Heimdall_Xtreme
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Dentsu: Anime is no longer a niche. It's a global phenomenon.
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Doom85
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Ain't no way that's official releases. Getting an anime license from Japan costs money, an official physical release company can't just give it away like that at a price that would be more fitting of a shady knock-off film one would find in the bargain bin of the local Wal-mart.
Bootleggers though obviously don't have to pay a dime so they can afford to give it away for next to nothing as all they pay for is their cheaply made boxes and discs. They even cheap out on the subtitle work, it's almost always gawd awful quality.
Spyxos
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I tried it a few times but the selection was always pretty bad. Maybe it's only like that in Germany, I don't know. I'd rather stick with Netflix. For a larger selection of everything.
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Didn't want to create a new thread since I created this the other day, but it is news worthy.
Article: Netflix doubled down on its global anime strategy over the weekend, unveiling a slate of new titles and fresh footage during its showcase at Anime Expo in Los Angeles. The company also shared updated viewership data highlighting just how far Japanese anime has come in expanding from its former niche into a powerhouse global content category. According to Netflix, more than 50 percent of its members — amounting to over 150 million households, or an estimated 300 million viewers — now watch anime. The company says anime viewership on the platform has tripled over the past five years, with 2024 marking a record-breaking year: 33 anime titles appeared in Netflix's Global Top 10 (Non-English) rankings, more than double the number in 2021. The streamer also revealed that anime content was viewed over 1 billion times globally in 2024, and that 80 to 90 percent of users opt to watch anime dubbed. To capitalize on the demand, Netflix has begun offering anime titles with dubbed audio and descriptions in up to 33 languages. Leading the streamer's upcoming slate is Sakamoto Days, the hitman-turned-family-man action series based on the popular manga. The first season of the title spent 10 weeks on Netflix's Global Top 10 list and charted in 54 countries, including Japan, Korea, France and Argentina. New weekly episodes will begin streaming July 14. Another high-profile release is Cyberpunk: Edgerunners 2, a sequel to the acclaimed 2022 dystopian series from Studio Trigger, set in the gritty universe of CD Projekt Red's Cyberpunk 2077 video game. At Anime Expo, Netflix debuted a first teaser and new key art for the follow-up. For global fans of kawaii culture, Netflix will premiere My Melody & Kuromi on July 24. The stop-motion series brings Sanrio's beloved characters into an original adventure where they must save their homeland, Mariland, from a looming threat. Additional upcoming anime titles teased at Anime Expo included Record of Ragnarok III, Beastars Final Season and The Fragrant Flower Blooms With Dignity. Netflix emphasized the genre's continued growth across demographics and regions, noting that recent anime hits have spanned action (Jujutsu Kaisen, Spy x Family), sci-fi (Gundam: Requiem for Vengeance), fantasy (Delicious in Dungeon) and slice-of-life romance (My Happy Marriage, Pokémon Concierge).
OmegaSupreme
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This at least ten years late. Anime has been huge for a long time. Like anything it started to suck once normies got into it. Shakes fist at clouds
Angry_Megalodon
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Shows that trascend the medium like Attack on Titan definitely contributed to it. The amount of anime newcomers that it attracts is crazy.
No BBC=Anger
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anime hasn't been niche since at least Pokémon.
I remember coming home from school in the late 90s and early 2000s watching RTL2.
Pokémon,
Ranma ½,
Shin Chan,
Detective Conan,
Digimon,
Yugioh,
Beyblade,
One Piece,
Sailor Moon,
Dragonball,
Mega Man NT warrior,
Inuyasha...
like... those were some of the most popular shows when I was a kid.
in germany, even toddlers already watched anime. most people my age still grew up watching Heidi and Biene Maja. Hayao Miyazaki was one of the animators for Heidi btw.
when I was 5 or so I remember watching Kickers (Ganbare! Kickers) on Tele 5.
so I think Anime might have gotten more popular among adults in the west. but for kids and teens it was extremely popular since at least the late 90s
I still have this album lying around somewhere
Basically the same story in Ireland at the time with Pokemon,Yugioh etc. Plus no stigma required. The stigma must be an American thing? Maybe for older teens over there, I'm not sure.
Werewolf Jones
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I saw a dude in Manchester wearing a RuriDragon t shirt and I was blown the fuck away.
EverydayBeast
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Toonami was the way in the 90s and early 2000s but I don't think anime needs the help from a robot alien host people are obsessed with anime today
Liopleurodon
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You are a mistake.
Jinzo Prime
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Nah man, we love anime! We had kids running like Naruto in the hallways at school.
No BBC=Anger
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Nowadays the schoolteachers watching that would probably freak out, multiple reports are submitted to have the kids drugged out on meds! Or something. It's been quite some time since I was in school.Nah man, we love anime! We had kids running like Naruto in the hallways at school.