History FantasticRacism / AnimeAndManga

* In ''LightNovel/TheFamiliarOfZero'', a war between humans and elves in the distant past caused both sides to consider the other evil barbarians. In addition, elves hate and fear beings who wield [[PowerOfTheVoid Void Magic]] and their familiars, considering them to be servants of the Devil. Tiffania really has it rough as she is a HalfHumanHybrid ''and'' has Void Magic. [[TheHero Saito]] defends her and helps the others see that she is just a girl like them. Several human and elf characters have NotSoDifferent moments.

** [[spoiler:One of the nations outside the Walls, Marley, brutally persecutes the Eldian people (the ethnic relatives of those within the Walls and the only race of people who can turn into titans), rounding them all up into ghettos, violently and harshly beating anyone found outside the ghettos, turning a blind eye to the murder of Eldians, and sending titanized Eldians against the people of the Walls. One group of soldiers even feeds a young Eldian girl to their dogs alive for fun. Their reasoning is apparently that the Eldian people had, in the past, enslaved and brutalized the people of Marley in turn.]]

* Witches in ''Manga/RosarioToVampire'' are hated both by humans and youkai, since they're considered [[HalfHumanHybrid half-breeds]], and [[HalfBreedDiscrimination neither side trusts them.]] CuteWitch Yukari gets this treatment during her first appearance (manga ch. 5), although part of it comes from [[BrattyHalfPint her tendency to play magical pranks on others]].

* ''{{Anime/Pokemon}}'' has done episodes that evoke this. One example from the Kanto episodes is "Bulbasaur and the Mysterious Garden", where Ash's Bulbasaur's refusal to evolve causes the newly evolved Ivysaur and their chief, a Venusaur, to turn on him. Another episode during Johto featured a group of Remoraid (a fish-like Pokémon) that shunned one of their clan after it evolved into an Octillery (an octopus Pokémon). Mewtwo and his army of clone Pokémon (both versions) and Mew and his army of natural born Pokemon (Japanese version only, at least in regards to Mew itself) is also an example of this.

** Trip in Best Wishes often insults Ash for being from Kanto.

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** The series has a complicated example with the Fishmen and the Merfolk, humanoid beings that also show characteristics of an aquatic animal. Since the "aquatic animal" part is almost random and they have a lot of possible combinations, neither the Fishmen nor the Mermen discriminate against each other by distinctive traits such as their fish parts. Because of this, is perfectly normal for them that an octopus Mermaid reproduce with a shark Merman and a eel Merman be born as the result, that's also why they can't understand why the Humans classify each other in groups. But even if those species don't discriminate amongst themselves, they do discriminate against other races. Specifically, the Fishmen believe that they're superior to all other races, especially Humans, but that's also complicated because of the discrimination that the Humans have in the One Piece world against them and the Mermen as they were once considered to be on the same level as fish despite being equally as intelligent as humans. To be fair, not all Fishmen and Merfolk believe that they're ''superior'' to humans or other races, only certain extremists, though the overwhelming majority does hate and distrust the human race.

* A recurring issue in ''Manga/DailyLifeWithMonsterGirl''. Humans are perfectly fine with [[LittleBitBeastly monsters who are barely monstrous]] like cat girls and bunny girls. The protagonists are anything ''but.''
** Continued in the author's other work, ''Manga/DeadlineSummonner''. Summons are not looked highly upon by humans, and it's implied that they're little more than slaves to other summoners.

* [[Anime/DigimonSavers Kurata]] fullstop. He hates Digimon to the point where he warps Digimon data so that it can [[spoiler:be used as a weapon to introduce genocide in a word that does not know death.]] Of course, this takes place before the series starts; in series, his racism just [[spoiler:causes more genocide, medically alters people, and sets off a chain of events that nearly causes the end of both worlds.]]
* ''Anime/DragonBallZ''

* Downplayed in the backstory of ''LightNovel/HighSchoolDxD''. The Devil race has suffered a severe depopulation thanks to the GreatOffscreenWar, and as such, reincarnated humans are being used to fill out the ranks. Rias explains that at first, reincarnated devils were seen as second-class despite legally being able to hold any position a pure-blooded devil could. However, the [[ChessMotifs Evil Piece]] system encouraged high-class devils to value and eventually respect the reincarnated devils under their command. By the start of the series, most devils will respect anyone who proves capable in the position they've been assigned, and openly being a dick to reincarnated devils for that reason alone is considered a faux pas even among the pure-blooded upper echelons.

