12750051, I'd imagine "action cartoons. set in asia. with fireballs."
Posted by Nodima, Thu Mar-12-15 03:52 PM
I mean it's like asking why comic books, or comic book movies are popular.
I've never been a huge anime head but I made sure to get home in time for Toonami when I was a kid.
And as a few posters have mentioned in this thread, compared to American cartoons the art is both A) MUCH more impressive and B) the subject matter is MUCH more mature.
I'm willing to bet Dragon Ball Z and the Street Fighter II movie got a lot of dudes into anime in the 90s. That SF movie is bananas.
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