Dragon Ball Z was the first truly "accepted" anime

Warmmedown said:

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The US probably has more fans since it's the biggest country, but Brazil and Mexico love DBZ more. No clue about Canada.

GSM123 said:

The US probably has more fans since it's the biggest country, but Brazil and Mexico love DBZ more. No clue about Canada.

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Is Saint Seiya big in Brazil, too?

Also, you're Brazilian? Why is your English so good then

Warmmedown said:

samurai pizza cats?

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lol you do not remember that anime cartoon

GSM123 said:

The US probably has more fans since it's the biggest country, but Brazil and Mexico love DBZ more. No clue about Canada.

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i think it was huge here in canada back in the old days

The very first successful anime in America was Astro Boy (Americanization of Tetsuwan Atom) in 1963.

After that, Gigantor (Americanization of Tetsujin 28-goh) in 1966.

After that, Speed Racer (Americanization of Mach GoGoGo) in 1967.

Then, Battle of the Planets (Americanization of Gatchaman) in 1972.

Then, Star Blazers (Americanization of Cosmoship Yamato aka Space Battleship Yamato) in 1979.

Then, Voltron (Americanization of Beast King Go Lion) in 1984.

Then, Robotech (Americanized mashup of Macross and two other anime) in 1985.

It's probably true most of the people who watched these didn't realize they were originally Japanese cartoons, though, and they didn't have much lasting impact; these shows would get buzz for a little while, and then fade away.

The mid-late 1990s was indeed the start of the anime boom in America, with the back-to-back successes of Dragon Ball Z, Sailor Moon, Pokemon, Digimon, Ronin Warriors (Americanization of Samurai Troopers), etc. This was the first time viewers were conscious of the fact they were watching imported cartoons from Japan, and interest continued to grow from there.

Still, the medium as a whole didn't became "mainstream" in the 1990s. That was when anime first started to become mainstream, sure, but it was really just a couple of shows that were popular. I would say anime only became mainstream in the streaming era during the 2010s. During the era of appointment TV, not really.

Even now, you can argue anime still isn't exactly "mainstream", because it's considered geeky. Cartoons, comics, videogames, etc; popular as they all are, having more than a casual interest in them is gonna get you labeled as a nerd.

Anyway, @DBZAOTA482 the way you repeatedly shill Dragon Ball and treat it like the most iconic or influential anime/manga series ever made is tiresome. At the end of the day, you're biased when you're looking at things exclusively through a Western perspective. Plenty of other mangaka had to walk so Toriyama could run. Who cares which series triggered the boom or whatever in America? Much of DBZ's success in the country came down to luck (barely any anime were widely broadcast in the US before DBZ in 1996).

At the end of the day, Demon Slayer's success blows Dragon Ball's out of the water. It's grossed almost the same amount of money ($10 billion plus) in just 10 years.

Fooooooool! Anime is most definitely main-stream now. At the end of the day what's canon is what the youth dictates, not an old fool like the person above & facts are Gen. Z is obsessed with Anime. You get football players doing fusion pose & such. More than movies & stuff. Oscar numbers are going down where-as anime numbers up. Even Marvel movies used to be main-steam weeeeeell what now?

^Seething.