Who's is the Most Recognizable Anime Character??

[@RaeBordz27]

"Who is the most recognizable guest in Trash Taste?" Chris Broad

[@animeforlife6185]

The giga chad

[@Truckkundesu]

He is affable

[@karabomasibi2331]

For the first time every "Can they beat Goku?" is a relevant question

[@catherinebutler4819]

Connor: "In 1996 Pokemon was the single most googled thing." Garnt: I believe that. Google: *is founded in 1998.*

[@jaehyunchu6753]

red and blue were released in 1996

[@tako1257]

@@jaehyunchu6753 No he meant *Google* was founded in 1998

[@jaehyunchu6753]

My bad it's final session my brain is fried egg

[@ShuajoX]

@@jaehyunchu6753 Well, technically it was Red & Green in Japan in 1996. Red & Blue came out in America in 1998, so it was probably 1998 that Connor meant.

[@jaehyunchu6753]

@@ShuajoX u have finals too bro?

[@Raph___A]

I'd say the most recognizable anime characters are Pikachu, Goku and Sailor Moon. If you know who they are from just their silhouettes and one description (ex. He wears an orange gi), then you know they have good character design.

[@oshixxxx]

Would say pikachu, sailor moon or asuka.

[@nanashi2146]

Do you really think Sailor Moon is actually on that list? Just want to clarify, this isn't a sarcastic question or anything I don't know and I'm genuinely curious

[@oshixxxx]

@@nanashi2146 Meh, im a 90s kid (Sailor moon s1 aired in swedish here in Finland during the early 2000s), so I grew up with sailor moon/pokemon. I guess someone from naruto or code geass would get that slot , but one can dream that a great series of the past would win the competition, and not some newer trash that aired on tv recently (exeption for code geass, one of the best animes i've watched).

[@nanashi2146]

@@oshixxxx I suppose, but I don't think a naruto or code geass character would be significant enough to be included on the list

[@oshixxxx]

@@nanashi2146 Well then, who would make the list in your opinion?

[@SwifferTWetJetMop]

In the west I’d say the most popular anime characters are Pikachu, Goku, Naruto, and Sailer Moon. Ichigo, Luffy, Yugi, and Inuyasha are also pretty recognized but maybe not on the same level as the first four. A lot of non anime fans would recognize those first four as well as Hello Kitty probably purely because of merchandising

[@theifzelnite1087]

Hah guess the protag hair...

[@FM-dm8xj]

sailor moon? what tree are u smoking?

[@mikemorro140]

@@FM-dm8xj Sailor Moon was actually pretty popular at one point, it and Cardcaptor Sakura were some of the few Shojo to really air over here

[@joehole1975]

Everybody knows who sailor moon is but nobody knows what she looks like /:

[@Ish895-t4g]

@@joehole1975 really? in my country except naruto goku and pokemon nobody knows other characters because anime isnt that popular. Ppl here usually only watch these 3 and thats it lol

[@NaNa-wy2tk]

These franchises make the most from merch, and Hello Kitty has such a cute, simple & timeless design that you can plaster it into anything, and people will buy it. I think Connor is underestimating the power of cuteness. People are drawn to cuteness for many reasons, but one reason is because it gives them a sense of comfort. Humans like comfort, lol. You can say the same with Mickey Mouse. He's not like the most beloved disney character nor relevant as a character anymore, but he's more so the mascot and just like hello kitty, his design is cute, timeless and simple. That's enough to sell merch, which is where they make the most money. Hello Kitty also doesn't just work for kids stuff, the design & color can work for high fashion as well. I can't say the same for pikachu/pokemon. Hello Kitty design is a lot more versatile because it's so simple, timeless and cute.

[@nidohime6233]

I disagree. Hello Kitty has the flaw of being viewed as a female oriented brand, while Pokémon has a much broader appeal. That is why Pokémon is more popular than Hello Kitty.

[@NaNa-wy2tk]

@@nidohime6233 true, but it still made more than pokemon in merch despite being viewed as a female oriented brand. Pokemon is more popular and relevant, but I don't think there's a pokemon more recognizable than Hello kitty.

