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13->'''Seto Kaiba:''' ''WesternAnimation/{{Avatar|The Last Airbender}}'' isn't anime!\
14'''Gansley:''' It might as well be.
15-->-- ''WebVideo/YuGiOhTheAbridgedSeries'', Episode 47
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17Things that are done in an art style similar to, or use tropes associated with, Japanese {{anime}}. Also called anime-influenced animation, ''Amerime'' or ''Americanime'' (if it's American), ''Franime'' (for French things), or ''faux-anime'', animesque works come from a variety of sources. Some are simply non-Japanese creators deciding to mimic the style, while others are genuine [[InternationalCoProduction co-productions]]. France and Canada are especially known for cooperating with Japanese producers in this way. In Japan itself, "anime" is a broad term for anything animated (being shorthand for the loanword "animation"), so technically, all of these examples are "anime" whether or not they are classic Japanese-style anime.
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19Animesque art is a case of a 'full-circle' evolution, because the Japanese anime style was inspired by classical American theatrical animation of the 1930s and 1940s. For example, [[BigAnimeEyes the big eyes of anime characters]] were taken straight from such works as ''WesternAnimation/{{Bambi}}'' and the old [[Creator/MaxAndDaveFleischer Fleischer]] shorts -- think ''WesternAnimation/BettyBoop''. The father of manga himself, Creator/OsamuTezuka, was mainly inspired by the style of Creator/CarlBarks.
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21This style was pretty prevalent in the early 2000s due to the international rise of the anime boom in media, with many following the trend. Nowadays, not so much, now that anime is pretty commonplace, though still a design choice for some.
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23Note that this is about a work's art style, not its storytelling.
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25SuperTrope to AnimeOpeningParody. Compare {{Disneyesque}}. See also OELManga and {{Fanime}}.
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30%%For obvious reasons, most anime series are animesque by default. Please do not list them here, that would just be silly.
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32* Animesque/WesternAnimation
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36* The ''Advertising/MetroManners'' series of {{P|ublicServiceAnnouncement}}SAs are live-action, but the whole concept toes the line between AffectionateParody and wholehearted embrace of anime tropes. The videos feature a MagicalGirl[=/=]HenshinHero protagonist who fights monsters representing rude transit behavior, with lots of GratuitousJapanese. The visual style is also very anime-inspired, with examples including Super Kind's purple hair, use of anime-style title cards in Japanese, and the use of freeze-frames with MangaEffects, such as a segment where Super Kind freezes, shocked, while white lines radiate out from her face.
37* A few advertisements from ''{{UsefulNotes/Canada}}'' also do this:
38** [[https://youtu.be/o4enPWY61Yg This]] ''Recycle Everywhere'' PSA features not only an animesque art style and animation, but also characters using superpowers that have anything to do with recycling. There's also a white-haired woman that appears to be teaching a teenager on what ''goes'' into the blue bin and what ''doesn't'', as well as having the ability to vaporize liquids (Specifically leftover ones) ''[[EyeBeams with her eyes]]''.
39** A more notable example is ''[[https://youtu.be/s7VLqp74HRA Welcome to the Haulerverse]]'', an ad for the Canadian Supermarket chain ''No Frills''. This is what happens if you make an Action Anime that consists of... shopping at a grocery... complete with over-the-top superpowers and special effects to boot.
40* Nissin Pasta Express has an ad that aired in the Philippines from 2020-2021 that features an animated 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.
41* UsefulNotes/TacoBell'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.
42* ''Franchise/TransformersGeneration1'''s toy commercials would get shifted from a style more in line with [[WesternAnimation/TheTransformers the cartoon]] (itself falling into this trope regularly depending on episode) early on, to a more anime-looking appearance for 1987's lineup of figures onward (though ironically, ''not'' to that of the [[Anime/TransformersTheHeadmasters actual anime released at that time]]). Of particular note are the ones for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bDlcUdHUyn4 the Headmasters]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qW_PTqKbsC8 Fortress Maximus]] and [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YNPdxlcgTxQ Scorponok]].
43* ''Advertising/TypeSChiakisJourney'': The series is fashioned as a [[{{Pastiche}} throwback]] to 1980s-90s racing anime, such as ''Manga/InitialD'', with [[GratuitousJapanese liberal uses]] of Japanese writing and phrases. Even if one knew it was an ad, they would probably figure it was another visually elaborate one that comes out of Japan occasionally (Acura is a sub-brand of the Japanese auto company Honda, after all). However, it was produced by London-based studio The Line Animation.
44* The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Yt7907oUg0 North American commercial]] for Creator/HudsonSoft's ''VideoGame/{{Xexyz}}'' features a version of one of the ridable sea creatures (specifically the fish, though [[UnreliableIllustrator in green instead of the game's red]]) in animation that looks like it stepped out of a late 1980s mecha OVA title.
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48* The infamous ''Animation/BeautyAndWarrior'', while very similar to the Japanese style, was actually made in Indonesia.
49* ''Animation/AachiAndSsipak'''s animation looks like a twisted Franchise/{{Nicktoon|s}} with anime influences, like characters {{nose bleed}}ing and becoming momentarily "[[SuperDeformed chibi-styled]]".
50* The ''[[Franchise/{{Batman}} Bat Man Shanghai]]'' shorts starring Characters/{{Catwoman|SelinaKyle}} have an anime aesthetic mixed with a heavy dose of {{Wuxia}} influence. The shorts were commissioned from Chinese studio Wolf Smoke for the WesternAnimation/DCNation block on Creator/CartoonNetwork.
51* ''Anime/Barangay143'' is a Filipino basketball cartoon emulating anime-style aesthetics.
52* ''Animation/CupidsChocolates'' is, to the untrained eye, virtually indistinguishable from an anime series. The catch: It was produced entirely in China.
53* ''Animation/FloweringHeart'' is technically considered a Korean series, since it's mostly made out of Japan.
54* ''Animation/GuardianFairyMichel'' is a Korean animation that uses an anime art style.
55%% * ''Animation/{{Akis}}''
56* ''Animation/LeafieAHenIntoTheWild'' is infamous for being a sad film with {{bishonen}} ducks, but is a Korean film.
57* ''Animation/PleasantGoatAndBigBigWolf'': With its cute character designs and utilization of facial expression tropes such as CrossPoppingVeins and the SweatDrop, has a clear influence in anime, though later seasons look slightly more American.
58* ''Animation/HappyHeroes'': From the same crew who made ''Pleasant Goat and Big Big Wolf'', similarly uses animesque facial expressions on its characters.
59%% * ''Battle of Surabaya'', another Indonesian animated film from 2015.
60* The Chinese series ''Animation/NanaMoon'' has a brightly-colored, cutesy art style that looks much like a ''{{kodomomuke}}'' anime, and it uses several well-known anime facial expression tropes.
61* ''Animation/InfinityNado'' appears to take inspiration from ''Anime/{{Beyblade}}'' with its basic BattleTops premise, and it has a very anime-looking art style to match.
62* ''The Haunted House: The Secret of the Ghost Ball'' appears to take inspiration from ''Anime/{{Yokai Watch}}'' and ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' about catching the ghost based on Korean mythology.
63** ''Anime/TaiChiChasers'' is a Korean animation that was also produced in Japan as well.
64%% * ''WesternAnimation/KungFuDinoPosse''
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68* Ur-example: [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Japonism Japonism.]] Although long before anime, back in the 1860s, Japanese Ukiyo-e prints heavily inspired Western artists of the time. Notably, Van Gogh actually painted two of Hiroshige's works.
69* The works of the British (a [[OopNorth northern]] one, to be exact) design studio [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Designers_Republic The Designers Republic]] in The90s [[TropeCodifier codified]] [[http://images.bigcartel.com/bigcartel/product_images/154262890/max_h-1000+max_w-1000/dr-sissy-emigre.jpg the]] [[http://cdn.discogs.com/wVQ_D7rs787j-ovD5KLr9zgPBjQ=/fit-in/600x593/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb():quality(96)/discogs-images/R-139388-1179405286.jpeg.jpg usage]] [[http://chickntouch.fr/wp-content/uploads/2013/11/Eskilson_10-36.jpg of]] [[http://cdn.discogs.com/GsiwTUt0Q3fR3hQ9k0hq5-qiqIc=/fit-in/300x300/filters:strip_icc():format(jpeg):mode_rgb()/discogs-images/R-8047-1253095693.jpeg.jpg this]] [[http://www.aimargini.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/title1.jpg trope]] in Graphic design (prominently featured on the ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}}'' series). They turned it into a timeless trend, so timeless that people started [[FollowTheLeader copying them]]. Though they rarely demonstrate this trope anymore, they are still remembered and associated to Japanese-influenced design movements.
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73* The original card game ''TabletopGame/MagiNation'' was like this, before it got bought out and had change in art style.
74* ''TabletopGame/MagicTheGathering'' plays this straight often (for example, Chandra, the Firebrand and Jace, Memory Adept. Double points in that there was a special edition version of their original cards drawn by a manga artist released sometime before), but it's averted in the Japan-themed Kamigawa block, which seemed to go more for an art style reminiscent of traditional Japanese art instead of anime. The return to Kamigawa, ''Neon Dynasty'', plays it both ways: actual card art is either the usual ''Magic'' style or flat out allusions to traditional Japanese art, including a saga cycle made on classical mediums like carvings; however, the marketing is heavily animesque, culminating in a manga, a VisualNovel and the [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sdXwsqmVoUI trailer]].
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77[[folder:Comic Books]]
78* The style of ComicBook/SkyDoll (especially the side material, e.g. ''Lacrima Christi'' or ''Space Ship'') is discreetly, but definitely influenced by the manga style.
79* Adam Warren drew OELManga years before it became the cool thing to do -- or had a name. One of his contemporaries in that sense is Lea Hernandez.
80* The title character of ''ComicBook/{{Empowered}}'' [[LampshadeHanging hangs a lampshade on this]] in a meta-text panel from Vol. 1, lamenting that a manga-styled superhero comic won't have it easy when most manga fans have zero interest in western style superheroes, while most superhero fans hate anything that even looks like manga.
81* ''ComicBook/XMen'' was actually drawn by manga creator Kia Asamiya for a brief time in 2002. As well, the art of Joe Madureira, who drew the book from 1994 to 1997, is heavily manga-influenced.
82* 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.
83* Ditto the art of ''ComicBook/{{Runaways}}''. But looks less animesque as ArtEvolution goes.
84* 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.
85* ''ComicBook/NinjaHighSchool'' was drawn and written by Ben Dunn, an admitted anime and manga addict, and spoofs and/or parodies anything and everything in the genres that it can get away with in its early issues. Later, it [[ContinuityCreep settles down into an actual overarching plot]], but the parody elements (as well as the art style) remain woven integrally in.
86* ''ComicBook/GoldDigger'', another Antarctic Press title by Fred Perry, has an art style heavily influenced by anime/manga, but the artist himself tends to keep the proportions within the art consistent and avoids the common visual gags for the most part. Also, while references creep in from anime that Fred's seen, they're kept company by an equal number of pop culture references from the Western world as well.
87%%* [=TokyoPop=] tends to publish a great deal of OELManga, though some of their titles don't bear even the slightest resemblance to any common Japanese art style and are really just black-and-white indie comics with the word "manga" on the spine. Others, like ''Manga/{{Dramacon}}'', ''Manga/SteadyBeat'' and ''Manga/{{Bizenghast}}'', do a much better job at presenting unique and recognizable art that still comes off as manga-esque.
88* One early example of American graphic novel influenced by manga is Wendy and Richard Pini's ''ComicBook/ElfQuest''.
89* The DoorStopper ''It Takes a Wizard'' is drawn in manga-style despite not being a "Manga" in definition. (It's even placed in the manga section.)
90* ''Manga/{{Radiant}}'' could easily be mistaken for a Japanese series -- it even goes on the Manga namespace on [[Website/TVTropes This Very Wiki]]. Valente notes his influence from Creator/AkiraToriyama and Creator/YusukeMurata's works, and it definitely shows in his art. He even refers to the series as a Shōnen manga by name. It's also one of the few mangaesque series to fully make the jump to its country of inspiration; Murata endorsed the series when it was translated into Japanese, and Creator/{{Lerche}} spearheaded an anime adaptation of the series airing in late 2018. Creator/HiroMashima commented in volume 5 that "while it looks like a Japanese manga at first glance, its slightly bitter tone feels very European."
91* James Paterson's novel series Maximum Ride was adapted into an OEL Manga.
92* ''Rockin Raven'' is very deliberately based on the manga style.
93* The art style of ''[[Literature/{{Shannara}} Dark Wraith of Shannara]]'', Del Rey's first foray into comic publishing, was meant to emulate manga, but had Western-style panel layout.
94* The OEL adaptation of Sherrilyn Kenyon's ''Literature/TheDarkHunters'' was written by an American, drawn and lettered by Americans, reads and looks like a typical American indie comic, but is formatted in a right-to-left page format like a manga.
95* ''Manga/TheDreaming'' is a comic that is drawn in manga-style by a Chinese-Australian author named Queenie Chan. It's even published by [=TokyoPop=], and is considered one of the first non-Japanese manga series that they published.
96* ''Dork Diaries'' looks rather animesque, but it's more to give the idea of a girl who is an artist doodling in her diary, and her drawings are actually quite detailed.
97* ''Franchise/{{Batman}}'':
98** ''ComicBook/GothamKnight''
99** ''ComicBook/BatmanDeathMask''
100** ''ComicBook/BatmanChildOfDreams''
101** ''ComicBook/BatmanBlackAndWhite'': "The Third Mask".
102* Ape Entertainment's ''ComicBook/ScarletVeronica'' deliberately attempts to blur the line between western comic art and manga art. Typically resembling ThickLineAnimation, characters facefault, sweatdrop, and go chibi as the situation requires.
103* Creator/BeckyCloonan's work in ''ComicBook/{{Demo}}'' draws primarily from older indie comics, but steps into anime territory for at least two issues -- issue #3 ("Emmy") and issue #10 ("Damaged") both seem heavily manga-influenced. By the second series she seems to have grown fond of the style.
104* Creator/ChynnaClugstonFlores's ''ComicBook/BlueMonday''. The cover of the first volume even has the lead lounging in a giant bowl of ramen!
105* ''ComicBook/{{Vampirella}}'': There was a sci-fi re-imagining called "Vampi" that was done in a heavy anime style.
106* ''ComicBook/WelcomeToTranquility'' features an ArtShift to this style in the back-up that gives the skinny on background character Mangacide an extreme OccidentalOtaku.
107* ''Toys/AmeComiGirls'' is a series [[RecursiveAdaptation based off the popular Anime-inspired toyline]]. The series stars Manga-styled redesigns of characters such as Characters/{{Wonder Woman|TheCharacter}} and Characters/{{Batgirl}}.
108* UDON Entertainment, best known for ''ComicBook/StreetFighter'' and official art for most Capcom projects since 2005. Dozens of artists, most of them Canadian, all of them with clearly manga-inspired styles, the best known of them arguably being Alvin Lee, who handled the series up until ''Street Fighter II'' and is responsible for the UDON art found in the Capcom games that use it.
109* ComicBook/MonicasGang:
110** There is a spin-off series focus on the teenager audience called Monica Jovem (Monica's Teen Gang). Just compare the normal and cartoony [[http://imagens.us/desenhos/turma-da-monica/turma-da-monica%20(2).gif Monica and her friends]] with her [[http://www.sitedebelezaemoda.com.br/wp-content/uploads/2013/09/turma-da-monica-jovem.jpg Teen]] version. The Teen comics are in black and white, while Monica strips were often made with colorful tones. The comics still read left-to-right, though (complete with a last-page notice warning readers of this). Some editions even parodies famous anime like Death Note or games like the Phoenix Wright franchise and [=MMORPGs=] in general.
111** After the success of Monica's Teen Gang, another printhouse published [[http://www.luluteen.com.br/luluteen/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/capa_luluzinha_teen_45-1.jpg Luluzinha Teen]]. Yes, it's ComicStrip/LittleLulu for teenagers in animesque and yes, that's Tubby Tompkins kissing a Anime/SailorMoon cosplay. For some reason, Animesque comics aimed for teenagers are getting a high popularity in Brazil.
112* Bryan Lee O'Malley's ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' is quite heavily influenced by manga art style. The characters have large heads with big, expressive eyes.
113* ''ComicBook/Seconds2014''. O'Malley [[WordOfGod specifically stated]] he wanted to try "70s/80s manga style like Creator/RumikoTakahashi or Izumi Matsumoto" with "[[AnimeHair bigger hair]] and '[[SuperDeformed cuter]]' figures."
114* ''ComicBook/GodzillaRulersOfEarth'', whenever it's being drawn by Matt Frank, has extremely anime-like designs, especially on the humans. Which is somewhat fitting seeing as the [[Franchise/{{Godzilla}} franchise in general]] is Japanese in origin.
115* ''ComicBook/MsMarvel'': Jake Wyatt's issues of ''ComicBook/MsMarvel2014'', complete with really adorable {{Chibi}} expressions for Kamala.
116* ''ComicBook/PoetAndersonTheDreamWalker''
117* ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogArchieComics'' went through a period of this from 1996 to about the mid-2000s. Cover artist Patrick "Spaz!" Spaziante was the first to go into this with James Fry and Ron Lim soon after.
118** ''ComicBook/SonicTheHedgehogIDW'' also invokes this often, especially when drawn by Adam Bryce Thomas, Aaron Hammerstrom, Thomas Rothlisberger, or ''Webcomic/GhostsOfTheFuture'' creator Evan Stanley.
119* ''ComicBook/ArchieComics'' had a few 'manga style' series in the early 2000s, when anime was gaining popularity in America. Fans hated the artwork however the actual writing in the ''ComicBook/SabrinaTheTeenageWitch'' comic was praised.
120* IDW's ''ComicBook/JemAndTheHologramsIDW'' has a western art style however it does have some manga influences. Jerrica does a MagicalGirl type spin when becoming Jem and certain artists use some manga-type expressions.
121* Creator/ErinHunter:
122** ''Manga/{{Warrior Cats|Manga}}''' graphic novels, despite being American in origin, are called manga, and James Barry in particular has a more animesque style than the other artists. He tends to give cats [[TuftOfHeadFur tufts on their heads]], even though cats don't actually have said tufts (and in an extreme example, one had [[http://i56.tinypic.com/35i53sx.jpg actual hair]]).
