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Off the top of my head, most tokyoites today at least will recognize from the current heavy marketing Doraemon, Demon Slayer and Evangelion. Old anime, only ac

Off the top of my head, most tokyoites today at least will recognize from the current heavy marketing Doraemon, Demon Slayer and Evangelion. Old anime, only active fans will know.

x3iv130f 6y ago
It also depends on how old the person you ask and what part of Tokyo they live in. Pop culture is a lot more segmented than people realize. Even in the US.
- EE84M3i 6y ago
  Yes and no. There's a demon slayer / Doraemon display directly at the front of every konbini you walk into in (afaict) most of the country.
  - asutekku 6y ago
    But you paid attention to those, because you (allegedly) were interested on those. A random passerby going to konbini is not going to care about them.
    - EE84M3i 6y ago
      Perhaps, but demon slayer is also already the second highest grossing film in Japan ever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films... Doraemon is a "cultural icon" and has been for decades. Evangelion is debatable but the 25th anniversary has been present all year with a plethora of tie-ins. At the very least, people not interested in Anime will recognize these as "oh that thing from [the konbini/I saw the voice actress on a game show/billboard/my child likes/the picture on my candy wrapper/etc]".
      - krapp 6y ago
        Possibly off topic but speaking of Evangelion tie-ins, here's a video about whether or not one one could live entirely off of Evangelion branded merchandise[0]. [0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Qr9rztRw4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Qr9rztRw4
Xelbair 6y ago
curious question - what about gundam?
- rangibaby 6y ago
  The Gundam, Amuro, and Char are pretty iconic, other than that it depends on the person
  - m4rtink 6y ago
    As far as I can tell Char refueks only at Eneos, Gundams use only a one well known blue antiperspirant and all Gundam pilots only eat ramen in that one place in Akiba. But I'm sure I missed many more adds, tie ins and colabs. :)
princeb 6y ago
> Demon Slayer yes. don't know if OP is referring specifically to some anime or anime in general but the 3 of the top 5 grossing films in japan are animes and animation is a fully developed medium for story telling of all ages. if native japanese don't know about kimetsu i guess it's the same way my parents have definitely not watched a single marvel film, and i'm not sure if they are even aware of their existence.

Off the top of my head, most tokyoites today at least will recognize from the current heavy marketing Doraemon, Demon Slayer and Evangelion. Old anime, only active fans will know.

x3iv130f 6y ago

It also depends on how old the person you ask and what part of Tokyo they live in. Pop culture is a lot more segmented than people realize. Even in the US.

EE84M3i 6y ago
Yes and no. There's a demon slayer / Doraemon display directly at the front of every konbini you walk into in (afaict) most of the country.
- asutekku 6y ago
  But you paid attention to those, because you (allegedly) were interested on those. A random passerby going to konbini is not going to care about them.
  - EE84M3i 6y ago
    Perhaps, but demon slayer is also already the second highest grossing film in Japan ever: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films_in_Japan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_highest-grossing_films... Doraemon is a "cultural icon" and has been for decades. Evangelion is debatable but the 25th anniversary has been present all year with a plethora of tie-ins. At the very least, people not interested in Anime will recognize these as "oh that thing from [the konbini/I saw the voice actress on a game show/billboard/my child likes/the picture on my candy wrapper/etc]".
    - krapp 6y ago
      Possibly off topic but speaking of Evangelion tie-ins, here's a video about whether or not one one could live entirely off of Evangelion branded merchandise[0]. [0]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Qr9rztRw4 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_0Qr9rztRw4

Xelbair 6y ago

curious question - what about gundam?

rangibaby 6y ago
The Gundam, Amuro, and Char are pretty iconic, other than that it depends on the person
- m4rtink 6y ago
  As far as I can tell Char refueks only at Eneos, Gundams use only a one well known blue antiperspirant and all Gundam pilots only eat ramen in that one place in Akiba. But I'm sure I missed many more adds, tie ins and colabs. :)

princeb 6y ago

> Demon Slayer yes. don't know if OP is referring specifically to some anime or anime in general but the 3 of the top 5 grossing films in japan are animes and animation is a fully developed medium for story telling of all ages. if native japanese don't know about kimetsu i guess it's the same way my parents have definitely not watched a single marvel film, and i'm not sure if they are even aware of their existence.