When and why did black kids get into anime?

[Unknown Poster]

I know why I got into it...

Less guilt for a teenage boy than looking at these

in real life.

This post is filled with so much win...

 

[Unknown Poster]

For me it was all about
Ultraman
Tank Police
Ranma 1/2
Vampire Hunter D
Fist of the North Star
I never really fukked with Dragonball Z other than the first three seasons

But also, Neon Genesis Evnagelion >>>>>> anything else.

 

[Unknown Poster]

@Nelomaxwell I think it's for the same reason black folks fukked with kung fu, scarface, bruce lee....they wasn't "white" but they were minorities so as minorities we could "relate" to them cause they had that underdog story to them.

 

[NBA Youngbreh]

Watched DBZ, inuyasha and yu yu hakusho on Cartoon Network when I was a kid. Went from there.

Same but i stopped watching anime after all those ended

 

[CHICAGOrilla]

Toonami breh. That shyt raised 90's babies.

But the main thing that drew me into anime was them nikkas fashion

them anime characters used to rock piff. Anime lowkey inspired today's fashion with the skinnies n the hairstyles n shyt

 

[Neil Tyson]

Toonami breh. That shyt raised 90's babies.

But the main thing that drew me into anime was them nikkas fashion

them anime characters used to rock piff. Anime lowkey inspired today's fashion with the skinnies n the hairstyles n shyt

pretty sure that was Bleach.

 

[New Username]

Toonami

Blacks always showed interest in Asian culture.

My household had black movies and Kung Fu movies

 

[Ayo]

Blame it on this nikka

 

[Behind-the-wheel]

Toonami breh. That shyt raised 90's babies.

But the main thing that drew me into anime was them nikkas fashion

them anime characters used to rock piff. Anime lowkey inspired today's fashion with the skinnies n the hairstyles n shyt

Oh shyt....you know what? I never put two and two together and saw that....

 

[MegaManX]

Because anime isn't for pussies!

 

[Black_Panther_JS]

Toonami

also Karate/Kung-Fu was big in black communities cause of the movies and there just tight

Wu-Tang Clan also

 

[Neuromancer]

@Nelomaxwell I think it's for the same reason black folks fukked with kung fu, scarface, bruce lee....they wasn't "white" but they were minorities so as minorities we could "relate" to them cause they had that underdog story to them.

This makes a lot of sense, actually.

 

[scarlxrd]

I watched cartoons and noticed quickly a quality difference between shyt like GI Joe and Thundercats.

Didn't realize anime was a thing till I saw either Sailor Moon or DBZ.

But to answer the question I was hooked on the quality of anime. American cartoons are lazy as fukk.

 

[Neuromancer]

For me it was all about
Ultraman
Tank Police
Ranma 1/2
Vampire Hunter D
Fist of the North Star
I never really fukked with Dragonball Z other than the first three seasons

But also, Neon Genesis Evnagelion >>>>>> anything else.

Fist of the North Star>>>>>>> other anime.

pretty sure that was Bleach.

Bleach always had the dope fashion

 

[Spence]

Back in the mid 90's when anime started creeping into American tv I got into it not even knowing it was anime. Thundercats and Swat Kats were both directed in an anime style, from there Gundam Wing came in on Adult Swim and it was a wrap for me. These young cats dont know the struggle of having to go to an anime shop to check out new shyt and if it was whack you were out $10 for a video tape you had to try and sell it to a random dumbass in school

Anime today is so scattered with different genres its regoddamndiculous, its impossible to keep up with new shyt. I just stick to the bigger AAA titles these days since its so main stream. Nerds/geeks aint got shyt for themselves anymore, miss those days