123** Sister series ''Literature/SeekerBears'' also has a few OELManga.
124* The titles of the short-lived Culture Crash Comics from the Philippines, which includes ''Cat's Trail'', ''One Day Isang Diwa'', ''Pasig'', ''Solstice Butterfly'', and sometimes ''Kubori Kikiam'' all featured Animesque designs.
125* Also, the Filipino Funny Komiks, which formerly utilized Western comics style, later introduced manga-esque designs by the late 90s or early 2000s. The strip ''Combatron'' started the trend, which is the Filipino take on ''Franchise/MegaMan''.
126* The ''Manga/MangaClassics'' series adapts classic literature into an OELManga format.
127* ''Literature/WitchAndWizard'' was adapted into two manga-style graphic novels in 2010-11.
128* The ''ComicBook/BerrybrookMiddleSchool'' series is drawn in an art style that's recognizably cartoony, but also takes quite a few cues from manga. The series' creator Svetlana Chmakova has drawn OELManga in the past (such as ''Manga/{{Dramacon}}'' and ''Manga/{{Nightschool}}'').
129* ''ComicBook/TheDeadBoyDetectives'' 2005 graphic novel: this Western comic is advertised as a "manga digest" and is drawn in the style of a manga. It's black and white, the characters have oversized heads and [[BigAnimeEyes eyes]], the characters are introduced with hobbies and [[PersonalityBloodTypes blood types]] ("he hasn't got any; he's a ghost!") and hallmark Japanese visual arts tropes like LuminescentBlush and FaceFault are used to indicate the characters' feelings.
130* A long running series of Korean Edutainment comic, ''Why?'' use art style that influenced from anime. Since each volume drawn by different artists, some the volumes are less-animesque and more leaning to WesternAnimation influenced style, but still use facial expressions and tropes commonly found in {{Anime}} and {{Manga}} as well.
131* American Chibi of ''ComicBook/AstroCity'' is an overt, over-the-top example, with an oversized head, large eyes, and tiny body.
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134[[folder:Comic Strips]]
135* ''ComicStrip/TheBoondocks'' has been using an animesque artstyle since its {{newspaper comic}}s strip days. This is because creator Aaron [=McGruder=] says that anime presents the feeling of live-action while still being animation. It also allowed him to get away with OnlySixFaces by differentiating only the hairdos and skin tone of a lot of the younger characters.
136* ''ComicStrip/InSecurity'' looks as if it came out of a manga series, from wild-looking AnimeHair, [[AlertnessBlink Alertness Blinks]], BigOlEyebrows and VisibleSilence, to most other JapaneseVisualArtsTropes.
137* The [[NewspaperComics newspaper strip]] ''ComicStrip/MyCage'' has many of its female characters drawn in an animesque style, though everything else is pretty western. Notable for the fact that its syndicate made a big honking deal about how it will appeal to "manga fans". It appealed to people, just not the massive amounts of manga fans that they were expecting.
138* A Christian comic Tract series called The Truth For Youth uses a manga style.
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141[[folder:Fan Works]]
142* ''Blog/BeochanPaiseanAgustAifeala'' has a little bit of an anime feel in its art style, much like ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls''.
143* ''WebAnimation/HoloChronicles'' is, appropriately enough for being based off of ''WebAnimation/{{Hololive}}'', a series with a very clear anime inspiration. Kugeki even lists the specific anime that they reference from in the descriptions of the videos.
144* ''WebComic/LessBittersweet'' gets some anime-ish art style second-hand from imitating the animesque work it's based, on, ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'', particularly the character art. However, there's no attempt to make it into a manga instead of a western comic.
145* ''Fanfic/PacificWorldWarIIUsNavyShipgirls'' is drawn in this manner, due to being a ''VideoGame/KanColle''-based work.
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148[[folder:Films -- Animation]]
149* ''WesternAnimation/{{Ark}}'', being co-produced between South Korea and the US, has animation similar to ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'' and wouldn't look out of place when compared to Japanese mecha anime.
150* While the ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'' movie ''WesternAnimation/RobotechTheShadowChronicles'' is made from original footage, the anime aesthetic of the original series remains. The animation itself is from Korean studio Creator/DRMovie, which has worked on anime such as -- appropriately -- ''Anime/MacrossPlus''. Being owned by Creator/{{Madhouse}} also doesn't hurt.
151* ''Anime/LittleNemoAdventuresInSlumberland''. [[InternationalCoproduction An adventurous, higher budget co-production with Japan]], the style often fell into full anime mode including the sound effects.
152%%* The late 1970s Creator/RankinBass animated film versions of ''WesternAnimation/TheHobbit'' and ''WesternAnimation/TheReturnOfTheKing''. In fairness, the animators were Japanese and seemed to make up the majority of the non-vocal credits. Many of the [[Creator/{{Topcraft}} animators]] involved were later part of Creator/StudioGhibli.
153* ''WesternAnimation/TheLastUnicorn'' definitely has a resemblance to the anime style. The Unicorn's human form could easily be mistaken for a [[Anime/SailorMoon Sailor Senshi]].
154* ''WesternAnimation/BatmanMaskOfThePhantasm'', being partly animated in Japan, and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanBeyondReturnOfTheJoker'' being entirely so and actively channeling ''Manga/{{Akira}}''. ''Mask of the Phantasm'' even includes a short shot-for-shot recreation of a sequence from ''Anime/TheCastleOfCagliostro''.
155* Most of the WesternAnimation/DCUniverseAnimatedOriginalMovies have the feel (if not the look) of a typical anime. With entries like ''WesternAnimation/JusticeLeagueDoom'' and ''WesternAnimation/BatmanGothamKnight'' having been animated ''in'' Japan.
156* ''WesternAnimation/TheTransformersTheMovie''. Glaringly Animesque visuals by Creator/ToeiAnimation made even more noticeable by the TV series switching from [[ArtShift Toei to AKOM]] immediately afterward.
157* ''Animation/TechnotiseEditIJa'' is clearly anime-influenced in both style and subject matter, the first Serbian film to be so.
158* Ever since ''WesternAnimation/{{The Little Mermaid|1989}}'' was released into theaters in the late 1980s, at the same time anime was beginning to show up in the United States, many of Disney's later films started to incorporate anime-influenced elements into their character designs, particularly the size and shape of their eyes. Just compare [[WesternAnimation/SnowWhiteAndTheSevenDwarfs Snow White's]] eyes with those of [[WesternAnimation/ThePrincessandtheFrog Tiana's!]]
159* The ''Franchise/{{Cars}}'' Japanese cars and scenes in Japan lean into anime-ish, with the size and shape of the eyes, GratuitousJapanese phrases being tossed around, and a drift race involving literal CarFu with ''ninjas''.
160* ''WesternAnimation/BolivarElHeroe'': The designs are drawn in manga style to appeal to younger audiences, since anime series like ''Manga/SaintSeiya'' and Anime/DragonBallZ were quite popular then.
161* The Mexican film ''WesternAnimation/TheGuardiansOfTheLostCode''
162* ''WesternAnimation/PoetAndersonTheDreamWalker'' is influenced by anime with its character designs and fluid action, though there's still western animation design cues in the characters. Interviews with the creators show it's intentional and classics like ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' were cited as influences.
163* ''WesternAnimation/SouthParkBiggerLongerAndUncut'' naturally spoofs anime with the ''Anime/DragonBallZ''-esque battle between Cartman and Saddam near the end, complete with motion lines and odd camera angles. It even uses genuine DBZ sound effects.
164* ''WesternAnimation/ExchangeStudentZero'' revolves about two students from Australia who frequently play with cards from a card-based anime. A series of events brings one of the game's characters, Hiro, to life, with more joining him as the movie progresses; as a result, the animation is a mix of the Western-styled "real life" characters, done in simple ThinLineAnimation with BlackDotPupils, and the anime-based card characters, who have BigAnimeEyes and are more detailed with robust shading.
165* Joy, the protagonist of ''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.
166** In ''[[{{WesternAnimation/InsideOut2}} 2]]'', Envy is now added with these same anime features. Even she has the added bonus that her eyes fill with sparkle when she wants what others have.
167* The character Peni Parker a Japanese/American Spidergirl from ''WesternAnimation/SpiderManIntoTheSpiderVerse'' is designed and animated this way, the creators citing ''Manga/SailorMoon'' as an inspiration for her.
168* The ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo'' films ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooOnZombieIsland'', ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheWitchsGhost'', ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheAlienInvaders'', and ''WesternAnimation/ScoobyDooAndTheCyberChase'' have an animesque look to them, as they were co-produced by Mook DLE.
169* ''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 enjoying a surge of popularity in North America.
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173* ''Film/SpeedRacer'' was described as "the first live-action anime", and it certainly fits, with SpeedLines, the mecha-like CarFu, and Speed clearly being a HotBlooded hero. A parody of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' also appears in the show.
174* The story of O-Ren Ishii from ''Film/KillBill Volume One'' had a portion which was an anime-style cartoon paying homage to -- of course -- anime.
175* ''Film/{{Brick}}'' is created with the same shot composition and editing an anime would have. Brendan's looks are also based off [[Anime/CowboyBebop Spike Spiegel]].
176* The story of ''Film/PacificRim'' The film takes a great deal of cues from Super Robot Genre anime, as well as Toho Kaiju films. This was probably the idea behind the over-the-top characterization, including a hot-blooded rival.
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179%%[[folder:Literature]]
180%%* ''Literature/AvalonWebOfMagic'' was originally released by Scholastic with American-style cover art, then went out of print for a few years. Manga-publisher Seven Seas Entertainment then picked the series up and re-released it with anime-inspired cover art and in-book illustrations.
181%%* ''Literature/BrokenSky'' by Chris Wooding draws heavily on anime, giving the characters Japanese-sounding names like Kia and Ryushi. The author stated on his website that the books are indeed inspired by anime, and the novels have manga-style covers, character designs and illustrations.
182%%* ''Literature/DestinedToLead'' has cover art clearly influenced by the anime style.
183%%* ''Literature/HandsHeldInTheSnow: The entire story is styled after Japanese LightNovels, all the way down to featuring in-story black-and-white illustrations.
184%%* Literature/{{Miffy}} is often mistaken for a Creator/{{Sanrio}} character, even though [[OlderThanTheyThink she predates Hello Kitty by a few decades]].
185%%* ''Literature/DaybreakOnHyperion'' is deliberately written in the style of Japanese light novels and contains its fair share of anime tropes.
186%%* ''Literature/{{Rolitania}}'' has a noticeable manga style cover. Its writing style, although written in English, mimics several well-known light novels. The characters even lampshade that there would be no way that they could be in a light novel, because [[WhoWouldWantToWatchUs "Who would read a book like that?"]]
187%%* The ''Literature/ExtremeMonsters'' book series had cover art and illustrations that took influence from anime art style.
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190[[folder:Live-Action TV]]
191* Between Stephanie's male fans and pink hair, and the cartoony world, non-fans have mistakenly assumed that ''Series/LazyTown'' is Japanese or influenced by anime.
192* ''Franchise/SuperSentai'' and ''Franchise/PowerRangers'':
193** Bachsfundo/King Mondo of ''Series/ChourikiSentaiOhranger''/''Series/PowerRangersZeo'' has CrossPoppingVeins on his face.
194%%** Many consider ''Series/MightyMorphinPowerRangers'' conditioning for the anime genre breaking out in America because of its Japanese origin; retaining Shōnen traits such as a HotBlooded hero, a HumongousMecha[=/=]CombiningMecha, and leaving in the Japanese symbols and designs of the monsters.
195%%** ''Series/GekisouSentaiCarranger'' is a parody of ''Super Sentai'', in the same manner that ''Manga/{{Kinnikuman}}'' parodied ''Series/{{Ultraman}}''. ''Series/PowerRangersTurbo'' lessened this effect by attempting a serious adaptation, but still showed up traces of it in an inversion of the GagDub.
196%%** ''Series/EngineSentaiGoOnger'' has a gaggle of Bishonen heroes, Chibi mecha designs, and a cuddly RobotBuddy. ''Series/PowerRangersRPM'' again adapted it into a serious story, but its story highly resembles ''Manga/{{Akira}}''.
197%%** ''Series/SamuraiSentaiShinkenger'' resembles a samurai anime of The70s crossed over with a Sentai series. ''Series/PowerRangersSamurai'' did a ShotForShotRemake approach. This leaves in the Rangers being represented by AnimeCharacterTypes, visors on the helmets being Kanji symbols, a HotBlooded hero, and a LethalChef in Mia. The new Shogun Mode even borders on ScaryImpracticalArmor.
198** ''Series/HikoninSentaiAkibaranger'' airs at OtakuOClock and has heroes with AnimeHair molded into their helmets, and female characters are constantly subjected to PantyShot upon PantyShot.
199%%* ''Series/TheAquabatsSuperShow'' has a cartoon segment in an anime style for every episode for season one and one episode for season two. The designs for the Aquabats! came from [[http://www.wb.commufa.jp/ptm/tasssc_001.htm a longtime fan from Japan, Eriko Uruma (better known as PEY)]], who has done various fanart pieces and promo stuff for the Aquabats! long before the Supershow! came out. [[https://gs1.wac.edgecastcdn.net/8019B6/data.tumblr.com/tumblr_me4n0gXKmD1rkosb4o1_1280.gif And she's drawn crossover art]] with Series/KaizokuSentaiGokaiger, because why not?
200%%* ''Series/DoctorWho'': Some of the animation on the official reconstructions of {{Missing Episode}}s, with "The Moonbase" in particular resembling a 1970s anime. "The Tenth Planet" uses anime acting tropes as well, like OpenTheIris and a gun shimmering as the character aims it.
201%%* While it doesn't persist in the series proper, the ''[[Series/CaptainPowerAndTheSoldiersOfTheFuture Captain Power]]'' training videos have a similar aesthetic (and [[Creator/{{AIC}} same animation studio]]) to that of ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis''. This becomes more evident in the second and third tapes.
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204%%[[folder:Music]]
205%%* The album cover of Music/BigBlack's ''Music/SongsAboutFucking'' features an woman's head drawn in manga style.
206%%* The cover of Music/DavidBowie's ''Music/{{Reality}}'' and its associated singles feature the singer depicted in an exaggerated version of anime.
207%%* The cover for Music/DeathGrips's ''The Money Store'' is done in this style.
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210[[folder:Music Videos]]
211%%* As a rapper, Music/KanyeWest is very openly influenced by anime in his works. Most notably, the cover for his hit single "Stronger" was designed by J-Pop artist Takashi Murakami and paid homage to ''Manga/{{Akira}}'' within its music video. The scenes in the video (fairly obviously filmed in Tokyo) are also uncannily similar to the song's segment in anime.
212%%* ''Anime/Interstella5555'', which "tells" its story entirely through the music of Music/DaftPunk.
213* Creator/KirstenDunst covered "Turning Japanese", and the music video is her in a magical girl-styled dress, dancing around Akihabara.
214%%* A music video for "First Squad/Первый Отряд" by a Russian group called Legalize is done in this style. It helps that it's a tie-in for an actual anime, being produced by an actual Japanese studio.
215%%* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2d_WCY-h_c The video clip]] for the song "Peut-être toi" by French singer Mylène Farmer.
216%%* Music/BritneySpears' video for "Break the Ice" -- a clear homage to ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell''.
217%%* Music/DuranDuran made a video for [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OZMaiIpiPg "Careless Memories"]] that is a love-letter to ink and paint.
218* The official video clip for Music/{{Madonna}}'s [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cItHOl5LRWg "Give Me All Your Luvin'"]] features cheerleaders wearing Anime-style masks and clothes similar to SailorFuku.
219%%* The animated music video for the [=DyE=] song "Fantasy".
220%%* Music/LinkinPark videos [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2H4l9RpkwM love this style.]]
221%%* Music/TupperWareRemixParty's "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J9Q3i5w6-Ug Starlight Brigade]]" has a music video done in the style of an 80's-era sci-fi anime.
222* The Swedish PowerMetal group Twilight Force made their music video for "[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rMtFJHrC8IQ Sunlight Knight]]" in the style of an old-school JRPG with an anime style to match.
223* The music video for the Music/SalvatoreGanacci single ''Fight Dirty'' is [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DZiaXEIQgkE basically]] the pilot episode of a shonen anime, played almost completely straight, [[NestedStoryReveal ultimately revealed as]] the [[HerCodenameWasMarySue imaginings of a pathetic version of Salvatore himself]].
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226[[folder:Tabletop Games]]
227* ''TabletopGame/AnimaBeyondFantasy'' is a Spanish rpg that clearly shows its [=JRPG=] video game influences. 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.
228* ''TabletopGame/Warhammer40000'':
229** The Tau are said to be designed to appeal to anime fans. The reception was and still is mixed. This may have less to do with Japanese influence, which is largely present only in their rather ''Macross''-inspired Battlesuit designs and more to do with their perception as a "good" race by many players in a setting famed for its [[AlwaysChaoticEvil Grim Darkness]]. The Tau philosophy is also as much or more Japanese than it is Chinese, specifically WWII-era "Greater East Asian Co-Prosperity Sphere" expansionism. The "mecha" design of their battlesuits, vehicles, and power armour is clearly of Japanese pop-culture origin, with a substantial aquatic-form influence.
230** The Eldar are more Japanese-inspired, though the post-''Rogue Trader'' Eldar were explicitly based on organic forms, with an increasingly heavy Art Nouveau influence as the designs evolved.
231%%** Fittingly, the Eldar and Tau technology and look both rather reflect the look of anime which was popular at the time the respective armies came out, with the Eldar resembling the 80s era cyberpunk sci-fi like ''Anime/BubblegumCrisis'' and ''Anime/DominionTankPolice'' which was just being imported at the time, and the Tau strongly resembling more 1990s era RealRobot designs.
232%%* ''TabletopGame/{{Exalted}}'' is heavily inspired by western mythology, eastern mythology, and of course anime.
233%%* ''TabletopGame/{{Infinity}}'' draws on PostCyberpunk anime for its look and lore.
234%%* ''TabletopGame/CthulhuTech'' is ''TabletopGame/CallOfCthulhu'', [[InSpace in space, with anime]]. Basic examples include the Engels, HumongousMecha [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion that demand severe amounts of mental stress to be operated]], or the shapeshifting BodyHorror super-warriors called Tagers, [[Manga/{{Guyver}} who are meant to fight other shapeshifters called Dhohanoids]]. Not only that, but the two-wave alien invasion of Earth in the backstory reads ''identically'' to the one for ''Anime/{{Robotech}}'', swapping the Mi-Go for the Robotech Masters and the Nazzadi for the Zentraedi.
