Samus Aran said:
VanceIX said:
Samus Aran said:
VanceIX said:
Samus Aran said:
By the way, for anyone saying this is an anime style: I thought anime was popular in the West? ;) |
Anime is niche in the west, it's just that that niche community is really vocal on the internet. Most of my friends don't care for anime, and have no interest in trying it. They don't see what the difference is between anime and western cartoons, other than the fact that anime is in Japanese.
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Dragonball, Pokémon, Naruto, One Piece, Digimon (in the past), Bleach are far from niche. Just look at how popular the Legend of Aang/Korra is. Yes, I know, it's not an anime because it is not made in Japan, but it takes a lot of inspiration from anime and is animated in South Korea if I remember correctly.
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Dragonball hasn't been popular for a while, and even when it was it wasn't as popular compared to western cartoons. Pokemon the anime is slanted towards children under ten, and thus tends to be out of Zelda's prospective audience. Naruto isn't even that popular anymore, that craze wore off soon after Shippuden started, and many of the Naruto fans never bothered with anime again. Digimon: See Pokemon. Bleach has also lost much of its audience, and wasn't really all that popular in the first place. Avatar TLA is anime style, yes, but still not as popular as you would think.
Even the animes that did the best in the west (Dragonball Z, Naruto, Avatar) paled in popularity compared to things like Spongebob, Fairly Odd Parents, etc.
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The first season of the Legend of Korra was the most watched cartoon in the USA. ;)
And my point is that all those animes were once popular in the West, so there's no reason why anime can't be popular right now.
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For its week it was. Overall, though, traditional cartoons still overshadow it in terms of fanbase. 2.6 million viewers on average for Korra is good, but out of those 2.6 million people how many are just kids who don't care about games like Zelda? 2.6 million also doesn't compare to the viewership of "realistic" fantasy like Game of Thrones (18.4 million).
Don't get me wrong, anime is getting more popular, but it still remains relatively niche. Even the most popular anime today don't hold a candle to realistic shows.
Also, Dragonball hasn't really gotten more popular, the old fans just love talking about it. New viewership is relatively low.
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