> Hell, the only thing you listed that I'd think people in the US with a passing familiarity with anime might know would be Cowboy Bebop. Really? He listed Aki

> Hell, the only thing you listed that I'd think people in the US with a passing familiarity with anime might know would be Cowboy Bebop. Really? He listed Akira! From Wikipedia: > The film had a production budget of ¥700 million ($5.5 million), making it the most expensive anime film at the time > The film had a significant impact on popular culture worldwide, paving the way for the growth of anime and Japanese popular culture in the Western world As an aside, I was a performer in this performance piece: https://www.artbasel.com/news/messeplatz-alexandra-pirici-glossary https://www.artbasel.com/news/messeplatz-alexandra-pirici-gl... It uses "gestures and sounds which are taken from both natural and popular media sources, Pirici renders disparate forms of heritage and cultural memory, conceiving Aggregate as a time capsule in which fragments of vernacular culture, art history, and everyday life are given new, living embodiments." I was surprised when out of a diverse selection of materials from world culture, the choreographer also chose to include the theme song from Ghost in the shell.