235* ''TabletopGame/BigEyesSmallMouth'' is an open-ended anime RPG, made in Canada. There were a few series-specific books, in case you wanted to roleplay ''Anime/TenchiMuyo'' for some reason, and you could certainly ignore its anime theme and use it for anything you wanted, but the main appeal behind the game is in roleplaying your own anime series.
236* ''TabletopGame/ChuubosMarvelousWishGrantingEngine'' has most of its artwork being of the animesque "big eyes small mouth" look for its inhabitants. Rather than a conflict intensive focus of most rpgs (though the game is equipped for that), the first genre that the game explores is pastoral slice of life a la Studio Ghibli movie.
237* ''TabletopGame/FabulaUltima'' 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.
238* ''TabletopGame/KingdomDeath'', the monsters are pure DarkFantasy. Humans though, especially the females, all have childlike faces with large eyes. And when they're not being scantily-clad then they're wearing VideoGame/MonsterHunter-style armor.
239* ''TabletopGame/RedDragonInn'' features Witchdoctor Natyli, who is a troll and the niece of another character, Phrenk. Phrenk and the rest of the ever-growing cast of playable characters have more Western-leaning art. Natyli has much larger eyes than the rest of the crew, and is pretty clearly meant to be the game's CuteMonsterGirl.
240* The supplement ''Mecha and Manga'' for the 2nd edition of the ''TabletopGame/MutantsAndMasterminds'' roleplaying game provides rules for playing anime-styled games, with tons of nods throughout to various existing anime and manga, and naturally its artwork is very anime-inspired, contrasting the distinctly Western superhero-inspired aesthetic of its usual artwork.
241* In contrast to the SteamPunk aesthetic of the other [[TabletopGame/IronKingdoms WARMACHINE]] factions, the [[OurElvesAreDifferent Retribution of Scyrah]] has a distinctly {{Magitek}} feel, with lots of flowing shapes, shining white surfaces, and glowing blue-green TronLines. Their myrmidons, the equivalent to other races' steamjacks, bear more than a passing resemblance to the mecha in ''Anime/TheVisionOfEscaflowne'', and many of their characters have [[AnimeHair spiky hair]] dyed in bright colors.
242%%* ''TabletopGame/{{Munchkin}} Fu'' has a different illustrator than the other Munchkin games, and includes Animesque illustrations (though some are more woodblock-print styled instead). It also includes as one of the enemies a [[RidiculouslyCuteCritter Big-Eyes Small Mouse]], as a ShoutOut to ''TabletopGame/BigEyesSmallMouth''.
243* Gnomes in ''TabletopGame/{{Pathfinder}}'' artwork often abandon the traditional Western style used on other races for a more animesque style, with overly large eyes, small noses and small mouths. Their lore states that this is actually how they can look in-universe... [[SurprisinglyRealisticOutcome where people often find it more disconcerting than cute]].
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246[[folder:Toys]]
247%%* Franchise/{{Bratz}} dolls certainly have an animesque look about them, and ran a series of dolls with a modern Japanese theme, sold as "Bratz Tokyo-A-Go-Go".
248* Franchise/{{LEGO}}:
249** ''Toys/LEGOExoForce'' was LEGO's take on anime and the HumongousMecha, replete with [[ExaggeratedTrope very exaggerated]] ShonenHair, random kanji slapped everywhere, typical Japanese names, and a heavy dose of anime and mecha-genre tropes.
250** In the same vein, WesternAnimation/{{Ninjago}} focuses on Ninjas with a bit of mecha thrown in here and there, most notably the Samurai X mech and various Serpentine vehicles. It's a little more subtle about it in that it limits itself to ShonenHair and kanji is few and far in between. The names also reflect a much larger variety, with only Kai, Nya and Misako being anywhere close to Japanese. It still uses a lot of anime cliches, such as magical weapons, power-up transformations, color-coded chosen warriors and the aforementioned ShonenHair. It also mixes several other Asian themes into it as well, most notably Sensei-Wu, who appears more Chinese than Japanese.
251%%* The reboot of [[http://www.inmypocket.com/ (Puppy/Kitty/etc) In My Pocket]] have an animesque style.
252%%* Tech Deck finger skateboards have a line called [[http://www.buymerchant.com/images/products/hook-ups.jpg Hook-ups]], featuring animesque characters and ones ripped right from actual series. Hook-Ups has been an Animesque [[CoolBoard skateboard]] brand for at least a decade now, rip-offs and all.
253%%* Some of the later Squinkies have taken on an anime style; it's even noted on their [[http://www.squinkies.com/girlsproducts.html official product page]].
254%%* The G2 variation of Littlest Pet Shop.
255%%* The Spanish toyline [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mdzkVwFY7BE Pinypon]].
256%%* The toyline [[http://www.kawaiicrush.com/ Kawaii Crush]] draws an obvious inspiration from anime.
257%%* Bandai Japan's Tamashii Nations line includes CombiningMecha re-imaginings of [[http://www.xl-shop.com/xlshop/product_images/BAN/BAN_CKR_Mickey-Friends-09.jpg Mickey Mouse and friends]], and two inter-compatible sets for the [[https://aa1a5178aef33568e9c4-a77ea51e8d8892c1eb8348eb6b3663f6.ssl.cf5.rackcdn.com/p/full/0f83a864-24dd-4d97-b772-c7cf31ad042e.jpg Toy]] [[https://i.pinimg.com/originals/b7/2b/f3/b72bf364e89c01a675d8ca75c31ab4a3.jpg Story]] [[http://comicsalliance.com/files/2016/08/Toy-Story-Buzz-Lightyear-Chogokin.jpg gang.]]
258%%* ''Franchise/MyLittlePony'': ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyG3'' resembles the original G1 toys but with a slight animesque twist.
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261[[folder:Video Games]]
262* ''VideoGame/{{Afterimage}}'' is a Chinese-made game, but with an anime art style, best seen in promotional material and in the designs of characters such as Renee.
263* ''VideoGame/ANNOMutationem'': The character designs have elements with notion to anime, particularly unique expressions and animesque traits that have detailed highlights and settings rendered in stylized detail. The Mystery Console {{D|ownloadableContent}}LC is also presented in a SuperDeformed-style gameplay.
264* ''VideoGame/PhantomDust'' was made by Microsoft to sell in Asian countries, then ported back into America later. The theme, character design, and plot all mimic common Anime and Manga attributes. It was unsurprisingly much more popular in America than in Japan.
265* ''VideoGame/ShogoMobileArmorDivision'', an early FPS from Monolith (the first to use their [=LithTech=] technology), heavily influenced by mecha anime.
266* ''VideoGame/{{Gekido}}: Urban Fighters'': While the characters are drawn in western comic book style, the storyline and aesthetic are evocative of late 80s and 90s cyberpunk anime.
267* ''Tsunami 2265'', a third person shooter aboard mechas produced in Italy. The female lead looks a lot like [[Franchise/GhostInTheShell Motoko Kusanagi]].
268* ''VideoGame/{{Oni}}'' is heavily influenced by ''Franchise/GhostInTheShell''.
269* ''VideoGame/FusionFall'' redesigns the Creator/CartoonNetwork characters appearing in the game with an animesque look. The series even has a [[http://fusionfall.cartoonnetwork.com/game/about-manga.php short]], official prologue manga.
270* ''VideoGame/PuzzleQuest'' also uses anime-like style for its characters.
271%%* Both ''[[http://www.gamehouse.com/download-games/pizza-frenzy Pizza Frenzy]]'' and ''[[http://www.gamehouse.com/download-games/burger-rush Burger Rush]]'' puzzle games (especially the latter) from Gamehouse.
272* ''VideoGame/GenshinImpact'' was designed and developed by Creator/MiHoYo (currently doing business as Hoyoverse), a mainland Chinese company, but opts for a full-on anime art style that could easily get it mistaken for an actual Japanese-developed game. This holds true for their other works as well, including ''VideoGame/HonkaiImpact3rd'', ''VideoGame/HonkaiStarRail'', and ''VideoGame/ZenlessZoneZero''.
273* ''VideoGame/DrawnToLife''. Despite all appearances, it had no Japanese involvement in development. ''5th Cell'' seems to be an animesque company.
274* ''VideoGame/LittleRedRidingHoodsZombieBBQ'', a game from Spain! One of the main characters is from the Japanese folk tale ''Momotaro''.
275* ''VideoGame/{{Shantae}}'', a side-scroller for Platform/GameBoyColor made by the American developer Creator/WayForwardTechnologies. The first game's Commodore 64-esque soundtrack betrays its Western origins, though. Bonus points for hiring Japanese developer Inti Creates for ''Pirates' Curse'' and ''Half-Genie Hero''. ''Shantae and the Seven Sirens'' takes it even further by featuring anime-style cutscenes animated by Creator/StudioTrigger.
276* ''VideoGame/BloodRayneBetrayal'', also made by [=WayForward=], utilizes an anime-like artstyle.
277* ''VideoGame/VitaminConnection'' takes it even further by having an ''actual Japanese singer'' for its insert songs, and includes a Japanese language option!
278* ''VideoGame/{{Fantage}}'' has a very anime-inspired art style.
279* ''VideoGame/JitsuSquad'' have its art style looking like some ninja anime from the 90s.
280* ''VideoGame/{{Spectrobes}}'': From its main character being a CaptainErsatz of another certain red BadassLongcoat with a [[BladeBelowTheShoulder sword arm]] to having cutscenes rendered similar to another Jupiter game, ''VideoGame/TheWorldEndsWithYou'', it fits.
281* ''VideoGame/{{Troublemaker}}'', an Indonesian game, has cutscenes rendered in manga-esque graphics.
282%%* ''VideoGame/WeCheer''
283* During its development, ''VideoGame/JetForceGemini'' was inspired by several science fiction works, including the anime series ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman'', hence the character designs for Juno, Vela and to a lesser extent Lupus, specifically their anime-style eyes and the humans' space suits. In particular, Juno's helmet is modeled similarly to that of Ken the Eagle, while Vela's skimpy wear mimics that of Jun the Swan. At one point in the game, their suits are upgraded with Jet Pads to fly in certain places, similar to the Science Ninja Team when gliding with the Bird Style. And each time the player resumes their playthrough, the character selection has the heroes preparing to eject from their mothership into the site of action, similar to when the ''Gatchaman'' characters prepare to head into the current episode's place of conflict.
284%%* ''VideoGame/SigmaStarSaga''
285* ''VideoGame/KatanaZero'': The game itself doesn't look like this, but look at any of the official art and it becomes immediately apparent.
286%%* ''VideoGame/ShadowWarrior1997'' (pseudo-sequel to ''VideoGame/DukeNukem3D'' using the same engine) renders any female seen (either in person or as a picture) in such a style, despite the rest of the game being a sendup of {{wuxia}}, JidaiGeki, and HeroicBloodshed Hong-Kong style blast-outs. It also well predates the anime craze in the US - in ''1997''. [[VideoGame/ShadowWarrior2013 The 2013 reboot]], in addition to bringing back said anime-girls, also has a much more anime feel to it in regards to its setting and story.
287* ''VideoGame/OneMustFall 2097'', a fighting game produced by Creator/EpicGames in 1994, well before anime had a large fan base in the US, had its characters drawn in this style.
288%%* ''VideoGame/Zone66'' featured a quasi-anime intro.
289* ''VideoGame/JakAndDaxter'', although the only noticeably "animesque" thing in it is the character design.
290* ''VideoGame/BlackSigil'', whose battle system has a very strong ''VideoGame/ChronoTrigger'' vibe to it. It's nostalgia fodder for SNES [[EasternRPG JRPGs]].
291* The box art for ''VideoGame/FableI'' is rather animesque, to the point where you could be forgiven for assuming it's an EasternRPG. The in-game graphics however are much more western looking, and later games' box art more closely resemble the in-game graphics.
292%%* All of the cutscenes in ''VideoGame/MirrorsEdge'' are done in an animesque style.
293%%* ''VideoGame/CrashBandicoot'':
294%%** All of the cutscenes in ''VideoGame/CrashMindOverMutant'' are done in different art styles, with the "Fists of Orange Fury" cutscene [[AffectionateParody affectionately parodying]] Dragon Ball Z.
295%%** The Trophy Girls in ''VideoGame/CrashTeamRacing'' qualify to some extent, especially Megumi. The [[VideoGame/CrashTeamRacingNitroFueled remake]] dials that down by altering their facial designs into the Crash series standard, but Megumi gets to keep her Japanese-styled hair and clothing touches, and both her and Ami still have exotic hair colors.
296%%* ''[[http://www.rpgrevolution.com/game/idolcraft_984.html Idolcraft]]'' is a Western freeware take on the same concept as ''VideoGame/TheIdolmaster'', where the main character attempts to manage the career of a number of {{Idol Singer}}s.
297* ''Videogame/TheCavernsOfHammerfest'' contains a few animesque traits, what with the blurred-feet running animation for Igor and the little dance he might do after you idle -- the latter being is a homage to ''Manga/HareGuu''.
298* ''VideoGame/XBlades'' has a protagonist named Ayumi, and she is rendered in ''Animesque'' style. The game was created by russian game developer [[BilingualBonus Gaijin Studios]] (Gaijin means 'foreigner' in Japanese) Its sequel, ''VideoGame/BladesOfTime'', jumps on current marketing fads and largely dumps the aesthetic, resembling a ''Franchise/TombRaider'' game where a vaguely anime Lara Croft runs around with blonde twintails.
299%%* ''Tecmo Super Bowl'', an NES game, used anime-style cutscenes after big plays. The [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VnERZZYbIbw Attract Mode Animation]] gives a general flavor.
300%%* ''VideoGame/OpenArena'', mainly visible in its models and its attempt to steer away from the norm of [[RealIsBrown grimdark, gritty]] {{first person shooter}}s.
301* ''VideoGame/DragonAgeII'': Elves got an overhaul to look more like their Japanese counterparts, with long pointy ears, huge eyes, smoothed-out facial features and skinny bodies, including the token AntiHero companion.
302* ''VideoGame/AsurasWrath'', with manga style recaps, and is episodic like an actual anime, {{Eyecatch}}'s included. Critics even referred to it as an "Interactive Anime".
303* ''VideoGame/XCOMUFODefense'' has an animesque intro and the background images for Base functions and the Hidden Movement screen retain the art style of the intro.
304%%* ''VideoGame/RebelstarTacticalCommand'' used the trope more fully, featuring anime-style character images and cut scenes.
305* In ''VideoGame/LeagueOfLegends'', a few champion designs and some champion splash arts have a noticeable Eastern influence — one big difference between this game and its nearest rival game ''VideoGame/Dota2'' is that ''Dota 2'' looks more like a Western RPG, whereas League looks more like a JRPG. League as a whole is still distinctly a western game, but it still likes to integrate a few anime references in many of its designs/quotes/storylines, as well as in several non-canon skins, most prominently the Super Galaxy and Star Guardian lines.
306* ''VideoGame/{{Apidya}}'', with its Japanese-style intro scene, was produced by Kaiko, which was a German company despite its Japanese-sounding name and the large amount of GratuitousJapanese text in their earlier PuzzleGame ''Gem'X''.
307%%* ''VideoGame/{{Turrican}} 2'' and ''Turrican 3'' for the Amiga. That is if you consider the games themselves not to be this, as they were considered to be an excellent alternative to the (for Europeans back then) very expensive high-quality Japanese console and its games on the market.
308%%* ''VideoGame/CaptainMorganeAndTheGoldenTurtle'', which also features chibi version of the characters during the mini-games.
309%%* The game ''VideoGame/TheWhiteChamber'' is designed by a British indie group but features character designs that look heavily inspired by Japanese styles.
310%%* The western-made, PC exclusive, RPG ''VideoGame/SepterraCore'' uses an anime-like artstyle modeled after late 90s [=JRPGs=], particularly the [[Platform/PlayStation PS1]]-era Final Fantasy games made by Squaresoft that were dominating the console RPG market at the time.
311* The ''VideoGame/{{Wipeout}}'' series is Britain-developed, yet incorporates [[http://41.media.tumblr.com/7b367cab7e2ec5385dabc89bc9fe1619/tumblr_nchk6n6JH21rphgdeo4_1280.jpg Japanese]][[https://encrypted-tbn0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcSQ66J2mTFqKMO0-pdCpGDTkR-GLVtmE29w7S9sX2sPBRWvrEDO -influenced]] [[http://designenvy.aiga.org/wp-content/plugins/designenvy/curator_submissions/post/8654/wipeout_l.jpg graphic art]], courtesy of the Designer's Republic. The third game even has a mascot that is clearly based on cute mascot characters. Some entries even feature the usage of Katakana.
312* ''VideoGame/YandereSimulator'' plays with many anime tropes such that it's easy to mistake it for a Japanese game. The game's roots instead stem from a Website/{{FourChan}} concept given life when interest was indicated for it.
313* ''VideoGame/CarriesOrderUp'' uses big eyes and a bright, colorful style that does an amazing job of recreating the look and feel of '90s Japanese arcade games.
314* In ''VideoGame/{{TitanFall2}}'' Is more apparent than the first game. The setting, the more outlandish Titan designs and abilities, the use of the Pulse Kunai, shurikens in the grenade slot, subtly more bizarre weapons such as the Alternator, Jack being a rookie who fell into the cockpit, and the over-the-top action certainly give off the vibe of a mecha anime at times.
315* ''VideoGame/{{Undertale}}'': Invoked; in the TrueFinalBoss fight, the psychedelic background, the music, and the name of his attacks and [[CallingYourAttacks the calling of them]] just screams cliched JRPG, but it's because he thinks anime is rad.
316* ''VideoGame/RWBYGrimmEclipse'', an adaptation of ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'', looks a lot like a Japanese hack and slash game. So much so, apparently, that Sony put it into their "Straight From Japan" special category of the [=PlayStation=] Store.
317%%* ''[[http://store.steampowered.com/app/366040/Iggys_Egg_Adventure/ Iggy's Egg Adventure]]'' has a style clearly based on anime, particularly large eyes and "manga meat". However, the humans are portrayed in a more western style as opposed to the anime-styled dinosaurs and other animals.
