* GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff: Mainland Europe (especially Italy and to a lesser degree Spain), Latin America, the Middle East[[labelnote:*]]Mostly through ''Anime/MazingerZ'' and its spinoffs there as the religious and sexual undertones of his other works see them banned or censored in the Middle East[[/labelnote]], the rest of southeast Asia, etc. He only really failed to take off in the States, though this changed a good deal with the release of ''Anime/DevilmanCrybaby''.
* LGBTFanbase: His AuthorAppeal seems to include queer themes, and therefore he has attained this audience. Anime/{{Devilman}} for instance has the relationship between Akira and Ryo laced with HomoeroticSubtext that even is outright confirmed in some incarnations, not to mention that [[spoiler: Ryo's true form of Satan]] is a {{Hermaphrodite}}. This continues with ''Anime/{{Devilman Lady}}'' and its yuri themes. Speaking of yuri, his character ''Anime/{{Cutey Honey}}'' got this through ''Anime/ReCutieHoney'' having quite a bit of yuri subtext and possible [[MaybeEverAfter confirmation]] between Honey and Natsuko.
* MisaimedFandom: Or rather in this case, Misaimed Hatedom. Many have accused Go Nagai of glorifying rape, misogyny and violence against women in his stories. What these people completely overlook is that all the characters who are rapists in Go Nagai's stories are always portrayed as villains and [[HateSink Hate Sinks]] who always meet their [[LaserGuidedKarma karma]] by getting brutally killed, often in [[CruelAndUnusualDeath gruesome ways]]. That alone should make it clear that Go Nagai has a severe [[RapeIsASpecialKindOfEvil distaste for rapists]] and that he does NOT at all glorify such actions.
* WhatDoYouMeanItsForKids: Believe or not, some of his most extreme works such as ''Manga/{{Devilman}}'' or ''Manga/ViolenceJack'' were originally published in shonen magazines, despite their huge amounts of graphic violence, nudity and sexuality.
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