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* In the ''Anime/BloodPlus'' episode "Turn the Palm of Your Hand Toward the Sun", James Ironside delivers a crazed rant about the Schiffs' inferiority to Chevaliers such as himself - while trying to torture a captured Schiff to death. The scene is even more chilling because James, who is black, seems to have no idea of the terrible irony of his words and actions.

* In ''LightNovel/TheLegendOfTheLegendaryHeroes'', those born with [[MagicalEye Cursed Eyes]] are heavily subject to this. Going by some characters' personal experiences and one character's recounts of what he's seen, children born with such eyes are generally persecuted, sold to/abducted by the military, used as test subjects, and killed, often alongside their parents--if their parents weren't the ones doing the killing. Conversely, a fair number of Cursed Eye bearers are prejudiced towards humans right back.

* ''Manga/MakenKi'': Much like the anti-mutant hysteria in the ''ComicBook/XMen'' comics, the human populace in ''Maken-ki'' fear ability users and are so distrustful of them that there's a branch of Japan's military trained specifically as a counter task force to oppose them. Unfortunately for them, a squadron of their fighter pilots were sent to try to deal with [[HeroKiller Yamato Takeru]] (chapter 122), resulting in the deaths of the entire squadron - ''[[BullyingADragon in seconds]]''.

* In ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'', Melromarc heavily discriminates against demihumans and beastmen, to the point that they are legally considered monsters and many are enslaved. In contrast, the neighbour country of Siltvelt is a demihuman country that discriminates against humans - save for the Shield Hero, who is considered a religious figure that, in the past, championed equality between all species.

* In a major case of AllThereInTheManual, it's revealed that the ''Anime/TenchiMuyo''-based alien race, Juraians, have a major thing against humans, most likely due to their "backwater" nature (seeing as humans still don't have FasterThanLightTravel). This is one of the major reasons Yosho (who was half-human) took off after Ryoko - he didn't want to deal with all of that and intended to send someone else in his place. Of course, his bride-to-be Ayeka, who believed Yosho was dead, was not happy to learn of this revelation. It's implied, however, that it may be a thing of the past for most Juraians now, as now there are many humans who have journeyed into space and therefore lifted their planet's reputation.

* This trope is the core of the conflict between those with PsychicPowers known as the Mu and normal humans in ''Manga/TowardTheTerra''. Mu who are hunted down like animals. Children go through Mu tests before their final maturity exams and are immediately exterminated, if the results are positive. These ones who managed to survive have to hide in a stolen starship in higher layers of atmosphere. The whole mess ends with the Mu forced to [[spoiler:leave their home planet and flee across the galaxy.]] Later the ones, who become racists are some Mu themselves - against humans and against some of their own kind.
* Present on both sides of the divide in ''Manga/TokyoGhoul'', often with bloodshed and tragedy the result. Because Ghouls have to feed on human flesh to satisfy their HorrorHunger, the species are described as natural enemies and humanity has passed the Ghoul Countermeasure Laws to address the problem. This law makes simply being born a Ghoul into a Capital Offense, punishable with immediate execution and most humans consider this a good thing. When Kaneki and Touka visit the headquarters of [[HunterOfMonsters CCG]], an office lady cheerfully reassures them that it is fine for a 14-year old girl to be killed because she's [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman just a Ghoul]]. Humans that fail to immediately report someone they suspect to be a Ghoul are subject to imprisonment, and viewed as worst than someone that aided a human murderer. On the flip side, there are some Ghouls that consider humans to be an inferior species and treat them little better than animals.

* ''Manga/EdensZero''

* ''Manga/EDENSZERO''

* ''Manga/FairyTail''

* ''{{Series/Kikaider}}'' had a discussed double example of this, combined with a fantastic version of HalfbreedDiscrimination. A villain, who is an android in the shape of a vampire or a golden, mechanical, humanoid vampire bat, says that being an android is similar to being a bat in this respect, claiming that androids were not quite machine or human, but disliked by both and that a bat was not quite rodent or bird, but also disliked by both (the jury is still a bit out on that last one).

* Fate has shown some evidence of this in ''Manga/MahouSenseiNegima''. Some of his internal monologues seem to indicate he doesn't consider the people of the Magic World to be ''real''. Except for the human population of Megalosembria, they ''are'' artificial beings who will fade from existence when (''when'', not if) the Mundus Magicus collapses. And far from persecuting them for it, he actually claims he's trying to ''save'' them, in his own twisted way.

* In ''LightNovel/SukaSuka'' humanlike races, or "disfeatured", are often discriminated against. This is due to humanity being blamed for the apocalypse that destroyed most of the world and forced the remaining races to flee to the floating islands they now inhabit.