318* ''[[https://store.steampowered.com/app/523810/Wonder_Boy_Returns/ Wonder Boy Returns]]'', produced by a South Korean company, has cute SuperDeformed characters.
319%%* ''VideoGame/{{Icey}}'' boasts an anime art style, and is made by a Chinese company.
320* ''VideoGame/{{Indivisible}}'', much like ''Shantae and the Seven Sirens'', had its intro animated by Creator/StudioTrigger.
321* ''VideoGame/AHatInTime'' has cute character designs with large eyes, anime-style expressions, and speed lines are used frequently.
322%%* ''[[https://www.eastasiasoft.com/games/Waifu-Uncovered Waifu Uncovered]]'' for Switch.
323%%* ''VideoGame/PanzerPaladin'' evokes NES/Famicom games and HumongousMecha shows of the 80s with its pixel art and general art style, to the point that a casual observer can assume that it was made in Japan. It's actually from Tribute Games, a Canadian developer.
324%%* ''VideoGame/GachaLife''’s artstyle definitely falls under this, complete with notable JapaneseVisualArtsTropes (AnimeHair, BigAnimeEyes, etc.). [https://lunime.itch.io/gacha-life]
325* ''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 VirtualCelebrity Sayu, who is deliberately designed to be a cutesy anime GenkiGirl with IdiotHair.
326* ''VideoGame/Haven2020'', by France-based developers The Game Bakers of ''VideoGame/{{Furi}}'' fame, has an art style and storyline that could be straight out of a Creator/HayaoMiyazaki film (the protagonists even have Asian-sounding names), and gameplay highly inspired by Japanese RPG's such as ''Franchise/{{Persona}}''. Bonus points for the AttractMode and end credits cinematics being produced by an actual Japanese animator.
327* ''VideoGame/ForgottonAnne'' is a Danish adventure game whose style and themes are clearly inspired by Studio Ghibli films.
328* ''VideoGame/MetalWarriors'': The first cutscene's style and some of the Mech Suits are inspired by old mecha anime such as ''Anime/MobileSuitGundam''. Since the game's conception was inspired by that of ''VideoGame/AssaultSuitsValken'' (a Japanese game with similar Mecha designs and motifs), this makes sense.
329* ''VideoGame/NeedForSpeedUnbound'' is the first installment to features Japanese-style aesthetics combined with CelShading effects, making those characters look like they came out fresh of an anime.
330* ''[[https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Switchblade_(video_game) Switchblade]]'', being released in 1989 for the Platform/AtariST by the British creator of ''VideoGame/RickDangerous'', is one of the earliest examples of this trope. Its sequel ''Switchblade II'' for Amiga is even more clearly inspired by manga and anime, especially notable in the portrait of protagonist Hiro on the cover.
331* While initially leaning towards more inspiration from WesternAnimation, ''{{VideoGame/Frebbventure}}'' begins to slide hard towards this trope towards the end.
332* ''VideoGame/HeroesEvolved'' features a variation: There are several heroes who would fit the trope when the country is changed from Japan to China. These heroes have their arts modeled after Chinese manhuas instead of Japanese mangas, and while there are some who speak English, a lot of them also speak exclusively in Mandarin.
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336* ''VisualNovel/KatawaShoujo'' is a Western attempt at making a Japanese-style VisualNovel, complete with anime-style artwork. The art style is because the original art that inspired the game ''was'' Japanese. Some people saw a Japanese artist's drawings for a visual novel he'd like to see one day and decided to make it an actual visual novel. It succeeds at emulating Japanese anime/manga and Visual Novels so well that a good amount of fans were actually ''surprised'' to hear that it ''wasn’t'' made in Japan.
337* Zig-zagged with ''VisualNovel/DontTakeItPersonallyBabeItJustAintYourStory''. While it is a Western-made visual novel, its background CG art and character sprites are used ready-made from a Japanese designer that specifically makes them available for amateur visual novels. The [[BlandNameProduct AmieConnect]] avatar pictures and event [=CGs=], though, are drawn by a western artist in animesque style, but with still a heavy western feel. The transition is actually slightly jarring.
338* Anything by the infamous "Winged Cloud", usually their visual novels are prefixed "Sakura".
339* ''VisualNovel/EverlastingSummer'' was developed by Russians, was originally written in the Russian language, and is primarily set in the former Soviet Union. But both the gameplay and character design seem straight out of a Japanese visual novel.
340* ''VisualNovel/MilkInsideABagOfMilkInsideABagOfMilk'' is a Russian-made visual novel with a very minimalistic pixelated style. Its sequel, ''milk outside a bag of milk outside a bag of milk'', begins with an animated intro that recaps the whole first game, and is rendered as an anime episode complete with a Japan-esque style (owing to ''Neon Genesis Evangelion'' and ''Serial Experiments Lain''), yellow subtitles and odd camera angles.
341* ''VisualNovel/MissingStars'' is an English language visual novel that has animesque character designs. It is a SpiritualSuccessor inspired by ''Katawa Shoujo'' set in a European school. The finalized art is a bit more western than the early concept art, however it is still animesque.
342* Creator/NomnomNami's characters are usually drawn in a particular anime style. This style can be seen in ''VisualNovel/HerTearsWereMyLight''.
343* ''VisualNovel/ExtracurricularActivities'' is a Western novel where the facial expressions and gags are anime-influenced, as well as the novel borrowing from the HaremGenre where instead of cute girls, the love interests are hulking anthropomorphic men. In early 2018, the novel switched over to a new artist where the art direction became less animesque.
344* ''VisualNovel/WeKnowTheDevil'' is another Western visual novel with character designs largely grounded in reality, but with clear anime influences. Most pronounced in the case of Venus, who has big round eyes.
345* ''VisualNovel/HeavenWillBeMine'' is made by the same team as ''We Know The Devil'' and not only has the same artist but is a {{Mecha}} series with heavy influence from ''Franchise/{{Gundam}}''. One of the main characters, Luna-Terra, is even a female CharClone.
346* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' is a [[SchoolClubStories School Club Story]] with typical Japanese high school girl archetypes and a {{moe}} art style. It was developed by an American team lead by Dan Salvato, who is also a developer and pro player of ''VideoGame/ProjectM''. This is part of its AffectionateParody[=/=]DeconstructiveParody nature; even the dialogue is written to sound like it's badly translated from Japanese, and there's a [[BreakingTheFourthWall fourth-wall-breaking]] joke that implies it is so translated, even though it's not. [[spoiler:[[DisguisedHorrorStory Except it eventually becomes very creepy]], [[ArtStyleDissonance but keeps the art style]].]]
347* ''VisualNovel/VA11HALLA'' looks like an anime visual novel that's really deep in the PC-98 aesthetic, but the game was developed in Venezuela.
348* ''VisualNovel/ASummersEndHongKong1986'' is a VisualNovel developed by Studio Oracle and Bone, a team based in Canada, but it takes a lot of aesthetic cues from anime of The80s, such as ''Manga/CityHunter'' and ''Manga/KimagureOrangeRoad''. [[https://www.asummersend.com/blog/pages-from-the-sketchbook In one post from the official site,]] the artist names the art of Haruhiko Mikimoto, [[Manga/HonooNoAlpenRose Akemi Takada]] and Akihiro Yamada as some early artistic influences.
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352* ''WebAnimation/BeeAndPuppycat'' is very obviously inspired by shoujo anime both thematically and stylistically. Bee specifically is reminiscent of [[Franchise/SailorMoon Usagi]] in that she is a LoserProtagonist and becomes a MagicalGirl who fights in space after she meets a cat (dog... thing.) Character design falls short of ''just'' being anime altogether.
353* Many of the early ''Toys/{{Bionicle}}'' web animations had shades of this. The character models were very faithful to the sets, but they would occasionally include things like {{Sweat Drop}}s, {{Blush Sticker}}s, and stylized motion-blur backgrounds for action sequences.
354* The Machinimas ''WebAnimation/BrawlUniverse'' and ''WebAnimation/SmashKing'' tend to heavily lean on the side of anime with how their episodes are filmed and edited, as they tend to use [[EyeCatch EyeCatchers]], Japanese Opening/Ending themes as well as Cold Openings, and their action sequences do borrow from anime with the Effects of White/Black spikes surrounding the screen if something dramatic happens, as well as sometimes using transformations in battles.
355* ''WebAnimation/BrokenSaints'': This was more notorious before the AnimationBump, with the first episodes being redone in a more realistic style. However, it still had some visual influence from anime.
356* ''WebAnimation/CaptainYajima'', a short film made by Ian "Creator/{{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''.
357* ''WebAnimation/{{Dreamscape}}'': Anjren and Ahjeen are animesque in terms of expressions, oddly enough.
358* ''WebAnimation/ETUAnimatedStories'' uses an animesque style in their later videos. They even have animesque expressions.
359* ''WebAnimation/GenLock'' uses the same "3D animations that look like 2010s anime" schtick as fellow Creator/RoosterTeeth property ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}''. However, the animation content is quite different; taking cues from Gundam, ''gen:LOCK'' is essentially a Western mecha anime.
360* [[https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCvkvmLBdHodQ-a-6LeYFP0Q Muffin Songs]], a Platform/YouTube channel for children, uses a style reminiscent of anime for its earlier videos, as well as some JapaneseVisualArtsTropes. For example, [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MoS-m8ECmoE on this video]], Literature/{{Cinderella}}'s face looks like it's drawn in the ''Anime/PuellaMagiMadokaMagica'' art style, and she wears [[SignatureHeadgear ribbons]] that are nearly identical to Literature/HaruhiSuzumiya's.
361* ''WebAnimation/NyanNekoSugarGirls'' is perhaps the most infamous example of this trope on the Internet. Basically, it's {{Animeland}} [[ThisIsYourPremiseOnDrugs on acid]].
362* The ''WebAnimation/RedVsBlue: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VW2ZMRt7i_I Animated]]'' pilot uses a beautiful and extremely fluid animesque style. Sadly, differences between Creator/RoosterTeeth and the group who animated it prevented them from going any further with this. Until Season 14 anyway, where it was made canon and received an extra scene at the end.
363* ''WebAnimation/MyStoryAnimated'' has several videos with varying degrees of animesque and use anime-inspired expressions.
364* ''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.
365* ''WebAnimation/{{RWBY}}'' by Creator/RoosterTeeth is an interesting example of this, with everything about the series looking like a 2010s anime, complete with chibis and various animesque expressions... except that they're 3D animations, making them appear like a series made of cutscenes from a post-Oughts JRPG or a [=3DCG=] show by Sanzigen Animation. It actually does a good job on turning those anime gimmicks 3D, and is able to mix in some Western animation tricks as well. Hilariously, when it was uploaded to Crunchyroll, some people started demanding for the "original" Japanese audio, apparently not realizing that English ''was'' the original language (although it received a legit Japanese dub later on). While most of the cast placement and angles appears to be a mix of the Machinima style and soap operas, the fight scenes show Creator/MontyOum's signature mix of anime and Kung Fu/Wuxia choreography norms with western martial arts. It apparently did a good enough job of keeping to Japanese tropes, as the series was popular in Japan and ended up getting official manga adaptations -- one by ''Manga/DogsBulletsAndCarnage'' artist Shirow Miwa, and another as a 4-volume anthology series -- and, eventually, an ''actual'' anime adaptation in the form of ''RWBY: Ice Queendom'', a collaboration with Creator/StudioSHAFT.
366* ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN_CP4SuoTU TIE Fighter]]'' is a fanmade ''Franchise/StarWars'' short animated in the style of '80s anime.
367%%* ''WebAnimation/TvTomeAdventures'' and its successor series, ''WebAnimation/{{TOME}}: Terrain of Magical Expertise''. --- locked for Administrivia/ZeroContextExample.
368* WebAnimation/WolfSongTheMovie has anime like facial expressions sometimes, as well as sweat drops and pulsating veins during instances of anger. It does however switch between this and a more generic cartoonish style a lot, yet this style is more common whenever there isn’t a fight scene. Oh, and the dialogue can resemble anime dialogue at times (English dubbed anime dialogue that is)
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372%%* [[http://manga.clone-army.org Clone Manga]] is a collective of Dan Kim's anime influenced webcomics, one of which is ''Webcomic/NanasEverydayLife''.
373%%Is this referencing Clone Manga or Nana's Everyday Life? I don't know where on the page to put this one, if it should be in the C section or the N section.
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375* ''Webcomic/ThirtyTwoKickUp'' is a FightingSeries that combines MangaEffects with InkblotCartoonStyle FunnyAnimals.
376* ''Webcomic/NinthElsewhere'' has some anime influence, probably because one of the authors lived in Japan for a time while working on it.
377* ''Webcomic/AkiChansLife'' is purposefully modeled after {{Doujinshi}}, despite being obviously Western, to the point where all the panels are read right-to-left.
378* ''Webcomic/AlienHandSyndrome'' has detailed black and white (sometimes color) Manga-style artwork, complete with coarse half-tone screening, but reads from left to right.
379* ''Webcomic/AMiracleOfScience'' [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]] its influences by citing them in TheRant and stealing their [[WrittenSoundEffect onomatopoeia]].
380* ''Webcomic/AngelMoxie'' is another webcomic heavily influenced by the MagicalGirl genre, and using the {{Yonkoma}} format.
381* As a comic written for an [[Creator/AnimeNewsNetwork Anime news website]], it was unavoidable that ''Webcomic/AnimeNewsNina'' was this.
382* Webcomic/AquaRegia has a very obvious inspiration on the trope, bonus points for being published in Platform/{{INKR}}, which is more or less Kodansha's second official portal for manga and sharing the spot with it's [[Manga/{{Blame}} inspirations]] [[Manga/BattleAngelAlita on the site]] to read legally. Despite being in English, it's based on Argentina and translated from Spanish.
383* ''Webcomic/TheBeastLegion'' is very Anime/Manga inspired.
384* ''Webcomic/BedlamGenesis'' is done in this style.
385* ''Webcomic/BelovedL'' is a Chinese webcomic but has been mistaken for a YuriGenre manga (or manhwa) due to its art style.
386* ''Webcomic/BeyondBloom'' is a OELManga-type webcomic. Characters are drawn with a heavy manga influence mixed with a more western styled roundness.
387* ''[[http://www.blueskycomic.com Blue Sky]]'' mimics manga tropes in much the same way as ''Webcomic/Project0''.
388* ''Webcomic/CatNine'' from cat girls to its relatively simplistic style. Plus, it's based somewhere in the Philippines.
389* Dave Cheung's ''Webcomic/ChugworthAcademy'' and ''[[http://boss-noodle.com Boss Noodle]]'' are anime influenced, seeing as they are [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles so risqué]]...
390* ''Webcomic/CityOfTrees'' draws clear inspiration from early-2000's anime and manga.
391* ''[[Webcomic/ClaudeAndMonet Claude & Monet]]'' has a heavy manga influence.
392* ''Webcomic/CogaNito'': The comic's overall style is manga-like, particularly in the character designs.
393* ''Webcomic/Collar6'' and its [[SpiritualSuccessor Spiritual Predecessor]], ''Crimson Latex'', both fall well within this trope.
394* ''Webcomic/{{Consolers}}'' features many characters drawn in an anime-ish style, and often uses JapaneseVisualArtsTropes.
395* ''Webcomic/CrossHeart is'' a manga, except it was written by a Spanish author, originally in Spanish and English, and published for free on Platform/DeviantArt.
396* ''Webcomic/CrystalHeroes'' has a somewhat 70s/80s shoujo art style to it as well as using several [[MangaEffects manga visual tropes]].
397* ''Webcomic/DangerZoneOne'' employs a visual style specifically drawn to appear like a manga.
398* ''Webcomic/DemonCandyParallel'' is drawn in a {{Yonkoma}} fashion.
399* ''Webcomic/DevilsCandy'' mixes manga-esque art with typical Western settings. Fitting, since the duo behind the series were veterans in the OELManga scene and got a one-shot of theirs published in ''Magazine/ShonenJump''.
400* ''Webcomic/DominicDeegan'''s style has been described as being on the [[CheekyMouth cheap]] end of animeshun.
401* ''Webcomic/TheDreamcatchersMasquerade'' uses an anime-influenced art and animation style.
402* ''Webcomic/{{Earthsong}}'' is a FantasyWebcomic with manga inspiration.
403* ''Webcomic/ElGoonishShive'''s visual style has always been anime-inspired, and grown more so over time. The series leans heavily on anime tropes as well, both for humor and as serious plot points. Notably, it is [[LampshadeHanging explicitly mentioned]] several times that blue, purple, pink, green, etc. are common natural HairColors in TheVerse.
404* ''Webcomic/FireSoup'' uses a couple of related tropes and quirks, such as characters sometimes having pink, blank mouths, Frida having a single sharp tooth when opening her mouth, and Ramy giving a SweatDrop when Bett told her why she pranked her.
405* ''Webcomic/FurryFightChronicles'' is read like a western comic, but the art style and setting is similar to manga in terms of design thanks to the use of certain gags and frequent GratuitousJapanese.
406* ''Webcomic/{{Galebound}}'' is influenced by anime and manga, although it is read from left to right. The character's expressions occasionally veer into animesque when properly flabbergasted.
407* ''Webcomic/GhastlysGhastlyComic'' gleefully parodies the {{Ecchi}}/{{Hentai}} genre, especially the tendency for [[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles absurd tentacle groping]]. The art style itself becomes more and more Animesque, and better-looking, over the course of its ArtEvolution.
408* ''Webcomic/GorgeousPrincessCreamyBeamy'' is a parody of MagicalGirl anime, and drawn in an anime-influenced style even though the author is American.
409* Tom Siddell, author and artist of ''Webcomic/GunnerkriggCourt'', cites ''Manga/BattleAngelAlita'' and ''Manga/NausicaaOfTheValleyOfTheWind'' as artistic influences, alongside Western comics like ''ComicBook/{{Hellboy}}'' and ''ComicBook/TankGirl''. He incorporates elements from all of them into his own art.
410* ''Webcomic/GreyIs'' describes itself as a manga and reads from left to right even though it's written in English.
411* ''Webcomic/GunKitty'' has an art style clearly influenced by anime, including SpikyHair and bouncy boobs just for good measure.
412* ''Webcomic/HandCommand'' is an Arabic comic drawn manga-style and published in both Arabic and English.
