It wasnt that big in japan until recently either

no, that's not correct

In the 2000s companies started using anime to market

That didnt happen before

yea but it was still big

look at Evangelion, for example, it was and *is* huge in Japan, and that is before 2000

But there was a burst in japan to go along with the one in the west

Not in the West, no. It became extremely big starting in the late 1980’s.

It was likely the internet that helped

yes, it got a boost, but it was still sizable

before said boost

Pre-1989?

No, it was very small.

Most media of the 1980’s was dominated by American cartoon shows such as Thundercats or He-Man.

When Furry get their media out and its not degenerate they might not get made fun of

idk about that, Ehzek, Japanese people even now aren't as keen on the Internet and personal computers as the west, I don't think the internet is a (big) reason for Japan's increase in interest in anime

Maybe

But there werent too many large anime prior to 2000

Good thing I have Ehzek blocked.

yea but that is also because anime got a late start

Like there are more out this year than almost everything before 2000

it is exponentially increasing yes

That late start was because it was quite niche.

Then when the big 3 took off it exploded everywhere hard

no the late start is because it took until friggin' WW2-times imperial Japan to start making anime

It wasn’t until Sailor Moon came out and you had the 4-Kids dubs of animes that it became ridiculously popular.

Naruto Bleach and One Piece made anime what it is now

As in the West.

DbZ Eva and Gundam laid the ground work

and then it took until after the japs got rekt by America to start making "modern" anime

Japanese anime’s beginning is less relevant than it’s spread in the West.

not really

it's not irrelevant, at least

For this conversation, Inmean.

not when you are talking about

Anime dub companies struggle hard

the early, beginnings of the two groups

Funimation is just barely doing well now

Furries began in the 1970’s.

And they were a branch-off of DND stuff.

He is basically they are both nerd fandoms and he is upset furries are looked down on