Comments on: Ask John: Is Evangelion Still Popular in America? http://www.animenation.net/blog/2008/10/28/ask-john-is-evangelion-still-popular-in-america/ Anime News & More! Fri, 10 Feb 2012 17:08:26 -0800 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: Bob http://www.animenation.net/blog/2008/10/28/ask-john-is-evangelion-still-popular-in-america/comment-page-1/#comment-1082 Bob Sun, 02 Nov 2008 15:05:10 +0000 http://www.animenation.net/blog/?p=13707#comment-1082 "It’s possible, I think, that the fascination with heavy, brooding, serious anime during this time period may have been a product of the American anime community’s unconscious desire to establish itself as the antithesis of childish cartoon viewers." -- This is a great point. I'd never thought of it like that. Although the downside is that some people still stereotype anime as perverted and graphically violent. "Considering the relative failure of Code Geass and Moribito to gain a significant foothold among American viewers, evidence suggests that contemporary American anime fans have little interest in dramatic, introspective, socio-political anime like Evangelion." -- This is a shame. Both shows are been incredible... though each for different reasons. “It’s possible, I think, that the fascination with heavy, brooding, serious anime during this time period may have been a product of the American anime community’s unconscious desire to establish itself as the antithesis of childish cartoon viewers.”

– This is a great point. I’d never thought of it like that. Although the downside is that some people still stereotype anime as perverted and graphically violent.

“Considering the relative failure of Code Geass and Moribito to gain a significant foothold among American viewers, evidence suggests that contemporary American anime fans have little interest in dramatic, introspective, socio-political anime like Evangelion.”

– This is a shame. Both shows are been incredible… though each for different reasons.

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