413* ''Webcomic/HarpyGee'' uses a rather cute version of this.
414* ''Webcomic/{{Heartcore}}''. The author has listed ''Literature/{{Slayers}}'' as a major inspiration, and it most definitely shows.
415* While most of ''Webcomic/{{Homestuck}}'' is drawn in [[Webcomic/MSPaintAdventures its own unique style]], quite a few [[AnimeTropes anime]] and [[VideoGameTropes video game tropes]] show up in the story, the GIF animations, and especially [[AnimationBump the more elaborate Flash animations]], leading to a running joke among the fandom that "Homestuck is their favorite anime". This came to a head when [[spoiler: Act 7]] was released, which was [[spoiler:hand-drawn anime instead of the usual style of Flash animation.]]
416* Starting from ''Webcomic/IronVioletTheShyTitan'''s second issue onwards, it featured many typical anime-styled art tropes, like face faults and chibis. The huge detailed eyes is also massively anime.
417%%* KoreanWebtoon[=s=] are often in an animesque style, though they usually avoid AnimeHair and unnatural hair colors. This often causes people to mistake series like ''Webcomic/TheFriendlyWinter'' or ''Webcomic/NineteenTwentyOne'' as Japanese.
418* A major CreatorThumbprint of Creator/JocelynSamara, whose artstyle is manga-inspired:
419** ''Webcomic/Rain2010'' features plenty of anime tropes and its title character is an OccidentalOtaku (who Jocelyn has [[https://www.deviantart.com/jocelynsamara/art/TV-Tropes-Meme-259878935 described as such]]).
420** ''Webcomic/MyImpossibleSoulmate'' is a romantic {{isekai}} with an {{otaku}} protagonist, and heavily features tropes from both genres.
421* ''Webcomic/KuroShouri'' is inspired, both visually and in story, by anime of the 90s and 00s. It has taken some cues from Western works over time.
422* ''Music/LeetStreetBoys'' is about a band based on a group of {{Otaku}}, done in anime style.
423* ''Webcomic/LilyLove'' is Thai and not Japanese. However, it takes several aspects from YuriGenre manga, such as the artstyle and chibis.
424* ''Webcomic/TheLounge'' has considerable manga influence, both in artistic style as well as the art gags and tropes common to manga.
425* Mexican artist Kanela gave ''Webcomic/M9Girls'' a definite manga look, complete with [[SuperDeformed chibi]] panels and manga annotations. Current artist Shadow continues with a more cartoony anime look. The story itself is the MadScience version of the MagicalGirl genre.
426* Animesque style isn't reserved to English-language webcomics. Here's ''[[http://www.maliki.com/ a popular French example]]'': ''Webcomic/{{Maliki}}''. With [[http://www.maliki.com/strip.php?strip=192 one strip]] directly referencing its many influences, several of them from anime.
427* ''Webcomic/MechagicalGirlLisaANT''. Even though Ida Kirkegaard is [[UsefulNotes/{{Denmark}} Danish]], the drawings are something like distorted manga-style drawings.
428* ''Webcomic/MegaTokyo'' is the archetypal example of this trope in the world of webcomics, even going so far as to take place in Tokyo and be a fantasy/dating sim storyline. The comic has become one gigantic deconstruction of the most popular genres of anime, complete with a disaffected MagicalGirl who can't really use her powers the way she ''thinks'' a magical girl should (meaning, like Franchise/SailorMoon).
429* ''Webcomic/{{Misfile}}'' has a major manga-esque influence, with scarcely a strip going by without a [[SuperDeformed super deform, chibi]], or the omnipresent egregious SweatDrop making an appearance. Even [[http://www.misfile.com/misfile/2008-02-01 Rumisiel's T-shirt]] gets one of those at one point.
430* ''Webcomic/{{Monsterful}}'': A SliceOfLifeWebcomic[=s=] of a monster-only world that shows a moderate manga influence, but it's well balanced with western influences and completes the circle with multiple video-game and internet references from both Eastern and Western markets.
431* ''Webcomic/MutantNinjaTurtlesGaiden'', a ''Franchise/TeenageMutantNinjaTurtles'' fan-comic, which has its human characters drawn in a manga style.
432* ''Webcomic/{{Nightvee}}'': Characters have large eyes and often make anime expressions.
433* ''Webcomic/NoNeedForBushido'' parodies elements from anime/manga set in feudal era Japan.
434* ''Webcomic/TheNoordegraafFiles'' hits this on the head, ''linking this trope's page on the comic's homepage'', and the creator has said in TheRant that it is drawn and colored in a Japanese paint program made for, you guessed it, making manga.
435* ''Webcomic/OverlordOfRavenfell'' is stylistically influenced by older CLAMP manga and Yoko Matsushita, so definitely falls in this trope.
436* ''Webcomic/PandorasTale'' uses a very cutesy anime aesthetic, especially noticeable on the Helpers.
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440%%* Another example would be ''[[http://www.goddamnpantybrigade.com/ Panty Brigade]]''.
441%% Another example of what? (Do note that before alphabetization, this entry was put under the UnicornJelly entry. How is this webcomic similar to that one?)
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445* ''Webcomic/{{Paranatural}}'':
446** Isaac frequently dips into this, highlighted by his allegedly natural spiky hair and brooding, dramatic personality. It's made much funnier by the fact that ''only this one character'' is ever drawn with anime eyes or floating sparkles. The other characters (mostly Max) react accordingly. The readers do as well; Isaac doing things such as turning dramatically, or walking with his eyes closed and a smile while light shines on him from no apparent source spawns comments such as, "Isaac is being awfully anime today. He should probably get that looked at."
447** The Hitball arc is generally described as the time the comic "went full anime", with impassioned speeches, lots of TalkingIsAFreeAction, and everyone taking the whole thing ''way'' [[SeriousBusiness too seriously]]. Every single bit is of course mercilessly lampshaded.
448* ''Webcomic/{{Picatrix}}'' is another webcomic with a heavy manga influence.
449* ''Webcomic/PowerpuffGirlsDoujinshi'', ''Webcomic/GrimTalesFromDownBelow'', and ''Webcomic/SugarBits'' (created by Creator/{{Bleedman}}) are heavily influenced by anime, in their art and storytelling.
450** ''[[http://zim.snafu-comics.com/ Invader Zim: Manifest Doom]]'', another webcomic published by SNAFU Comics, has an animesque touch.
451** A lot of what [[http://www.snafu-comics.com/ SNAFU Comics]] puts out falls under this category.
452* ''Webcomic/PrincessChroma'' is a DeconstructiveParody of MagicalGirl stories.
453* ''Webcomic/Project0'' is usually described as an [[http://thepullbox.com/2011/04/15/project-0-setting-a-standard-for-american-manga/ American Manga]]. Written by a duo of brothers and takes a lot of the more [[http://www.centralcitytower.com/p/anatomy-of-page.html cinematic and dynamic aspects of manga from a visual perspective]], but not in terms of anime clichés and {{sweat drop}}s.
454* ''Webcomic/RationalNonsense'' is a mash-up of manga and newspaper comic art.
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463* In ''Webcomic/RoninGalaxy'' the cover art resembles anime, and the actual pages are made to look like a manga, despite being read from left to right.
464* ''Webcomic/{{Roommates}}'' and its {{spin off}}s, ''Webcomic/GirlsNextDoor'' and ''Webcomic/DownTheStreet'', (the latter to a lesser extent) have a lot of manga influences. However, the ArtEvolution of the first two seem to slowly diverge from this style in different directions: ''Roommates'' gets more and more realistic, while ''GND'' slowly shifts towards the style of Franco-Belgian comics.
465* ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'' grew into this style with its ArtEvolution, especially in the design of female characters.
466* ''Webcomic/SailorRanko'' is an adaptation of ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf''/''Anime/SailorMoon'' crossover fan fiction. The art style imitates the source material pretty well.
467* ''Webcomic/SandraAndWoo'' is a mixture of this and western comic stylizations.
468* ''Webcomic/SchoolOfMages'' is drawn in a manga style, and it is even read from right to left.
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477* ''Webcomic/{{Shadownova}}'' is drawn with a somewhat Animesque style. The author is heavily influenced by anime and manga.
478* ''Webcomic/ShotgunShuffle'' has CrossPoppingVeins, nose vanishing, {{sweat drop}}s and many other anime tropes.
479* ''Webcomic/SleeplessDomain'' uses a western art-style but it is an anime-inspired webcomic involving MagicalGirl[=s=].
480* ''Webcomic/SlightlyDamned'' is very anime inspired. Not only are characters drawn in anime style, but the comic also uses a lot of MangaEffects and has several anime and Japanese video game ShoutOut[=s=]. [[OurDemonsAreDifferent The appearance of demons]], [[OurDragonsAreDifferent dragons]], [[OurMonstersAreDifferent other fantasy creatures]] in ''Slightly Damned'' seem to be heavily Pokémon inspired, as the creator draws a lot of Pokémon FanArt.
481* Some anime-like designs are used for the ''Webcomic/SluggyFreelance'' storyline "GOFOTRON Champion of the Cosmos", with Riff even describing one of the alien species they encounter as "[[AmazingTechnicolorPopulation blue]], anime-looking people."
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485* ''Webcomic/SodiumEyes'' takes notes of many anime clichés.
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491* ''Webcomic/SparklingGenerationValkyrieYuuki'' looks so much like it came from Japan, that it could possibly sell well if it were a published manga there.
492* ''Webcomic/{{Spinnerette}}'' has a heavily manga-influenced style.
493* ''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}} FetishizedAbuser.
494* ''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 [[WorldOfTechnicolorHair hair]] colors being commonplace.
495* ''Webcomic/StarOfDestiny'''s art style is heavily influenced by anime and manga. The comic is even read from right to left like manga, which the writer of it has deemed enough to label it a "webmanga".
496* ''[[http://ten.smackjeeves.com Ten]]'' is a German webcomic written in English and is made to read right to left.
497* Likewise ''Webcomic/{{Terra}}'', which leans more heavily on the Western influences but uses animesque faces, particularly on the women.
498* ''Webcomic/TheirStory'' is often mistaken for being Japanese or Korean, but it's a Chinese webcomic.
499* ''Webcomic/{{Tove}}'' is a full color webcomic that often borrows elements of Japanese animation, particularly when a shocked Tove is drawn {{Chibi}} style.
500* ''Webcomic/UnicornJelly'' and ''[[http://pasteldefender.com/ Pastel Defender Heliotrope]]'' have a unique but clearly SD take on its art.
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504* ''Webcomic/VanVonHunter'', ''Sokora Refugees'', and ''Webcomic/RedString'' are manga-inspired webcomics that were eventually published by major American manga companies [=TokyoPop=] and Dark Horse. However, ''Sokora Refugees'' appears to have been taken off the 'net.
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509* ''Webcomic/WelcomeToThePharmacy'': The webcomic’s artstyle is line art reminiscent of anime & manga.
510* ''[[http://www.drunkduck.com/Zos_Kias Zos Kias]]'' is one of those American manga series that reads right to left.
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514* ''WebOriginal/KeitAi'' features animesque art in the webcomic version. Meanwhile, the fanfic and original fiction also feature a mostly Japanese setting and characters. This is to be expected of a series that originated from Website/FourChan.
515* Certain Website/{{Neopets}} look suspiciously like Franchise/{{Pokemon}}, the [=PetPets=] even more so.
516* Despite being a text-based SharedUniverse serial, ''Literature/WhateleyUniverse'' frequently applies anime tropes, often lampshading or deconstructing them but just as often playing them straight. This is underscored by their being a number of characters who are explicit CaptainErsatz of anime or video game characters either due to their mutation (e.g, [[Anime/TenchiMuyo Tennyo]], [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVII Tif Lock, Aerys,]] and Tiff's brother [[VideoGame/FinalFantasyVIII Squalling]]), or because they deliberately emulate their favorite characters to an obsessive degree (e.g, [[Characters/PokemonTheSeriesAshKetchum Ash]] and [[Manga/{{AKIRA}} Akira]]).[[note]]It has been noted that all of the ones whose power turned them into copies were all just as obsessive about those characters before they were transformed, meaning that on some level [[ClapYourHandsIfYouBelieve they became who they wanted to be]].[[/note]]
517* Along with having a manga style cover, the {{Superhero}} WebSerialNovel ''Literature/{{Gamer Girl|2016}}'' is bursting with anime tropes, from [[MangaEffects manga-like facial expressions]], to long, [[ShonenDemographic Shōnen]]-esque fights, to wacky [[GagSeries gag anime]]-style comedy.
518* ''Literature/ParasiteCode'' is a WebSerialNovel that very consciously [[{{Pastiche}} plays on the tropes of]] the Shōnen FightingSeries, complete with a cover inspired by the works of Creator/YusukeMurata.
519* ''Website/GaiaOnline'' features anime-style [[VirtualPaperDoll avatars]] and illustrations, with plenty of [[ShoutOut shout-outs]] to anime, manga, and Japanese games. The plot comics are even referred to as "manga". During the site's early years, the tagline was "an anime role playing community" and once featured a directory of anime-related sites.
520* ''Ichika Whatever'' has a lot of this. Especially in issue 1. In issue 1, Ichika and Himari are trying to think their perspective of Kurt Cobain is, with what would later become Himari having a light pink background, light pink is associated with good in Anime, and what would later be Ichika had a dark red background in her mind and Kurt Cobain was showing an angry anime facial expression. Complete with the bead eyes and a caption(In English) it first appeared on Facebook and may never see the light of day again, this panel was released in 2019. With the series being continued in 2020.
521* The last third of the ''WebVideo/ScottTheWoz'' episode "Anime Games", appropriately enough, [[spoiler:has Scott being pulled over into an anime fight scene (with explosions, hand beams and giant mechas) against one Dr. Anna May, who attempts to eliminate Scott for his distaste in all things anime]].
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524!!Parodies
525[[folder:Comic Books]]
526* French comic ''Manga/SentaiSchool'' is a spoof of many Japanese series (either anime or live-action, and mostly from the '80s) well-known in France.
527* Issue 14 of ''[[ComicBook/TheSimpsons Bart Simpson's Treehouse of Horror]]'' features "Murder, He Wrote", a parody of ''Manga/DeathNote'' drawn in a manga style.
528* ''ComicBook/ScottPilgrim'' series bears some artistic and formatting similarities to manga style, but its short parody deserves special mention. Volume 4, "Scott Pilgrim Gets It Together", ends with a reading guide as one would find in a right-to-left book. "STOP. This is the BACK of the book. What do you think you're doing?"
529* British humour comic ''ComicBook/TheBeano'' has got in on the act as of the early 2020s: for example, when Batman eats a banana-flavoured sweet instead of a banana to power up, he becomes a chibi version of his usual self, "smaller and sweeter". In late 2022, Minnie the Minx had a storyline parodying ''Webcomic/OnePunchMan'' in which she became One Pinch Min, able to defeat enemies with a single pinch. In general, only the character who is the focus of the parody is redrawn in animesque style; other characters and the background don't change.
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533* It isn't uncommon for fan-artists fond of the Animesque style to use it even when depicting non-Japanese series.
534** Here's an example that work surprisingly well despite the extreme ArtShift: ''Webcomic/TheOrderOfTheStick'' [[http://www.giantitp.com/forums/showthread.php?t=134764 Manga Style]].
535** Another good example: [[http://web.archive.org/web/20160406102039/http://www.rubendevela.com/gallery/06.html Tiffany Aching]] if ''Literature/TheWeeFreeMen'' was directed by Creator/HayaoMiyazaki.
536** ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' not only parodies Anime often, but the Japanese fanbase (or those who are just fans of Japanese anime) often portray the characters as such in fanart and fanfiction, which doesn't please other parts of the fandom. Some of these artworks were actually shown in the episode "Tweek x Craig".
537** The Japanese fanbase of ''WebAnimation/HappyTreeFriends'' also does this, although it isn't as common that people bash it.
538* ''WebAnimation/ZanyToTheMax''
539** Of the seven members of the Kat Krew, five are drawn this way. [[NonStandardCharacterDesign The other two are Drake the Duck and Narf the Mouse]].
540** The newest member of the Warner family is Sikko Warner ([[BigEater Pakko]], [[AuthorAvatar Makko]], and [[SuperSpeed Jot]]'s sister), who is drawn this way as well.
541** Other characters drawn this way are [[MultiArmedMultitasking Sekoila]] [[NoKnees Zarner]] and [[ConjoinedTwins Wacka and Wakka MaRakka]].
542** In fact, ''Zany to the Max'' even features a fictional country known as Animenia, where almost all the characters are drawn this way. Since Yakko isn't drawn this way, it is unknown how he became the temporary king of Animenia in one episode.
543* Animenia is also featured in this author's ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'' fanstuff (which is known as The Homestar Runner Show). The character of [[FloatingLimbs Slipstar Runner]] was [[ArtificialHuman created by Homeschool Winner]] when he visited Animenia with Homestripe and Coach B. In fact, it is revealed that [[spoiler:Homestripe's parents are the ''king and queen'' of Animenia]].
544* A ''Literature/MrMen'' fan series by the same author (called The Mr. Men and Little Miss Show) has Little Miss Slippery, who is drawn this way as well. Later on, Little Miss Wacky and Little Miss Camouflage, who are also drawn this way, were added into the series. In all the fan series by this author, the style is referred to as "Animeniesque", which is pronounced similar to (and is possibly also a reference to) ''WesternAnimation/{{Animaniacs}}''.
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548* Manga, anime, and bad dubbing are affectionately parodied in ''WesternAnimation/HortonHearsAWho2008'' while Horton, an elephant, imagines he's a heroic ninja capable of performing feats of incredible athleticism and techniques such as [[KamehameHadoken an enormous pink beam attack from his hands]], while his sidekick Morton the mouse and the clover (which is simply home to the microscopic Whoville and its mayor who communicates with Horton) become a floating MentorMascot and a talking flower respectively. The result looks a lot like ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}'', and it is [[BigLippedAlligatorMoment about as sudden and abrupt as it sounds]].
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552* Spoofed in ''Film/SuperTroopers'' with the really cheap-looking "Afghanistanimation" cartoons produced by the Taliban. When they find a monkey sticker on bags of marijuana, Rabbit explains that this is likely a brand used by these particular dealers, borrowed from the Afghani cartoon ''Johnny Chimpo'', vaguely reminiscent of Anime.
