History FantasticRacism / AnimeAndManga

* In ''LightNovel/BlackBullet'', the Cursed Children are a race of lolis born with the Gastrea virus in their blood and are able to manipulate the virus that grant them superhuman powers. This is the same virus that turned most of humanity into EldritchAbomination. Some cursed children are used as "Initiators" for civil security companies and paired with "Promotors." However, cursed children are treated with severe discrimination in human society and are feared and hated as if they were Gastrea. Cursed children are often faced with violence, abuse, and even PoliceBrutality and genocide. Some cursed children are even sold into {{sex slave}}ry or used as slaves and child soldiers (especially in the Middle East) and governments have passed draconian laws that strip cursed children their basic rights to the point of Jim Crow law level segregation.

* In ''LightNovel/ACertainMagicalIndex'' and ''Manga/ACertainScientificRailgun'', several espers and the higher ups of Academy City look down on [[{{Muggles}} Level 0s]], seeing them as worthless. Several Level 0s, particularly members of Skill-Out, hate espers, usually due to jealousy and/or being bullied. Several people from the magic side hate espers, because espers are of science.

* In ''LightNovel/{{Durarara}}'', Saika is a [[EvilWeapon sentient katana]] that is deeply in love with humanity. It hates all non-humans, even the [[CuteMonsterGirl adorable]] [[HeadlessHorseman Celty]], even though [[{{Hypocrite}} it isn't human either]].

* 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.

* ''Manga/InuYasha'' has [[HalfHumanHybrid half-demons]], which are hated by both humans and demons, with humans and demons also hating each other.

* Done in both [[Manga/FullmetalAlchemist the manga]] and [[Anime/FullmetalAlchemist the anime]] versions of ''Fullmetal Alchemist'', with the persecution and attempted genocide of the Ishvalan people. They are visually identifiable by their red eyes and dark skin, and various characters use hats and sunglasses to disguise these traits. Several aspects of the Ishvalans' portrayal hint more specifically at a metaphorically Islamic culture: their vaguely Middle Eastern dress, Ishval's desert landscape, and their monotheistic religion and the tensions arising from its prohibition of alchemy and the Amestrians' contrasting dependence upon it. Meanwhile the Ishvalans were prejudiced against alchemists even before the genocide started since according to their religion, only their god Ishval has the power to create and destroy things, and attempting to imitate this is both blasphemous and against the natural order. In fact, Scar's brother was deemed a heretic when he studied alchemy, as opposed to Scar himself, who was loved by his people due to being a devout follower of their religion. The State Alchemists' participation in the genocide has definitely not helped matters on that front.

* In ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'', there are female warriors who are hybrids of humans and youma. Only they are able to detect a youma who camouflaged as a human (youma eat human entrails), and to kill him. Nevertheless, almost all humans are afraid of them, or hate them even, and call them derogatory "silver-eyed witches". This looks especially in the Arc in the "holy city" Rabona. The warrior Clare is from a youma seriously injured because she saved two humans in front of him. And one of the rescued humans she referred disparagingly as a monster.

* ''LightNovel/{{Akikan}}'' has aluminum and steel cans (the cans are [[MoeAnthropomorphism cute girls]] here) holding some deep prejudice against each other. The first time this comes to light is when Melon and Yell begin slinging insults at each other based solely on the material they're made out of. The fact that this type of [[ThereCanBeOnlyOne competition]] is encouraged doesn't help.

* 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.

* The people of the Ceres slums of ''LightNovel/AiNoKusabi'' are discriminated against for being born in an area cut off from society with no chance for a future. It is so bad that the [[LegoGenetics genetically engineered]] [[TheBeautifulElite class of Elites]] in their CrapsackWorld don't even consider them to be human but wild animals.

* In ''LightNovel/TheRisingOfTheShieldHero'', Melromarc heavily discriminates against {{demihuman}}s and [[BeastMan beastmen]], to the point that they are legally considered monsters and many are enslaved. In contrast, the neighbor 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.

* ''LightNovel/SeireiGensoukiSpiritChronicles'': Any beast-person who wanders into human territory is at risk of being turned into a slave. In turn, the Spirit Folk races view humans as dangerous, though Rio is able to earn their trust.

