I seem to have noticed that particular animes that theoretically should be well-known but nobody have even heard of
them. However animes that are not even available on DVD are highly recognised.
I have a theory (this is just one theory of mine and does not necessarily reflect my personal view) that this is because
fans do not watch anime that are readily available to them but instead opt to download fansubs of animes not yet
released in their home country. Reason is that they think that the animes on DVD they can buy at anytime they want or
maybe wait for prices to go down, therefore they would rather spend the time watching fansubs of new anime. This way
they get to see something that they would less likely to see and makes the freetime they have to watch anime all the
more that enjoyable.
I can illustrate with an example:
Tenjou Tenge is not yet released outside of Japan yet many people know what it is and this is evident by the fact that
the MT gallery for it is quite large. On the other hand a series like Najica Blitz Tactics which have been released on
region 1 DVD is less well known or watched this is reflected by the relatively small gallery on MT.
Of course the actual popularity of anime effects the number of pictures but you get the idea.
What do you think?
