Why did anime win? Because it is unapologetically specific. Characters don’t act like Westerners. They bow. They use honorifics. They eat onigiri for lunch. And yet, the emotions—loss, ambition, loneliness—are universal. Streaming services like Crunchyroll and Netflix now treat anime as a tentpole genre, not a niche. The "otaku" has become the mainstream.
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