* Friction exists between all of the races in ''{{LightNovel/Slayers}}'': the dragons and the ''Shinzoku'' (Holy race) that serve the Gods, the ''Mazoku'' ("evil race") that serve the Demons/Monsters, and [[OurElvesAreDifferent Elves]] all either scorn humans or manipulate them in some way or another (the first two are rather obvious, wile the Elves feel superior because they have a better innate talent with magic than many humans do). Meanwhile, most of the sub-human races (Beastmen, Berserkers, Fish-people) are either peaceful, subservient, or also scorned upon by the other three, as well as humans; the Fish-people in particular are often exploited for [[ButtMonkey comedy relief]]. The ones that gets the worst of it, however, are chimeras.

* ''LightNovel/SoImASpiderSoWhat'':

* A major theme of ''LightNovel/TrinityBlood'' is that vampires and humans can and should stop fighting and live in harmony.
* ''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 ''LightNovel/WorldEndWhatDoYouDoAtTheEndOfTheWorldAreYouBusyWillYouSaveUs'', 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/InfiniteGacha'', all the non-human races view humans as "inferiors" due to the humans having shorter life-spans, lower level caps, and having a harder time leveling up. As such, with the exception of the dwarves who care only about total merit, not simple strength, all the non-human races have a glaring superiority complex that makes them think harming humans in every way imaginable for sport is A-ok. Light, the human protagonist, [[HateCrimesAreASpecialKindOfEvil takes extreme displeasure at the act.]]

* Most of ''Anime/UnlimitedPsychicSquad'' 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]].

* In ''Anime/RWBYIceQueendom'', Weiss' disdain for Faunus is transformed into out-and-out hatred for them

** Nozomi Makino is kidnapped by the magical girl Abigail and subjected to horrific ColdBloodTorture using magic. After she is rescued, her trauma leads her to react with fear to the magical girls who rescued her and declare that magical girls are all evil. They are forced to erase her memories of her kidnapping and torture to make her go back to normal.

* ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'': In an early arc, Haku explained that in the Land of Water the powerful and deadly abilities of clans with bloodline abilities had garnered fear and hatred from those without such abilities. The hatred was so severe that Haku's father was willing to murder his wife and son because of their bloodline. [[spoiler:The Land of Water's main ninja village, the Hidden Mist, is eventually able to move past this hatred, with its current leader having ''two'' bloodline limits.]]

*** [[spoiler: As such, they saw themselves as above the rest of the village and planned a coup d'etat despite being given more power than every other clan ''combined'' via being Military Police. They believed they were unjustly prosecuted and discriminated despite being a well beloved clan and the Second Hokage trusting them to have power over the other Clans. Orochimaru and Obito point out that he and the Elders forced them to live on the outskirts of the village despite 1.) Tobirama had the Uchiha ''headquarters'' on the outskirts of the village due to an already constructed prison being made there-what better facility for their appointed job? 2.) The Uchiha weren't moved anywhere during the interim between the attack on Konoha by Obito and the massacre-they had the exact same place, thus they weren't forced to the outskirts either. The Uchiha had more than enough power and even had a Hokage Candidate in the form of Uchiha Kagami (a Uchiha that Tobirama not only respected but chose as a personal bodyguard and student), were beloved and respected throughout the ''entire village'' and finally could continue to be shinobi. Orochimaru and Obito's summations shouldn't be taken seriously given they were ''both'' trying to influence Sasuke at the time. It all comes down to power, the Uchiha weren't satisfied with what they got and wanted more.]]
** And there's also the jinchuriki, who are feared, hated, and ostracized by their home villages, or exploited and used as weapons by other people. This is a recurring theme in ''Shippuden'', where Naruto repeatedly calls out people that insult jinchuriki.

** Several of the demons from the Book of Zeref have a hatred of humans and want to destroy them. Mard Geer takes it UpToEleven. When he finds out that his comrade Kyouka sadistically [[ShamefulStrip stripped]] and [[ColdBloodedTorture tortured]] Erza Scarlet, he brutally punished her because to him, humans are worthless and should be killed on sight, not made into playthings, and Kyouka's treatment of Erza implied that she liked her in a way and wanted to keep her.

* Yukiji from ''Manga/KamisamaKiss'' hates youkai with a passion, going as far as to throw parties when she hears that one of them is being hunted down. [[spoiler:This becomes awkward when Tomoe, a LittleBitBeastly {{Kitsune}} starts to fall in love with her.]]

