History GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff / AnimeAndManga

* Honoo no Toukyuuji: Dodge Danpei is Popular in Korea.known as Dodgeball King Tongki(피구왕 통키).

* ''Manga/ZombiePowder'' was a commercial failure in Japan, being CutShort after only 26 chapters due to low volume sales and creator Creator/TiteKubo dealing with personal issues that made it too difficult for him to work on it. However, it got a more enthusiastic following in North America when it was licensed in English in 2005, thanks to the appeal of its WildWest-inspired setting along with the rising popularity of Kubo's more successful manga, ''Manga/{{Bleach}}''.

** Both the manga and the anime became very popular in North America during the mid to late 2000s; the series' EstrogenBrigade in North America is also much larger than its intended audience of [[ShonenDemographic teenage boys]], and it was once 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, and it helps that both shows were dubbed in English by Creator/TheOceanGroup, which is a Canadian company based in Vancouver.

** Both the manga and the anime became very popular in North America during the mid to late 2000s; the series' EstrogenBrigade in North America is also much larger than its intended audience of [[ShonenDemographic teenage boys]], and was once 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, and it helps that both shows were dubbed in English by Creator/TheOceanGroup, which is a Canadian company based in Vancouver.

** Both the manga and the anime became very popular in North America during the mid to late 2000s; the series' EstrogenBrigade is also much larger than its intended audience of [[ShonenDemographic teenage boys]], and was once 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, and it helps that both shows were dubbed in English by Creator/TheOceanGroup, which is a Canadian company based in Vancouver.

** 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, and it helps that both shows were dubbed in English by Creator/TheOceanGroup, which is a Canadian company based in Vancouver.

* ''Anime/Moomin1990'' is quite popular in the Nordic countries and Poland. It's still airing in Finland and Norway as of May 2014.

* ''Anime/PrincessSarah'' and ''[[Literature/LittleLordFauntleroy Little Prince Cedie]]'' was so incredibly popular among Filipinos that the network that distributed the show in the Philippines created a live action movie for both series and a TV Series for the former specifically based on the anime to cash in on it. In fact, the former got reaired again on Philippine Television (on the same network it aired years ago), thanks to some local memes involving the characters.

* ''Manga/{{Mitsudomoe}}'' flopped ''miserably'' in Japan (to the point that its 2nd season was cut down to ''8 episodes'') but managed to gain a small yet impressive following in the US where it's considered a great comedy.

* ''Anime/OneStormyNight'': The film has gained a cult following with the [[LGBTFanbase LGBT community in western countries]], especially in the US. While the fanbase is small, the film gained very positive reactions and reviews with the gay community in the western anime community. Some really admired how charming the relationship between Mei and Gabu was in the film, along with the fact that ''Arashi No Yoru Ni'' is as close as an animated children's film can get to having a positive depiction of a gay relationship between two male protagonists.

* While the ''Manga/{{Unico}}'' series by Creator/OsamuTezuka isn't as well-known as ''Manga/KimbaTheWhiteLion'' in the West. Unico has gained a small but very dedicated cult following in the United States and Canada, due to the film adaptations (''Anime/TheFantasticAdventuresOfUnico'' and ''Anime/UnicoInTheIslandOfMagic'') by Creator/{{Sanrio}} frequently airing on Creator/DisneyChannel throughout the 1980s and [[SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing a decent english dub]]. Western fans of the series even created a Website/{{Kickstarter}} on getting the original manga series an official english translation which was a success. Western fans even admits that Creator/BarbaraGoodson's performance as the titular foal in the english dub is superior to the original Japanese versions. There is even an American fansite called [[https://www.myunicofans.com/ "My Unico Fans"]] that was launched July 2021 entirely dedicated to keeping track on any Unico related news and information. A similar blog also dedicated to Unico hosted on Tumblr known as [[https://weloveunico.tumblr.com/ "We Love Unico!"]] and [[https://mynameisunico.tumblr.com/ "MyNameIsUnico"]] were also created around the same period. Both Americans blogs are very similar to the official Unico fanclub [[https://twitter.com/UNICOclub "UNICOclub"]] created by Tezuka Productions in 2015.

** It also has a small following in Italy due to the Italian dub. In fact, [[Website/TVTropes this very wiki]] features an [[ItAnime/VoltesV Italian version]] of the anime's main page.

* ''Anime/PersiaTheMagicFairy'' was a smash hit in Japan, but has a small fanbase in the West (particularly Italy, because it was dubbed there as ''Evelyn e la magia di un sogno d'amore''). It is known in the US (amongst MagicalGirl fans) for it's WhatDoYouMeanItWasntMadeOnDrugs plot.

