I suspect Kunzait may show up here at some point and go into more detail on this, but believe me, anime has had a presence in North American culture for far longer than you suspect. How could anime NOT have had some sort of market presence with all that in mind? Hell, consider the fact that Akira was one of many culminations of a growing interest in anime*, and not the catalyst that finally created a North American anime market. Consider how people like Fred Patten or Carl Macek worked to get numerous films and TV shows over to the States, long before Akira had come out. Consider the fact that Speed Racer, Battle of the Planets/Gatchman, Robotech/Macross, Voltron and many other shows are often held in nostalgic regard by children of the late 70's and 80's. It may not have been as ubiquitous or well-known to mainstream audiences as it was from the late 90's onward, but it absolutely existed. There was very definitely a market for anime in North America going back to at least the 70's (and I say at least, since I don't know enough that it could very well be possible that there was a market in the 60's). The market only grew when Akira became an underground hit. DBZAOTA482 wrote:Yes, in fact there wasn't even a market for anime in general at the time.
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