[ SECRET POST #5785 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #5785 ⌋

Warning: Some secrets are NOT worksafe and may contain SPOILERS.


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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

“I always find myself smiling like a vaguely condescending grandma whenever Americans talking about anime/manga speak about the boom in popularity in the west as if it all started in their country and it's all Thanks To The Americans. Meanwhile I'm sitting here chortling going like "Oh, sweetie. Been there, done that, since like the late 70s/early 80s. You have *no idea* of what Italy has been through" lmao”

I’m American, but I’m also an Oldtaku who got into anime before the American boom, so I definitely understand what you’re saying. I’m glad that people younger than me got into and enjoy anime, so I’m not laughing at them. But a lot of them really do act like anime might as well have not existed at all in the West before the 90s, besides localized chopjobs like Robotech or Speed Racer. When anime has been in the West, even in America, before shows like Dragon Ball Z and and Sailor Moon got brought over. You just needed to know where to look or who to know.

And as a diehard mahou shoujo fan, I’ve known that most of the classics had the biggest fandoms outside of Japan in Europe and Latin America. And sometimes were only ever brought over to air on television in countries like Germany and Italy, pretty much never America. I’ve read so many stories from European fans of growing up with these amazing anime on TV and having merchandise be sold in stores. They’re fun to read but I can’t help but feel a little jealous lol.