Its an entire countries animated media

as Ehzek just said, anime is not a fandom

anime is an entire country's form of entertainment, it is an extension of Japan's culture

furries are just a weird group of people who like anthros

Its like the difference between NFL and Fantasy Football

which is something that could never be mainstream, or larger than it is

NFL has fans

FF is a fandom

Anime is a fandom as well because they are a weird group of people obsessing over another country’s animation.

in the west maybe, but the west isn't important to Japan and anime

as I went over already

You can be an anime fan and not in a fandom

if an anime bombs in Japan, even if it is a huge hit in the west, companies don't care and will stop

You cant be a furry fan and not in the furry fandom

But it is important when considering the fact that weeaboos are not from Japan and are from other countries.

That is the key difference

Without furry fandom there are no furry at all

yea but weaboos / western fans aren't all anime fans, a majority are actually Japanese

Or european or russian etc

No, that would not make sense.

how do

so*

A weeaboo is a term for someone from the west who is obsessed with anime.

You cannot be Japanese and a weeaboo.

Just like you cannot be British and a teeaboo or Korean and be a koreaboo.

no, weaboos are people who obsess over anime *to the point they hold Japan on a pedestal*

but anyway

I never said Japanese fans are weaboos

I said weaboos and western fans are not all anime fans

Japanese people are the majority of anime fans

But all weeaboos are into anime.

Weebs are hardly a fandom

Get that shit out of here

...y-yea? just like all furries are into furry stuff

Weebs are superfans

idk what your point is lmao

Weeb might as well be a mental illness

that's like saying "Japanese people are from Japan"

yea cool you stated a fact, congrats?

If weebs are what you are talking about you just lose

My point is that weeaboos are a fandom.