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2	[[caption-width-right:350: This is usually what you'll see if you try to watch online from outside America.[[note]][[LoopholeAbuse Unless you're using a VPN to trick the service into thinking that you're streaming it within America, but that may not sit well with the owners of local services in your own country.]][[/note]]]]
3	->''"Somebody made a good ''Franchise/BackToTheFuture'' game, and it was only in Japan? What the fuck is wrong with this fucking world?!"''
4	-->-- '''WebVideo/TheAngryVideoGameNerd'''
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6	Any work can be very well received in its country of origin without being famous elsewhere. [[CashCowFranchise Some franchises]] seem to churn out tons upon tons of [[TheMerch merchandise]] and special content. Internationally, the majority of this stuff sees limited release, if any.
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8	There are a few reasons why this may occur -- the language barrier, lack of potential appeal to foreign audiences, licensing difficulties, cultural [[ValuesDissonance differences]], or [[BannedInChina censorship]] -- for more, see [[Analysis/NoExportForYou Analysis]].
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10	This is when any work was ''not'' released in a country ''even though there were good reasons'' to export it there. It has to meet at least one of the following conditions:
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12	* It is part of a franchise that has previously proven to be successful in other regions (e.g. ''Franchise/SailorMoon'').
13	* It was made with the specific intention of being sold overseas (e.g. ''VideoGame/SinAndPunishment'').
14	* Its genre and/or sensibilities make it the sort of thing that would be exported in the absence of foreign fans clamoring for it.
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16	This is about media that's not exported for ''no obvious reason''.
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18	Because of the Internet, people have become far more aware of works from abroad, including obscure ones that aren't aimed at their country at all. But just because a VocalMinority believes something from abroad should be released for them doesn't mean that their country is a viable market. The distributors have to [[BoxOfficeBomb think of the money]].
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20	In this section, the following are ''not'' valid examples:
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22	* Audiovisual works -- by nature, most audiovisual work is made explicitly for domestic consumption with little intention of exporting it. The only exception would be if it has already been released in some markets and proven successful.
23	* Works that are released only in very similar markets, such as Canada and the US. Because these two share so much in common, it isn't a big indicator of success in the rest of the world. But even that example is problematic, as Canada and the US do not form one territory for licensing of audiovisual works. A lot of the same works get released exclusively on separate, mutually-inaccessible services in each of those two countries, and most of the time not simultaneously.
24	* Many video games never get released outside of their home market, for the same reasons as other audiovisual works (like TV shows and movies). Video game examples can be included only if one or more installments of a franchise have already been released in a [[MediaNotes/RegionCoding different region]].
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26	If there's little likelihood of strong market demand for a particular work, it's fair for a company not to export it to a foreign region. Movies made in Europe from the 1920s until the 1950s usually weren't released in the U.S., unless the starring actor/actress was a really big, recognizable name (e.g. Sophia Loren). Otherwise, the commercial release of said movie there wouldn't have been financially viable.
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28	Still, with today's primary distribution point being online for music (iTunes, Creator/{{Amazon}}, Spotify), games (Steam), movies (Creator/{{Netflix}}), books (Amazon) ''and'' television (Creator/{{Hulu}}), one has to wonder about the motivation behind regionally restricted release when manufacture and shipping costs ''simply don't apply''. Plus, as is often cited in online discussions related to the issue, if consumers cannot obtain work via legal means (i.e. buying a ticket, purchasing a DVD or CD, or through subscribing to a streaming service or cable network), they'll often turn to download and [[KeepCirculatingTheTapes other methods]], resulting in the producer of a work getting no revenue for it at all.
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30	Nothing sucks more than a certain series you want to see translated not getting one. Sometimes even a FanTranslation can't help, since the company may throw a FanworkBan at you, stonewalling any translation attempt.
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32	This may overlap with MediaNotes/RegionCoding, especially where [=DVDs=], Blu-rays, gaming media, and web media is involved. May also invoke ScrewedByTheNetwork if it's only later seasons of a show that is not being exported and the show has been taken off the air in said markets where it had been screwed.