* A recurring issue in ''Manga/MonsterMusume''. 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/DeadlineSummoner''. Summons are not looked highly upon by humans, and it's implied that they're little more than slaves to other summoners.

* In ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', a man in charge of a secret operation tells the [[TinMan Contractor]] working under him, ''"Your whole kind is nothing more than filth, unfit to live without a patron's approval."'' That the man in charge is white and the Contractor black is incidental, though this possibly counts as DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything.

* 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 (such as Shinso, who fell into the latter definition despite his desire to use his Quirk for good) often find themselves shunned by society for their powers.

* In ''Anime/ArmitageIII'', the title character is a RidiculouslyHumanRobot (in fact, she's so ridiculously human [[spoiler:she can even reproduce]], which is a plot point) working to investigate murders (of victims who turn out to be similar RidiculouslyHumanRobots) with a partner who's prejudiced against robots and cyborgs due to one causing the death of his previous partner. He is injured, and [[KarmicTransformation repaired with robotic prosthetics]]. Of course, he gets an {{Aesop}} about tolerance, and eventually [[spoiler:marries his mechanical partner and has even a baby with her]].
** There's also the fact that this trope is behind TheWarOfEarthlyAggression that underlies the whole plot of the series. [[spoiler: Earth is threatening to invade Mars unless it shuts down the production of the titular Thirds and destroys all existing specimens, and has sent assassins to Mars to murder Thirds and force Martian compliance. Except the big motivation for doing so is because Thirds are so human-like they can actually ''procreate'' with humans and Earth, now a LadyLand, fears the loss of power that would come if human women were no longer necessary for the survival of humanity.]]
* Probably the first & still one of the best examples in anime is Creator/OsamuTezuka's ''Anime/{{Astroboy}}''. Some choice examples: the robot revolutionary Blue Knight explicitly compares the robot nation he is trying to build to Israel, "The Tragedy of Bailey" storyline, where a Japanese-American cyborg brings Astro to America to try to protect the first robot to gain US citizenship from being lynched & the "Capetown Lulaby" story, which [[RippedFromTheHeadlines was inspired by issues of the time such as Apartheid & segregation]] & the latter half even takes place in South Africa. What's really strange is that the badguys from that story disguise themselves by putting on blackface.

** [[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. [[SinsOfTheFather Their reasoning is apparently that the Eldian people had, in the past, enslaved and brutalized the people of Marley in turn.]]]]

* In ''LightNovel/BlackBullet'', the Cursed Children are a race of lolis born with the Gastrea virus in their blood and are able to manipulate the virus that grant them superhuman powers. This is the same virus that turned most of humanity into EldritchAbomination. Some cursed children are used as "Initiators" for civil security companies and paired with "Promotors." However, cursed children are treated with severe discrimination in human society and are feared and hated as if they were Gastrea. Cursed children are often faced with violence, abuse, and even PoliceBrutality and genocide. Some cursed children are even sold into sex slavery or used as slaves and child soldiers (especially in the Middle East) and governments have passed draconian laws that strip cursed children their basic rights to the point of Jim Crow law level segregation.
* ''Manga/BlackButler'', intensified sixfold in the manga. Demons and Shinigami hate each other. In the Noah's Arc Circus part, William and Sebastian spend a few days and nights trash-talking each other not as individuals but as representatives of their respective races...Except for Grell, who will flirt with anything so long as it's male and sadistic.
** Both species also despise Angels in the anime, though their position is seemingly justified. It's never made clear whether [[PlanetofHats all angels are]] LawfulEvil or not, since [[AxCrazy only]] [[KnightTemplar one angel]] appears; it's entirely possible this was just [[FallenAngel a bad one]].

** In ancient times, the humans and elves of what would later become the Clover Kingdom held a very rocky relationship, mankind becoming jealous of the elves’ magical power before eventually leading to the humans wiping them out. This has led Licht/[[spoiler:Patri]] to hold a grudge against the Clover Kingdom and humans in general.

