What is the most popluar anime in America?
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There is no such thing as a SINGLE popular anime. Unless you gather up ALL the anime fans who actually know a WIDE RANGE, you'll never know.\nHowever, for those who haven't been opened into the true anime world, they only know about the old school ones or the ones on Adult Swim.\nAKA:\nCowboy Bebop\nNaruto\nInuyasha\nPokemon\nFull Metal Alchemist\nYuyu Hakusho\nSailormoon\nYugi-Oh\nWolf's Rain\nDigimon\n*The list goes on*\nHowever, LOVE HINA has gained a lot of popularity *the award is posted right on the books--voted as one of the top comedies*\nThe Korean ones *Manwha--I think that's what they call it* are just gaining popularity.\nFruits Basket is fairly well known, but not all people like it.\nThe popularity is also based on the age group-- if there is one that attracts all ages, then there you go-- it's most popular.\nSome of the highest rated ones:\nVampire Hunter D (one and two)\nCowboy Bebop (everyone knows about this one)\nDragon Ball Z (it's really old, so it's well known)\nEvangelion\nGundam *or Gundam Seed or Gundam Wing* (I forgot which)\nGhost in the Shell *it was either "the shell" or "a shell"\nand MANY of the movies directed by Hayao Miyazaki such as Kiki's Delivery Service, Spirited Away, Castle in the Sky, Totoro, and Princess Mononoke (These are popular titles because they attract all types of age groups)
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First, the storylines. \n Anime runs the gambit from sci-fi, to romantic comedy, to martial arts action, to drama, to fantasy.\n All genres are represented. \n\nAnime is made for all ages, from young children to mature adults, from teenagers to senior citizens.\n \nThe scripts are written intelligently, as opposed to the half-hour commercials that most American animation is.\n \n\nSecond, the quality of the animation. If you look at the average animated TV series in Japan, you'll see almost Disney theatrical release quality animation.\n In American animation, you can count the frames! Plus, the use of dramatic camera angles, lighting, and other such cinematic devices set anime apart.\n\nThe way each animation frame has as much detail as a full illustration by the best American comic book artists, the fact that the female characters HAVE breasts (in American animation, all the characters look like asexual neuters, as if trying to convince kids that there isn't a difference between men and women), all these add up to form the visual impact most anime has. \n\nThird, the attention to detail. The work put into making things as seemingly trivial as the walkman a character is listening to is staggering. \n\nThings like character development, something virtually nonexistant in American animated series, is commonplace in anime. \n\nBasically, it all comes down to anime being a genuine art form, while the vast majority of American animation being 30 minute advertisements for toys (not that there aren't toys of anime characters, but the toy companies don't run the shows most of the time). \n\nAnd just think, I've barely scratched the surface of what anime is all about.
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try animewalpapers.com... I think I spelled it right.
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Well the best would be IMO is DragonBallZ because it has some awesome Char development.\nWorst umm Charls in Charge
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I have never seen it but kids and/or people have this facination with anime, Japanese animation. It's probably because it's very different than what is in America. I think Naruto has a bigger fanbase than Inuyasha.
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Fullmetal Alchemist, DNAngel, Naruto, Fruits Basket, Kenshin, Full Metal Panic!, Chobits, Girls Bravo, Inuyash, OutLaw Star, and Last Excil. Plus some more.
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I've got mixed emotions about the two. I love some of the older American cartoons, and some of the newer ones seem to be getting more and more like Anime. But when I want to watch for artistic pleasure, give me Vampire Hunter D. I've never really seen american cartoons that use watercolors the way that movie has them. And I think it's hilarious to see how Anime is beginning to use american words or expressions.\n\nI love Anime for it's artistic value, and for the fact that anime doesn't limit cartoons to a child's ages. If there were more American cartoons like that, I would be a big fan. But you can't forget classics like Scooby Doo, Secret Squirrel, Dick Dastardly, Bugs Bunny, and those guys.\n\nMy little girl is a year old, and her favorite channel is Boomerang, the Cartoon Network channel of older cartoons. But she watches Anime with me... and she loves Hellsing. I laughed so hard at her clapping for Alucard and Walter.
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first of all, who in the hell said that b.s. about you being ashamed of being mexican? what, are they experts on the subject or something? mandalos a la chingada, homie! as for me, i used to be BIGTIME into japanimation, but not as much anymore. I like the more old school stuff (not robotech old school), like fist of the north star, vampire hunter d, ninja scroll, and the GOOOOD stuff, like twin angels, la blue girl, urotsukidoji-legend of the overfiend, etc,.
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bittorrent.\n\n\nwww.torrentspy.com\nwww.national-anime.com\nwww.piratebay.com\nwww.isohunt.com\n\nplus my favorite are naruto and bleach.
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The Tokyo-Yokohama metropolitan area. It's in Japan, which is in Asia.\n\nChina is the most populated country, also in Asia.
