History AmericansHateTingle / AnimeAndManga

* The IdolGenre gets a lot more flack in western nations than most. While beloved in East Asia due to the massive popularity of the JPop and KPop music genres, the western anime fandom is far more of a BrokenBase on the issue, with the complaints coming down either to the infamously-exploitative nature of the Japanese idol industry, [[LoonyFan the extreme behaviors of its worst fans]], or even just the cutesy aesthetic not gelling well with western tastes.

* With few exceptions, sports anime and manga weren't as appealing to many anime fans outside of Japan for a long time, not even in countries with strong sports scenes like the United States or Australia. This was primarily due to the low amount of overlap at the time between people who watched sports and people who watched anime, and it seemed like sports anime would never take off in North America after Creator/{{Funimation}}'s English release of ''Manga/BigWindup'' did very poorly in sales. However, [[VindicatedByHistory this would later change for a few reasons]]. The first was that series like ''Anime/{{Free}}'', ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'', and ''Manga/KurokosBasketball'' gained notoriety for their [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys Casts Full of Pretty Boys]], bringing in [[EstrogenBrigade female fans]] who found those characters attractive as opposed to young boys like most sports anime did beforehand, and the second being the mainstreaming of anime as a medium, which allowed for more people (including those who enjoy sports) to enter the fandom.

* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', after the Alicization arc was animated, its popularity noticeably plummeted in East Asia, especially China and Korea, owing to the biased portrayal of the Japanese characters over the Chinese and Korean ones (specifically, depicting them as being dependent on Japanese tech, which isn't the case in reality due to their competitive media development, and later, portraying them as invading brutes). It didn't help that the [[Creator/AiKayano voice actress of Alice Synthesis Thirty]] was, not a year after airing of its last arc, caught in a controversy over visiting the Yasukuni Shrine[[labelnote:Explanation]]The shrine was made to comemmorate Japanese men, women and children who had fallen in battle, mainly during UsefulNotes/WorldWarTwo. Japan was on the Nazi's side during the war, and also committed inhumane acts against Korea (Occupation of the Korean peninsula) and China (Nanjiang Massacre). At least [[http://www.bjreview.com/special/2014-01/28/content_658020.htm 14 confirmed Class-A War criminals]] (Hideki Tojo, Heitaro Kimura, Seishiro Itagaki, Kenji Doihara, Iwane Matsui, Akira Mutou, Koki Hirota, Shigenori Tougo, Yoshijiro Umezu, Kuniaki Koiso, Kiichiro Hiranuma, Osami Nagano, Yosuke Matsuoka and Toshio Shiratori) have been memorized there. On February 11, 2021, Ai Kayano made a [[https://web.archive.org/web/20210617040457/https://en.appledaily.com/article/MDDKUZ5PSRFRNIVHPID77RAJP4/ tweet]] about the shrine, mentioning that she visited it and the weather was nice, but nothing about mourning the dead.[[/labelnote]], and having her roles scrubbed from games made in China and Korea along with fewer roles for domestically published anime moving forward.

** In a case of this applying to a pairing rather than a character, Josuke/Rohan is the most popular pairing in ''Manga/DiamondIsUnbreakable'' in Japan. In America, the pairing is considerably more controversial, as while both characters are very well-liked, Rohan is 20 while Josuke is 15. Americans tend to be more fond of Josuke/Okuyasu.

* ''Anime/KingOfPrism'' is ubiquitous in Japan and other parts of Asia in the IdolGenre and works consumed by adult female {{Otaku}}. The movies have all made the top 10 on opening weekends, and despite being part of MainstreamObscurity, it is widely regarded as a CultClassic; however, it is barely known in the West. When ''Shiny Seven Stars'', the third film, was brought over by Website/{{Crunchyroll}}, it was met with backlash and confusion. This is because there is no context for Westerners watching it for the first time, as the series is a SpinOff of the {{Kodomomuke}} ''VideoGame/PrettySeries'' installment ''Anime/PrettyRhythmRainbowLive'' and a continuation of the first two ''King of Prism'' movies, all of which never got released in the West. ''King of Prism'' is, in general, also QuirkyWork that relies on AudienceParticipation and IdolSinger tropes, some of which are alien to Westerners.