** And also because [[spoiler: his arms and the lower part of his body, which were destroyed and replaced with body parts from the Schiff, are now white. Being rejected by his capricious "mother" because of the replaced body parts is precisely what drove James (who is a fairly straightforward [[TheRenfield Renfield]]) insane, to boot]]. Even if this wasn't intended to be part of the irony, it was certainly unsettling.
* Momose, a pure blooded cat demon from ''Manga/BloodyCross'' refers to [[HalfHumanHybrids half breeds]] as "vulgar, barbaric and the lowest of the low".
* Humans & Gradosians in ''Anime/BlueCometSPTLayzner'', both ways. It's a major theme throughout the entire series.
* In ''Anime/BNABrandNewAnimal'', reactions from humans to beastpeople range from netural/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''.

* ''Anime/CatSoup'' The Cats are racist toward the Pigs. In the movie, the Cat Children mistreat the Pig who saves them and beat him to death.

* In ''Manga/{{Claymore}}'' there are female warriors who are hybrids of humans and youma. Only they are able to detect a youma who camouflaged as a human (youma eat human entrails), and to kill him. Nevertheless, almost all humans are afraid of them, or hate them even, and call them derogatory "silver-eyed witches". This looks especially in the Arc in the "holy city" Rabona. The warrior Clare is from a youma seriously injured because she saved two humans in front of him. And one of the rescued humans she referred disparagingly as a monster.

* In ''Anime/DarkerThanBlack'', a man in charge of a secret operation tells the [[TinMan Contractor]] working under him, ''"Your whole kind is nothing more than filth, unfit to live without a patron's approval."'' That the man in charge is white and the Contractor black is incidental, though this possibly counts as a LampshadeHanging.

* [[Anime/DigimonDataSquad 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.]]

** From the original series, King Piccolo and his children towards humanity. There's no real reason given, just that they saw humans as being lower than dirt and fun to torment.
** From ''Anime/DragonballSuper'', [[spoiler:Zamasu is a Supreme Kai who despises mortal peoples as a whole, seeing them as a "mistake" the gods made when creating the universe. He is disgusted by their imperfections (especially moral imperfections), and believes in annihilating all mortal life for the sake of justice.]]
* Angels and demons in ''Manga/DropkickOnMyDevil'' are often seen at odds with each other. Jashin dislikes angels because of how they view demons as an inferior species...[[BoomerangBigot even though she makes a habit of bullying demons she considered below her]]. Pekola claims that she came to Earth to exterminate demons and witches in addition, but it appears that she is growing more tolerable of them. She does tend to accept food that Yurine gives her (she probably considers Yurine one of the good ones), and acts civilly when she was invited to eat hot pot with Yurine and the devil girls. Her apprentice, Poporon, however, is more frank with her hatred for demons, telling Jashin that she'd kill her next after getting rid of Pekola.

* In ''Anime/{{Endride}}'', [[BeastMan Zoozians]] are more powerful but less populous than the humanoid Endras, so the Endras used their superior numbers to force them into doing the worst labour, and put the ones too weak to work into the FantasticGhetto. Endras tend to instinctively fear Zoozians for their supposed savagery, while Zoozians (justifiably) feel distrust towards the Endras.

* ''Manga/EdensZero'':
** Many humans believe that robots, androids, and other artificial beings like digital lifeforms are just mindless automatons designed to imitate emotion without actually feeling them. This leads to some truly horrific acts no different from racism and genocide against ordinary humans.

** [[spoiler:Acnologia]] has an intense hatred of dragons due to his past with them, which involves [[TragicBigot watching his family, friends, home, and countless humans slain and devoured by them]]. He became a Dragon Slayer specifically to kill them, [[spoiler:and when he started to [[YouAreWhatYouHate transform into one from magic overuse]], he went completely insane and decided to [[OmnicidalManiac act out]] as he [[AlwaysChaoticEvil viewed them]].]]
* 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 CommonalityConnection moments.

* LightNovel/TheGeniusPrincesGuideToRaisingANationOutOfDebtHeyHowAboutTreason: Most countries in the western part of the continent discriminate against the Flahm and enslave them. The exceptions are Natra and Earthworld, both of which allow Flahm to rise to high positions of power.
* Togusa of ''Anime/GhostInTheShellStandAloneComplex'' has some technophobia as part of his old fashioned/FanOfThePast personality. He is initially somewhat hostile to the Tatchikomas because he bristles at the idea of their being a fully sapient artificial intelligence. In the second season, he gets set up and put through a show trial after he shoots a cyborg criminal while off duty. The main thrust of the prosecution's argument is that Togusa is prejudiced against cyborgs due to subconscious feelings of inferiority.

