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The Rise of Anime
Let's talk about one of the biggest things in pop culture right now. Anime. When thinking about anime, the things that come to mind are Japanese cartoons, "quirky" people, and of course Naruto. Naruto has been going on since 2005 which of course was a lot of people's childhoods. Staying up late to watch the enthralling TV show on Toonami was a lot of the older generation's favorite past time and longing memory. Of course not a lot of people were very open with the fact that they liked anime because of the whole stigma that if that person watched anime, they were considered the weird kid on the block. Some people didn't care though and still continued to voice their love for the Japanese cartoons which honestly, was such a good thing because who cared what others thought, as long as it made them happy it was a good thing. So of course growing up, not a lot of people would watch anime so it was always a bit difficult to find anime merchandise. It would be provided by official anime sites like Viz Media or Funimation. DVDs would be sold at Best Buy though which was a blessing in disguise because it was hard to find any animes anywhere else. Hot Topic and Spencers were big companies that would sell a lot of anime merchandise as well so that was part of the main source of anime sells that fueled a lot of the love for anime. Most of the time though people would buy anime merchandise on official Japanese websites and wait months for the items to be shipped if only to have something that they loved. It was a fluctuating part of the anime interest and it would sometimes be a mission to find any type of anime merchandise. Fast forward 10 years and now anime is all anyone can see in terms of merchandise. Yes anime has grown steadily throughout the years, but it hasn't really grown until very very recently, and by very recently, think about 2 years. It seems like the pandemic has a lot to do with this grand interest in anime, since people had a lot more time in their busy schedules to watch something new, but it also has a lot to do with social media, specifically Tiktok. Tiktok used to be just a music app where people can sing and dance and sometimes make funny skits on, a bit like vine, but it has grown tremendously since then. Because so many people had time to actually explore new things, a lot of old and new fans of anime began to make edits and drawings of their favorite animes which then exploded on Tiktok. There has always been amvs or anime music videos, on Youtube with popular songs used as the background to show the amazing scenes and fights, but it's grown on tiktok since popular sounds have anime edits with them and when looking at those sounds, these videos pop up and people become interested. Since the start of the pandemic to now, anime has grown tremendously and it definitely has to do with Tiktok. There are a lot more companies noticing that it is a big thing in pop culture and are trying to get their hands on the rights to sell it. Just by walking around at the mall, it's noticeable how big it has gotten. Of course Hot Topic and Spencers are going to have anime merchandise since they have always had it, but now Zumiez carries anime merchandise as well as Box Lunch and even Target has started to carry some anime merchandise and anime shirts. More and more tokyo themed stores are opening up at the mall as well and now at the Santa Anita mall there is a store that just has anime figures on display. Anime figures! That's literally the whole store. Of course there are for sale, but the fact that these figures are on display for anyone to see is huge. It's crazy how much social media influences pop culture and how big something can get because of it.
By Jay Dee Quimera4 years ago in Futurism
How Does Your Favorite BL Stack Up?
Are you new to BL? Have you seen a few and are interested in more, but don’t know where to look or what you might like? Well I took 12 BL anime that I could find recommended and gave them a watch and have broken down my reviews into 5 separate categories: overall cuteness, problematic relationships, sexiness, romance, and non-romantic plot. You’ll notice the categories might overlap a bit, but I found that each were different in some way in most of the anime.
By Rebecca Evans4 years ago in Futurism
5 Wholesome Romance Anime
Romance means different things to different people and there are a myriad of romantic anime to reflect just that. Some love the drama that inevitably comes from romance while others enjoy watching for good feels. Lately life has been a little rough on my end so I decided to binge a bunch of romance in order to find ones that I can go to for endless good feels and cuteness. The goal was to find anime where you could enjoy the romance and growing feelings without too much worrying about whether they will get together or stay together. Please enjoy this list I’ve come up with for when you’re in a similar head space:
By Rebecca Evans4 years ago in Futurism
