If your favorite anime exploded in popularity to the point that everyone in socmed talks about it, would you like it or not?
Imagine one day your favorite anime exploded in popularity and went so mainstream to the point that everyone in social media talks and makes short video about it almost everyday and even your grandma knows, would you like it? or would you prefer your fav anime to be unpopular instead? |
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| I guess I prefer my favorite anime to be fairly unpopular. |
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| My favorite anime is like a hidden gem, the less people know about it, the more special it feels to me. |
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| Mahou Shoujo ni Akogarete going through the roof globally would be hilarious. |
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| There are two where I would excommunicate myself from the show, it would be a tragedy. But if it was my other favs like Gosick, Slayers, Vampire dies in no time, Eccentric Family, or Detective Conan I would be fine. |
TeirayoApr 28, 6:17 AM
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| If there's a good manga I like, which turns into an anime that normies heavily overrate (Frieren, SpyXFamily), I lose interest in it. If it's just a popular anime but I haven't read the source material, I don't care. |
| Taiga best girl forever. |
| I would like it. I'd be in favor of that. |
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| No, even without being mainstream, lots of people even here on the mal forums get really weird when it comes to monogatri. |
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| Monster is already a little bit popular. |
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| I don't need to imagine it, when TYBW was announced it was top 1 trending on Twitter, when it was airing it was also popular, there is not a single day in which I wouldn't seen any Bleach related meme/short video on Tik Tok or Youtube, my country isn't that associated with anime so I won't bother to ask my family members although they would know what Bleach is... [Yeah memes are quite popular on tik toke, few weeks ago the comparison of mc theme was in trends, now the Aizen x Hinamori manga panel is being memed with Treachery soundtrack or Enemy - Last Hope with Invasion soundtrack] For ex. Yesterday/2 day ago when I was cooking these 4 stuff has poped up, if I would be on my tik tok feed longer most likely there would be more: https://www.tiktok.com/@_ikujo_/video/7345487721202208032 https://www.tiktok.com/@demigodrequis/photo/7360150100519210282 3rd tik tok - The pinging user has been activated there so need to change my url posting here https://www.tiktok.com/@itssnotneon/video/7361152199910640929 It just not reached the final form of mainstream yet. |
ZettaikenApr 28, 6:49 AM
| yeah, gives me a sence of proud, and I have the opportunity to annoy people |
| No. Too many troll and media illiterate people. There are already plenty of Mushoku Tensei haters and "foreshadowing = plot hole" takes on Demon Slayer boards to know how it will end. I've already seen plenty of "Clannad ending is an asspull" takes, which is objectively wrong, so... |
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| Fate/Zero is semi-popular, I'm happy with that if it stays the popularity as it is right now But Fate/Zero became as popular as Demon Slayer or Jujutsu Kaisen, if people really appreciate it then obviously, it would be something like FMAB status But not everyone likes the theme of Fate/Zero so I rather not |
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Made in Abyss is already really popular, plenty of people already made videos and such. Plenty of hot takes and ignorant assumptions about people that enjoyed it. You just gotta ignore the noise. |
| Nah, it's better off if queen's blade remains niche, some people can't handle it. |
| Jojo has already gotten pretty mainstream, but if it went more so that would be nice. It'd make it easier to find people to talk with about the series |
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| I would probably like it less. I would be reluctant to call it a favorite. But of course, something like this will never happen so I don't have to worry about it. |
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| I weathered the storm of peak dumbass Rick and Morty fans. I think I could handle that. Most of mine already are fairly popular to begin with. I've come to the conclusion that ditching a thing just because it got really popular is just a sad attempt to keep feeling "unique" and "special", and I don't have the mental energy to give a shit about that. |
FanofActionApr 28, 10:44 AM
| Of course I'd like that, that would mean more artwork, more cosplays and more memes about something I like. |
| Neutral, I wouldn't care either way. |
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| No I absolutely hate that lol. I have this feeling with JJK. Although it was already pretty popular back then, the popularity really grew after S2. I was so addicted with the series that before JJK S2 came out I read the manga over and over again like a bible, engaged with new chapter discussions everyweek nonstop for 3+ years and even wrote essays on this shit. But now, everyone have seen the show, including those who don't watch anime and it no longer feels that special to me. |
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| I would still enjoy Re:Zero regardless if it became popular with the none anime watchers. |