* Unexpectedly from ''[[VideoGame/InazumaEleven Inazuma Eleven GO: Chrono Stone]]'' you have the Second Stage Children, who were faced with so much prejudice from adults that they started to rebel in the form of terrorism and soccer.
* ''Manga/InuYasha'' has half-demons, which are hated by both humans and demons, with humans and demons also hating each other.

* ''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).

** The Fanalis clan such as Morgiana and Muu are often discriminated and treated wrongly. More so, often [[BullyingTheDragon at the offender's own risk.]]
** This was revealed to be the main problem in [[spoiler:Magnoostadt]] where they treated the [[{{Muggles}} Goi]] horribly. While [[HumansAreBastards some of this behaviour]] was justified, most of it was treated as a KickTheDog.

* ''Anime/MarvelDiskWarsTheAvengers'' breaches the topic of Mutant hatred that's common with its source material. However, the kids just genuinely don't get why people like Thor (a god), Wasp (a normal human with science-fueled abilities), Iron Man (a guy in a suit) and Spider-Man (combination of accidental powers and science-y stuff) are touted as heroes and yet Mutants are regarded so negatively.
* ''Manga/MissKobayashisDragonMaid'': Tohru's less than stellar view of humans (Kobayashi being the exception, of course) comes up multiple times, but it slowly dies down as she adjusts to living on Earth. Other dragons also show signs of this to varying degrees (or not at all in Lucoa's case), but it only really gets focus in [[spoiler: [[TragicBigot Ilulu's]] character arc]].

** ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamSEED'' had Naturals ([[PunyEarthlings normal humans]]) versus Coordinators ([[BornWinner genetically engineered humans]]). However, the reasoning for this is muddled due to [=LOGOS=] who run a WarForFunAndProfit mentality and turned the simple environmental lobbyist group Blue Cosmos into the frothing anti-Coordinator group just to rack up more money. However, it doesn't help that some Coordinators are real dicks and tend to flaunt their superiority.
** While not explicitly labelled as such, [[spoiler: Milliardo Peacecraft's]] rhetoric in ''Anime/MobileSuitGundamWing'' final plot arc runs along the same logic as this trope, stating that wars are the result of people living on Earth as opposed to the people living in the colonies. This trope is ultimately subverted however, with the antagonists claiming they don't intend to pursue violence against anyone fleeing the Earth, just the Earth itself.

* In ''Anime/MoeyoKen'', 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 ''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 (such as Shinso, who fell into the latter definition despite his desire to use his Quirk for good) often find themselves shunned by society for their powers.

*** And that can include even saying the word, "jinchuriki." [[NWordPrivileges Unless you know him or have a tailed beast yourself, do not call Naruto a Jinchuriki.]] The word was created to dehumanize the people containing the beasts in the minds of their creators.

* ''Anime/OjamajoDoremi'': A bunch of grey elephants don't want to play with a white elephant because he's white. DoesThisRemindYouOfAnything?

** 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, it 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.
** The giants also get treated on the same level as a tank. They don't really like that. That's only really by the Marines though, some are highly respected people and are treated as honorable guests.

** Taken to the extreme by Hody Jones, who is is so racist [[spoiler: that he's willing to have hundreds, if not thousands, of Fishmen and Merfolk murdered for wishing to be on civil terms with humans. This includes the much-beloved Queen Otohime, for being the figurehead of the movement.]] The real kicker: he flat out admits that [[spoiler:humans have never done anything bad to him personally. He's simply internalized the Fishmen's prejudices against humans.]]
** The Mink tribe from Zou are said to hate humans, and will kill any that step on their turf. [[spoiler:Though this is eventually subverted, as it's merely a false rumor. In truth, the Minks only hate people from their actions as opposed to their race, and are quite friendly with humans when they get to know them.]]
*** Oddly, Oda's good intentions seem to have span rare out-of-universe examples. If you are looking at the forums, you may find strange hate speed directed to non-human races. The reasons are being physically repulsive (fishmen) being overly overly naive and annoying (dwarves) or being just plain stupid and barbaric (giants). This has gotten so bad that some have been immediately starting to hate a character (Dellinger or Jack ) that they were liking until then just upon the reveal that he had some non-human genes!!
* Done in ''PetoPetoSan'', where Japanese mythological creatures are either humanoid or have [[HalfHumanHybrid mated with humans enough to do so]]. The problem is averted by the series taking a lighter tone, and the solution involves something everyone can get behind, dedicating the town to "Little Sister" {{Moe}}.

