Calling bullshit that anime only became "mainstream" by the time of AoT's final season. That was literally only 2020, anime had been mainstream for years at that point (I'd argue close to two decades). Also I remember watching those Bleach episodes as they premiered, the 3am claim is hyperbole, Toonami may have been part of the Adult Swim block by then but there was plenty of anime airing at primetime (as she herself mentioned earlier in the vid). I'm definitely being pedantic but these youngin's actin' like they had it so bad while vastly overselling the experience irks me.

Also I find it a little weird how she mentioned "anime stigma" like a dozen times and never once brought up the way a lot of parents used to associate late-night anime with hentai? That may be because of youtube, tho.

Artist seems to be What if Animation (possibly @WhatifAnimation but I do not visit twitter so cannot confirm).

Obliviousness aside, I'm glad to see the general vibe here is not Lawful Stupid. Whatever team is working on this is clearly putting a lot of work in in addition to the AI and I'm very much looking forward to it, but of course because AI is even mentioned it has to be embroiled in the latest culture war. Le sigh.

(゜o゜) I didn't even think about that. I never cross-posted even when I actively used reddit (like 5 years ago) but that's a neat idea. Cheers for that <3

I've been trying to drum up activity in the !rwby@sh.itjust.works community, if that counts as anime enough? Mostly I've been posting fanart because there's a lot of it out there.

I know there's not really any love lost between the RWBY fandom and the greater anime fandom so I'll accept if that's something most would rather avoid. Either way, thanks for the list and all you're doing for the art communities <3

Huh. Nope. I see other posts in this community with the little red [NSFW] bubble and blurred thumnails, but not this one. Dunno what's going on if it's already supposed to be tagged.

Should be marked NSFW.

Aside from that, nice.

Oh, damn, my mistake. You're definitely a rarity in the anime fandom, then. I only know of Twinkle Nora Rock Me!, Chargeman Ken, and other similarly notorious anime from the 70s and 80s because of this one youtuber Kenny Lauderdale who covers old anime like that. It may have been from him that I even learned of YKK.

I would never be able to get into collecting LaserDiscs for various reasons but I tip my hat to you for being able to and helping with preservation, however small.

I'm not going to try and claim I'm all that familiar since I'm not really in the community (got maybe a tiny handful of friends who are) but I've not actually seen the furmation part but once or twice, I think for most people it's just "transformation", no?

(tho I will echo HCSO's frustration that the "TF" acronym always being used in place of the word is infuriating especially as a fan of actual Transformers)

Personally, my favorite parts of it have always been the themes of connecting with people and the hedgehog's dilemma, rather than all the action-y bits or the heavy-handed religious symbolism. Between it, Eureka Seven, and The Big O, and comparing them to the likes of Code Geass and whichever-actual-Gundam-series-I-watched, I learned I don't really care for mecha being mecha, but I enjoy when mecha are metaphor.

QUICKEDIT: I realize I'm sounding like I'm trying to convince you to like it and it's not my intention here, more just trying to explain my side and make conversation.

There's dozens of us! Dozens!

My condolences. Haibane Renmei is one of my favorites.