[@jesusbarrera6916]

@@NaNa-wy2tk pikachu dude...

[@NaNa-wy2tk]

@@jesusbarrera6916 and? what about it?

[@ms.chuisin7727]

@@nidohime6233 Hello Kitty it was more of a merchandise, most people had never watched it's animation but everyone knew it's Hello Kitty as soon as they saw it. For Pikachu, everyone recognizes it's an animation character but I do agree that it was liked by both males and females just like Mickey Mouse. As an adult female, I wouldn't mind Mickey or Hello Kitty seen on me but would be embarrassed to have any Pikachu merchandise on me though. With only 1 exception, the all black Pikachu plushie keychain I had 🙂

[@froz3ncat]

Something else worth noting here is that "Profit = Income - Cost" (i mean it's way more complicated than that but you get my point), and Sanrio basically spends nothing on Hello Kitty. They only make some (relatively) low-budget anime within their own company, and honestly that's kind of it. Their income from licensing rights and merch royalties is insane. I still remember when my city got its first McDonalds back in the 90s, and they had a limited-run HK plushy Happy Meal campaign. That was the only time in my city's history when we had people camping in tents overnight to queue for the next-day releases. Sanrio didn't even have to do jack shit, McD made the plushies themselves and paid Sanrio for the chance to do it.

[@DouggieDaDucker]

DBZ is so widely known and so popular it has became an essential part of Hispanic/Latino culture

[@MorriTheGuy]

"Porn exists, Garnt!" The same words my mother heard when she realized she wanted to disown me

[@zaystro2915]

Bleach & Inuyasha airing every night on toonami growing up is probably one of my biggest exposures to anime besides Dragon Ball.

[@rueme4228]

I miss those days…

[@KJ-cv1vj]

Literally

[@ablur5129]

I love anpanman and I ain't even grow up with him. He just has so much charisma for a fuckin piece of bread

[@shsh-mc3sx]

ikr

[@IWantToStayAtYourHouse]

Anpanman terrified me as a kid he would take chunks of bread out of his head and that shit scarred me frfr

[@anmoltulachan2955]

I grew up with anpanman, that piece of bread was my childhood hero over anything else.

[@realkingofantarctica]

The most recognizable anime character is either Barack Obama from Grappler Baki or Jesus from Saint Onee-san.

[@distortish]

The thing is Hello Kitty is a huge thing late 70’s all the way to late 90’s. Especially in East Asia and South East Asia you guys understand how big the population of China by itself, now if you add entire EA and SEA. My boss from my previous job she’s in her late 40’s and still collects anything Hello Kitty related.

[@zahra9890]

agree and everywhere outside of (S)EA as well. Few little girls anywhere have never owned a hello kitty merchandise item. If I think about which anime character my little nieces from algeria might know, it's definitely hello kitty. And if little kids are obsessed with hello kitty, their parents will know about it too. Hello kitty has an 'easy' name compared to naruto, goku or pikachu. I'm sure if I showed my 53 y/o mum a picture of pikachu she wouldn't know his name, whereas hello kitty, definitely. Hello kitty is also more lowkey. It has an anime, but it's not necessary to watch or anything to be a 'fan'

[@cloudsRniceC0M3]

The pokemon theme song is legit played on the radio as a 90's throwback track... Only owned by the friends intro

[@twilitl6112]

Conner: Pokemon was literally the most googled thing in 1996. Google: We didnt even exist until 1998...

[@K7TZ]

I thought the same thing. I used yahoo at the time

[@skelebro9999]

'Goku' and 'Pikachu' c'mon everyone knows who Goku and Pikachu is

[@IceFox606]

Honestly I’m not so sure about Goku. He wasn’t recognisable to me until after I became anime fan (and I still haven’t watched Dragon Ball). However I’d agree with Joey on Naruto. I was at least vaguely aware of him and the series for many years before I knew what anime or manga was

[@mikemorro140]

@@IceFox606 Goku has a whole float at the Thanksgiving Day Parade so eh he's pretty big

[@waterh20]

@@IceFox606 I’m pretty sure Goku is more known than Naruto. Any 2000s kid who grew up watching Nickelodeon knows Goku.