553-->'''Captain:''' What's the significance of this John Chimpo fella?\
554'''Foster:''' Uh, well, you know those really cheap Japanese cartoons? No? This is basically a cheaper Afghani knockoff. It's this monkey that basically travels around the world... uh, doing nasty things. His butler tries to keep him in line, but, uh-- No.\
555'''Rabbit:''' It's really funny, Cap! It's Afghanistanimation!\
556''[later]''\
557'''German guy:''' Well, the butler is basically saying to Johannes Chimpo... "Don't let the Great Satan tempt you with the Western culture. You must remain true to the Taliban warlord."
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559* ''[[http://images.google.fr/images?hl=fr&source=hp&q=%22Most+%222Fruitful+%22Yuki%22 Most Fruitful Yuki]]'', a ShowWithinAShow in ''Film/{{Juno}}''.
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563* Episode 1 of ''Series/TheHardTimesOfRJBerger'' has an animated flashback in which Natsumi is drawn in anime form and talks in Japanese (with English subtitles).
564* This [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YS-d2j0-yrg scene]] from the ''Series/{{Community}} episode "[[Recap/CommunityS3E09FoosballAndNocturnalVigilantism Foosball and Nocturnal Vigilantism]]" has Jeff and Shirley having a foosball game, [[Manga/DragonBallZ Dragon Ball Z]]-style.
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568* ''VideoGame/BangOnBallsChronicles'' has its Time Trouble on Kaiju Island level, which parodies both anime and Japanese culture. For example, most characters have BigAnimeEyes, you enter a giant mecha suit to fight [[RecurringBoss Bob Boss]] and Bob Boss' form in this level is a bunch of giant {{Kaiju}}.
569* ''Princess Robot Bubblegum'', the name of the fictitious anime show in ''VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoIV: The Ballad of Gay Tony'' and VideoGame/GrandTheftAutoV, which parodies JapaneseMediaTropes (especially Shônen and Shôjo clichés).
570* ''VideoGame/GuitarHero III'' depicts [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5idd3Bqf29Q Japanese fangirls]] this way. Also subverted in that the rest of the cutscenes are a mix between this and Western-style.
571* ''VideoGame/{{Amped}} 3'' has these "interesting" cutscenes: [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ixX0hNsE02o]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YEaPi9LKbqc]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ExiN7C4IkCU]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QRaE5IMWVj4]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SihYQEmf0oA]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Fqz7JGs_rzg]], [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GIV6hMIP9t8]]
572* ''VideoGame/ComicJumperTheAdventuresOfCaptainSmiley'' has ''Cutie Cutie Kid Cupids'' [[Main/ShallowParody shallow spoofing]] shoujo manga.
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576* ''VisualNovel/DokiDokiLiteratureClub'' is Animesque as a parody of the kinds of Japanese works it imitates. However, it parodies the Animesque trope itself when the resident FourthWallObserver notes that some of the locations don't actually look like they're in Japan, thus lampshading that it's a bad imitation of something Japanese.
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580* ''WebAnimation/AngelicateAvenue'', by Alli Kat Nya.
581* An ''WebAnimation/TheAnnoyingOrange'' [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?annotation_id=annotation_752331&feature=iv&src_vid=XWZI83VJg4U&v=DjexOF6V2Ro episode]] is an AffectionateParody of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries''.
582* ''WebAnimation/GirlchanInParadise'', by Egoraptor.
583* ''Japanoschlampen'' ("Japano-Sluts"), a series spoofing anime tropes and other things, by the German Platform/{{YouTube}}r Creator/{{Coldmirror}}.
584* ''WebAnimation/HomestarRunner'''s 20X6, featuring anime versions of the main cast, like Strong Bad as Stinkoman and Homestar as Stinkoman's sidekick 1-Up. ...And then it gets even more meta with ''Xeriouxly Forxe'', which is a parody of ''this very trope'', particularly edgy anime-influenced cartoons from The90s such as ''WesternAnimation/SWATKats''. In 2022 stationary featuring ''WebAnimation/TeenGirlSquad'' in a chibi art style was sold.
585%%* ''WebAnimation/NekoSugarGirls'' might be an example.
586* The ''WebAnimation/TerribleWritingAdvice'' episode on "Isekai" has JP drawn in this style, complete with a hairstyle inspired by [[Franchise/YuGiOh Yugi Muto]].
587* ''WebAnimation/SparkleOnRaven'' is an American-Canadian coproduction that's an AffectionateParody of {{fanime}}, taking largely from MagicalGirl plot tropes and also featuring anime-inspired designs (notably how Ryan Sasuke and Shinji Yuu respectively resemble [[Manga/MyHeroAcademia Bakugo Katsuki]] and [[Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion Shinji Ikari]]) and JapaneseVisualArtsTropes (such as {{Sweat Drop}}s and CrossPoppingVeins).
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591* ''Webcomic/GhastlysGhastlyComic'', besides being wholly animesque itself, features a {{Hentai}} parody of ''Franchise/ScoobyDoo''.
592--> "Man! Is there ''anything'' the Japanese don't know how to make better?"
593* ''Webcomic/TheHandbookOfHeroes'' also has an animesque one-shot panel, [[https://www.handbookofheroes.com/archives/comic/style "Style"]]. Complete with BishieSparkle for Wizard, which Thief would like to stay.
594* ''Webcomic/KongTower'' features Aya, who due to the SuperpowerfulGenetics of her ToonPhysics father and Japanese Shinto-based magic-using {{Samurai}} mother, is drawn in an Anime style in comparison to the other characters, who can see the differences. Various [[http://townsendwright.com/kong-tower/kt9/ notable aspects of the style]] are [[LampshadeHanging lampshaded]].
595* Another non-English example is ''Webcomic/{{Raruto}}'', a ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'' spoof webdoujin that originated in Spanish.
596* [[http://rustyandco.com/comic/level2/level-2-15-2/ One panel]] of ''Webcomic/RustyAndCo'' go this route thanks to a Belt of ''Genre'' Changing.
597* While ''Webcomic/StarImpact'' is already heavily [[ShonenDemographic Shōnen]]-inspired, [[https://www.starimpactcomic.com/comic/guest-comic-rob-b this]] GuestStrip exaggerates it in respect to a character in a FictionalVideoGame that [[TheHero Aster]] and [[TagalongKid Puck]] play. The AltText makes no bones about [[LampshadeHanging pointing this out]]:
598--> The hyper anime eyes on the low poly character kills me. It's too heckin' good.
599* ''Webcomic/UnwindersTallComics'' features a ShowWithinAShow, ''Tokyo Delta Jetlag D'', an AffectionateParody of [[QuirkyWork widgety]] [[ShonenDemographic Shōnen]] series, and of bad {{Fansub}}s.
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603* JustForFun/TropeTan, that MoeAnthropomorphism of some page or another.
604* Though a podcast with little physical visuals to work with ''Podcast/KakosIndustries'' manages to be influence by anime by having an episode dedicated to being an AffectionateParody of hentai and the HumongousMecha genre. Listen to "Kawaii" to follow the exploits of The Giant-Ass-Japanese-Schoolgirl-That's-Kawaii-As-Fuck-Yo.
605* ''Website/BabylonBee'': There's an article that describes the impeachment of Donald Trump as an episode of ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', with Nancy Pelosi releasing her [[CombinedEnergyAttack Impeachment Attack]] after gathering the energy from every human spirit, only for Trump to absorb the attack and [[EvilLaugh cackling maniacally]] at those [[YouFool "Foolish mortals!"]].
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609* ''WesternAnimation/PerfectHairForever'': An unavoidable consequence, of course, of being a [[ShonenDemographic Shōnen]] anime parody, complete with non sequitur {{fanservice}}. Taking it a step further than that, Creator/AdultSwim even once aired it done up like an old-style VHS ([[GagDub and low-quality]]) {{Fansub}} for the April Fools' Day weekend.
610* ''Gemusetto Machu Picchu'' is yet another Creator/AdultSwim anime parody show, mainly being a parody of sports anime, with a very [[SurrealHumor surreal sense of humor]] and [[DerangedAnimation animation style]]. It's also more [[AffectionateParody affectionate]] than ''Perfect Hair Forever'' and focuses on trends with a lot of [[AnimationBump animation bumps]]. It even has opening themes in ([[StylisticSuck very poor]]) Japanese!
611* ''WesternAnimation/RobotChicken'': A puppet StopMotion and SketchComedy that satirizes many Japanese anime shows such as ''Anime/SailorMoon'', ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'', ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'', ''Manga/{{Akira}}'', ''Anime/SpeedRacer'', ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets'', ''Manga/AstroBoy'', ''Manga/{{Inuyasha}}'', ''Manga/RanmaOneHalf'', ''Franchise/YuGiOh'', ''Manga/{{Naruto}}'', ''Franchise/FinalFantasy'', ''[[AllAnimeIsNaughtyTentacles Shokushu Goukan]]'', and Japanese {{Hentai}}, plus American cartoons such as ''WesternAnimation/{{Teen Titans|2003}}''.
612* ''WesternAnimation/CowAndChicken'': The Japanese in [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7Gyap0F0yM this]] Got Milk ad.
613* Before they were unceremoniously canceled, the last episode of ''WesternAnimation/ClerksTheAnimatedSeries'' ended with a direct parody of out-sourced animation in general, poking fun at Korean animation studios. Any story this episode had was completely tossed out the window.
614* ''WesternAnimation/SouthPark'' gleefully subverts this trope on a handful of occasions.
615** Most notably, "[[Recap/SouthParkS8E1GoodTimesWithWeapons Good Times with Weapons]]", where the boys acquire ninja weapons and subsequently get a massive art upgrade into ''Franchise/StreetFighter''-esque badassery. (The song "Let's Fighting Love" is more or less about how the song makes no sense, especially the GratuitousEnglish parts.)
616** And "[[Recap/SouthParkS3E11Chinpokomon Chinpokomon]]", in which the boys' craze over a [[BlandNameProduct Pokémon]]-style hobby turns their eyes into arches when they smile and causes them to spout Japanese gibberish with glee. Bonus points: Creator/TreyParkerAndMattStone speak Japanese so it really ''is'' gibberish.
617** "[[Recap/SouthParkS17E8ASongOfAssAndFire A Song of Ass and Fire]]" and "[[Recap/SouthParkS17E9TittiesAndDragons Titties and Dragons]]" has Kenny turning into a MagicalGirl, Princess Kenny.
618* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyBravo'' once had Johnny watching "Clam League 9000", a spoof of ''Pokémon'' with a hint of ''Dragon Ball Z''.
619* ''WesternAnimation/ReBoot'' presented a game that simultaneously spoofed both ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' and ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' -- [[DepartmentOfRedundancyDepartment at the same time]].
620* ''WesternAnimation/TheFairlyOddParents'' made-for-TV movie ''WesternAnimation/ChannelChasers'' has Timmy and Vicky surfing through the dimension of television with magical remotes, creating parodies of numerous classical cartoons, two of which are anime. The first is for ''Anime/SpeedRacer'''s often-joked fast voice acting in the dub. The second is another ''Anime/DragonBallZ'' spoof with a show titled ''Maho Mushi'', portraying a (to Americans) violent fighting tournament and a multitude of beam attacks. The characters' designs change accordingly; Timmy now has bead eyes similar to Krillin while Vicky is dressed like Piccolo. At one point, Cosmo accidentally blasts two holes into sides of the arena. (At least he wasn't Majin...) Though the remote controlled giant mecha were still out of place.
621* ''WesternAnimation/JohnnyTest'' parodied both the ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' anime and games a few times. The parodies were actually surprisingly accurate, including such aspects as evolution by happiness.
622* ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'':
623** The series is rather Animesque on its own, but that didn't stop it from doing a complete and full parody of ''Anime/SpeedRacer'' -- right down to the style, plot line and MotorMouth dialogue. Except [=DeeDee=], who didn't get the joke and was animated (largely) normally.
624** In the first series finale, "Last But Not Beast", the students at the Japanese school Dexter transfers to own a mecha. Also, the teacher there had pink hair and blue eyes.
625** In a revived season episode, the villain Hukouchou looks like an evil bishōnen. Long hair, icy blue eyes, pointy ears, and so on.
626* The ''WesternAnimation/PhineasAndFerb'' special, "Summer Belongs to You", had a short musical segment that took place in Japan and caused all the characters to turn into some strange-looking anime style all while doing a parody of JustForFun/{{Caramelldansen|Vid}}. The singers were in SailorFuku too.
627* ''WesternAnimation/{{MAD}}'' has a segment called "[[Series/GreysAnatomy Grey's]] [[ExactlyWhatItSaysOnTheTin in Anime]]".
628* In "Batman's Strangest Cases", an episode of ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheBraveAndTheBold'', one segment is an AffectionateParody of the '60s ''Series/{{Batman|1966}}'' manga by Jiro Kuwata. The sequence is in sepia tones, has extremely limited animation and out-of-synch "English dubbing", and is a gentle jab at '60s anime like ''Anime/{{Gigantor}}''.
629* ''WesternAnimation/TheSimpsons'':
630** From "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS8E22InMargeWeTrust In Marge, We Trust]]", Miisutaa Supakaaru (Mr. Sparkle), the Japanese Homer Simpson. He's actually an amalgamation of two Japanese companies whose logos are a fish and a lightbulb, respectively.
631** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS10E23ThirtyMinutesOverTokyo Thirty Minutes over Tokyo]]", there is a Japanese program called "Battling Seizure Robots", which parodies the infamous episode of ''Anime/PokemonTheOriginalSeries'' which caused seizures in nearly 700 people.
632** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS12E9HOMR HOMR]]", the family goes to an animation convention, and Bart and Lisa watch a parody of ''Manga/FistOfTheNorthStar'' and ''Anime/BattleOfThePlanets''.
633** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS14E3BartVsLisaVsTheThirdGrade Bart vs. Lisa vs. the Third Grade]]", [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]] appears to Bart in a satellite TV-induced hallucination when he tries to take a standardized test.
634** The couch gags of "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E7TisTheFifteenthSeason Tis' The Fifteenth Season]]" and "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS15E22FraudcastNews Fraudcast News]]" feature the family dressed as several anime and Japanese media characters. Homer is Series/{{Ultraman}}, Bart is ''Anime/AstroBoy'', Lisa is Franchise/SailorMoon, Maggie is [[Franchise/{{Pokemon}} Pikachu]], and Marge is Jun the Swan from ''Anime/ScienceNinjaTeamGatchaman''.
635** In "[[Recap/TheSimpsonsS21E14PostcardsFromTheWedge Postcards from the Wedge]]", Bart watches an accurate parody of ''Anime/PokemonTheSeries'' when trying to do his homework, and [[LampshadeHanging lampshades]] both series' long runner status by wondering "how it managed to stay so fresh". Bonus points for the parody depicting Ash in his Diamond and Pearl attire, as the series was in the Diamond and Pearl arc at the time of the episode's first airing.
636** ''[[Recap/TreehouseOfHorrorXXXIII]]" has a segment titled Death Tome, a parody of ''Anime/DeathNote'' which is animated in the style of the anime.
637* This concept was parodied twice in ''WesternAnimation/GarfieldAndFriends'' first in "Invasion of the Big Robots" where Garfield winds up in a ''Anime/{{Voltron}}''-esque show, and in "The Clash of the Titans" where Garfield and Odie team up with the ''ComicBook/XMen'' expies The Power Squad.
638* ''WesternAnimation/RegularShow'': The episode "Brain Eraser" has Mordecai and Rigby rent a videotape of an anime series known as "Planet Starlight Chasers Excellent", which is a parody of many anime series that were popular in The80s and The90s. It fits in with the RetroUniverse of the show itself, having blinding fight scenes and a GratuitousJapanese theme song. The video store owner (voiced by Creator/RogerCraigSmith, who has done voices for many anime) confesses to watching it "all day, every day."
639** The episode "Brilliant Century Duck Crisis Special" is a huge homage to the HumongousMecha genre, complete with a ShotForShotRemake of the opening to ''Anime/NeonGenesisEvangelion''.
640* The recursive "American cartoon with Japanese-outsourced animation that disguises itself as American" style that was endemic in the '80s (see the "Animation-USA" tab in the "Straight Examples" section) was parodied in the ''[[WesternAnimation/TheAmazingWorldOfGumball Amazing World of Gumball]]'' episode [[http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/The_Sweaters "The Sweaters"]], which featured a [[http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/Richwood_High high school]] and a [[http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/Carlton couple]] [[http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/Troy of]] [[http://theamazingworldofgumball.wikia.com/wiki/Mr._Kreese characters]] drawn entirely in this style. They even have a more washed-out color scheme as if they were ripped straight from an old VHS tape.
641** Sarah's drawings are drawn in a [[StylisticSuck deliberately sucky]] but [[https://static.wikia.nocookie.net/theamazingworldofgumball/images/5/5f/TAAGDSpage1.png/revision/latest/scale-to-width-down/1000?cb=20170605113003 anime-inspired way.]]
642** The flashback sequence in "The Fury" is done in a ''Manga/DragonBall'' style, while fight sequence in the same episode is done in an Animesque style.
643* ''WesternAnimation/MajorLazer'' uses a style that makes it look as if it were an American cartoon from The80s co-produced by Creator/{{Toei|Company}}.
644* The final episode of the sixth ''WesternAnimation/{{Futurama}}'' season [[http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Futurama_Reincarnation features three stories animated in a different style, including anime]].
645* ''WesternAnimation/TheAngryBeavers'' episode "Pass it On!" has the brothers and their friends telling parts of a campfire story, each an affectionate parody of some genre of fiction. Treeflower's portion is anime in both visual style and narrative.
646* ''WesternAnimation/TheGrimAdventuresOfBillyAndMandy'': At one point in "My Peeps", Billy gets eyestrain, and Grim uses his magic to fix Billy's eyes, accidentally giving the boy precognitive powers. Grim ends up repeatedly altering Billy's sight in an effort to fix things, demonstrated by point-of-view shots through Billy's eyes as the art shifted through several different styles, including an Animesque one where Mandy speaks Japanese.
647* In one episode of ''WesternAnimation/DrawnTogether'', Ling-Ling (the resident ''Pokémon'' and anime parody) needs to renew his license and, during an eyesight test from his point of view, it's shown that he sees everyone as animesque characters.
648* Dr. Krieger's holographic girlfriend Mitsuko Miyazumi from ''WesternAnimation/{{Archer}}'' is clearly based on an anime girl with her big sparkling eyes, pink hair, and anime-style expressions.
