History CanonForeigner / AnimeAndManga

** The anime adaptation of ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls'', has quite a lot of characters who weren't present in the original cartoon, the most notable ones being Professor Utonium's son Kitazawa Ken and the [[MonsterOfTheWeek monsters]] created by the black light other than the girls' normal RoguesGallery.

* ''Anime/KingArthur'': Percival has a younger sister, Marlene. She wasn't present in the original myth. The original myth didn't have Arthur riding a {{Pegasus}} either.

** Of Ash's pre-''Journeys'' friends, Tracey is the only one with no game equivalent unless you count his appearance in ''Pokémon Puzzle League'', which is a DolledUpInstallment of ''VideoGame/PanelDePon''; and as a RecursiveAdaptation, it would make him an [[CanonImmigrant immigrant]]. [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Max#Trivia Max is a borderline example]] as he seems to be based on [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/School_Kid_(Trainer_class) the School Kid Trainer Class]]: specifically, the male variant in ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire''.

%% ** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'': Hunter J

* The anime adaptation of ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' has quite a few of these, with the standouts being Zangulus from the first season, Martina from the second, Filia, Valgaav, his [[ThoseTwoGuys henchmen]], and the guardians of [[Anime/LostUniverse the Black Orb]] from the third, and Pokota from the fourth and fifth.

** ''Anime/PokemonTheSeriesDiamondAndPearl'': Hunter J

* In ''Manga/DemonSlayerKimetsuNoYaiba'', the Spider themed demon, Rui, has a need to violently force demons weaker than him to join his inner circle, making them go along with his fantasy of being a family, in the manga only Father, Mother, Brother and Sister demons were introduced, the anime adaptation expanded Rui’s pretend family in a flashback, with more members to show how cruel he can be to those demons who don’t play along with his illusion.

* In the one-shot manga to ''Anime/HeatGuyJ'', Team Clair is given an {{Expy}} of Team Daisuke's MotherlyScientist, Antonia, in the form of a scantily-clad DarkChick by the name of Trinity. She appears to be in some kind of rivalry with Antonia regarding who is better at robotic engineering, and shares ''some'' kind of [[UnholyMatrimony relationship]] with Clair, though neither her rivalry nor her relationship are really expounded upon. The anime does not help, as Trinity does not appear in the anime.

* Much like ''Dragon Ball'', ''Anime/OnePiece'' has loads of {{filler}} characters, and NonSerialMovie villains that are absent from the manga. Zephyr from ''Anime/OnePieceFilmZ'' in particular [[MentorArchetype taught the Admirals]] and many other Marines before going rogue yet he isn’t so much as mentioned by any Marine in the manga. The exception is Shiki the Golden Lion from ''Anime/OnePieceFilmStrongWorld'' (which was written by Oda) who was hinted at being a CanonImmigrant in the manga before being confirmed as one in Chapter 956.

* The ''LightNovel/HeavyObject'' anime gives us Klondike, the pacifistic religious figure from the Faith Organization.

* ''LightNovel/LoveChunibyoAndOtherDelusions'''s AnimatedAdaptation has a lot, due to the need of AdaptationExpansion and the eventual BroadStrokes treatment. In order of first appearance: resident {{sleepyhead}} Kumin, [[MrImagination Rikka]]'s older sister Touka, and BrattyHalfPint Sanae.

* ''Manga/TriGun'': Several one-shot villains in the first half of the anime, a few of which even wound up [[CanonImmigrant making cameos in the manga]], most notably Descartes. Gung-Ho Guns Caine the Longshot and Chapel the Evergreen are exclusive to the anime (although Chapel does have an equivalent in the manga).

** ''Anime/Pokemon2023'' is set to do this to its entire lead cast to replace Ash and Pikachu. Amongst them are Liko and Roy, the two new leads, and Professor Friede.

* ''Anime/MarvelAnime: Anime/XMen'' had Yui Sasaki and her son Takeo, who essentially acted as [[RaceLift Japanese]] versions of Moira [=MacTaggert=] and David/Legion. There were also a few minor characters like the U-Men member Kick and Hisako/Armor's best friend Kyoko.

* The [[LightNovel/HeavyObject Heavy Object anime]] gives us Klondike, the pacifistic religious figure from the Faith Organization.

* ''Manga/InuYasha'' has a few. Ayame, a wolf-demon girl and supposed bride-to-be to Koga; Akitoki Hojo, a past ancestor of one of Kagome's classmates. Kagome's friends, Eri, Ayumi, and Yuka, could also be considered as such. While they appear in the manga only one of them (Eri) is named and they hardly have any parts to play as opposed to the anime where they're used for many a filler.

* For the most part, the cast of ''Manga/ShuumatsuNoWalkureRecordOfRagnarok'' is composed of preexisting characters from history and mythology. That is, with a few exceptions.
** Adamas, the second son of Kronos and the Greek god of conquest. There's no record of his existence in any actual [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek myth]], which is explained in the story with Poseidon having killed him and then [[{{Unperson}} having any record of his existence destroyed]].
** [[spoiler:Zerofuku, the original form of the [[HiveMind Seven Lucky Gods]]. Nowhere in Myth/JapaneseMythology is there any mention made of the Seven Lucky Gods having once been one being, making him a completely original character to the manga]].
* The anime adaptation of ''LightNovel/{{Slayers}}'' has quite a few of these, with the standouts being Zangulus from the first season, Martina from the second, Filia, Valgaav, his [[ThoseTwoGuys henchmen]], and the guardians of [[Anime/LostUniverse the Black Orb]] from the third, and Pokota from the fourth and fifth.

** Of Ash's pre-Journeys friends, Tracey is the only one with no game equivalent unless you count his appearance in ''Pokémon Puzzle League'', which is a DolledUpInstallment of ''VideoGame/PanelDePon''; and as a RecursiveAdaptation, it would make him an [[CanonImmigrant immigrant]]. [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/Max#Trivia Max is a borderline example]] as he seems to be based on [[https://bulbapedia.bulbagarden.net/wiki/School_Kid_(Trainer_class) the School Kid Trainer Class]]: specifically, the male variant in ''VideoGame/PokemonRubyAndSapphire''.

** The [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist 2003 Anime]], due to its [[AlternateContinuity divergent nature]] that came to be when it OvertookTheManga, had even more of these. The most prominent ones were [[SmugSnake Lt. Col. Frank Archer]], Lyra, Dante, and the show's versions of Wrath and Sloth. TheMovie ''[[Anime/FullmetalAlchemistTheConquerorOfShamballa Conqueror of Shamballa]]'' adds Noah and several others.

* ''Anime/TekkenBloodlines'' has Miss Miura, Heihachi's secretary.

* ''Anime/{{Tekken}}'' has Miss Miura, Heihachi's secretary.

** Given [[WalkingTheEarth the]] [[LongRunners nature]] of [[Anime/PokemonTheSeries the anime]], there are [[LoadsAndLoadsOfCharacters numerous]] recurring characters not based on any original game characters, the most notable being [[TerribleTrio Jessie, James, Meowth]] and Officer Jenny who were [[CanonImmigrant given green cards]] in ''[[RecursiveAdaptation Pokémon Yellow]]'' and ''VideoGame/PokemonLetsGoPikachuAndLetsGoEevee''.