Stuff that you though was anime/manga when you was younger

For me is a manhua named Origami Fighter, for the longest time i though it was a manga until i found out that it author was not Japanese. It just have so many Japanese things that it confused my younger self( origami, origami turn to giant robot,origami turn to monster turn to super hero, god is evil,monster of the week plot...). Now as an adult looking back, i can see there also a lot of things differed it from manga( not set in Japan but in China, plot points move at lightning speed,....). So what about everyone else, which media you used to though was manga/anime?

You mean Origami Warrior? Oh! I've been following the show since childhood but yea....think it was based on a taiwanese manga from what i recall.

For the ones mistaken as anime... Uh... Monsuno I guess?

I definitely mistook Avatar: The Last Airbender as an anime before I learned it was American in origin. I still sort of consider it an "honorary" anime in terms of style and aesthetic, but it's a Western cartoon.

Ah yeah! i used to think that Totally Spies and Martin Mystery were an anime show.

It may be because I am a little older than some here but I had the opposite mistake, thinking that shows such as Pokémon, Digimon, Cardcaptor Sakura etc. that were on British kids TV were American cartoons. I didn't even find out that anime was thing until my mid teens (I may also have been a little naïve as I also used to think Batman was invented for the Adam West TV series, Superman was invented for the Christopher Reeve Films, etc.).

Same, I remember when I was a little kid I watched Korean dubs of Ranma 1/2, Dash! Yonkuro, Crayon Shin-chan, and the like, and I just thought they were Korean cartoons. It wasn't until I got into middle school that I realized anime and manga was even a thing.