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this message again confuses me "I wouldn't go that far either. While I wouldn't call Naruto obscure exactly, I also don't know if the general public is really that familiar with it. It isn't quite on the level of DBZ where even if you don't watch anime you would have heard of it. Avatar's explosion in popularity last year when it landed on Netflix would probably give it a noticeable edge when it comes to the general public being familiar with it." was there really a big popularity boost for avatar the last airbender from being on netflix? regardless they seem to speak from experiences growing up in an area where liking anime meant you were bullied and mocked however the problem is they seem to think that's everyone's experience saying "At My High school Aang and zuko were more known and popular than naruto and sasuke anime fans were bullied and tormented but it was okay to like avatar the last airbender" doesn't mean everyone thought the same as that one high school in my opinion claiming Anime is too Foreign for Most american's and that they don't care for non-american cartoons sounds really stupid

I Challenged his view and said naruto's far more known than avatar the last airbender to which he responded with this... "At least when I was in high school in the 00s, Aang and Zuko were far more well known than Naruto and Sasuke. Anime fans were mocked and bullied, but it was okay to like Avatar the Last Airbender and a few anime like Pokemon were okay to like without mockery. It even got a crappy mega budget live action film, which Naruto never got. Okay, I know that anime is a lot more popular and less niche with the 2010s, but I am quite surprised if it really has surpassed American toons with the Zoomer generation. Based on your posts, I'm guessing you're part of that younger Zoomer generation. We at least know that the DC movies do better in the normal lineup than ratings, so it seems that American toons are more popular at least with the entire 18-35 demographic. There might be some in the 18-25 demo who prefer anime to American cartoons, but a much smaller quantity of the 25-35 demo is into anime. Granted, a great portion of that 25-35 demo that watches anime might be small, but they are the super passionate fans who watched stuff like YuYu Hakusho and Rurouni Kenshin back in the day and got bullied for it. Sure American cartoons would cast a wider net, but the airing rights for them are really hard to get. Besides, Adult Swim has been a strong proponent of anime and would air them even if they aren't as mainstream with American cartoons. They know the majority of anime fans are Zoomers who use streaming, but it seems like Adult Swim's primary audience seems to be that small niche of Millennial fans who watched anime back when it was heavily stigmatized." and another person chimed in with this short response afterwards "I wouldn't go that far either. While I wouldn't call Naruto obscure exactly, I also don't know if the general public is really that familiar with it. It isn't quite on the level of DBZ where even if you don't watch anime you would have heard of it. Avatar's explosion in popularity last year when it landed on Netflix would probably give it a noticeable edge when it comes to the general public being familiar with it." the first one tells me this person truly bases this opinion on high school experiences and how students there were far more familiar with avatar characters than naruto characters because they teased and tormented anime fans then goes on to claim because avatar the last airbender got a crappy movie that put its above naruto in the eyes of most american's what really annoys me is they assume I'm a zoomer just because i claim Naruto And Sasuke are more well known than Aang And Zuko(I'm Not...i was born in 1989)

He's the kind of guy who sees any DC event as a blessing for toonami and the regular toonami block as being too niche to garner much attention

Yeah exactly but when i asked them to explain just what they mean by it being too foreign for most americans this is the response i got "Probably just how very over the top it is with the shouting and spiky hair and people shooting lasers out of their hands and other shonen stereotypes that aren't like your typical American cartoon. American superhero cartoons might be a little bit over the top, but in a normal American way. All the Japanese attack names and jargon made Naruto the far more niche title than the mainstream Avatar: The Last Airbender. The overall attacks and methods of doing the attacks (ninja hand signs) were also seen as weird and complicated compared to American superheroes. Yes, DBZ and Naruto aren't the only anime in existence, but they were the only ones (aside from Pokemon and Yu-Gi-Oh) known to general pop culture. Then we get the really weird abstract stuff like Paranoia Agent, Neon Genesis Evangelion, and Serial Experiments Lain. Adult Swim has exposed audiences to the weird artsy stuff and that also has an impact on people fearing watching anime expecting it all to be like Paranoia Agent. Those factors are probably why anime can't reach the mainstream." not sure how to respond to that....

no you aren't this is just what one random person thinks according to ratings for the dc movies and how it seems like more attention is paid to them than the regular lineup because Anime is too weird and Japanese for the average american

when i asked if they thought an all american toonami block would be more successful they said "Sadly, yes. Anime is too foreign. That's why no real anime will ever be as popular in America as Avatar: The Last Airbender. The only problem is that pretty much all American adult action animation (Castlevania,Invincible, DC stuff) is stuck on streaming."

this thought came after seeing a post on the anime superheroes/toonzone forum in response to the harley quinn marathon where someone stated " I know some anime fans want the block to be pure anime, but American toons have a place on the block and probably a big part of the block's success. A few kids watching classic Toonami were probably drawn in by Justice League and Teen Titans, but stayed for DBZ. If Toonami could have Harley Quinn as more than a one week rental, it probably would be the biggest draw on the block as the DC movies last year spanked the crap out of the regular lineup in ratings. As popular as anime is, the DC cartoons got way more attention than all the non DBZ or Naruto anime on classic Toonami."

the next episode came out just yesterday on funimation so the theory is that toonami's just playing it safe

how many times do you think toonami will mention HBO Max and how we all should subscribe to it to see The Suicide Squad!

that seems to happen a lot this season....with each class battle taking up 2 episodes(the exception being bakugo's team battle)

wonder how many toonami viewers are gonna read the black clover manga once toonami's run of black clover concludes

what else would they air in it's place though? It'd probably be a rerun or some older show at this point A Fresh Series at 1:00 AM doesn't make much sense I've never seen much evidence that demarco enjoys black clover or gives it much props they probably picked it up expecting it to be A Major Hit for the block and when it didn't light adultswim on fire they became disappointed not enough to remove it entirely but enough to demote it to the back of the line

it's treated like it's some mediocre sack of crap that toonami regrets now

do we even have anyone live tweeting toonami now? the MHA VA's are typically too busy to do so

with black clover leaving toonami in a few months...I Gotta say it's too bad it didn't take off and instead became the filler show on the lineup airing so late that Dallas Reid(Asta Dub VA)couldn't live tweet it anymore

corona beer ad during food wars commercial break

a reminder there's two more matches left in this for those who are getting bored of this

Daisy Mae(The Turnip Girl)only shows up on sunday's and leaves by 12:00 PM

i just assumed those people wouldn't have anything better to do so late at night if they were tuning into adultswim

Man the updates have really been lackluster to almost non-existent this year

i suppose i just don't understand why if these people like anime them sticking around to watch toonami depends on if family guy airs before the block or not if you like anime and have watched toonami before then deciding not to watch it because family guy isn't airing before it starts just doesn't make sense to me put family guy in and they'll watch toonami take it out then they'll skip toonami i just don't understand the logic there

and why is that? I Still haven't found an answer are they just too lazy to change the channel or something is that it? because that's the only explanation i can come up with MHA And Family Guy Are So different that it boggles the mind that A Fan Of Family guy would stay for MHA

I Always never understood how Family Guy And Toonami Meshed so well when the two are drastically different the chances the average family guy fan would stick around for MHA should be quite low