[@waterh20]

@@IceFox606 I’m pretty sure Goku is more known than Naruto. Any 2000s kid who grew up watching Nickelodeon knows Goku.

[@waterh20]

@@IceFox606 Goku is way bigger than Naruto

[@pumpkingamebox]

Hello Kitty reigned supreme in my childhood. Every single person in class, even the boys, would have something Hello Kitty related. It really died down since then. But they made a lot of money back then.

[@theawesomeman9821]

what's that?

[@walkerck]

@@theawesomeman9821 Money is the thing you used to use to pay for shit with. It's like Bitcoin.

[@susear5939]

Hello Kitty used to be everywhere when I was a kid. Now it's difficult to find anyone with anything Hello Kitty. I'm sure it's still there in shops. It just disappeared from being a common thing you see.

[@zahra9890]

I would argue that since 2020 Hello Kitty has become insanely popular again due to TikTok. Not only Hello Kitty but other Sanrio characters as well. There's an entire fashion trend called sanriocore

[@meteor22]

"Pokemon was the most searched thing on Google in 1996" - Connor Google was not created until 1998 Sep. 4th

[@finnthehuman9033]

I wish they have discussed a bit more about #2, no idea it is that popular

[@okay-el6xx]

Detective Conan for me, literally everyone in my neighbourhood knew who he was even the parents. I mean it makes sense since it aired every weekend and all the kids would just go home straight away and watched it. It went to the point where parents knew what time it would air and knew whether to go out or not

[@shyguy5473]

Still waiting for more episodes with Black organisation

[@rizkyanandita8227]

Detective Conan is weird in demographic they managed to hit. Cause I like it, I used to think it is for male demographic. Yet there are plenty of female fans.

[@markkeys]

Bullshit , it depends on where you live , there is no way the random French person knows Conan and not Goku

[@ranmouri69]

Detective conan was the only good thing in my childhood and I still love it

[@mrnoubady3596]

@@markkeys You could say that about Goku aswell, in my country the "Anime" channel had Naruto (around 50 episodes repeating), Detective Conan, Bleach and that one show with Red, Yellow and Blue "birds", that I can't even remember the name of, I'm not counting Pokemon, I think that was literally everywhere in EU.

[@KenKaneki-xh7by]

Goku, Pikachu or Naruto for sure.

[@mvalthegamer2450]

In the west, maybe. Overall, Doraemon is insanely popular in India and China, so it might have Pokemon beat

[@psychopolar8840]

Yeah bleach was and is still popular than most of the other big and small anime and yeah the character designs are out of the world and obviously bleach has one of the best 'drips' and yeah kubo made an amazing story but yeah in the end it was rushed and stuff but I hope whatever he does next whether it's something related to bleach or some new stuff he accomplishes what he has in mind initially but for the time being I am really excited for TYBW arc anime adaptation:)

[@franjj9803]

Burn the Witch it's amazing

[@Ajay-cb2tc]

Yoii yoii

[@kril_2945]

Its still not as recognisable as goku or naruto

[@Ash_Wen-li]

I think the video title should have been "Can they beat Goku?!?!?!"

[@peterau1720]

Corey from Corey in the house is the most recognizable characater from an anime.

[@redpixelranger5921]

Kochikame is NOT the longest running manga series ever. It might be for Shonen Jump though. Officially it's Golgo 13, unofficially it's Locke the Superman. (unofficial because Locke started as a doujin)

[@TheJinzoSpoon]

I had the same take Connor has about Bleach but about Jojo, and this was before it got an anime. In forums, everytime there was someone hating or being a douche, they had a Jojo character as their profile picture, that's why for a long time I called it "the assholes series" and refused to watch it. They all died after it got popular though, because I think they felt like it was a hidden gem and that only they knew about, and that's why they were such assholes... At least that's my theory

[@ben99ny69]

Jojo fans think liking jojo is a personality.

