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Might be an US thing, I don't think I talked to anyone watching anime in the past IDK, 20 years? Besides kids watching dragon ball at the TV after lunch, if tha

by thefz 2y ago

Might be an US thing, I don't think I talked to anyone watching anime in the past IDK, 20 years? Besides kids watching dragon ball at the TV after lunch, if that counts as anime. I can't even tell a modern title or an author.

bbqfog 2y ago
Demon Slayer is incredibly popular with younger people.
decafninja 2y ago
Could certainly be a US thing, but I've found the tech crowd and the anime otaku crowd to overlap a lot. Ditto for science fiction.
- codedokode 2y ago
  Also in screenshots from underground hacker forums in the news the users who leak databases or hack something often have anime-styled kind-looking avatar which creates a contrast with post content.
rauljordan2020 2y ago
Opposite experience. Here in the US, I've heard a lot more people watching anime than when I was a kid. Especially modern ones such as Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, etc.
- decafninja 2y ago
  Same. Being into anime (and gaming, and RPGs, and sci-fi, etc.) marked you as an outcast nerd when I was a kid. Nowadays, most of it is nearly mainstream. Granted there is still some weirdness like grown 40yo men obsessed with schoolgirl harem anime...
  - Dweller1622 2y ago
    Take a guess at what they might have been into when they were kids!
- kaashif 2y ago
  I think the only way to get a real picture here would be doing surveys and finding out quantitatively. I also don't watch anime and don't know anyone who does really.
mattlondon 2y ago
Same here in the UK. Not a single sniff of anything anime at all in my day to day life, but I am bombarded by all sorts of other shite (Marvel and other comic-based movies etc) on billboards and the like. I've never seen it pushed to the top on any of the UK streaming services. I know nothing of anime nor manga, apart from recognising the style. Never watched it - looks like kid stuff TBH.
- _lvbh 2y ago
  I think a lot of anime watchers hide it. > looks like kid stuff TBH. Especially when this is the attitude held by most of the older generation.
daedrdev 2y ago
The US and France are the highest consumers of Anime content from what I recall
GaggiX 2y ago
How old are you? Because people talk about it all the time.

by thefz 2y ago

bbqfog 2y ago

Demon Slayer is incredibly popular with younger people.

decafninja 2y ago

Could certainly be a US thing, but I've found the tech crowd and the anime otaku crowd to overlap a lot. Ditto for science fiction.

codedokode 2y ago
Also in screenshots from underground hacker forums in the news the users who leak databases or hack something often have anime-styled kind-looking avatar which creates a contrast with post content.

rauljordan2020 2y ago

Opposite experience. Here in the US, I've heard a lot more people watching anime than when I was a kid. Especially modern ones such as Jujutsu Kaisen, Demon Slayer, etc.

decafninja 2y ago
Same. Being into anime (and gaming, and RPGs, and sci-fi, etc.) marked you as an outcast nerd when I was a kid. Nowadays, most of it is nearly mainstream. Granted there is still some weirdness like grown 40yo men obsessed with schoolgirl harem anime...
- Dweller1622 2y ago
  Take a guess at what they might have been into when they were kids!
kaashif 2y ago
I think the only way to get a real picture here would be doing surveys and finding out quantitatively. I also don't watch anime and don't know anyone who does really.

mattlondon 2y ago

Same here in the UK. Not a single sniff of anything anime at all in my day to day life, but I am bombarded by all sorts of other shite (Marvel and other comic-based movies etc) on billboards and the like. I've never seen it pushed to the top on any of the UK streaming services. I know nothing of anime nor manga, apart from recognising the style. Never watched it - looks like kid stuff TBH.

_lvbh 2y ago
I think a lot of anime watchers hide it. > looks like kid stuff TBH. Especially when this is the attitude held by most of the older generation.

daedrdev 2y ago

The US and France are the highest consumers of Anime content from what I recall

GaggiX 2y ago

How old are you? Because people talk about it all the time.