About
“Western Anime” is an umbrella term referring to multiple western show and movies that are often jokingly referred to as an anime. While some of them are western animation, many of them are live action series as well. While initially done with the DisneyCory in the House many other things began to be referenced under this, such as King of the Hill and Shrek among others.
Origin
The oldest know reference between western media being referred to a anime dates back to 2007 from a video initially uploaded by Youtube User TheSaltySaltySalt, with a video titled “TOP 27 ANIME BOOBS” featured an edited version of the Cory in the House theme song synced to the Mega Man 2 them of Crashman.[1]
Spread
On April 17th, 2013, Tumblr user “cyberia-mix” uploaded an anime then and now pic, comparing the anime Free! to Cory in the House. In two years, this post received over 17,500 notes [2]
On December 19th 2014, Tumblr user “bloated-toad” uploaded a picture of Shrek DVDs misplaced under an anime section header. In a year, this post gained just under 150,000 notes.[3]
On January 20th, 2015 Tumblr user “the-doctors-dinobot” uploaded a picture of of misplaced King of the Hill DVDs in a location meant for anime Dubbed by the company Funimation. Within 4 months this post received over 17,500 notes [4]
Search Interest
External References
[1]YouTube – TOP 27 ANIMEBOOBS
[2]Tumblr – It’s time for a revolution otaku friends
[3]Tumblr – bloated-toad
[4]Tumblr – Ah here we see the magnum opus of the anime genre