Debate why is anime so popular?

My opinion is that anime is so deep and realistic thatit enthralls people and tosses them into that world making them desire to be in it and interact with the charcters..anyways, what are your opinions and what makes it so darn addicting.

 

its not usually as childish as most cartoons, but you can get almost any effect at any budget without it looking all hokey(not that they always DO, but hey) so that the best writer/artist comes out, not the best funded one, like with movies.

 

Point #1) Anime is not popular. Anime is still very much a niche market in North America.

Point #2) The majority of anime is not realistic. At all.

Point #3) I enjoy the anime I like because the stories are interesting, but I never say that anime as a whole is enthralling and amazing because there is a lot of crap out there.

 

the market may not be great but millions of people in the US and around the world loven anime so it is very popular in deed....

 

"millions". In a world of "billions". Yes.

 

there are approximately 1 million people living Mexico city alone
and the us has a population of approximately 300 million....

 

when isaid realistic i meant the emotions and the way the characters interact with each otherand how their lifes progress....

 

Well, when you ask why anime is popular, consider this first: "anime" is an umbrella term for basically any animation from Japan. It's like asking "why are Hollywood movies so popular?" - and the answer is simple. Anime is popular within its niche because it provides an incredible diversity of characters, animation styles, genres, plots, and overall experiences. Individual series may be great, or they may awful, but anime in general has something that will appeal to just about anyone, from children on up.

Of course, it's true that anime generally holds to a higher overall standard of plot and animation than, say, your run-of-the-mill American cartoon. This is part of the appeal, as is the tendency of many anime series not to be of a completely episodic nature - you actually have to watch the series to know what's going on, rather than being able to see the episodes in any order because they're all self-contained stories. (Of course, some anime ARE episodic, but many aren't.)

 

i like the art in the anime, i like the way its drawn. i also like the scripts and music in them. anime is also very colourful, so its no wonder that so many people like it

 

I completely agree that the interactions are totally hooking and yea i'll admitt that for the longest time i wished i could just somehow become friends with the anime characters i loved so much now I've got a more mature aproach to how i much i like Anime and Manga... i'm now trying to write/draw my own Manga. ^_^

 

i have already wrote a book that i am going to make into a manga once i can get it published :sweat2:, so yeah, anime really does have something about it that just hooks ya....

 

When anime is truly mainstream accepted, not unlike Spiderman (I can go see those movies without being ridiculed), then I will consider it popular. Until then it's still a niche market that only has the barest scraps of acceptance in the mainstream.

 

...The US has a population of nearly 300 million.
http://www.census.gov/population/www/

Anyway, as for interactions of characters, it's decent but like I said it's only evident in some anime - there's a lot of crap out there that isn't realistic in any sense at all.

 

perhaps people watch it to get a break from reality? you know, like a short "go crazy in your head for 30 mins" then back into real life?

i dunno, i personally watch it for the gorgeous artwork

 

I personally DO NOT like anime as a whole. Most of it is backwater JUNK with repeated storylines and fanservice. (I think Neph was trying to say that before?)

I think anime's general popularity is just a fad. It starts with one big hit, and then the people just follow like dumb-struck sheep. Though we're really not at that point yet. Anime has a large following, but nothing near what The Beatles had, for example.

 

Neph is right on this one. Anime is nt popular. If it was then people would actually know what it is instead of going "huh" every time they hear the word anime.
That said, i think that it's popularity is starting to increase. I've started seeing a lot more anime programs and other thing's to do with anime is resent time's.
So i would say that even though it's not popular now there will be more of it in the future.

 

animation makes a way for good graphic designs and art works that why i like it sometimes. I also like it if it had a good story plot. Anime does sometimes could really be captivating they make the impossible possible? i guess. It like another fantasy world. Animation is quite popular to me. This forum name is manga to anime and most topics and post are about anime and you join is to talk about anime is it not? then why did you join? I know there now other topics off topic related to anime but this forum main point was to talk about anime and communicate with other people. Is anime really popular in Japan?

 

...You can like something and still say it isn't popular. I love Babylon 5 but that doesn't mean I have to think B5 is an incredibly popular supersensation in every corner of television.

 

its like RC car racing. it seems huge, because youre always meeting people who love it, but thats only because you like it, and when you go to anime related things, you see others. youre seeing far more anime-lovers than the general public is.