Cartoons that became Anime: #transformers
24,963Western Cartoon’s that got Anime Adaptations:
Starting off we have Lilo and Stitch. Lilo and Stitch: The Series was a 2003 Disney Channel Cartoon Series, and later down the line, Japan released an Anime simply called Stitch: But Instead of Lilo there was a new character named Yuna.
Next is Batman Ninja, Batman Nijna is a 2018 American-Japanese animated film directed by Junpei Mizusaki. While it is published through Warner Bros, it has both Eastern and Western Influence.
Moving on we have Powerpuff Girls Z, This is a 2006 Japanese anime television series created to commemorate the 50th anniversary of Toei Animation. It is like a fusion of Dragon Ball Z and the Power Puff Girls.
Then there is Mutant Turtles: Superman Legend, This only has 2 Episodes and a Run time of 25 Minutes, it is basically a one off, what could have been if the TMNT crew had an Anime. It came out in 1996, and tells the story of the Turtles and April going to Japan.
One of the more obvious ones is the Transformers, and there are a Ton of Anime/Japan exclusive Transformers series and continuities, Transformers themselves were originally Japanese Micro Change and Diaclone Toys, so on could argue that this is the other way around, but the character lore is of Western origin. Though the 1986 Movie was Animated by Toei Animation.