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<blockquote data-quote="j&#039;nuh" data-source="post: 594171" data-attributes="member: 55446"><p>It's more of a subculture in the UK. Every 90s kid watched Pokemon and/or DBZ and/or Yu-Gi-Oh and/or Digimon. But most people stopped short there.</p><p></p><p>The few that are into it in their teens, are avid about it. It's one of the most obsessive subcultures around. Since a lot of people involved were the "outcast" type at school, having a fandom to associate with is a big driving factor in why people are so interested in it. The fandom has a lot of crossover with other "geeky fandoms" - gamers, bronies, comic fans, LARPers, tabletop game players, lolita fashion, card gamers etc. - and this all gets incorporated into conventions that bring these fandoms together quite neatly. It means that anime fans typically have a number of these "geeky interests", and so there's a lot of content to keep occupied with. So where at a rugby club you are only guaranteed one common interest, rugby, anime fans typically share a bunch of interests. The "avidness" of the fandom means that although they make up a minority of the population, people will travel widely to attend conventions. Most popular universities have active anime societies too. So you can make good friends and stay active in it, despite there being relatively few people interested.</p><p></p><p>The exceptions are Studio Ghibli films. They are popular beyond anime fans in the UK.</p><p></p><p>I'm into it, but not so much into the fandom, and it's a lot of effort sorting the generic crap they come up with these days, from the really solid pieces of work. Japan was hit hard by the recession, and anime studios take fewer risks, so they revert to what's popular, and what's popular sucks. Finding quality shows is sometimes difficult. atm, I'm finding it easier finding good western shows.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="j'nuh, post: 594171, member: 55446"] It's more of a subculture in the UK. Every 90s kid watched Pokemon and/or DBZ and/or Yu-Gi-Oh and/or Digimon. But most people stopped short there. The few that are into it in their teens, are avid about it. It's one of the most obsessive subcultures around. Since a lot of people involved were the "outcast" type at school, having a fandom to associate with is a big driving factor in why people are so interested in it. The fandom has a lot of crossover with other "geeky fandoms" - gamers, bronies, comic fans, LARPers, tabletop game players, lolita fashion, card gamers etc. - and this all gets incorporated into conventions that bring these fandoms together quite neatly. It means that anime fans typically have a number of these "geeky interests", and so there's a lot of content to keep occupied with. So where at a rugby club you are only guaranteed one common interest, rugby, anime fans typically share a bunch of interests. The "avidness" of the fandom means that although they make up a minority of the population, people will travel widely to attend conventions. Most popular universities have active anime societies too. So you can make good friends and stay active in it, despite there being relatively few people interested. The exceptions are Studio Ghibli films. They are popular beyond anime fans in the UK. I'm into it, but not so much into the fandom, and it's a lot of effort sorting the generic crap they come up with these days, from the really solid pieces of work. Japan was hit hard by the recession, and anime studios take fewer risks, so they revert to what's popular, and what's popular sucks. Finding quality shows is sometimes difficult. atm, I'm finding it easier finding good western shows. [/QUOTE]
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