[@rizkyanandita8227]

Jojo has been underground for so long, that I need to adjust that it's mainstream now. I feel like some people still feel that way.

[@shyguy5473]

Jojo fans literally screaming it's a Jojo reference gets really annoying, especially when they do it in other series.

[@furymonger5395]

@@shyguy5473 this comment is a jojo reference

[@smeqwack7337]

a game theory!

[@WishGender]

The highest grossing media franchises over $50 billion dollars are (with their year of inception in brackets) 1. Pokemon-$110 billion (1996) 2. Hello Kitty-$88.5 billion (1974) 3. Mickey Mouse & Friends-$82.9 billion (1928) 4. Winnie the Pooh-$81 billion (1924) 5. Star Wars-$69.4 billion (1977) 6. Mario-$55.1 billion (1981) 7. Disney Princess-$46.4 billion (2000) 8. Anpanman-$44.9 billion (1973) 9. Marvel Cinematic Universe-$38 billion (2008)-fun fact, this one is extra impressive since it is 8 years younger than the second youngest franchise 10. Wizarding World (Harry Potter)-$32.6 billion (1997) I doubt anyone will see this, but I had fun researching

[@hyperdimension-lw3lr]

thanks bro

[@Slevana5]

When an edgy person is using a Bleach profile pic. It really says something about the soul society.

[@nidohime6233]

Don´t forget the what I called the "soccer" effect, when something is more popular everywhere except in some influential countries like the USA. For example some anime like Doraemon are very popular in Europe and Asia, but among the english speaking countries is usually ignored. 3:00 That exist, and not always the vanilla type... 4:20 Of all time I would say Dragonball because it broadcast in many countries for decades, nowadays is a bit more hard to tell. Attack of Titan used to be one, but now... 5:15 One Piece is another good contender, is just had the soccer effect too, very ignored in the anglosphere from what I´ve heard. 5:50 Even with its downfall Bleach was part of the Titans of Shonen Anime, so of course there still have a legion of fans. 9:35 It used to be popular in Spain, I don´t know if other spanish speaking countries had it too, but yeah. Is more about the wacky adventures and mischief of a rude, greedy policeman. 10:30 Ok, that only makes sense in Japan.

[@hiramzaldana153]

yeah, one piece is certainly not as popular as dbz or naruto in the US. I think it has to do with the tv scheduling. Naruto and dbz were pretty much the very first anime they would air (on toonami at least) while one piece would air during midnight. Theres probably more reasons tho.

[@OptimalMario]

Saint Seiya was very popular in Europe, México and South America.

[@susear5939]

The soccer effect is very true and valid. It needs to be known more. The kids anime that Joey always talks about being his childhood is very true in India. Shows like Doraemon, Shin Chan, Kochikame, Ninja Hatori, Perman, Anpanman and more were always airing on TV in India. They had Hindi and even some regional Indian language dubs. Doraemon & Shin Chan are 2 shows that are always on air even now. I don't watch TV anymore, only online so I don't know exactly what else airs. Of course DBZ, Pokemon, Yu Gi Oh, Beyblade, Naruto, Inazuma Eleven and other Shounen anime aired. DBZ and Pokemon still have timeslots I think.

[@shumantabiswas6094]

@@susear5939 I am an Indian I never heard of anpanman

[@susear5939]

@@shumantabiswas6094 in your teens?

[@WonderWhy66]

I am actually surprised with how unpopular Anpanman is in the west. In India, it was a pretty staple show alongside Shinchan, Doraemon etc.

[@bobrianfo104]

I thought tiger mask was popular everywhere because King from Tekken was inspired by it and the whole generation X here in Italy went absolutely nuts for it, but apparently it got only translated in Italian. Also I thought devilman or yugioh would make it to top 20 instead of beyblade tbh

[@pingpong5877]

Everyone in my family and neighborhood knows Goku. If you grew up watching Hong Kong action films, chances are you also watched Dragon Ball and Dragon Ball Z.

[@rajeevjuneja5584]

Hey us in India know kochikame. I'm 17 now but I vividly remember as a 5-7 year old child watching it dubbed in Hindi on my tv. It's hindi opening song is kind of iconic here.