* In ''Anime/ReZero'' half-elves are sometimes treated differently, [[spoiler:because Satella, the jealous witch, was a half-elf, according to legend.]]
* 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.

* Witches in ''Manga/RosarioPlusVampire'' 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]].

** In-universe example: Natsumi hijacks the Keronian's pool, declaring it humans only...with [[HumanAlien Mois]] swimming right next to her. [[MoralMyopia This is just the top of the list.]]

** Human attitudes toward Gamillas tend to be less than favorable. This can be justified by the fact that Gamillas has been waging war with them, and after a successful counteroffensive by the Earthlings, resorted to bombarding the Earth with pollution-spewing bombs. Much of this resentment by Earthlings towards Gamillas is stoked by propoganda portraying their enemies as heartless monsters, while conveniently leaving out the fact that, during the first contact between Earth and Gamillas, it was the Earthlings who attacked first. Daisuke Shima, whose father was a casualty of the fleet that made first contact, remains in complete denial over the fact that Earth shot first when a survivor from the fleet reveals the truth to him, and Shinya Itou is unabashed in his prejudices towards not only Gamillas, but all aliens, such that he believes Yuki Mori is an alien mole due to her resemblence to Iskandarians that came to Earth before and an alien device she kept in her room.

* In ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'', the [[BeastMan beastmen]] were ordered by the [[BigBad Spiral King, Lordgenome]] to eliminate any human who goes on the surface. As a result, they do not like them at all. Viral calls them "naked apes" on more than one occasion.[[spoiler:Justified since Lordgenome is doing this to keep the Spiral Power of the humans low so the Anti-Spiral don't come and [[ColonyDrop destroy the planet]].]]

* Deconstructed in "Distant Utopia", a story from Ryouko Kui's ''Terrarium in a Drawer''. A high school class is asked to do a story about bullying and discrimination involving "bunny people" and "rat people". As they write the story, they end up spinning a complex tale involving war, colonialism, slavery, scapegoating, and other factors that contribute to real-world racism and discrimination, one that's rejected by their teacher for being ''too'' complex and depressing.

* 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.

* ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'''s Dragon Clan are hated by almost ''every'' other race on Gaea, it is so frowned upon that the [[HalfHumanHybrid main character's]] Mother, makes him promise ''never'' to show his wings again, just seeing the wings of one is said to be a bad omen.
** However the last part is subverted [[spoiler:when Van's unfurled wings manages to bring the rest of the world, drunk on the power of wishing, back to its senses.]]

* ''Anime/WolfsRain:'' Quent Yaiden's character arc revolves around his hated of wolves, which in this setting are sapient and cast human illusions. [[spoiler: He eventually overcomes this after finding out his beloved "dog" is part wolf. When another wolf dies to save him, it puts the final nail in the coffin of his racism.]]
* In ''LightNovel/WorldEndWhatDoYouDoAtTheEndOfTheWorldAreYouBusyWillYouSaveUs'' 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 ''Anime/AliceInWonderlandJP'', 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).

* Demons in ''Manga/WelcomeToDemonSchoolIrumakun'' view humans as being nothing more than food going by Babyl's anthem.

* Deconstructed in "Distant Utopia", a story from Ryouko Kui's ''Terrarium in a Drawer''. A high school class is asked to do a story about bullying and discrimination involving "bunny people" and "rat people". As they write the story, they end up spinning a complex tale involving war, slavery, scapegoating, and other factors that contribute to real-world racism and discrimination, one that's rejected by their teacher for being ''too'' complex and depressing.

*** [[spoiler:Eren (who successfully transformed into the Founding Titan) would retaliate by [[TheEndOfTheWorldAsWeKnowIt causing the Rumbling, killing 80% of all non-Paradisians, even if they are innocent or supported Eldians]].]]