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At no point was I trying to argue sports anime were more popular than shonen anime, you made it that, everything is Toonami to you guys and you paint a picture very black and white, "on cable or not on cable, licensed and dubbed or not" the news you don't seem to understand is Toonami isn't very popular anymore, more people are tuning in to Netflix and Crunchyroll and Toonami is doing everything they can to stay relevant. This antiquated stance you take is part of the reason you would think an anime like Deadman Wonderland is even relevant at this point, no one that doesn't watch Toonami even remembers this show, it had a rushed ending because it couldn't even get more than one cour.

Sadly what keeps Adult Swim afloat.

I mean if you're gonna use one of the most popular and iconic long running shonen as an example then sure nothing else is popular then.

I don't think Porzingis is coming back from that ACL tear

You act as if cable TV is the main platform for anime nowadays, most anime fans don't watch anime on TV...

Licensing aside Kuroko was still extremely popular in the west Anime being a commercial failure in the West isn't something foreign, if you average all of anime in general most of them are failures, that statement just applies to the medium in general.

The US fan base doesn't like sports anime? Yuri on Ice, Free!, Haikyuu, Kuroko fanbases are fucking rabid, what are you smoking?

I'm half Scottish, my Dad's from Glasgow, I've spent extended time there and a little in Edinbugh. I've still never worn a kilt, just doesn't appeal to me, wear a wool skirt? No thank you

It's okay, the point is you're working hard to achieve your goal.

Like a pencil

Just watch Legend of the Galactic Heroes, it's like Gundam minus all the pandering and a better emphasis on characters, plot and mature themes.

Sounds like a harrowing realization of your own mortality.

Oh I didn't realize that was you. I regret to inform you, you may have projectile dysfunction.

What's that one's name?

Maybe this will cheer you up.

It pains me to say it because I used to be a big fan of football in the 00s but it's clearly an inept league now, these games are becoming unwatchable for a large portion of them. Don't really wanna spend my weekend just watching penalty after penalty, it's a trudge for the most part. You can't even touch these shitty quarterbacks now and every season some supposedly great QB goes out early on an injury that he clearly could have avoided. It's like how about QBs just get smarter, when is that gonna be the answer?

That was about where I stopped watching adult swim religiously.

Gunbuster- Idk if the animation aged well but it's a landmark in anime that many still borrow from, so in that sense it aged incredibly well. Only Yesterday- Ghibli so it ages like wine and this one is one of Isao Takahata's best Oops forgot genre- Gunbuster is mecha and Only Yesterday is slice of life

You keep gettin Marines and gum mixed up man

You're short enough, bullets will just whizz by your head.