[@susear5939]

Childhood classic.

[@cocoroach_ok]

Most recognizable character in all anime according to my mom is Sasuke. Whenever I draw weeb shit, my mom always asked "Honey, why are you drawing Sasuke again? " Whenever my mon talked about my hobby she always said "Ah yeah, my daughter likes to draw Sasuke". I don't know how my mom know Sasuke first before Naruto, yknow the main character + it's in the title too.

[@RGC_animation]

Is it the first time they have mentioned Doraemon at all in Trash Taste? It's such a popular manga and anime series and i really like it.

[@theawesomeman9821]

Whenever I hear "most recognizable anime character" my mind goes to Goku.

[@ArnnFrost]

5:54 Conner, why you calling us out like that? xD

[@pedroescalona3842]

For the most part in South America, Goku is the most recognizable thing EVER. If we step out of generalization, in anime community for the OG's i would say first was Sailor Moon and Cardcaptor Sakura then Hatsune Miku for the gen Z, again, from my understanding here in South America, I don't know in the North.

[@JetpackYoshi]

Listening to Connor say Mario like "Marry-o" gives me more joy than it should

[@Deatpool500]

I still remember a mall I'd go to as a child and they just randomly had a Hello Kitty store. I didn't even live a major city at the time

[@lucasinazumai9873]

Is it just me, or is there an optical illusion with Anpanman on the thumbnail? Looking at it straight just shows a silhouette of Anpanman, but looking it at a different angle shows him.

[@Chugachuga.w4686]

That shirt garnt wearing ain't that inertia 67% right.

[@mikodesh]

for information , grant tshirt character are from 67%dasei

[@yuki3896]

I have to say. Gigguk's shirt was really good this ep.

[@r4nd0mguy99]

short answer: Shounen-anime long answer: - Pokemon (Ash, Misty Brock, Pikachu, Jessie, James and Meowth) - Yu-Gi-Oh Duel Monsters (mostly Yugi himself and Seto Kaiba) - Beyblade (In this case, Kai and Rei/Ray are the most noticible ones.) The list could probably be longer and even include other anime, maybe even Sailor Moon, but that basically sums it up. In any case, I‘ve barely even heard of „Hello Kitty“. As far as I can tell, it‘s just an Avril Lavigne-song.

[@achmedjoseph]

It make sense, that Pretty Cure is way bigger than Bleach and Demon Slayer.

[@FM-dm8xj]

As a bleach fan, i'm glad they only kinda ripped into me for being a bleach fan.

[@akhandraj1189]

I think in my country it will be a tight contest between Goku and Naruto ,then Pikachu ,then luffy then etc

[@gabrielrojas5550]

Bro my parents are in their late 50s dont watch anime and know who Goku is

[@DeadlySashimi]

Anpanman and baikinman always stay true in my memories

[@felipebritto9554]

I would say here at South America it's a battle between Goku and Naruto

[@coolduder1001]

13:00 you just described Detroit

[@urm0m69]

I'd say that the most iconic anime franchise is Dragon Ball, bc every mom from the early 2000's say "is that Goku" when they walk on you watching any other anime in existence

[@Avocadoughh]

Dio : I've heard enough, I'm dissapointed

[@olgamedina5104]

“Imagine coming close to death and then powering up by just simply getting the sht kick out of you… such an op ability” Anyone who has read four knights of the apocalypse 👀😶🙃 Yes… yes it is

[@firefistportgasdace432]

I thought of Fairy Tail

[@gsomv]

Bro, KochiKame, this brings back memories from way back, I used to have a massive crush on Reiko.

[@mookiestewart3776]

if you took a survey around the world with a characters silhouette only and just added up the number of people on the planet that could recognize them Goku is the champ and its not even close. I dont think you guys understand just how huge he is in the western hemisphere especially latin/ south america. Its literally part of their culture now, young, old doesnt matter

[@TakeTheWorld21]

Goku is literally the Mickey Mouse of anime, he’s the first character you immediately think of when you hear the word “anime”

[@MelBoonchan]

Anpanman is such a throwback to childhood

[@sebreme]

10:50

[@TheBestComicKing]

I didn't know Fist Of The Northstar was that popular. I'm a HUGE Fist Of The Northsatr junkie but I thought it wouldn't make it to Top 10.

