History Main / Animesque

* Nissin Pasta Express has an ad that aired in the Philippines from 2020-2021 that features a mother and her kids working together to prepare the food. Fittingly for Nissin being a Japanese food company, the mother and her kids have a simplistic anime style. Two of the kids also have colored hair, which is associated with anime - the girl has dark pink hair and one of the boys has green hair.

* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': From the same crew who made ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'', similarly uses animesque facial expressions on its characters.

* Taco Bell's [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OWYHoar-d88 "Fry Force"]] ads of 2021. Not only are they presented as movie trailers, but the entire fictional movie is a spoof of ''[[Film/PacificRim Pacific Rim]]'', which is itself an homage to mecha anime and tokusatsu movies. Taco Bell would later [[ExaggeratedTrope take this up to eleven]] by publishing a [[https://www.tacobell.com/news/taco-bell-nacho-fries-are-back-fry-force-edition prequel comic]] drawn and designed to be read from right to left, as many East Asian comics are published.

* ''VideoGame/NoStraightRoads'' uses a highly-stylized art style with a slight anime influence that's most obviously seen in the 2D animation cutscenes. One particularly strong case is the VirtualIdol Sayu, who is deliberately designed to be a cutesy anime GenkiGirl with IdiotHair.

* ''WebAnimation/CaptainYajima'', a short film made by Ian "Worthikids" Worthington of ''WebAnimation/BigtopBurger'' fame, is an interesting example. The short was animated in Blender, and evokes a distinctive Will Vinton-meets-[[Creator/RankinBassProductions Rankin/Bass]] stop-motion aesthetic, but the character designs and expressions are heavily inspired by anime. To add a layer of authenticity, the voice acting is done entirely in Japanese, and provided by RASH [=A1M=], the same Japanese dubbing team that worked on the Japanese dub for ''BIGTOP BURGER''.

* ''Webcomic/StarImpact'' has been described by creator Jack [=McGee=] as "a [[{{Homage}} love letter]] to [[ShonenDemographic shounen]] [[FightingSeries action]] and [[GamingAndSportsAnimeAndManga sports]] anime", and comes complete with odd [[TechnicolorEyes eye]] and hair colors being commonplace.

* ''Webcomic/{{Starfighter}}'' is essentially a Western made {{Yaoi|Genre}} comic. So it has [[ShoujoDemographic Shōjo]]-inspired character designs in which the CastFullOfPrettyBoys are all NoodlePeople with angular yet realistic features and [[ShonenHair unique, often spiky hairstyles]] (when they're not LongHairedPrettyBoy[=s=]). It also makes heavy use of essential Yaoi tropes. The two main characters are the sensitive, [[InTouchWithHisFeminineSide feminine]] {{Uke}} and his aggressive, dominant {{Seme}} FetishizedAbsuer.

** The first ''VideoGame/KidIcarus'' game was very cartoony with weird proportions and wacky characters, and the same applied to its Game Boy follow up ''Of Myths And Monsters'', all while following Greek Mythology to the letter. This was ''strongly'' averted in ''[[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Uprising]]'', while mostly sticking to its Greek Mythology roots, the artstyle, presentation, and character design went full-blown anime.

* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u909_O6CqYc This]] ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' short is done in the style of Golden Age cartoons.

%%* The supplement ''Mecha and Manga'' for the ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'' roleplaying game provides rules for playing anime-styled games, with tons of nods throughout to various existing anime and manga.

* ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' is a Spanish rpg that clearly shows its [=JRPG=] video game. Along with KiManipulation as a source of power, the artwork and classes are more along the lines of Final Fantasy as opposed to TSR-era TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons.

** ''VideoGame/ClockworkKnight'' is about a LivingToy soldier named Sir Tongara de Pepperouchau III rescuing the princess Chelsea. It uses a digitized art style comparable to popular western made games during the era like ''VideoGame/DonkeyKongCountry'' and ''VideoGame/{{Mortal Kombat|1992}}'', and the soundtrack emphasizes genres like jazz and ragtime.

* ''Fabula Ultima'' from Need Games has a preface that homages Bravely Default, Ni No Kuni, Final Fantasy and etc. as it's writers are huge fans of [=JRPG=] video games and it shows. Artwork has requisite ZeppelinsFromAnotherWorld as well as GhibliHills and plenty of characters with gear out of Final Fantasy 14 rather than real-world Medieval Europe.

* ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' is a Spanish rpg that clearly shows its [=JRPG=] video game. Along with KiManipulations as a source of power, the artwork and classes are more along the lines of Final Fantasy as opposed to TSR-era TabletopGame/DungeonsAndDragons.

