Is it me or is the Anime franchise dying in North America? I don’t think the younger generations are watching as much Anime as I did when I was thirteen. Toonami no longer offers a lot of quality Animes anymore, especially not at reasonable times. It could be the fleeting times, bad economy, illegal downloading, or the overall lack of good Animes to watch nowadays. If it’s not full of preteen girls dancing around in short skirts, it’s full of excessive amounts of violence. Let’s face it – editing it out would be a bitch. It’s not like in DBZ where you can put a small tree in front of the privates of young Gohan.
So due to the lack of Anime that interests me, I’ve began putting a lot of non-Anime related works. This included video games, celebrities, TV series, etc. So besides Anime, what else are you guys interested in? Leave a comment so I can accommodate to your needs. I’d still like for this place to be the site to get your geek fixes. 😛
July 24, 2011
Yea but if it’s not advertised somewhere visible, how will kids know Anime is out there? When TV was the only source of entertainment, it was easy to advertise new shows. My younger cousins don’t watch Anime as much. My point is that there are less amount of new blood to the genre.
July 24, 2011
Anime a 13 year old watches would probably not interest me so I don’t really care if they are watching it or not. I remember when anime wasn’t so main stream and most people didn’t know about. I think the kids today grew up with it so it’s the norm. A lot of the North American cartoons these days are pretty good and I’m sure a lot of people don’t have the need to seek out anime for something better. These days you can legally watch a lot of anime online for free so there really isn’t much of a need to watch it on TV. I’m sure a lot of people who watched it on TV only watched it because it was on TV. The kids who are really into anime will still take the time to find a way to watch it. I don’t think the anime franchise is dying but the way we can view it is changing.