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34	Can lead to SequelFirst or MarthDebutedInSmashBros.
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36	The opposite of this trope is the parallel import, also known as a "forced export".
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38	See also BadExportForYou for a less extreme, yet more insulting version; also NoDubForYou if a title ''is'' released without a native dub track. Compare to OfferVoidInNebraska and BannedInChina (which is essentially "[[InvertedTrope No Import for You]]"). Also compare the DenialOfDigitalDistribution variety where the digital release is region-limited. See also MediaNotes/ImportGaming for a way around this. Contrast ShortRunInPeru, and GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff. For a possible subversion, see LateExportForYou.
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41	!!Examples:
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43	[[index]]
44	* NoExportForYou/AnimeAndManga
45	* NoExportForYou/ComicBooks
46	* NoExportForYou/{{Film}}
47	* NoExportForYou/{{Literature}}
48	* NoExportForYou/LiveActionTV
49	* NoExportForYou/{{Music}}
50	* NoExportForYou/NewMedia
51	* NoExportForYou/PuppetShows
52	* NoExportForYou/{{Toys}}
53	* NoExportForYou/TabletopGames
54	* NoExportForYou/VideoGames
55	** NoExportForYou/TalesSeries
56	** NoExportForYou/{{Pokemon}} [[note]] Also includes anime episodes and manga. [[/note]]
57	* NoExportForYou/WesternAnimation
58	* NoExportForYou/RealLife
59	[[/index]]
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61	[[folder:Asian Animation]]
62	* ChineseAnimation is typically never released outside China nor dubbed in English or other European languages. However, a few of them, such as ''Animation/BoonieBears'', were able to subvert [[note]]aired in Taiwan and Hong Kong, or Southeast Asian countries[[/note]] (or barely avert) this. As a general rule, you might be able to find one or two English-dubbed episodes of a particular Chinese cartoon floating around that are meant to illustrate the company's licensing, but that's about it.
63	* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'' just barely subverts this in the United States and Southeast Asia, as it's received an official release on the educational platform Miao Mi, which is meant to teach children Chinese. They've even dubbed the two seasons they have (Seasons 7 and 8) into English and Indonesian. The only downside is that you have to pay for the service to watch the episodes.
64	* ''Animation/{{Lamput}}'':
65	** Some countries only got the first season and not the later seasons.
66	** ''Lamput'' started with Season 3 in Germany without going through the first two seasons first.
67	* The Israeli animated series ''Mikmak,'' based on the virtual world of the same name, has never aired outside of Israel, save for one episode dubbed in English and made available on the official [=YouTube=] channel for free worldwide alongside content related to the show.
68	* ''Animation/NoonboryAndTheSuper7'' has a second season that was never released outside of South Korea due to the first season failing internationally.
69	* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'':
70	** The franchise never saw release in European countries (except Disney's LicensedGame, ''VideoGame/WheresMyWater Featuring XYY''), but subverted as the ''Dear Little Wishes'' season and the first couple seasons of ''Animation/PleasantGoatFunClass'' only saw limited release (and were also dubbed in English) in North America and Southeast Asia; both were on Miao Mi.
71	** The "Goat Olympics" season was only broadcasted in China and Taiwan.
72	** The [[Film/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolfILoveWolffy live-action movie]] only showed in China.
73	[[/folder]]
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75	[[folder:Eastern European Animation]]
76	* ''Animation/GypsyTales'': Only the first three episodes are available in English on Website/YouTube.
77	[[/folder]]
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79	[[folder:Manhwa]]
80	* {{Edutainment}} manhwa series, ''[[Manhwa/{{Why}} Why?]]'' has never seen an official release in Western countries. A few Asian countries did receive them, however. The same can be said for ''Why? Korean History'' and several editions of ''Why? People'', which teach [[CreatorProvincialism Korean history]].
81	[[/folder]]

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