| Echidna best waifu :D |
| There's nothing wrong with my favourites becoming more popular. |
| Unless it miraculously resulted in some of my favourite anime (many of which are obscure) getting a second season, then not particularly. Yofukashi no Uta is the most popular of my highest rated anime, and you can already see the fallout of that, with how many mainstreamers incessantly complain about how Kou and Akira are "underage". But, ultimately, it doesn't matter much. My favourite anime would remain my favourites even if they became the most popular anime out there, despite the peripheral discourse surrounding them potentially being impacted by it. |
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| I wouldn't be able to tell everyone to watch Master Keaton & Borgman if they were popular :v |
| I don't care and I can't understand people who force themselves to be unique and give up even things they really liked because they have become too popular, it honestly irritates me and I consider such people to be one of the worst types of anime fans xD |
| If socmed is the reason my favorite anime gets a new content only to be censored and be modernized to modern woke BS, I would despise the fact it got popular in the first place. Now if socmed hypes it up and it will generate more content around it that is also faithfull to the original... I guess that's a win? But let's be honest... When was the last time that happened? Everything that becomes popular gains huge potential to evolve into grey soulless **** So in short, no I wouldn't like it, cause nothing good will come out of it. |
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| my favorite anime is already insanely popular and i don't hate that. |
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| Steins;gate is the perfect amount of popular. It's just popular enough to be known as one of the best among anime fans, but just unpopular enough for the fanbase to be actually pretty chill. So.... no, I would not want it to be more popular. |
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| I don't think it would matter to much for me, but on the bright side maybe more merc or new stuff from the anime? |
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| I don't know, if Noragami, out of nowhere, got a ton of popularity, that would mean that a chance for a 3rd season would be much higher, and I'm totally not against it! I also don't mind my favorite anime being popular, I already love Attack on Titan, so that might explain it. |
| More popularity, please. The Zombieland Saga movie is on life support because MAPPA is garbo. With more fans maybe they'd get off their MassA (oh ho!) and stop wasting time with stuff like Bucchigiri or AoT. |
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| What a bizarre idea. I want everyone to watch all my favourite anime, because they're brilliant and that brilliance deserves to be shared as widely as possible. |
| I'm aware that it wouldn't please the majority, so I think it's better that it stays known to people who are interested in series like it. |
 
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| MY favorite is already popular but I wouldnt like it if my second favorite got super popular People get filtered so hard by watamote and end up slandering it online |
| Yes, I would love to... at least here in Brazil I would love more people to like Sword Art Online |
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| It doesn't matter to me either way tbh, unless it correlates with the number of BNHA haters 🤔 |
Reply to Zayvex
Neutral, I wouldn't care either way.
Zayvex said: Neutral, I wouldn't care either way. Same here, but it can increase the chances of it having another season or getting a sequel (something along those lines). |
| ...*sigh* this exact thing happened with bungou stray dogs for me, and my god. it was hell in this fandom for those 3 months that the fifth season was airing. it's cooled down and most of the people who were only there to rode the hype train left. now it's just a couple of chill gay people again. balance has been restored. i wouldn't survive if that happened again though tbh. when it exploded it kinda just felt like most of the people there had binged the whole series over the course of like a week and then barely retained any of it, therefore none of them knew what the hell they were talking about. you can't really be a casual bsd fan, it just doesn't happen. either you become scarily obsessed with it because you're neurodivergent as fuck, or you drop it after 6 episodes. |
| If popularity means it would get a second season, then yes, I would love that. But popularity outside Japan does not necessarily mean it would get the same support from Japanese people. And that matters since anime is catered towards Japanese audience. So second season is still impossible. I can't see it ever happening though. I can't even visualize nor imagine it. |
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| I'm not sure how I would feel. On hand I would love getting to see my favorite anime succeed, but I would hate to see the fanbase deteriorate as a result. |
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| Yeah for the increased chance that it would get another anime season. |
| "socmed" sounds oddly dystopian. Perhaps it's fitting. To answer the question, I would probably hate it. I prefer it being a niche thing. |
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