lot, dubbing all the seasons except the Naisho OVA and having a very faithful and well done dub.

* Argentina and some other countries of Latin America had a LOT of love for 2 Mecha shows that are obscure in Japan and non-existant elsewhere: ''Kousoku Denjin Albegas'' and ''Mirai Robo Daltanius''. These two shows were planned to be dubbed as part of Voltron in the 80's but got dubs made in Argentina when those deals were off.

* Even the biggest Japanese anime fan probably hasn't seen ''Anime/{{FLCL}}'' and has no idea what the phrase even means. However, thanks to the executives at Creator/AdultSwim absolutely adoring the anime, this strange and obscure OVA became a well-acclaimed and beloved staple of the anime community in the West, with the six-episode series going on to heavily influence shows such as ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' and ''WesternAnimation/AvatarTheLastAirbender''. The production of [[Anime/FLCLProgressiveAndAlternative two additional seasons]] almost two decades later is a direct result of the [=OVAs=] continued popularity outside its home country, with [adult swim] financing the episodes in a similar manner to the aforementioned ''Anime/TheBigO''.

** Its popularity also reaches to Latin America, where it's similarly loved like Spain, Germany (where it got audioplays and all), Turkey, Greece and even South Africa, where it was a huge hit in [[TheEighties the Eighties]] and its imported [[AlternativeForeignThemeSong Alternative Foreign Theme Song]] is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wOH2tDTfo4k quite]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n6XSkb7ZDQc popular]] [[http://www.dailymotion.com/video/xdb3l6_heidi-in-afrikaans_shortfilms with covers]].

** Even the most popular Website/{{YouTube}} videos of the anime are in Italian or use it's Italian name, La Leggenda della Stella della Senna.

* The rather obscure [[SuperRobotGenre super robot]] anime ''Madou King Granzort'' was a staple of many childhoods during the 90s in Serbia, of all places. It turned out to be a welcome answer to the [[HumongousMecha mecha]] itch started by the American [[{{Macekre}} versions]] of mecha anime like Anime/{{Robotech}}, Anime/SaberRiderAndTheStarSheriffs and Anime/{{Voltron}}, even airing in the original Japanese with subtitles. More mecha anime followed on the channel that originally broadcast ''Granzort'', 3K - the third channel of the public broadcaster RTS (including some pretty well known OVA [[CultClassic cult classics]] like ''Anime/GallForce'') but none of them were as well remembered as ''Granzort'' was.

** The series is very popular in both Germany (its native country) and Latin America. It's also quite well-loved in Chile and Belgium ([[Creator/{{Studio100}} which currently holds the rights to the franchise]]).

** The series is HUGE in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qKi2yRdjCg Poland]] to the point that Maya's polish actress (Ewa Złotowska) [[ImageSong made cover songs]] (Mostly polish children's songs) [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jRfFXW8sAS8&list=PLovpfRqq7UMaVHkW0hjZ8QgUq25F6WJbm&index=2&t=0s sang by Maya herself in 2013.]] Creator/{{Studio 100}}'s newest indoor theme park was even called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ntYomTFqk "Majaland Kownaty" which opened on September 29, 2018 in Poland.]] Polish singing group "Akcent" made a song called [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blA6y6cvcvY "Pszczółka Maja"]] which became very popular at teen/adult clubs, while Polish music group [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xUUzEy-S4Hg Amadeo made a remix of the show's theme song]]. [[PeripheryDemographic The franchise also has a very dedicated adult fanbase in the country.]]

* ''Anime/SonicX'' was much more popular in the U.S. and France than in its homeland; the third season never even aired in Japan. Given the fact that [[VideoGame/SonicTheHedgehog Sonic]] is [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff already popular enough as it is in Western regions]], this comes as no surprise.

* "Anime/Superbook" and "Anime/FlyingHouse" were GMA Network's biggest child-friendly hits of the 90s in the Philippines - the station was owned by Protestants, but the series' English dub reached every Filipino regardless of sect as a tool for religious teaching, as well as the fact that it was itself anime but with a Christian theme, justified because the country is majority Christian. When ABS-CBN took over the rights in the 2010s - as well as added in a Filipino-dubbed version of the reboot - popularity skyrocked, to the point the the former has its own fanbase of old and new viewers alike, in addition to a Filipino cover of "The Salvation Poem" being released, to the point of the series having official endorsement of church groups. The official local Youtube page has BOTH the English and Filipino language videos of the reboot series in addition to locally made content.

* ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', after it's volumes got localized for North America very quickly started to dominate the New York Times' Best Selling list. Ranking up there alongside ''Attack on Titan'' and ''One Punch Man.''

** When Octas Inc. launched a Website/{{Kickstarter}} on an upcoming [[TheRemake re-imagining]] of the Unico series titled ''[[Manga/UnicoAwakening UNICO: AWAKENING]]'' on May 2, 2022. [[https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/1803389958/unico-awakening-manga-by-gurihiru-and-samuel-sattin The kickstarter]] quickly reached it's goal [[https://www.crunchyroll.com/anime-news/2022/05/04/unico-awakening-kickstarter-fully-funded-in-first-24-hours when the project was barely a day old]] [[note]] The project's initial goal was $50,000 but reached $63,000 and 581 backers on it's launch day. When the project closed June, 2, 2022, it reached $179,794 and 2,453 backers.[[/note]], with a large majority of backers being from America compared to Japan and other countries. The creators of the project (Creator/{{Gurihiru}} and Samuel Sattin) even announced [[https://twitter.com/UnicoManga the manga gaining both an English and Japanese release.]] As part of the campaign, American cartoonists and Japanese artists were gathered to create a series of [[https://comicbook.com/anime/news/check-out-this-first-look-at-unico-awakenings-incredible-artifacts-exclusive/ limitied edition collectibles]] all part of a series known as ''Unico: Awakening Artifacts''. One of the awards includes [[https://www.comicsbookcase.com/features-archive/unico-awakening-kickstarter an 8-page American Picture Book]] in the style of a [[Literature/{{LittleGoldenBooks}} Little Golden Book]] by Maddie Copp, and an American made mini-comic by Steenz. In interviews, Samuel Sattin (an American and writer of ''Unico: Awakening'') would discuss how ecstatic he was when Tezuka Productions quickly approved his pitch on a Unico reboot. An extremely rare opportunity that's very unheard-of in Japan and the manga industry. As a result, it became an official American-Japanese collaborated manga based on the works of Osamu Tezuka.

* ''Anime/CowboyBebop''. It was popular in its native Japan, but in the West and ''especially'' North America, it's one of the most-beloved anime of all time. It's often used as a GatewaySeries for people who think all anime is [[{{Mukokuseki}} big eyes]] and [[GiantMecha giant robots]]. This is mainly due to all the American movie tropes (especially from [[TheWestern Westerns]] and [[FilmNoir Noir]]) in the series, the acclaimed English dub (to this day often held up as ''the'' best anime dub) and the fact that the protagonist isn't a little boy, but a huge badass. It's almost as if it was made for a Western audience.

** The Anime/DigimonAdventure2019 didnt impress Japan and was not a hit in USA but was a major sucess in India where it aired on Cartoon Network.

** In North America, the series' EstrogenBrigade is much larger than its intended audience of [[ShonenDemographic teenage boys]], and is considered the most popular girls' anime, matched only by ''Franchise/SailorMoon''. The anime is particularly popular in Canada, as it and ''Anime/GundamWing'' helped kick off the airing of teen-oriented anime on the Creator/{{YTV}} network, not to mention that both shows feature Canadian dub casts from Creator/TheOceanGroup.

* CombiningMecha ''Anime/VoltesV'', while being a notable HumongousMecha series to a degree, is largely forgotten in its native Japan nowadays. However, it has become an adopted cultural icon in the UsefulNotes/{{Philippines}}. This is partly due to the fact that it was banned during the reign of the hated UsefulNotes/FerdinandMarcos, allegedly due to the fact that the show's BigBad reminded the dictator too much of himself. (Both Ferdinand's son Bongbong and one of the Filipino dub actors have claimed that [[MoralGuardians it was actually parent's groups (or a Catholic women's group) that pressured Ferdinand to ban the show]]). Surprisingly, a remake (''Series/VoltesVLegacy'') was made there, to great success.
** Due to ''Voltes V'''s popularity, other Super Robot shows that came alongside and after it also did well in the Philippines; like for example, ''Anime/MazingerZ'' and ''Anime/{{Daimos}}'', taking its StarCrossedLovers ([[SayMyName "RICHAAARD!!!!" "ERIKAAAA!!!!"]]) premise in consideration. However, ''Anime/CombattlerV'' didn't, for it felt too similar to ''Voltes V'', even though it came first, largely because ''Anime/CombattlerV'' was aired in the Philippines ''twenty years'' after Voltes, when the latter has already entrenched itself in Filipino pop culture deeply.