* With few exceptions, sports anime and manga weren't as appealing to many anime fans outside of Japan for a long time, not even in countries with strong sports scenes like the United States or Australia. This is primarily due to the low amount of overlap between people who watch sports and the people who used to watch anime back in the day, and it seemed like sports anime would never take off in North America after Creator/{{Funimation}}'s English release of ''Manga/BigWindup'' did very poorly in sales. However, [[VindicatedByHistory this would later change for a few reasons]]. The first was that shows like ''Anime/{{Free}}'', ''Manga/{{Haikyuu}}'', and ''Manga/KurokosBasketball'' gained notoriety for their [[CastFullOfPrettyBoys Casts Full of Pretty Boys]], bringing in [[EstrogenBrigade female fans]] who found those characters attractive as opposed to young boys like most shows in the genre did beforehand, and the second being the mainstreaming of anime as a medium, which allowed for more people (including those who enjoy sports) to enter the fandom.}

* ''Anime/IdolAngelYokosoYoko'': In Italy, it was so unpopular that Canale 5 [[ChannelHop moved it to]] Italia 1 because of low ratings.

* ''Literature/SwordArtOnline'', after the Alicization arc was animated, its popularity noticeably plummeted in East Asia, especially China and Korea, owing to the biased portrayal of the Japanese characters over the Chinese and Korean ones (specifically, depicting them as being dependent on Japanese tech, which isn't the case in reality due to their competitive media development, and later, portraying them as invading brutes). It didn't help that the [[Creator/AiKayano voice actress of Alice Synthesis Thirty]] was, not a year after airing of its last arc, caught in a controversy over visiting the Yasukuni Shrine, and having her roles scrubbed from games made in China and Korea along with fewer roles for domestically published anime moving forward.

* ''Anime/RemyNobodysGirl'' was so hated in Japan that the final three episodes never aired on TV and were straight to DVD instead. It has since been VindicatedByHistory amongst a small group of fans, and [[GermansLoveDavidHasselhoff Saudi Arabia]] [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrE-0AzxaoI adores]] it.

* [[{{Hermaphrodite}} Yubel]] from ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' was initially much more of a BaseBreakingCharacter in the West than in the East. Maybe it's [[AmbiguousGender their]] KnightOfCerebus aspects, maybe it's how they ended up EasilyForgiven, maybe it was because the fourth season (where they [[HeelFaceTurn became]] Judai's SpiritAdvisor) was cut from the Western broadcasts, maybe it's because the dub [[AdaptationalVillainy amped up their villainy while removing anything that made them sympathetic]], maybe it was how creepy they were, maybe it's because [[DieForOurShip they got in the way of Spiritshipping/Fiancéeshipping/GX Rivalshipping whatever...]] In Japan, though, they were popular enough to cameo in ''Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime'', and gets a lot of fanart. That said time has been kind to Yubel and their popularity in the English-speaking fandom has increased considerably over the decades and their now widely held as one of the franchise's greatest villains in both sides of the fandom.

* [[{{Hermaphrodite}} Yubel]] from ''Anime/YuGiOhGX'' is much more of a BaseBreakingCharacter in the West than in the East. Maybe it's [[AmbiguousGender their]] KnightOfCerebus aspects, maybe it's how they ended up EasilyForgiven, maybe it was because the fourth season (where they [[HeelFaceTurn became]] Judai's SpiritAdvisor) was cut from the Western broadcasts, maybe it's because the dub [[AdaptationalVillainy amped up their villainy while removing anything that made them sympathetic]], maybe it was how creepy they were, maybe it's because [[DieForOurShip they got in the way of Spiritshipping/Fiancéeshipping/GX Rivalshipping whatever...]] In Japan, though, they were popular enough to cameo in ''Anime/YuGiOhBondsBeyondTime'', and gets a lot of fanart. In recent years however, Yubel has been VindicatedByHistory in the eyes of the western fandom.

** Jotaro is a particular recipient of this. In Japan, Jotaro is the most iconic protagonist by a long way, with his design being heavily homaged and copied. In America, he is considered one of the most divisive, and by some measure the most frequently hated. This largely owes to Jotaro's extreme level of power and competence, to the point that almost every enemy Stand-user in the part bar DIO himself is a VillainousUnderdog to some degree, and in a case of EarlyInstallmentWeirdness, Jotaro also has a tendency to go well beyond the typical SemanticSuperpower limitations of what his Stand can do, to the point of NewPowersAsThePlotDemands at points. Jotaro is also defined by his gruff attitude and design, calling back to the culture of JapaneseDelinquents. To Japanese audiences, this makes Jotaro an EscapistCharacter power fantasy, the coolest guy in the world who every kid wants to be, while also carrying enough edge to still be appealing to older audiences. In America, meanwhile, Jotaro's competence comes off as him being a [[invoked]] MartyStu who defeats his opponents by overpowering them rather than outwitting them, and his attitude seems less gruff-but-likeable and more flat-out dickish. ValuesDissonance also comes into play, as one of Jotaro's flaws--his rudeness towards women--read very differently in 1989 Japan, when Japanese audiences were introduced to him, than it did in 2014 America, when most Americans were introduced to him.