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Anime rocks!!!\nI love anime!\n=^_^=
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Hmm...if this was for a recent event, it would be Naruto.  Even though it's a relatively new anime, it's taken off like a wildfire.  The most populare anime of all-time?...Dragonball series...pretty easily.  It is the only anime to be featured in virtually every single language, Gokou is just as popular as Superman who came out 20 years before him and is the most recognizable character of all time, outside of Gokou.  He is also featured in over 20 videogames himself, rivaling that of Mario.  700 episodes, Dragonball is one of the longest, if not the longest, anime ever produced.  The series is still featured here in America, well after the manga and anime stopped in Japan.  Funny how Naruto's creator also was been heard stating that he takes his inspiration from Dragonball.  Dragonball has 14 movies, three separate series, and a plethora of characters...though become stalemate within DBGT.  Dragonball has countless games, from gameboy to the ps2 and they continue to grow each and every year.  If dragonball wasn't so popular then why the mania?..Naruto has a few games under his belt, has a few movies, and a series that seems to be thriving.  He has the potential to outlast dragonball with already at 200 some odd episodes.  Only 500 more to go..lol.  What Naruto has that dragonball does not, is a thrilling captivating plot of deceit, love, hatred, vengeance and altruism, where as dragonball was to soley dedicated to finding the next big bad guy and taking it to him.  Naruto should, and most likely will surpass that of dragonball.  So as to say which anime is the most popular...ever is dragonball, now..is Naruto.
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First off, more money is invested into Japanese animation (THANK YOU GOD. O_O I don't have a life outside of anime, sadly... XD) because it is extremely popular. Anime's origins were first only for men/ Japan's honorable warriors... the traditional samurai. YESSS. o.O;; When or why it grew, I'm not remembering as of now. But I do know that the Japanese were long ago facinated with how big American's eyes were, compared to theirs. It's because they "show emotion" 'n stuff. =/ Back to... uh... relevant... <_<;; Japanese animation is popular because of this. It is targeted at all ages, from the smallest child to some twenty-five-year-old. Also, far more time is taken to produce Japanese animation, probably for the following reasons (This is my opinion, so bite me if I'm wrong. o_O):\n1. Pride of history. Duh? o.o From the very start of their lives, Japanese are taught the values of family... uh... and stuff. =/ (Yeah, I read it somewhere... so? =/) So, really, all of the BLOOD AND GUTS BWAHAHAHA!! >=D Samurai stuff would look cool.\n2. As I mentioned, anime is VERY popular. With all of that competition, who's gonna buy some crappy anime thrown together in a month? Most wouldn't. They're all busy with Hagane no Renkinjutsushi! o.o (Full Metal Alchemist, if you didn't know.) In other words... ZE MONEH. Invest a crapload of money into an anime and get 10 times the crapload back. ^_^\n3. That is the style of anime. American cartoons focus on abnormal people with super powers wearing their underwear outside of their pants and talking animals and stuff, while anime tends to focus on realistic people. (But you still get your talking animals every now and then. ^_^ And abnormalties... what's wrong with that? o.O Just... in anime, there's plot. Look at Fruits Basket. =D)\n4. American cartoons are pretty much made for no reason at all. No history, no nothing. Just for the money. (Hey, some anime are like that too, but they're not just crap thrown together while only the mouth moves and the rest of the picture stays still.)\nThat's all I can currently think of, since I'm strangely tired. Sorry. x.x I'd advise you to go to the link on "Sources" It has tons of information on anime. Bottom line: Anime owns American cartoons because... anime has much effort put into it. The script is usually amazing, unlike most American cartoons that rely on stupid puns to get five-year-olds to repeat it at school and go buy stuff. (Not that there's anything wrong with being so cheap, just... ANIME RULES. o_o) The voice talent is also that of high standards. I mean... O_O GEEZ. They're really convincing, and they don't sound like old people trying to sound young. They also don't have freaky accents. (Notice I'm talking about Yu-Gi-Oh! o.o Joey is freakin Japanese. How he wound up with a weird New York accent is far beyond me. Also, the voice cast sounds like old farts who were dug up in the "LET'S MAKE A CRAPLOAD OF MERCHANDISE AND CONTINUE ON WITH THIS ANIME FOREVER AND EVER AND EVER BECAUSE WE HAVE THE LICENSE FROM JAPAN! WOOHOO!!!" club, and were recycled a bunch of times (like Digimon, but that wasn't bad. At all. =/) for the other seasons as different characters who made no attempt at all to sound different... trying to sound young. That's a whole other topic, though.\nI hope this sums it up. ^_^;; Remember... if you wanna know the truth, go to the link on sources. Ja ne!
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can i suggest the animes i know..\ncard captor sakura\nclamp x\nweiss kreuz\nweiss kreuz gLuhen\nparadise kiss\nmidori no hibi\ncLamp school detectives\nDN angeL\ntsubasa chronicLes\ngravitation\nfuLL metaL aLchemist\nfuLL metaL panic\ndetective schooL q\nchobits\nuLtra maniac\ngundam seed\ngundam seed destiny\nyakitate japan\ngensoumaden saiyuki \nsaiyuki reLoad\nsaiyuki requiem\n\nthis isn't all the anime i know... there's more feeL free to e-mail me and ask for more titles.. Ü
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anidown.com\nthe other animes aren't complete yet..\nbut it's on going.. Ü
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inuyasha\nfullmetal alchemist\nnaruto\nfruits basket\nIGPX\ntrigun\nfullmoon wo sagashite\nsaiyuki\nouran high school host club (that is a very long title)\nbleach \n\n\n\nmany many more!!!!! but i will stop there
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In no order---\n\n1. Naruto\n2. Bleach\n3. Ouran Koukou Host Club\n4. Hikaru no Go\n5. Inuyasha \n6. Nana\n7. Samurai Champloo\n8. Death Note\n9. Fruits Basket\n10. Princess Princess