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** Characters who are renowned most for their badassery, such as King Bradley, Scar or Olivier Mira Armstrong, are naturally appreciated more in the West. Alex Louis Armstrong is loved for a pile of muscle who's also among the friendliest characters and the [[LargeHam largest of hams]].
** Western FMA fans ''love'' Greed. Already an impressive EnsembleDarkhorse in the 2003 anime despite his short screentime, he became the most popular homunculus by a wide margin in the manga/''Brotherhood'' fandom and often scores as the most popular character who isn't the Elrics, Roy or Riza (or sometimes just Ed and Roy.) No surprise as he's a rebellious, hammy, snarky hunky JerkWithAHeartOfGold who becomes an AntiHero. While he's a fan-favorite worldwide, he doesn't rank as high with Eastern fans, with Ling getting more attention of the Greedling duo and Envy (still) being the most popular homunculus.

* Having a protagonist, supporting character, or even a villain who's a [[TestosteronePoisoning huge musclebound badass]] is practically a guaranteed ticket to massive popularity for that character or show in the United States. As a general rule, while audiences back home don't mind anime protagonists who are [[{{Bishonen}} highly androgynous teenage boys]] or young men, American anime/manga fans greatly prefer their male characters (and to a lesser extent, their [[ActionGirl female]] [[AmazonianBeauty characters]]) to be tough, hardcore, and '''MANLY'''. One need only look at the other shows on this page for examples, like [[Manga/{{Naruto}} Might Guy]], [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist Alexander Armstrong]], [[Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann Kamina]], [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Stain]], [[Manga/{{Bleach}} Kenpachi Zaraki]], [[Manga/{{Berserk}} Guts]], and pretty much [[Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure the entire JoJo family line]], just to name a few.

** For a character example we have Maes Hughes, the overprotective [[DotingParent doting father]] who is generally adored in the west, despite being intended as little more than a comic relief side-character. [[spoiler:[[ShooOutTheClowns His death]] is probably the most iconic tragic end in all of anime, but only to Westerners.]]

** It was also popular in Italy, enough to be a vital part of a 2015 Italian film entitled They Call Me Jeeg. After Grendizer and Jeeg became hits there, distributors bought the license for every SuperRobot show that they could get, resulting in the mecha genre being extremely popular in the country. Particularly popular shows included Great Mazinger (the Italian dub is considered to be SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing), Daitarn 3 (whose AlternativeForeignThemeSong was one of the more well-remembered theme songs there), Daltanious (it was released on DVD a few years before Japan did), Gaiking (which had an Italo-disco opening), Voltron (which was dubbed twice, once uncut as ''Anime/GoLion'', and once with the American edits as ''Voltron'') and even the original Mobile Suit Gundam (which was redubbed in 2004 to fix its translation). In fact, some shows with incomplete dubs (most notably Mazinger Z, Gaiking, Getter Robo and Gakeen) had their dubs finished for home video releases. Even Brave Raideen, which was never broadcast in Italy back in the day, received two dubs (one extremely faithful to the original version, and one with heavy Woosleyisms) when it was released on DVD due to it having a cult following in the country.

** In North America, the series' EstrogenBrigade is much larger than its intended audience of [[ShonenDemographic teenage boys]], and is considered the most popular girls' anime, matched only by ''Franchise/SailorMoon''.
** ''Inuyasha'' is particularly popular in Canada, as it and ''Anime/GundamWing'' helped kick off the airing of teen-oriented anime on the Creator/{{YTV}} network, not to mention that both shows feature Canadian dub casts from Creator/TheOceanGroup.
** This show is ''very'' popular in Vietnam as chances you would see comments from Vietnamese speakers are high in the internet, and to the point the OST is also used in Vietnamese media and films (though it probably doesn't include credit and permission however).

* ''Manga/HiFiCluster'' is struggling in the rankings in ''Weekly Shonen Jump'' in Japan. In the English-speaking world, however, it received enough votes to make it a permanent part of the English ''Shonen Jump''.

** In America, the show's PeripheryDemographic is much larger than its intended audience, and is considered the most popular girls' anime, matched only by ''Franchise/SailorMoon''... despite being a {{Shonen}} show.
** ''Inuyasha'' is also very popular in Canada, as it and ''Anime/GundamWing'' helped kick off the airing of teen-oriented anime on the Creator/{{YTV}} network, not to mention that both shows feature Canadian dub casts from Creator/TheOceanGroup.

* ''Anime/Hamtaro'' was really popular in Canada, even having exclusive merchandise there such as clothing and a pasta line by Heinz.