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Living in Kuala Lumpur, anime is popular in terms of shows like Dragonball, Doraemon, naruto and Bleach. These 4 are the most popular animes in Malaysia no doubt.
Some of our TV stations do air animes like Gundam SEED and Haruhi most of the time, and 2001 was the year anime reached it's peak in Malaysia & Singapore, especially with the airings of Ruroni Kenshin & Cardcaptor Sakura (everyone was watching it). And animes like Slayers are aired on 7.30pm, whereas Gundam SEED was aired at 10.30 am.
Four of the biggest selling mangas in Malaysia were Case Closed, Dragonball, Doraemon and Shin Chan. i got into manga thanks to Doraemon and Case Closed. I love these two mangas.
And currently, the most popular manga amongst the Kinokuniya circle is Bakuman, whereas the most popular anime amongst Malaysia's otaku netizens is Madoka Magica.
Anime cons are usually held once every three moths. And they are quite popular. Cosplay is a hit, and many models in malaysia started off doing cosplays of anime characters before becoming famous catwalk icons.
Non-otakus don't judge otakus badly unlike other countries. They're actually pretty cool with it, and thye usually agree with otakus when it comes to stuff like Dragonball Evolution.
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