[@KegOfMeat]

It’s pretty surprising. I’m surprised Astro Boy was as high as it was.

[@Memento_Kuzeh]

tsubasa from captain tsubasa. the entire asia and europe have watched that as kids

[@Dreddvoyd]

Quick note on DB, DBZ, DBS Saiyans do get more power but its note during the fight its only after the healing does their power increases. The HULK is the only character who gets stronger as he gets beat, Saiyans are more like less extreme Brog or DOOMSDAY.

[@varunsingh8544]

Kochikame is insanely famous in India as well, we all grew up watching it, idk if it's aired noways on TV or not.

[@anshumanrath6703]

Yaa, it's not airing now a days btw!

[@MarkyMatey]

Pikachu, Goku, Luffy, Naruto, and Sailor Moon

[@markmartin9368]

pls somebody tell me where garnt got that shirt

[@skylinebeat2162]

dude kochikame bring backs memory its fucking hilarious

[@Pedro-zu3uq]

I cant stop looking at Grant's t shirt.

[@pachakutimundi6813]

Here in South America, it would be Goku, Naruto, Pikachu and Saint Seiya. Those exploded here to the point that at least in Peru the big cinema companies only bring Pokemon or DBZ movies.

[@gnilccud]

Ok where can I buy Garnt's shirt?

[@joshuagraham9770]

Nice pfp

[@hikarinanao]

i'm a japanese studies graduate in indonesia and each time i introduce myself as such the first weeby thing normies say is always naruto. strangely doraemon doesn't get mentioned as much anymore, sadge, although for boomers it's definitely still at the top and it still has like a cult following

[@zelg.5551]

Speaking of recognizable characters: anyone here willing to share the nuke codes for the lady on Garnt's shirt?

[@Snzn_7]

Bleach being 15, is a God's work. Like number 15 make sense in Bleach's context

[@susear5939]

Ichi go is the perfect spot for Bleach.

[@KJ-cv1vj]

For manga it’s 11th all time doe lol

[@taylorclark1048]

In the US, there is no question, outside of pokemon ,its Goku and Naruto, You walk into TJ max/ Ross and you see all kinds of merch. People wear naruto stuff and havent even watched the show. If I had to say which one is more recognizable I would give if to Goku.

[@aslan8482]

7:45 like seriously 🙂

[@KegOfMeat]

I think there’s three characters that can be argued as the most recognizable anime character: Goku, Pikachu and Astro Boy. For some reason people forget just how influential Astro Boy and how long it’s been around for.

[@Flipcrash]

If you show any parent the starter pokemon and ask what thier name is they all say "Which one is Pikachu"

[@strollas]

garnt's shirt 💀

[@champ6436]

when i think about the most recognizable anime in my area, so western Europe. its probably captain tsubasa/dragon ball for the 35-50 years old but for the 20-35, its probably Naruto. when i grew up it was way bigger than one piece or bleach, and i would argue than even yu gi oh was more popular than those two. sure people were aware of One piece for a long time but when i'm thinking about anime discussion in primary, middle school and high school. it was mainly Naruto, FMAB, HxH, eyeshield and bleach too buts its really aroud 2010s that i really started hearing people really talking deep about one piece.

[@LuisCortes-dk1hu]

Are Pachinkos the Casinos of Japan?.

[@dielucool9640]

Everyone in my family recognize goku, sailor moon, captain tsubasa or saint seiya because those were the animes that aired when they were growing up.

[@juni_2452]

I remember watching kochikame back when i was around 13 years old, it just randomly started airing in a kids channel, i actually think it's kinda funny

[@samthemessiah9330]

I love that Eva is a top 10 grossing manga when it was an anime original

[@diegogonzalezvazq]

DN is HUGE in Latin America. Ik who goku was because of my cousins before I knew what db was

[@angrygingadude5594]

Trash taste has made such a degenerate l thought Garnt's shirt was totally normal.