* The ''Marvel Adventures'' version of ''ComicBook/PowerPack'' by Creator/Gurihiru. Like with most other Japanese artists hired to draw American comics, it is just as much an example of them [[InvertedTrope matching our style]] even in pacing and storytelling.

* Creator/Gurihiru's artwork on ''ComicBook/SupermanSmashesTheKlan''. In particular, the villain's hair and facial expressions are blatant "Shōnen manga villain" during the climax, which is amusing given his white supremacist motivations.

* Pick almost any illustration produced by Creator/Gurihiru from Japan. Chances are, it'll look like something out of a Creator/{{Pixar}} film. They have been commissioned for design on some of Disney's 3D output, most notably their work on ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''. They were the character designers of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', which is why the human characters of said game had such a western look to them.

* The ''Marvel Adventures'' version of ''ComicBook/PowerPack'' by [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gurihiru_Studios Gurihiru Studios.]] Like with most other Japanese artists hired to draw American comics, it is just as much an example of them [[InvertedTrope matching our style]] even in pacing and storytelling.

* Gurihiru's artwork on ''ComicBook/SupermanSmashesTheKlan''. In particular, the villain's hair and facial expressions are blatant "Shōnen manga villain" during the climax, which is amusing given his white supremacist motivations.

* Pick almost any illustration produced by [[http://www.gurihiru.com/ Gurihiru Studios]] from Japan. Chances are, it'll look like something out of a Creator/{{Pixar}} film. They have been commissioned for design on some of Disney's 3D output, most notably their work on ''WesternAnimation/BigHero6''. They were the character designers of ''VideoGame/SonicUnleashed'', which is why the human characters of said game had such a western look to them.

* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' pays a lot of homage to anime, as the director is an anime fan. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X453lkZHHME There are a good amount of cartoony and exaggerated anime expressions]] on the characters' faces, like sweat drops, sparkly eyes, {{Playful Cat Smile}}s and rivers of tears. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n5_PAdIQk8 Also, Mei draws a boy she is crushing on in an anime style in her sketchbook.]] Fittingly, the movie takes place in the early 2000s, when anime was first becoming popular in North America.

** ''WesternAnimation/TeenTitans'' is shown to have this, as the show's style can be summed up as "Anime [[JustForFun/XMeetsY meets]] Creator/BruceTimm".

* ''WebAnimation/RuneAdventure'' by Creator/AnimaCartoons is a curious case of animation based on animesque style. Aside from the superficially similar visual art section, it takes {{fanservice}} to another extreme by not only giving the [[MsFanservice female protagonists]] ([[StacysMom they are all moms]]) [[MostCommonSuperPower large, inflated breasts]] but also [[ComicallyOversizedButt exaggeratedly giant bubble butts]] that please the [[malegaze]] of the male protagonists.

* ''WebAnimation/RuneAdventure'' by Creator/AnimaCartoons is a curious case of animation based on animesque style. Aside from the superficially similar visual art section, it takes {{fanservice}} to another extreme by not only giving the [[MsFanservice female protagonists]] ([[StacysMom they are all moms]]) [[MostCommonSuperPower large, inflated breasts]] but also [[ComicallyOversizedButt exaggeratedly giant bubble butts]] that please the malegaze of the male protagonists.

* ''WesternAnimation/AngelsFriends'' differs from the original comic by making the characters look more anime by giving them stylish appearances.

* ''WesternAnimation/AngelsFriends'', for the transformation sequences and magical girl motif.

* ''WesternAnimation/TurningRed'' pays a lot of homage to anime, as the director is an anime fan. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X453lkZHHME There are a good amount of cartoony and exaggerated anime expressions]] on the characters' faces, like sweat drops, sparkly eyes, {{Cat Smile}}s and rivers of tears. [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4n5_PAdIQk8 Also, Mei draws a boy she is crushing on in an anime style in her sketchbook.]] Fittingly, the movie takes place in the early 2000s, when anime was first becoming popular in North America.

* ''WebAnimation/RuneAdventure'' by Creator/AnimaCartoons is a curious case of animation based on animesque style. Aside from the superficially similar visual art section, it takes {{fanservice} to another extreme by not only giving the [[MsFanservice female protagonists]] ([[StacysMom they are all moms]]) [[MostCommonSuperPower large, inflated breasts]] but also [[ComicallyOversizedButt exaggeratedly giant bubble butts]] that please the malegaze of the male protagonists.

* ''WebAnimation/RuneAdventure'' by Creator/AnimaCartoons is a curious case of animation based on animesque style. Aside from the superficially similar visual art section, it takes {{fanservice}} to another extreme

* Joy from ''WesternAnimation/InsideOut'' is designed to look like characters from Japanese cartoons or anime. This is due to the size of her big eyes, hair color and cut, nose style, tall and thin figure, and mainly her face seen in profile, something common in female anime characters.