No "normies don't like it but it has a fanbase on /a/" examples. Genuinely obscure stuff with nothing approaching a real fanbase.
>>153331227
Osu!! Karate Bu: I guess it was either briefly very popular in Japan in the late 80s/early 90s because it got an OVA & live action movie, but then it fizzled out completely. No one in the west ever gave a shit aside from Hokuto no Gun and the small handful of people who like the specific sub-set of "old school manly anime/manga" they tend to cover(thanks for finishing Ashita no Joe S1 by the way instead of stopping at the point where S2 took over like a lameass, by the way!)
I'm reading/watching it and really liking it. It might not have the best comedy, action or drama but I love seeing this type of gags & goofy characterization mixed with dead serious moments. Art-wise the author doesn't really understand anatomy or perspective very well unless he's trying really, REALLY hard for a panel (or maybe getting help from assistants) but it's great at getting across emotion and atmosphere and has the kind of "no fucks given" style I like that invents a lot of good poses and expressions.
Will probably be "eh" if you don't share the author's sense of what is cool or charming but it's worth a shot.
Also the OVA adapts some shit wrong but overall it's good and has great production values as OVAs of the time tended to
>>153331227
>Kinnikuman thread on /a/ once every 2 months
>always find it on the archive since it occurred at like 3 AM
>got 5 posts before expiring
I'd kill for just one good thread where I can discuss my favorite wrestling matches and choujin. The closest I can get is a few posts every 5 SH Figuarts threads on /toy/.
>>153334039
It has a lot of spic fans.
>>153334183
The OP said "Anglosphere"
>>153333937
It would help if the series was fully translated. I'm nearing the end of the 2nd Chojin Olympics and I don't even know if I want to watch past it because the next arc isn't fully translated as far as I know.
>>153334249
the next arc with the Akuma Choujin is translated
http://www.hokutonogun.com/?page_id=20920#Kinni
You can read on from there if you want, though the first three episodes of the next arc are translated as well. All the volumes of the original run have been translated, and some guy has been translating the really good revival series that's currently ongoing.
http://herculesfactory.tumblr.com/
He's also been redoing the translation for the final arc of the original run since the first translation done by someone else was kind of spotty.