* ''Anime/PersiaTheMagicFairy'' was a smash hit in Japan, but has a small fanbase in the West (particularly Italy, because it was dubbed there as ''Evelyn e la magia di un sogno d'amore''). It is known in the US (amongst MagicalGirl fans) for it's WhatDoYouMeanItWasn'tMadeOnDrugs plot.

%%* ''Anime/PiccolinoNoBoken'' was quite popular in Israel.

''Anime/IdolDensetsuEriko'' is a lot more well known in the Arab World since it was aired on Creator/SpaceToon, and also hired well known Arabic singers to dub over Eriko and Rei's idol songs. Outside of Japan[[note]]Where the anime was so successful it warranted a sequel series[[/note]], the Middle East is the only place where it's remembered fondly.
* The obscure ninja-themed comedic anime ''Manga/IganoKabamaru'' is basically forgotten, but it gained cult status in Greece and Arabic countries, of all places. * ''Manga/InuYasha'':

* ''Anime/HelloSandybell'' was very popular in France and Hungary. It was also very popular in Sweden and the Nordics, as it was one of the first anime to [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lZu1KeKoYLA ever]] be licensed and dubbed there. It helped shape an entire generation's view of the medium.

** Thanks to SugarWiki/SuperlativeDubbing, the anime was beloved in Arab countries, particularly UsefulNotes/{{Syria}}. Most Syrian children who grew up in The80s are familiar with the Arabic-dub theme song.
** It's so popular in Syria that even ''Literature/ThePianistFromSyria'' mentions it!
--> ''Suddenly, there was a knock at the door. "Come in," said Rana Jnaid. A girl named Sandybell came in. She was older than me, a proper young lady. She wore a dress and high heels. I had heard that her father owned a paint factory. Sandybell was one of the privileged kids who were dropped off here by a chauffeur. Her parents had been nonchalant enough to name her after a cartoon character: Hello! Sandybell was a popular manga show.''

--> ''Out of nowhere, Rana Jnaid acted like a completely different person. She smiled at Sandybell. "How nice to see you," she gushed. Then she discussed Sandybell's next private lesson with her.''

* ''Huckleberry Finn Monogatari'' is mostly obscure in its native country in Japan, but in Italy, it has found some success under the title ''Il mio amico Huck''. In fact, in Italy the series aired a full [[ShortRunInPeru two years before it aired in Japan]].

* Huckleberry Finn Monogatari is mostly obscure in its native country in Japan, but in Italy, it has found some success under the title Il mio amico Huck. In fact, in Italy the series aired a full [[ShortRunInPeru two years before it aired in Japan]].

* The obscure ninja-themed comedic anime ''Manga/IganoKabamaru'' is basically forgotten, but it gained cult status in Greece and Arabic countries, of all places. It had also an Italian release named "Ninja Boy".
* ''Manga/InuYasha'':

** 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/{{Little Golden Book|s}} 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.

* The obscure ninja-themed comedic anime ''[[http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=109 Iga no Kabamaru]]'' is basically forgotten, but it gained cult status in Greece and Arabic countries, of all places. It had also an Italian release named "Ninja Boy".

** Since Spacetoon launched its late night block for teenagers and young adults, Creator/SpacePower, animes like ''Manga/BlackCat'' or ''Manga/OnePiece'' get a great reception among the Arab public.

* Anime/GForceGuardiansOfSpace is very much seen as the lesser of the 2 Sandy Frank's DuelingDubs of Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman pretty much everywhere... except Latin America where it got a great dub and is seen as THE version of Gatchaman in the region. By contrast, the more popular Anime/BattleOfThePlanets is very much forgotten and almost lost media.

* ''Anime/ScienceFictionSaiyukiStarzinger'' was a smash hit in Sweden in the late eighties, where it was known simply as ''Starzinger''.

** While ''Sailor Moon'' was popular in its heyday in Japan, the show is just one of a series of many within [[ShoujoDemographic a demographic]] with many other popular Magical Girl shows that became popular. In the West, and ''especially'' in North America, its one of the most influential girl shows in history even after thirty years, and the Sailor Moon herself is one of the most recognizable and iconic superheroines to Western audiences. The [[AlternativeForeignThemeSong original English dub theme]] became a staple of 90's mainstream pop culture, and Americans even tried to create [[WesternAnimation/ToonMakersSailorMoon their own version of the show]] at one point.

** While ''Sailor Moon'' was popular in its heyday in Japan, the show is just one of a series of many within [[ShoujoDemographic a demographic]] with many other popular shows. In the West, and ''especially'' in North America, its one of the most influential and recognizable girl shows in history even after thirty years, and the character is among the most recognizable superheroines to Western audiences. Americans even tried to create [[WesternAnimation/ToonMakersSailorMoon their own version of the show]] at one point.