The soccer of cartoons?

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yamam

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What are some cartoon series that are international hits all over the world except the Untied States and maybe Canada as well. Just like soccer is in sports, thus the title of the thread.

Cartoons that North Americans are missing out on which most of the world as embrassed.

I think until 2006 and maybe 2007 when it took off, and it still not as big as it is all over the world, that Crayon Shin Chan fits that mold. It is amazing that it was such an International hit for so many years that except for Hawai, it took till 2006 for us americans to see it. Shinnoske Nohara is an icon in Japan and many Latin countries, he is almost as famous as Pikachu in its native land, yet we North Americans never heard for him for a long time, and still it is more of a underground hit here regulated to late night cable television.
 
I do not know. My knowledge of overseas animation is limited at best. However, the inverse can also be true. The Buzz On Maggie was moderately successful in the United States, but its plug was prematurely pulled due to the fact that it was not embraced by those living in other parts of the world. Here is a quote from one of the people who worked on that series.



I apologize if that is not in the realm of what you wanted to discuss, but I just wanted to provide a different perspective. It can happen both ways.
 
I say One Piece, mostly since, even though this forums does a have huge fanbase of One Piece fans, (I, myself, am one of them) it really isn't that popular in the US, and I heard in Canada that it didn't even air most of the 4kids episode. I think it got pulled mid-Baratie arc in Canada and moved to 4:30 in the AM.

I blame 4kids for ruining it chance to be popular over here, since well, they sort of almost ruined it for me in the midway point where they didn't just adapt the script from the pages of Shonen Jump. After all, I say if you don't like One Piece, and you only watched the 4kids dub, you don't have the right to say "One Piece in general... Sucks." watch the new FUNi dub, or the original JPN version, and you don't like then, I find that okay, since you did judge it fairly.
 
the mecha robot series based on Go Nagai mangas, Mazinger (Tranzor Z), Great Mazinger, Grendizer (Grandizer), Getter Robot got a limited release in the US.

Also on the list
-Dr.Slump
-the 1st series of Cutey Honey
 
Basically anything by Cosgrove-Hall, Dangermouse and Count Duckula have been translated to other languages and don't have all the British humour that Americans don't get when the shows are in English, I think Dangermouse and the non Cosgrove-Hall cartoon Bananaman were on Nickelodeon in the USA in the late 80s but I'm not too sure.
I also noticed that Hoodwinked was quite popular in the UK, although it was released a few months after it was in the USA.
 
Sailor Moon is a huge hit all over Europe and Asia, but never rose above cult status in the U.S.

Also, other nations have a preference for the original Mobile Suit Gundam and the sequels based directly on it (Z-Gundam, ZZ-Gundam), while American audiences seem to embrace the "non-canonical" Gundams, like G-Gundam, Gundam Wing, and SD-Gundam.
 
Much like how Mickey Mouse and Bugs Bunny are big here in the US, I believe Asterix the Gaul is the equivalent internationally (Correct me if I'm wrong). I think there's even an Asterix theme park in France somewhere.
 
Seconded.

I think it's one of Toei's biggest international properties, after DBZ and Sailor Moon. I've seen fansites from Paris and Italy to Peru, Brazil, and Spain dedicated to this show. Funny thing is that the series never really had a chance in North America, probably because of the way the series was produced, mismarketed, and renamed.

Saint Seiya was renamed Knights of the Zodiac by DiC, and that's the name most Americans know the series as . . . at least those that actually sat down and watched that blunderous adaptation. ADV Films and DiC co-produced the uncut version that kept its original Saint Seiya name. Only a fraction of the episodes were seen in this country.

Another reason the property wasn't so well-received is because the industry is so hellbent on Japanese properties centered around collectable card games and/or useless pieces of plastic. Saint Seiya had neither, so, it was deemed a failure.

Pity.
 
I always wondered how the show would have done if it came to America 10 years earlier. Like around 1992-93. I think it might have been more successful if it did. Of course, we'll never know.
 
Yes, there is a Asterix theme park who was created to challenge Euro Disney (I don't know if it still exists) and Asterix did once appear on the cover a special edition of Time magazine (I don't know if it' s the US or Canadian edition however) http://www.sparehed.com/tag/asterix/

besides Asterix, we could include some other European cartoons adaptations of Franco-Belgians comics like Tintin, Lucky Luke and Spirou

And there one comic strip from Argentina who isn't well known in Canada and the US, it's Mafalda
 
I'm going to say this now.If you watched the English-speaking version of an anime and liked it a lot,but never watched the Japenese version which (for example btw) was better then the English adaption.What would be the point?

Every country is different and/or similiar in their styles.Including animation.I just hate hearing people arguing over sub,dubs whatever.It's a show.
 
Tintin is somewhat familiar to US audiences (probably on the same level that Babar is).

The website link suggests the Asterix "Time" magazine cover is for an international (non-US/Canada) edition of "Time".

-B.
 
Does "Les Mondes Engloutis" (Spatakus and the Sun Beneath the Sea) count? I think the completel series was released in France, but I'm not sure.

It also seems to me that a lot of Yoram Gross' output (the "Dot" series, Blinky Bill, etc) are more popular in Austrailia (Although you can find a couple of "Dot" films on DVD in the U.S. for just a dollar).

I remember a movie from Holland (I think) that was dubbed in English and aired on The (old) Disney Channel called "Sebastian Star Bear: First Mission". It's probably more popular there than it is here; there has yet to be a DVD...if at all.
 
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