649* In the ''WesternAnimation/MightyMouseTheNewAdventures'' episode "Don't Touch That Dial", Mighty Mouse encounters The Real Gagbusters, a mix between ''WesternAnimation/TheRealGhostbusters'' (which had several episodes animated in Japan) and ''Anime/{{Voltron}}'', who are drawn and animated in a very animesque style, they want to rid the world of humor and talk like Creator/LorenzoMusic who voiced Peter Venkman in the former show.
650* The ''WesternAnimation/Animaniacs2020'' revival had two versions: one where the Warners are cute and chibified and a second where they are styled similar to ''Anime/TengenToppaGurrenLagann'' and ''Anime/KillLaKill''.
651* ''WesternAnimation/{{Jellystone}}'':
652** In "Face of the Town", Huckleberry Hound undergoes a ''Anime/SailorMoon''-esque magical girl transformation.
653** In "A Town Video: Welcome to Jellystone", Yogi Bear and Huckleberry Hound have a battle in an anime art-style. They even have Japanese voice actors and speak Japanese (with additional English subtitles).
654* ''[=VH1=] ILL-ustrated'' has the segment, ''[[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYRPvz-LV-k Popeye in Anime]]'' with it shows Popeye with [[Main/CaptainErsatz Ersatzes]] from ''Anime/DragonBallZ'', ''Anime/YuGiOh'' & ''Anime/SailorMoon''.
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656
657!!Inversions
658Several Japanese series have inverted this trope by going for a western look. Since American cartoons generally require several times the production money for their higher frame rates, there are [[NoBudget limiting factors]] that keep it to surface aesthetics rather than the actual motion. The limits are easier to get around in comics and video games. If they use English, expect it to be [[GratuitousEnglish about as good]] as our [[GratuitousJapanese Japanese]]. Also Inverted by Japanese video games in their art style and other choices. Outside the country, some like to call them "Japanese Animation" or "Japanese Comics" to differentiate series with no "anime" traits.
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660[[folder:General]]
661* The character designs of Japanese artist [[http://www.susumumatsushita.com/index.html Susumu Matsushita]] (best known in the US for his work in ''VideoGame/MaximoGhostsToGlory'') tend to be very Western-looking, with round eyes and cartoony proportions.
662* 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.
663* Shigeru Mizuki. Generally, his artstyle is more cartoony/surreal than anything else.
664* Creator/FujikoFujio's art (both together and apart as Fujiko F and Fujiko A) tends to retain the exaggerated features, clean lines, and button-nose cuteness of western children's cartoons. This even extends to works aimed at the adult crowd (such as ''Manga/LaughingSalesman''), but they're still seen as one of the landmark examples of manga's influence on Japan.
665* ''Pingu In The City'', a Japanese-made reboot of ''WesternAnimation/{{Pingu}}'' is animated entirely in 3D and [[StopFauxtion rendered in a way to emulate the stop-motion look of the original series]], but uses some anime tropes such as a slower frame rate in some scenes and the characters do make the odd face faults.
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668[[folder:Anime & Manga]]
669* The '70s and '80s saw many mangas inspired by contemporary American and European media, some even set in America. ''Manga/SpaceAdventureCobra'' is like ''Film/{{Barbarella}}'' meets EagleLand, and ''Manga/MadBull34'' is EagleLand incarnate.
670* Given its nature as a multi-vignette show for a young audience, ''Anime/FolktalesFromJapan'' features a wide variety of animation designs, most of which cartoony in nature and several in particular rather western. Very rarely does it actually look like anime.
671* ''Manga/JoJosBizarreAdventure'' is heavily influenced by American comics.
672* While not specifically western (indeed, it more closely resembles Chinese/Korean animation in aesthetics), ''Anime/OneStormyNight'' is still much closer to your average western animated feature than traditional anime.
673* ''Bambi and Her Pink Gun'' is so visually influenced by the aesthetics of American comics that only the onomatopoeia give it away as an original Japanese creation.
674* The anime for ''Manga/ExcelSaga'' had a scene comparing tropes from anime and tropes from western animation, and as Excel demonstrated the cartoon tropes she and the other characters are animated in the style of American comics, rubber hose cartoons, and the Disney animated canon.
675* The art style of Creator/StudioGhibli films are heavily influenced by French animated films. [[WesternAnimation/TheRedTurtle One of their films]] is even a French [[InternationalCoproduction Coproduction]]. Conversely, ''Anime/MyNeighborTotoro'' and ''Anime/PonyoOnTheCliffByTheSea'' take more influence from American animated films rather than French animated Films. ''Anime/EarwigAndTheWitch'' also looked to Creator/AardmanAnimations and Creator/{{Laika}}'s stop-motion films to translate the signature Ghibli style to 3D CGI.
676* ''Anime/TheBigO'' is the result of Japanese animators involved with ''WesternAnimation/BatmanTheAnimatedSeries'' (Creator/{{Sunrise}}, the studio behind the show, was a subcontractor for the latter series) running with the influence of Creator/BruceTimm's iconic [[TimmStyle art style]]. Look for the [[{{Homage}} Batmobile]] in the backgrounds.
677* The first ending sequence to ''Anime/FullmetalAlchemist2003'' is done in [[ComicBook/{{Hellboy}} Mike Mignola's]] style.
678* Hiroyuki Imaishi's projects tend to have this reputation.
679** ZigZaggingTrope with ''Anime/PantyAndStockingWithGarterbelt''. It takes most of its art style from animesque Western animation (looking a lot like ''Franchise/ThePowerpuffGirls''). One episode parodying ''Franchise/{{Transformers}}'' goes maximum '80s.
680** ''Anime/DeadLeaves'' borrows some exaggerated faces, angular hard-line animation, and violence from Western cartoons.
681** ''Anime/SpacePatrolLuluco'' carries much of the same spirit of ''Panty & Stocking'', including humor that wouldn't look out of place on Cartoon Network or Nickelodeon.
682* ''Manga/KingOfBanditJing'', especially the second manga series.
683* The original ''Manga/LupinIII'' manga by Monkey Punch was heavily influenced by Magazine/{{MAD}}, and the art style definitely shows. The subsequent anime adaptations... not so much. They're not significantly more western-like than most other anime products.
684* ''Manga/NickAndLever'' is heavily influenced by the art style of Western comics and takes several visual cues of ToonPhysics that wouldn't look out of place in ''WesternAnimation/LooneyTunes''.
685* ''Manga/OnePiece''. The deformations of faces pushed to the limits ''Looney Tunes''-style are probably the most prominent factor. Luffy's [[RubberMan Gum-Gum Fruit powers]] are a close second, looking like something taken out of a Creator/TexAvery cartoon. This comes full circle when [[spoiler:Luffy gains his Gear 5 transformation [[NextTierPowerUp after his powers awaken]]. In this form, he behaves no different than a slapstick ZanyCartoon character. Creator/EiichiroOda stated that ''Franchise/TomAndJerry'' was what inspired him to create Gear 5 in the first place]]. It's even been speculated that its lack of similarity to the archetypal style of anime is a factor in why it [[AmericansHateTingle took so long to catch on outside of Japan]].
686* ''Manga/FairyTail'' has a similar art style to ''One Piece'' but then that would be a case of an [[ZigZaggingTrope anime imitating a western-influenced anime]]. Thanks to ArtEvolution, ''Fairy Tail'' started being drawn in a style that leans much closer to the "traditional" manga/anime style. It still has some similarities to ''One Piece'''s style, but those aren't as hugely noteworthy as they used to be.
687* ''Anime/SpaceDandy'' is a GenreThrowback to campy western RaygunGothic in terms of plot, setting and music. The designs and movements of Dandy and his mostly alien cohorts are far more exaggerated akin to the western cartoony style. The series also embraces episodic NegativeContinuity akin to western children's cartoons where characters end up hurt and dead, only to be okay the next episode as if nothing happened prior.
688* ''Manga/SoulEater'' looks like the unholy child of anime and Creator/TimBurton.
689* ''Anime/SuperMilkChan''
690* ''Anime/TigerAndBunny'' is made to resemble Western comic books and superhero shows.
691* ''Anime/{{Trigun}}'''s designs and especially manga incarnation are heavily influenced by [[ComicBook/{{Spawn}} McFarlane]].
692* ''Anime/TurnAGundam'''s mechanical designs by Syd Mead.
693* ''Anime/{{Usavich}}''
694* [[NoExportForYou Obscure]] series ''Montana Jones'' resembles a series from WesternAnimation/TheDisneyAfternoon such as ''WesternAnimation/AdventuresOfTheGummiBears'', ''WesternAnimation/TaleSpin'', or ''WesternAnimation/TimonAndPumbaa''.
695* ''Anime/CowboyBebop'' draws on influences from a variety of genres, many of them quite western (including TheWestern, appropriately enough), down to featuring one planet themed around {{Blaxploitation}} movies.
696* ''Baby Felix'' was produced by a Japanese studio with input from former WesternAnimation/FelixTheCat owner Don Oriolo, and is anime trying (and often failing) to look like Western Animation.
697* The character designs from ''Anime/{{Zoobles}}'' seem to be at least slightly influenced by stuff like ''WesternAnimation/MyLittlePonyFriendshipIsMagic'' and ''WesternAnimation/LittlestPetShop2012'', which themselves are very animesque.
698* Many of Creator/NipponAnimation's works, like ''Anime/WorldMasterpieceTheater'' and ''Anime/GrimmsFairyTaleClassics'' are drawn in a way that's more reminescent of Western Animation than Anime. The same applies for ''WesternAnimation/AroundTheWorldWithWillyFog'' and ''WesternAnimation/DogtanianAndTheThreeMuskehounds'', though both were co-produced with a Spanish animation studio.
699* ''Anime/LaQuintaCamera'', faces in particular.
700* ''Manga/MyHeroAcademia'' takes a lot of inspiration from American superhero comics. [[NonStandardCharacterDesign All-Might in his hero-mode]] especially looks like someone straight out of MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks.
701* The ''Creator/OsamuTezuka'' short "Legend of the Forest" uses several different Western Animation styles as the decades pass, first a Creator/WinsorMcCay style, then a 1930's rubber hose cartoon, a Fleischer Bros/Looney Tunes style, a Disney-esque style, a Fleischer Bros Superman style, and finally a UPA style.
702* ''[[VideoGame/DragonAgeII Dawn of the Seeker]]'', which was an actual Japanese animated movie commissioned and written by [[Creator/BioWare a Canadian video game studio]], producing a very Western-looking anime.
703* [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u909_O6CqYc This]] ''WebAnimation/{{Poketoon}}'' short is done in the style of Golden Age cartoons.
704* {{Kodomomuke}} anime have very simplified art styles to the point where some would get mistaken for western children's cartoons due to lack of "telltale" anime traits. Many of them are adapted from Japanese children's books, which generally tend to be of the same art styles that can be found in the west.
705* ''Literature/{{Anpanman}}'', one of ''the'' faces of anime, is about as round and cartoony as any of the kids' shows run in the late 80s early 90s. This partially has to do with it being adapted from a similarly-cartoony book series.
706* The long-running series ''Manga/SazaeSan'' takes many cues from Western newspaper comics, in part due to its beginnings as a newspaper strip in the 1940s-- just around the time western cartoons and comics started coming ashore.
707* ''Anime/SamuraiPizzaCats'' resembles a Golden Age Western cartoon in both artstyle and humor.
708* ''[[https://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=1441 Topo Gigio]]'' is an anime based on the eponymous 1950s Italian puppet character, and as such it has a style similar to old-school Western kids' cartoons. Interestingly, while the Italian dub has Topo Gigio voiced by the same performer who always voiced the puppet, the Japanese original has him voiced by Creator/RyuseiNakao, who in fact often voiced heroes and main characters in the Japanese dubs of Western cartoons.
709* ''Manga/LadyRed'' by Creator/AkiraToriyama is a homage to, and parody of, Western comics. It is written from left to right, features typical comic book sound effects in big lettering, and has a sense of humour that is quite cynical and almost mean-spirited, a far cry from the man's typical zaniness. The general style, however, is quite clearly [[OnlySixFaces Toriyama's]].
710* ''Anime/DragonQuestYourStory'' controversially discarded Creator/AkiraToriyama's SignatureStyle for a more {{Disneyesque}} look.
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712
713[[folder:Video Games]]
714* Several Nintendo franchises have a very Western feel and design to them:
715** ''VideoGame/{{ARMS}}'' has an art style heavily influenced by American superhero comics.
716** ''VideoGame/CodeNameSteam'' features several characters and references from western literature and folklore. Just throw in UsefulNotes/AbrahamLincoln, some Type 1 {{Eagleland}}, a SteamPunk setting, a [[MediaNotes/TheSilverAgeOfComicBooks Silver Age comic]] aesthetic, a FramingDevice where cutscenes are played out in the panels of a comic book, and as if those elements weren't enough, a [[{{Camp}} campy]] anthem as its [[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HpcTwOHXdqw theme song]], you'll have a Japanese-developed game that is very Western.
717** This was a very intentional move on Nintendo's part when creating the first ''VideoGame/DonkeyKong'' arcade game, a game that they created because a prior arcade game of theirs, ''Radar Scope'', [[AmericansHateTingle had flopped hard in the US despite being a bit hit in Japan]]. To clear out their enormous stock of unsold ''Radar Scope'' machines, Nintendo decided to create a game that would be a surefire hit in America and convert the ''Radar Scope'' cabinets to run it. To ensure its success in America they took a lot of influence from classic American cartoons when designing the game.
718** While it firmly belongs to the JRPG genre (being a partial parody of it), the ''VideoGame/EarthBound1994'' series is also heavily influenced by 1950's sci-fi, American newspaper comics like ''ComicStrip/{{Peanuts}}'' and ''ComicStrip/CalvinAndHobbes'', and other Western media. The settings of the games range from [[EverytownAmerica small middle American towns]] (Onett, Twoson) to big bustling metropolises inspired by New York City (Fourside)--''[=EarthBound=]'' is, after all, the {{Trope Namer|s}} for {{Eagleland}}. Two of the main protagonists, Ninten and Ness, are even [[AllAmericanBoy All American Boys]].
719** ''VideoGame/ForTheFrogTheBellTolls'' draws heavy inspiration from European fairy tales.
720** ''VideoGame/FZero'' takes place in a comic book future, with Captain Falcon himself being a [[ComicBook/JudgeDredd homage]].
721** ''VideoGame/KidIcarus1986'' game was very cartoony with weird proportions and wacky characters, and the same applied to its Game Boy follow up ''[[VideoGame/KidIcarusOfMythsAndMonsters Of Myths and Monsters]]'', all while following Greek Mythology to the letter. This then changed in ''[[VideoGame/KidIcarusUprising Uprising]]'', while mostly sticking to its Greek Mythology roots, the artstyle, presentation, and character design went full-blown anime.
722** ''Franchise/{{Kirby}}'' stars a round pink creature with large red feet, and the scenery and characters are clearly reminiscent of cartoons such as ''Franchise/TheSmurfs''. Even the main antagonist is a fat penguin in a Santa Claus-like outfit, and enemies include orange creatures wearing chef hats and wielding frying pans and large beetle-like insects with gloves and sneakers. Played straight with the anime ''Anime/KirbyRightBackAtYa'', which definitely looks like an anime.
723** ''Franchise/TheLegendOfZelda'' takes cues from many western fantasy novels and movies; with key influences being [[Myth/ClassicalMythology Greek mythology]], the [[Myth/ArthurianLegend legend of King Arthur]] and ''Literature/TheLordOfTheRings'' trilogy. However, Japanese influence became more apparent in games following ''The Wind Waker''. They still hold many western influences and ''Twilight Princess'' was specifically based on Wild West stories. ''Breath of the Wild'' firmly returns the series to its Western influence via its focus on exploring a land akin to European and Near East fantasy, with notable exceptions such as the Yiga Clan and Sheikah taking Asian influences, with the Sheikah warrior Impa in the prequel, ''VideoGame/HyruleWarriorsAgeOfCalamity'', fighting with a HandSeal usage and NinjaRun that has gotten compared to ''Franchise/{{Naruto}}''. Meanwhile the ''Link's Awakening'' remake has more Japanese influences. Much like its sibling series, the ''Zelda'' series has its share of [[WesternAnimation/TheLegendOfZelda1989 Western adaptations]].
724** ''Franchise/{{Metroid}}'' has always aimed for an American comic book look with the atmosphere from Hollywood sci-fi, though several games post-''Fusion'' showed more Japanese influence.
725** ''VideoGame/PanelDePon'' has an artstyle and themes that are highly influenced by Western Children's HighFantasy series like ''WesternAnimation/RainbowBrite'' and ''Franchise/MyLittlePony''.
726** ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' normally has a Japanese style, but ''VideoGame/PokemonTrozei'' uses much more simplistic, stylized, and angular designs on the human characters that brings series like ''WesternAnimation/DextersLaboratory'' and ''WesternAnimation/ThePowerpuffGirls1998'' to mind.
727** The ''VideoGame/PunchOut'' games are extremely cartoony with over-the-top cartoon caricatures of international stereotypes. The games also draw heavy influence from many Western boxing films like the ''[[Franchise/{{Rocky}} Rocky]] series'' and ''Film/RagingBull''.
728** The ''Franchise/{{Splatoon}}'' series is what would happen if you asked Nintendo to take everything that made [[The90s 1990s]] ''Creator/{{Nickelodeon}}'' what it was, and design it into a game. The series still has a heavy Japanese influence, as the first game features a pair of [[IdolSinger Idol Singers]] and takes place in a city based on [[TokyoIsTheCenterOfTheUniverse Shibuya, Tokyo]]. ''VideoGame/Splatoon2'' has a more American influence, with Inkopolis Square taking inspiration from [[BigApplesauce Times Square]] and featuring a DJ/rapper duo modeled after Music/TupacShakur and Music/TheNotoriousBIG.
729** ''Franchise/StarFox'' takes cues from Western {{cartoon|characters}} animals and {{space opera}}s. The fuzzy puppets featured in art for [[VideoGame/StarFox1 the first game]] and the puppet like mouth face flapping for dialogue in ''VideoGame/StarFox64'' was designed to invoke ''Series/{{Thunderbirds}}'', though nowadays it just looks like it was animated that way due to console limitations.
