Starting with the prime example
Only popular in Italy
A greek loli goddess that used to traffic cocaine
Only popular in Finland and somewhat Hungary
Bear dog rallies ninja, runaways, and other hot blooded dogs to take on demon bear terrorizing forest.
>>157109667
>anime that's only popular int he west
Given the Japs' shit taste, I take it this is a list of objectively good anime, then.
>>157110057
Ginga was a thing in Sweden, Norway and Denmark as well.
Apparently no-one in Japan remembers Lain, whereas in the western anime circles, as we know, it is ubiquitous and considered essential.
>>157110365
Lain didn't actually sell that badly in Japan (IIRC it sold maybe 3k or so at least), but yeah, it's more famous in the West than in Japan.
Also, one example I can think of is Haibane Renmei. It sold decently in Japan, but now it's more or less forgotten there, unlike in the West where it's still considered to be a masterpiece.
Also, pretty much anything by Satoshi Kon. Westerners loved his work but it seems he wasn't that popular in Japan at all. I couldn't even find Japanese box office figures for his films.
Sailor Moon.
>>157109667
Not sure how popular the anime is, but for a while /a/ was pretty much the only place that cared about the Watamote manga. The mangaka even came and thanked us herself when the adaptation was announced.
>>157110879
>The mangaka even came and thanked us herself when the adaptation was announced.
I never really cared for Watamote, so I guess I didn't hear of this. Source?
>>157110057
i had this on vhs tape and it was all in finnish
t.swede/finn and dont speak a drop of finnish
>>157111254
>t.swede/finn
Do you mean a Swede in in Finland or the other way around?
>>157111367
Im not sure what u call someone who lives in sweden and is half-finnish, is it also fennoswede?
>>157110444
The joke about Lain was that it was supposed to be "too deep" for western audiences and made with "core japanese" themes that would only resonate with nippon.
Then it turned out that both audiences kind of viewed the same way, but the Japanese were a bit more desensitized to its particular development of the story, whereas westerners viewed as utterly unique and interesting-- if a bit confusing.
>>157110879
If I remember right didn't you guys send dick pics to the mangaka?
>>157110635
Sailor Moon was pretty big in flip land
>>157111625
sailor moon, pokemon and whatever else was also popular in Sweden, it even got translated
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j2tQKejS9Fo
Does this count? It feels like it was made for western audiences.
>>157111727
It only got a second season because of Cartoon Network, so I'd say so.
>NHK
More like only popular in /a/
>>157111445
Fennoswede isn't really a proper term. Finlandssvenskar are native finns whose first language is swedish.
Sverigefinnar were/are a language based immigrant minority so you just have finnish heritage, or at most you're a borderline case based on your finnish parent.
>>157111899
www.reddit.com/r/anime
>>157111988
Well my mother is fullblown Finnish and my father is Swedish, I live in Haparanda municipality and some Swedes wouldnt even consider this part of Sweden Swedish at all, atleast so i've heard
I feel like this was popular nowhere. I actually kinda enjoyed it.
>>157111493
It's even mentioned in the first english volume
>The many comments and d*ck pics we got following the publication of volume 1 in Japan live on in our hearts to this very day!
>>157112147
Tornedalen is a special case. The finnish community is so old that finns around there aren't considered to be immigrants and as such sweden finns.
wasn't logh dead, buried in old LDs, until the west revived it, and they released the dvds?
>>157110879
If I remember correctly, there were actually ads that mentioned us loving it.
>Popular on the American 2chan!
or something along those lines.
>>157109667
It was a thing in latin america thanks to locomotion channel. for me, its my favorite harem anime, maybe because of how it was blended with all that post-apocalytic theme. and im not even into harem
>>157112467
That's fucking hilarious if it's true.
>>157110879
Here's the tweet if anyone's interested:
https://twitter.com/harimoguni/status/337483945061003264
>>157115927
>4ch
KAWAII
Nozaki-kun seems like it would only be popular over here because it's pretty devoid of cliches, but I've heard otherwise.
>>157109667
>>157116146
I'm not so sure, Paras got a lot of art for a while.
>>157116156
Lucky Star is incredibly popular
>>157116156
>not posting the superior doujin
>>157112195
It was in Germany.
Literally never see it talked about anymore
>>157117103
normalfag tier meme
>>157117103
it's unironically pretty shitty slice of life
now drake and josh...
>>157112936
Tfw you will never have Reuntals eyes
>>157109667
How big is Heidi in Japan? There are some channels in spicland that still broadcast it and iirc it got a cgi new series recently
>>157116313
They got a spot-on Jerry for that
>>157111778
Didn't CN also partially finance GITS:SAC 2nd Gig?
>>157115635
My nigga, Saber Marionette was my shit back in the day, always loved Lima and Cereza.
Dotto! Koni-chan was very popular in latin america only because the dub.
>>157111493
I heard someone claim this was in fact /v/ and not /a/, but I don't know for sure.
>>157117103
>>157117210
I want Reddit to leave.was drake and josh ever popular in japan?