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Owata · 2011-04-20, 05:34

How would you describe the overall prevalence of anime among people in your location?

I live close to a major metropolitan area in the US (west coast) and, well, anime is still quite a mysterious thing among the populace.

On one hand, it's safe to say that if you show random people on the street a picture of Pikachu, they'll instantly recognize where that character came from - and if they're older, you might even be lucky if they knew the character's name. On the other, it would also be common for people to ask, "What's anime?".

But it's not all that bad. You do find anime fans within college campuses and, perhaps not surprisingly, in bookstores and video stores. A few months ago, a cashier at a Best Buy store rang up my DVD purchase and commented on how he's heard "good things about Summer Wars". So, the likelihood of stumbling upon another fan in the area is a little higher where I live. (But it's still rare, though.)

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Owata Junior Member Join Date: Apr 2011	Popularity of anime in your area? How would you describe the overall prevalence of anime among people in your location? I live close to a major metropolitan area in the US (west coast) and, well, anime is still quite a mysterious thing among the populace. On one hand, it's safe to say that if you show random people on the street a picture of Pikachu, they'll instantly recognize where that character came from - and if they're older, you might even be lucky if they knew the character's name. On the other, it would also be common for people to ask, "What's anime?". But it's not all that bad. You do find anime fans within college campuses and, perhaps not surprisingly, in bookstores and video stores. A few months ago, a cashier at a Best Buy store rang up my DVD purchase and commented on how he's heard "good things about Summer Wars". So, the likelihood of stumbling upon another fan in the area is a little higher where I live. (But it's still rare, though.)