In American markets, Marvel Entertainment has dominated most of popular culture for the past decade, supplemented by films about Marvel characters that Fox or Sony have the rights to. Meanwhile, anime has been the primary form of popular entertainment coming out of Japan for decades. Of course, both superheroes and anime have huge international fandoms in almost every country around the world.

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It seems these two mediums are finally beginning to really influence one another in big ways. Marvel is taking cues from anime while anime is flat-out taking actual Marvel characters. Here are five characters anime copied from Marvel and five Marvel copied from anime:

10 From Marvel: All Might

The first anime character on the list to be inspired by Marvel is the only one not directly taken from the Marvel Universe, rather being an original character inspired by Marvel. All Might is the strongest and most virtuous hero in the anime My Hero Academia. He is the epitome of all that is good and right in a world where being a hero is so commonplace that it has become something gaudy and commercialized.

All Might is not an allegory for any one character but rather is inspired by a number of them. While DC's Superman is often cited, Marvel's Captain America is also an idealistic hero who is cited as one of the sources to inspire the creation of All Might.

9 From anime: Wasabi-no-Ginger

Wasabi-no-Ginger is a Marvel superhero who is part of the Japanese team Big Hero 6. While most fans are probably more familiar with the way the Disney animated film Big Hero 6 interpreted him as a kind-hearted neat-freak who used energy weapons, the comic book version of the character is a more iconic swordsman of the classic anime variety.

With his stout build and the ability to make ki blades, this swordsman is a master martial artist. He's also a chef in his day job, which makes his food-themed name a bit awkward. For comparison, it would be like an anime featuring an American cowboy character named Mr. Tobasco Pickles who works as a short-order cook.

8 From Marvel: Blade

Marvel Anime was the name of a project undertaken to launch four anime series and two anime movies based directly on major Marvel characters. Legendary comics writer Warren Ellis was tapped to plot the stories. The last of the four anime series to hit the air was also the most interesting: Blade.

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This series follows the titular vampire hunter as he hunts the nocturnal bloodsuckers of the undead through Japan and then beyond Japanese borders into the Philippines. The anime is incredibly stylized in a way that fans of the classic live-action films will love.

7 From anime: Fredzilla

Another of the members of the Big Hero 6 team, Fred (AKA Fredzilla) also made it into the Disney movie, where he was portrayed as a rich guy who loved kaiju comics and fought in a monster costume. The comic book version of Fred actually has powers, being able to conjure an invisible aura that acts as a giant monster would, inflicting real damage.

While Fred is not based on any single anime character, his powers are obviously inspired by the kaiju genre while his name is a reference to Godzilla.

6 From Marvel: Black Widow

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Black Widow appears in the Marvel Anime movie Avengers Confidential: Black Widow & Punisher. This spy thriller paired the Russian secret agent Black Widow up with the other title character, the Punisher, as the two work for Nick Fury to take down an organization know as Leviathan.

The plot of this anime film is nothing exceptional but it does an excellent job of showing just how awesome the Black Widow really is, giving life to her combat maneuvers with the detailed linework unique to digital anime art.

5 From anime: Shin Harada

Shin Harada is the second character to don the mantle of the Silver Samurai. He was created by writer Jason Aaron and artist Steven Sanders, debuting in Wolverine issue 300. While the original Silver Samurai seems to have been inspired by a mixture of yakuza crime dramas and the chanbara subgenera of jidaigeki films, the younger Shin Harada looks like he stepped right out of an anime.

He is a techno-samurai, his katana looking almost like a lightsaber and his armor equipped with various cutting edge gadgets. Mixing ancient martial arts with futuristic sci-fi equipment, this villain swaggers across the page with a youthful vigor and vitality.

4 From Marvel: Iron Man

Iron Man has appeared multiple times in Marvel Anime. While many people are familia with the version of Tony Stark as the wisecracking genius billionaire in a mech suit that Robert Downey, Jr., played in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. The anime vesrsion of the character appears first in his own limited series, then again the film Iron Man: Rise of the Technovore.

The anime version of Tony Stark has a weirdly charming eccentricity to his billionaire playboy routine that the MCU never captured, but this is unmistakably Iron Man.

3 From anime: Kenji Uedo

Kenji Uedo is a professional artist and philosophical nihilist who gains powers as a mutant during the events of the Generation Hope series. He has the ability to change the shape and size of his body, which manifests in a terrifying body horror sequence as his arm erupts into tendrils that accidentally kill someone, growing into a huge mass as metal and flesh bubble through him. Thankfully Hope Summers helps him regain control of his powers.

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Writer Kieron Gillen who created the character has cited the film Akira as his inspiration, though Kenji himself has also invoked the name of Rei from Neon Genesis Evangelion.

2 From Marvel: Wolverine

Saving the best of the Marvel Anime characters for last truly pays off when that character is Wolverine. In addition to getting his own series as part of the Marvel anime lineup, the adamantium-boned mutant clawed his way into two other series: X-Men and Blade.

The normally short stocky Wolverine is drawn with a lithe sinewy body that - while commonplace in anime - is odd to see on Logan, especially since his arms barely look dense enough to contain the metal on his bones. That said, the attitude is 100% right.

1 From anime: Hiro Takachiho

Hiro Takachiho is probably the best-known of all of the Marvel characters to be inspired by anime, as he was the protagonist of the Big Hero 6 movie. This child genius first appeared in Sunfire & Big Hero 6 issue 1, where he and his robot Baymax were shown to be among the founding members of Japan's new superhero team.

Hiro fits into the same tradition of child geniuses as anime characters like Detective Conan from Case Closed or Ami Mazuno in Sailor Moon. What sets Hiro apart from other child geniuses is his attire, which is either inspired by Japanese school uniforms or anime action outfits, and his relationship with his mecha companion, Baymax. Interestingly, in Japan, the movie Big Hero 6 is just called "Baymax."

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