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Actually I find one calling themselves an anime fan in the West amongst non-anime people tends to evoke one of two reactions more often than not (and these attitudes have barely changed over the last decade):
1. Oh, so you like Pokemon/Naurto/One Piece/DBZ?
2. Oh, so you like hentai...
Those are the two commonly held views, from my experience. There aren't that many willing to understand and far less that care.
Crispin Freeman once notably mentioned that a decade ago, you could mention recent titles and a good number of people in the West would know what they are, but today, mention recent titles and people are much less likely to know them. I generally find that to be true in the West. But on the flipside, back then was a weaker time for anime sales in Japan and now is their strongest, so no surprise.
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