* In ''LightNovel/IAmTheEvilLordOfAnIntergalacticEmpire'', the people of the empire where protagonist Liam Banfield live almost universally look down on all AI, especially androids, because at some time in the past there was an AI rebellion. This causes Liam problems because his ParentalSubstitute is the Android maid Amagi, he treasures her, and does '''not''' tolerate any insults he hears about her. His friends have to be warned that he will not hesitate to use lethal force against any who do so, not even them.
* ''LightNovel/TwoAsOnePrincesses'' has it on two fronts. The country where the story starts and takes place is human supremacist, which explains why the fantasy staple races are missing from the narrative, and people are also discriminated on what Jobs they get from the gods at age 10. Particularly "disappointing" jobs like [Song Princess] can trigger riots and lynching.

* In ''Anime/KidouShinsengumiMoeyoKen'', two minor characters, a CatGirl and a regular human man, are seen from time to time in a love/hate relationship, and then they finally decide to marry, but the man's mother adamantly refuses to allow the CatGirl to marry him. This serves as a plot point later when Okita asks Ryunosuke's mother, Oryo, if she was okay with a half-monster daughter marrying her son. Oryo's reaction is one of shock shortly after Okita asks it, and she walks away dejectedly. [[spoiler: Unfortunately for her, Oryo wasn't shocked at her question, but rather some cockroaches which were on the wall behind Okita, and apparently didn't hear her question. Later on we find out Oryo's perfectly okay with Okita marrying Ryunosuke if she wanted to marry him.]]

* In ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'', reactions from humans to beastpeople range from natural/unintentionally insensitive public comments to intentionally insensitive comments made when they think beastpeople aren't in earshot, to ''attempted murder''. In the first episode alone, the protagonist is almost killed ''three times''.

* In ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'', reactions from humans to beastpeople range from unintentionally insensitive public comments to intentionally insensitive comments made when they think beastpeople aren't in earshot, to ''attempted murder''. In the first episode alone, the protagonist is almost killed ''three times''.

* The battle of [=ESPers=] vs. "Normal People" in ''Manga/ZettaiKarenChildren'' is one of the underlying themes of the series. Almost all of the [=ESPers=] in the series are under the watch of the government, and it's shown that when someone is discovered to have powers, they're treated harshly for it. Good thing Minamoto serves as MoralityChain to The Children.

* In ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'', reactions from humans to beastpeople range from unintentionally insensitive public comments to intentionally insensitive comments made when they think beastpeople aren't in earshot, to ''attempted murder''.

* Most of ''Anime/TheUnlimitedHyoubuKyousuke'' revolves around normal humans' hatred of "espers" and vice versa. Many on both sides would like nothing more than to [[KillEmAll completely wipe out the other group]].

** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamIronBloodedOrphans'' has Earthlings who are racist against those born on Mars, and everyone, including the Martians racist against the [[FantasticSlur "Space Rats"]] and "Human Debris" that are space-born orphans, often sold into slavery.

* ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam'' had conflicts between "Earthnoids" (humans who lived on Earth) and "Spacenoids" (humans who lived in space). Closely related was the conflict between Newtypes (those with PsychicPowers, almost always Spacenoids) and Oldtypes (non-psychics, but also used as a slur for those stuck in old ways of thinking). ''Anime/MobileSuitZetaGundam'' is a good example as the evil military group, the Titans, are exclusively Earthnoids (with an exception here and there) while the AEUG are mostly a mixture of both Earth- and Spacenoids.

* In ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'', people were afraid of Quirks at first, leading to conflict when the [[UnSorcerer Quirkless]] began attacking those with Quirks as the [[WhatMeasureIsANonHuman definition of human began to shift.]] In the present, [[EveryoneIsASuper Quirks are so common]] that this form of discrimination has mostly diminished. Instead, it's Quirkless kids like Izuku who are the target of bullying and scorn for not having the superpowers everyone else has. And even amongst those with Quirks, those who possess "monstrous", "undesirable", or [[BadPowersBadPeople "villainous"]] ones often find themselves shunned by society for their powers.

* In ''Manga/KomonoJihen'', humans who are aware of the existence of Kemono (like the main character's aunt), show clear disdain for them. On the flip side, ill-natured Kemono frequently look down on humans and see them only as a food source and things to play with rather than sentient beings.

* In ''Anime/FushigiNoKuniNoAlice'', Speciesism crops up now and then, in particular with the cold blooded and other not so warm and fuzzy type creatures (crows, sometimes rodents and insects).