730** ''VideoGame/StarTropics'' and its sequel ''Zoda's Revenge'' don't hide their American influence at all, in fact, the games are so blatantly Western that the developers even went out of their way to make many references to American history and pop culture. The protagonist, Mike Jones, was named after the most common American names at the time (1990). Star Tropics' very western design was practically intended by Nintendo, as the Star Tropics games were designed to capitalize on the Western markets, and [[NoExportForYou were not]] released in Japan.
731** The ''Franchise/SuperMarioBros'' series looks like it is firmly planted in the roots of the ''MediaNotes/TheGoldenAgeOfAnimation'' in terms of design. The main characters are plumbers with large noses and moustaches who speak with a heavy Italian accent; the use of anime tropes in the series is rather rare aside from subtle graphical elements (particularly the facial expressions of characters); and the minimal audible spoken dialogue by any of the characters (in any language) is in English. Some characters take it further, Princess Daisy's dialogue in particular borrows from many different American English dialects and accents, like Valleyspeak, Southern Dixie and Ebonics, and Wario and Waluigi are inspired by a [[DastardlyWhiplash classic American character archetype]]. That said, there are plenty of Japanese influences too, mainly in the form of call backs to the culture and mythology (Usually in the form of Power ups like [[VideoGame/SuperMarioBros3 Raccoon/Tanooki]] [[VideoGame/SuperMario3DLand Mario]] and [[VideoGame/SuperMario3DWorld Cat Mario]]), and the female characters like Princess Peach have a more anime-styled motif than the male characters, and come across as a blend of western and eastern character designs, particularly in 2D art for games like the ''VideoGame/MarioAndLuigi'' series or ''VideoGame/SuperPrincessPeach''. Unsurprisingly, the ''Mario'' series has had its share of Western adaptations, including ''WesternAnimation/SaturdaySupercade'', [[WesternAnimation/SuperMarioBrosDic the three DiC Entertainment series]], and ''WesternAnimation/TheSuperMarioBrosMovie''.
732** While the rest of the series belongs [[QuirkyWork strictly on the home front]], ''VideoGame/WarioWareGold'' inverts the [[ArtEvolution artstyle]] from its predecessors, resembling more a Creator/CartoonNetwork effort than a production from Japan.
733* Several of Creator/{{Sega}}'s franchises also take influence from western animation and culture.
734** ''Franchise/SonicTheHedgehog'', done deliberately so to appeal to the Western market. The design of the FunnyAnimal characters take cues from InkblotCartoonStyle, settings, especially urban ones, have a Western feel, an emphasis on techno, rap, and rock for a lot of the music throughout the series, plenty of GratuitousEnglish in the original localization, and the general [[MascotWithAttitude "attitude"]] was to appeal to the "rebellious" nature commonly associated with countries like the United States.
735** ''VideoGame/StreetsOfRage'' is about ex-cops hunting down crime boss Mr. X and freeing the city from his wrath, while beating up hoards of enemies along the way. This all backed up by a soundtrack influenced by rave techno.
736** ''VideoGame/GoldenAxe'' in general is influenced by classic fantasy medieval Europe, however it's also influenced by the ''Franchise/ConanTheBarbarian'' films.
737** ''VideoGame/AlienSyndrome'' was influenced by the ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'' films, to the point where a Xenomorph appears as one of the enemies.
738** ''Videogame/RentAHero'' supposedly takes place in Japan, but the titular superhero is modeled after an American comic book hero and the digitized photograph that's supposed to be representing Taro Yamada, the hero, in the intro, is clearly an American model.
739** ''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.
740** The artstyle for ''VideoGame/PanzerDragoon'' was partially influenced by the works of French artist Jean Giraud (aka Moebius).
741** ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDead'' is one big AffectionateParody of SoBadItsGood B-grade horror movies, complete with intentionally narm-ridden dialogue and voice acting. Especially true in the case of ''VideoGame/HouseOfTheDeadOverkill'', with the visuals having a clear grindhouse-movie look and feel.
742** ''VideoGame/NightsIntoDreams'' was partially influenced by European cultures and theater, with the Cirque du Soleil show ''Mystère'' being a specific influence. The sequel ''VideoGame/NiGHTSJourneyOfDreams'' takes it a step further by introducing a fictional version of London called Bellbridge and having a cast of British voice actors.
743** ''VideoGame/SambaDeAmigo'' has a strong Mexican/Latin influence, right down to a good number of the songs being licensed Latin genre music.
744** ''VideoGame/ToeJamAndEarl'' is influenced by [[HipHop hip-hop culture]] (the titular aliens are rappers, for one), and it definitely shows in parts of the soundtrack. It also has gameplay inspired by ''VideoGame/{{Rogue}}'' and a lighter version of ''Starflight'''s science-fiction theme. Its concept was thought up by Greg Johnson, an American.
745* ''Creator/{{Capcom}}'' is another Japanese creator with an ''extensive'' library of Western-influenced creations.
746** ''VideoGame/ArmoredWarriors'' has English characters and very deep and detailed graphics, taking influence from Mech shows and Western Science Fiction. It's spinoff ''VideoGame/{{Cyberbots}}'' shares the same general artstyle.
747** The ''VideoGame/BionicCommando'' games star a soldier named Rad Spencer armed with a Grappling Hook arm. The ''NES'' title even had you battling ThoseWackyNazis, including who is [[NoHistoricalFiguresWereHarmed definitely]] ''not'' Adolf Hitler (Named "Master D" In-game).
748** Creator/{{Capcom}}'s old mascot ''VideoGame/CaptainCommando'' is likewise an AffectionateParody of American superheroes. The company has long walked a middle ground between styles, taking it to a [[VideoGame/MarvelVsCapcom natural conclusion]].
749** ''VideoGame/{{Darkstalkers}}'' and its [[BloodyHilarious crazy cartoon violence]]. It looked and moved more like a cartoon than the actual [[AnimatedAdaptation American TV show]].
750** ''VideoGame/DevilMayCry'' stars a dual-wielding wisecracking mercenary named Dante battling demons and monsters in Gothic European and urban settings. It draws heavy influence from Western-themed works like ''Literature/TheDivineComedy''.
751** The ''VideoGame/FinalFight'' games takes place in major metropolitan city reminiscent of New York and Chicago and one of the player characters is a former-wrestler-turned-mayor named Mike Haggar.
752** The ''VideoGame/GhostsNGoblins'' series stars a medieval knight named Arthur (a clear reference to King Arthur), battling wicked demons and monsters, the majority based on European gothic horror and figures from Biblical mythology like Beezulbub and Satan. The games were also notorious for its [[BlindIdiotTranslation very broken]] English, which has since improved in the sequels.
753** ''VideoGame/KnightsOfTheRound'' is a Capcom BeatEmUp loosely based on the Myth/ArthurianLegend and stays true to its setting. Based in Medieval England with nice and detailed RealIsBrown graphics, and medieval-styled artwork.
754** While originally inspired by ''Manga/AstroBoy'', many aspects of the ''VideoGame/MegaManClassic'' series have since evolved into being more Western. Taking cues from many futuristic sci-fi, [[OncePerEpisode episodic]] Saturday morning cartoons, and superhero comic books. Two of the main characters, [[BigGood Dr. Light]] and [[MadScientist Dr. Wily]] in particular are blatant expies of ''SantaClaus'' and ''UsefulNotes/AlbertEinstein'' respectively. The DarkerAndEdgier sequel series ''VideoGame/MegaManX'' was made in the The90s, and definitely wears its time period on its sleeve, highly imitating the "extreme" trend of many Western action cartoons at the time, with the soundtracks of the games relying heavily on rock and guitar. As mentioned further up the page, ''Mega Man'' even had ''[[WesternAnimation/{{Mega Man|RubySpears}} a cartoon]]'' that ran for three seasons, which ironically was inspired by character redesigns Keiji Inafune made in his spare time.
755** The ''VideoGame/MonsterHunter'' series is known for this, which is ironic since the games are still more popular in Japan than in the West.
756** ''VideoGame/RedEarth'', developed by the same team as ''Darkstalkers'', has very detailed graphics and plays up its SwordAndSorcery theme to its fullest.
757** Capcom's ''Franchise/ResidentEvil'' series is influenced by Western Zombie films, Horror B-movies, and various Hollywood action films and Conspiracy thriller. All of the main characters are English, and the settings of the games are generally American. The fictional Raccoon City of the first three games is based on a midwestern EverytownAmerica. The first game even went so far as to have English actors and voice acting for its live action cutscenes, even in the Japanese releases. Unsurprisingly, there have been ''numerous'' Western Adaptations of the franchise, including [[Film/ResidentEvilFilmSeries an entire]] [[Film/ResidentEvilWelcomeToRaccoonCity series]] of American films.
758** Resident Evil's sister franchise ''VideoGame/DinoCrisis'' is more or less the same thing, [[JustForFun/RecycledInSpace but with vicious dinosaurs]] and strongly influenced by works like ''Franchise/JurassicPark''.
759** ''Franchise/StreetFighter'' takes inspiration from American cartoons in many ways. The original Street Fighter had an art style reminiscent of 60s action cartoons. ''VideoGame/StreetFighterII'' continued this with an art style similar to 80's Saturday morning cartoons, which was taken to [[WesternAnimation/StreetFighter a logical conclusion]]. ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIII'' continued the Western style further with a artstyle resembling an upper-tier action cartoon with extremely ''fluid'' animation and a soundtrack inspired by Late-90's Hip-Hop, Jazz and Techno with loads of English. ''VideoGame/StreetFighterIV'' takes the action cartoon artstyle of ''II'' and [[TwoAndAHalfD brings it]] into the third dimension, which in turn made the game even ''more'' colorful and cartoony than prior entries.
760** Two of the three games featured in ''VideoGame/ThreeWonders'', specifically ''Midnight Wanderers'' and ''Chariot'', are drawn in a Westernized art style based on Medieval illustrations (the world maps especially), tarots and fantasy/fairy tale books.
761** ''VideoGame/ViewtifulJoe'' is an AffectionateParody of both comic book superheroes and {{Toku}}satsu.
762* ''VideoGame/GoGoHyperGrind'' is a Japanese-developed skateboarding game with American character designs by Creator/JohnKricfalusi and Spumco, no less! The gameplay also features many Western cartoon cliches such as [[WildTake Wild Takes]], StuffBlowingUp, and [[OffWithHisHead characters losing their heads]].
763* Creator/{{Konami}} was known for making games based on American movie genres in its prime.
764** ''Franchise/SilentHill'' is frequently mistaken for an American franchise due to the American setting and realistic graphics, and takes a lot of influence from American media such as ''Film/JacobsLadder'' and the works of Creator/DavidLynch. The games are very Western, with the titular Silent Hill being a fictional town set in the American state of ''UsefulNotes/{{Maine}}''. All of the main characters are American, with English voice acting even in the Japanese releases.
765** The ''VideoGame/MetalGear'' series takes its influence from American Hollywood action films such as: ''Film/EscapeFromNewYork'', ''Film/BladeRunner'', and other various Western media. The original [=MSX=] release of ''VideoGame/MetalGear2SolidSnake'' even had images of its characters based on famous [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed hollywood actors]] at the time (''Mel Gibson'', ''Tom Berenger'' and ''Sean Connery'' to name a few), just to hammer the themes in further.
766** The ''Franchise/{{Castlevania}}'' series is obviously influenced and centered around the lore of ''Literature/{{Dracula}}'' and set in Gothic European settings. Most of if not all of the characters are English and Japanese influence is ''extremely'' rare outside of visual effects and artstyle, with few exceptions like ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaRondoOfBlood Rondo of Blood]]'' and ''[[VideoGame/CastlevaniaPortraitOfRuin Portrait of Ruin]]''.
767** ''VideoGame/{{Contra}}'' proudly takes every American action film from the 80's like ''Franchise/{{Rambo}}'', ''Film/{{Commando}}'', ''Franchise/{{Predator}}'', ''Franchise/{{Alien}}'', and ''Franchise/TheTerminator'' and mixes them all into a blender. The two main characters are named Bill and Lance, and [[NoCelebritiesWereHarmed modelled]] after [[Creator/ArnoldSchwarzenegger Arnold]] and [[Creator/SylvesterStallone Sly]], respectively.
768* ''VideoGame/Persona5'' uses an anime art style, plays like a JRPG and visual novel hybrid, and focuses on issues in modern Japanese society. However, the Phantom Thieves' costumes and Personas, as well as the jazzy soundtrack, take a lot of influence from classic Western comic books and tales of magnificent vigilantes.
769* While ''VideoGame/Onmyoji2016'' plays this straight in every other aspect of the game, some in-game comics (like those about the backstory of Ōtakemaru and Kujira) are drawn in a Western comic book style and read left-to-right rather than like a manga.
770* ''VideoGame/PaRappaTheRapper'' and its spinoff ''VideoGame/UmJammerLammy''. Not only is the art style cartoony, all of the cutscenes and songs are in English, even in the Japanese versions. Makes sense, as the series artist, Rodney Greenblat, is actually American.
771* ''VideoGame/NoMoreHeroes'' and its sequels sport a mix of cel shading and realism with a So-California setting, western-style character designs and names. Both games do make multiple references to anime media, though.
772* ''VideoGame/Killer7'' looks, sounds, and feels like if it was made by Creator/MainframeEntertainment than Capcom and Suda51, and if it was a game in ''WesternAnimation/{{Reboot}}''.
773* The main character in ''VideoGame/ProfessorLayton'', as well as many secondary ones, are designed in a classic French style, though other characters are designed in anime fashion.
774* The character design of Sora that Creator/TetsuyaNomura created for the Timeless River world (based off the cartoon short ''WesternAnimation/SteamboatWillie'' and other shorts during the 1930s) in ''VideoGame/KingdomHeartsII'', which makes him resemble a cartoon character from MediaNotes/TheSilentAgeOfAnimation (RubberHoseLimbs and all). [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/5/52/TimelessRiverSora.png Just look]] [[http://images.wikia.com/kingdomhearts/images/2/22/Sora_Timeless_River_Artwork.png at him]].
775* The arcade baseball game ''M.V.P.'', which was made by Sega, used a Franco-Belgian art style for its character design.
776* ''VideoGame/MetalSlug'' has a style very reminiscent of American cartoons.
777* VideoGame/DNADarkNativeApostle looks like something out of MediaNotes/TheDarkAgeOfComicBooks.
778* Creator/FromSoftware's best known [=RPGs=], such as ''VideoGame/DemonsSouls'', ''VideoGame/DarkSouls'', ''VideoGame/{{Bloodborne}}'' and ''VideoGame/EldenRing'', contain many elements typical of Western games such as RealIsBrown visuals, free-roaming gameplay, character customization, and minimalist story presentation. This, combined with ''Dark Souls'' debuting at a time when most Japanese games weren't getting much mainstream attention in the West, leads many people to be surprised when they find out that [=FromSoft=] is a Japanese developer. While ''VideoGame/SekiroShadowsDieTwice'' is set in UsefulNotes/SengokuPeriod Japan, it is still hardly anime in design, retaining the gritty and realistic art style of its spiritual precedessors.
779* ''VideoGame/MetamorphicForce'' may be the only Japanese-developed BeatEmUp to look like a Western cartoon or fantasy comic yet not be based on one.
780* Kaneko's ''[[http://www.hardcoregaming101.net/dj-boy/ DJ Boy]]'' and its sequel ''B.Rap Boys'' are beat-em-ups heavily influenced by American hip hop and street culture of the 80s, and as such have cartoony sprites and graphic elements inspired by graffiti.
781* ''VideoGame/LightCrusader'' looks much more like a European Platform/{{Amiga}} game than any of Creator/{{Treasure}}'s other Platform/SegaGenesis efforts. The ProgressiveRock motifs help confirm this impression.
782* The ''VideoGame/{{Knack}}'' games were developed by a Japanese team, but are full-blown western, resembling an AllCGICartoon adventure with western character designs for the human and enemy characters and the eponymous hero himself.
783* ''VideoGame/{{Splatterhouse}}'' rips from every single major American slasher horror franchise/movie from the The70s and The80s and mashes them all together into a gore-y stew, like ''Franchise/FridayThe13th'', ''Franchise/{{Hellraiser}}'', ''Franchise/EvilDead'', ''Film/{{House}}'', ''Film/TheTexasChainsawMassacre'' and many more. The game stars a paranormal investigator named Rick Taylor who has to rescue his girlfriend Jennifer from a house infested with monsters created by a MadScientist.
784* ''VideoGame/PizzaPop'': Despite being a Japan-only game, the game boasts a distinct American newspaper comic/cartoon style ala [[ComicBook/ArchieComics Archie]]. The entire game takes place in an American-like metropolis like New York City and Chicago, and the character designs are extremely cartoon-like. It reflects even more in the design. The signage are all in English, Dollar signs are used, and the game boasts a hopping Jazz soundtrack.
785* Starting with ''2'' especially, ''VideoGame/AceCombat'' is heavily influenced by ''Film/TopGun'' regarding its focus on air battles and a western inspired pilot taking the role of TheAce to fight out enemies in mostly European and American counterpart conflicts. While the sleekness of Japanese and anime aesthetics are felt especially with better technology allowing the characters and futuristic environments to be rendered in that regard, they're still primarily taking from western political thrillers, western military science fiction and Cold War era action flicks from the original ''Top Gun's'' era. In fact, ''Ace Combat 7'' would feature a crossover promotion with ''Film/TopGunMaverick'', a sequel so long awaited to the original that comparisons between ''Top Gun'' and ''Ace Combat'' were frequently made over the decades of the latter's releases in that ''Ace Combat'' was likened to as close as one could get to more ''Top Gun''. ''Maverick'' finally releasing and crossing over with the Japanese franchise so inspired by it brought things full circle.
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788[[folder:Visual Novels]]
789* While most of ''VisualNovel/MarcoAndTheGalaxyDragon'' is drawn in typical visual novel style, it {{Art Shift}}s to cartoony ThinLineAnimation in cutscenes.
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792[[folder:Web Animation]]
793* The art of ''WebAnimation/InfernoCop'' seems to be heavily influenced by American comic books.
794* ''WebAnimation/{{Poketoon}}'' is a series of ''Franchise/{{Pokemon}}'' animated shorts made for the Internet, and most of them are done in the typical ''Pokémon'' art style. The "Scraggy and Mimikyu" shorts, however, are designed to resemble classic American cartoons from the 1930s and 40s.
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