[@atharvbhosale9377]

Yeah lmao I realized that 10 minutes in the video.

[@TequilaToothpick]

Excluding Pokemon it's got to be either Goku or Sailor Moon. Naruto in 3rd. One Piece I feel isn't nearly as well known outside of anime and manga fans.

[@shumantabiswas6094]

Nah... Naruto definitely more popular than Sailor moon... And One piece is very popular in German speaking nations and France also

[@TheCreepypro]

it is a shame about how pachinko has taken over so much

[@SoraArgoris]

I think the most recognizable would probably be Goku or Doraemon. People may not know Doraemon's name or anything about him, but i feel like everyone has seen him before:)

[@SwifferTWetJetMop]

I don’t think Doraemon is that popular in the west. As far as I know we’ve never had the show air and I’ve never seen any merch for it. The only reason I know about Doraemon is because I got into anime myself and heard through the anime community about it’s popularity in Japan

[@mikemorro140]

@@SwifferTWetJetMop I vaguely remember Disney airing Doraemon in America some years ago but aside from that

[@SoraArgoris]

@@SwifferTWetJetMop I’m not ready sure either but like every person I’ve shown a pic of doraemon to recognized him. I get what you’re saying though:). Btw it did air in the US on Disney 😊

[@Haroldo_]

What manga is on garnts shirt?

[@ayushmanmallick1911]

An Pan Man... Kochikame,Evangelion, Doraemon brings back childhood memories. :)

[@wp2837]

I think that Super Saiyan Goku is way more recognizable than base form Goku. Super Saiyan Goku is in all the merchandise and video game cover arts. When I first saw base from Goku, I thought that he was a different character.

[@absolutenothing7094]

Naruto for sure. Didn't even know what anime was but still kept seeing and having notebooks of him as a child.

[@gabrielrojas5550]

Goku is more famous than Naruto…

[@4rl0ng]

@@gabrielrojas5550 debatable

[@satyamachari2104]

@@4rl0ng even non anime fans know who Goku is.

[@gabrielrojas5550]

@@4rl0ng idk i see way more DB in my day to day than Naruto. Goku is referenced more in pop culture

[@gabrielrojas5550]

@Empa Nada and my mom says is that Goku? and she's in her late 50s.

[@ultran9233]

Them saying doreamon made me realize I pronounce it wrong by saying doramon

[@Dual_Ralle]

Meanwhile i don't even know what hello kitty is

[@fcblp1]

Man, pokemon is still blowing up, we're still buying all the games, there's still anime, pokemon go, all kinds of merchandise, how can you be surprised that it is the world's largest franchise?

[@Num2OuO]

damn I thought Black Jack, Lupin III and Conan are definitely on the list

[@seiyaiyobe1743]

I think that’s only in Japan sadly. Since I moved to America no one here knows any of those.

[@harshbhatia1444]

I love detective conan. I am from india

[@jerichosombilon5169]

Pikachu and Goku, I haven't watched this video yet but I can already tell

[@raulleviathan4642]

I Want to know what manga of garnts shirt is from

[@eoretaspace]

Lmao Kochikame beat Doraemon even with all that Doraemon merch???

[@ed1659]

Even though Pokemon is #1 and Hello Kitty #2, Hello Kitty's merchandise sales are higher than that of a Pokemon, so yeah, there is hella lot of Hello Kitty merch

[@PatrickWilliams-ip5wz]

i swear this happens in certain parts in the west too if its not jojo for some reason its fist of the north star obviously jojo surpassed its popularity by now but if your talking to an old head of anime if they dont say jojo in first couple of seconds your gonna hear a lot about fist of the north star

[@HellSpartanZ]

Most Recognizable Anime Character is either Goku or Pikachu lets be real those two r the most known Animes if u go & ask someone to name 5 animes DBZ & Pokemon will be named i say 8/10 times people who don't even watch anime know those two animes

[@PatrickWilliams-ip5wz]

@@HellSpartanZ that’s not my point at all and obviously that is true who does know this