<p>Off the top of my head, there's <a href="http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5552">Highlander: The Search for Vengeance</a>. It was produced by Madhouse and written by David Abramowitz, who worked on the Highlander TV series. Obviously, it's based on the Highlander movie and TV series in the west.</p>

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2015-07-07T12:43:25.910Z
Another interesting example (though not quite what OP was looking for) is Heroman, written by Stan Lee and animated by Bones.
anonymous
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Jon Lin
<p>I am not sure if you comics are counted as Literature or not, but there are anime adaptations of several marvel comics like <a href="http://myanimelist.net/anime/6919/X-Men" rel="nofollow">X Men</a>, <a href="http://myanimelist.net/anime/6919/X-Men" rel="nofollow">Iron Man</a>,  <a href="http://myanimelist.net/anime/6918/Wolverine" rel="nofollow">Wolverine</a></p>

<p>Similarly TMNT also was adapted into anime/OVA named <a href="http://myanimelist.net/anime/1059/Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Superman_Legend" rel="nofollow">Mutant Ninja Turtles: Superman Legend</a></p>

<p>Also the Video Game <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Age" rel="nofollow">Dragon Age</a> was adapted into an anime movie called <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1709652/" rel="nofollow">Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker</a></p>

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2015-07-07T16:42:56.633Z
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Parth Srivastav
<p>There are a lot of western movies that are based from anime, such as <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonball_Evolution">Dragonball Evolution</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekken_%282010_film%29">Tekken</a>, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%3a_The_Last_Vampire_%282009_film%29">Blood the Last Vampire</a> (based on <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood+">Blood+</a>), and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_%28film%29">Street Fighter</a>. <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix">The Matrix</a> movie is also strongly influenced by <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_%28film%29">Ghost in the Shell</a> and the action scenes were drew upon their admiration for <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_Scroll">Ninja Scroll</a> and <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_%28film%29">Akira</a>. </p>

<p>So my question is, was there an anime produced based on a western movie or series (not on western literature or novel, so movies that are based on novel are excluded) ? </p>

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2015-07-07T20:41:19.457Z
The two *Little Witch Academia* productions from Trigger are quite blatantly inspired by Harry Potter; despite Harry Potter being a novel series, I think it deserves a mention.
Lucas Leblanc
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2013-03-07T19:34:22.860Z
Not movies, but both Powerpuff Girls and Transformers have anime spin offs.
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Anime that is based from a western movie
# Anime that is based from a western movie
Posted by: username_0 on 2013-03-06
There are a lot of western movies that are based from anime, such as [Dragonball Evolution](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragonball_Evolution), [Tekken](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tekken_%282010_film%29), [Blood the Last Vampire](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood%3a_The_Last_Vampire_%282009_film%29) (based on [Blood+](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blood+)), and [Street Fighter](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Street_Fighter_%28film%29). [The Matrix](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Matrix) movie is also strongly influenced by [Ghost in the Shell](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ghost_in_the_Shell_%28film%29) and the action scenes were drew upon their admiration for [Ninja Scroll](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ninja_Scroll) and [Akira](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akira_%28film%29).

So my question is, was there an anime produced based on a western movie or series (not on western literature or novel, so movies that are based on novel are excluded) ?
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> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: Not movies, but both Powerpuff Girls and Transformers have anime spin offs.  
> **username_1**: The two *Little Witch Academia* productions from Trigger are quite blatantly inspired by Harry Potter; despite Harry Potter being a novel series, I think it deserves a mention.  
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### Answer by username_3 on 2013-03-06. Score: 4 | Accepted answer
Off the top of my head, there's [Highlander: The Search for Vengeance](http://www.animenewsnetwork.com/encyclopedia/anime.php?id=5552). It was produced by Madhouse and written by David Abramowitz, who worked on the Highlander TV series. Obviously, it's based on the Highlander movie and TV series in the west.
> **Comments:**
> **username_4** (2015-07-07): Another interesting example (though not quite what OP was looking for) is Heroman, written by Stan Lee and animated by Bones.  
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### Answer by username_5 on 2015-07-07. Score: 0
I am not sure if you comics are counted as Literature or not, but there are anime adaptations of several marvel comics like [X Men](http://myanimelist.net/anime/6919/X-Men), [Iron Man](http://myanimelist.net/anime/6919/X-Men), [Wolverine](http://myanimelist.net/anime/6918/Wolverine)

Similarly TMNT also was adapted into anime/OVA named [Mutant Ninja Turtles: Superman Legend](http://myanimelist.net/anime/1059/Mutant_Ninja_Turtles:_Superman_Legend)

Also the Video Game [Dragon Age](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dragon_Age) was adapted into an anime movie called [Dragon Age: Dawn of the Seeker](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1709652/)
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