>tfw your favorite series is normie-proof
>barely anyone in the west cared when the anime was fresh
>no one knows about it now
>the mangas english release isn't even caught up to the anime
>even a popular youtuber making a video on it couldn't breathe life in to the series
Studio Madhouse will make Kaiji part 3 eventually and that will revive the series... Right? I've waited over a decade so it's coming soon, r-right guys? Please, the only animation for Minefield Mahjong is from fucking pachinko machines.

What series are you a big fan of, that has been sidelined or ignored over the years?

>>279996348 (OP)
>tfw your favorite series is normie-proof
why did you post kaiji then, what lol

>>279996348 (OP)
My favorite thing about Kaiji is that they knew it was a niche series and released the English blurays sub-only. Then after Squid Game happened, they re-released it with a dub hoping normalfags would care (they didn't). Probably the only time a dub was ever appended to a Bluray release.

>>279996453
Normies are watching One Piece, MHA and Solo Leveling. Anything that hasn't aired in a decade that isn't Ghibli is unknown to many.

If its got merch at hot topic it's normie, if it doesn't it's not.
>>279997605
I honestly thought Squid Game would renew western interest in Kaiji. Especially since the creator listed Kaiji is a direct inspiration, cribbed the general outline of part 1, and copied the steal beam crossing beat for beat.

>>279997892
>Normies are watching One Piece, MHA and Solo Leveling
Then literally everything is "normie-proof".

>>279997605
That bunny girl senpai show got a dub years after release I think
It's rare, but it does happen

>>279996348 (OP)
Kaiji's pretty popular OP, just moreso for older audiences. The dudes look funny and FKMT series are all either about non-magical (technically) gambling or having a mid-life crisis, which I don't think appeals to the kids as much. Certainly didn't to me until I was at least in my 20s

Most mentions of 2000s shoujo anime on this site are by me and they rarely get any replies. I tried to get people to talk about Yucie for about a decade and recently I've been mentioning Comet-san.

>>279998406
I guess it's just my bubble. I love everything by FKMT I've read so far. I wish we got official releases for more of it.

>>279996348 (OP)
>normies
t.pot

>>279996348 (OP)
Wasn't the anime mostly made to promote the live-action movies? We didn't get season 3 when they made Final Game, so I wouldn't keep my hopes up.

Also I wish we got the latter 2/3rds of Akagi animated (+Ten), seeing Washizu going through literal hell complete with music and voice acting would be pure kino.

>>279996348 (OP)
Who the fuck cares, nigger? FKMT community is thriving and big, you don't need another fucking anime of his most mainstream series.

How about reading one of the dozens of FKMT manga instead of trying to appeal to normies? Hell, read the Foreman spinoff, it's even better.

>normie
The irony...

>>279996348 (OP)
if you didn't watch midori no hibi weekly while it was airing, you are a normalfag

As for your actual question, nowadays it's hard to find discussion about Hidori Bocchi No Marumaru No Seikatsu, it was always kinda niche but now it's even harder because just saying "Bocchi" makes people think about Bocchi The Rock

>>279999318
The VA was blacklisted from the industry for a reason

>>279999332
qrd?

>>279999080
>live action movies
Are they any good? I know they did well in Japan but that's it.
I have a soft spot for Kurosawa. That'd probably be my dream series (part 1 only, the ending was perfect why did you make a part 2)

>>279999318

How dare you.
There are like two autistic anons on this board who have been bumping a lone bocchi thread for nearly 3 straight weeks.
Acknowledge their efforts

>>279999349
Haven't actually seen them, all I know is the first two loosely follow the plot of parts one and two, while Final Game is original. Guy playing Kaiji is the same actor that played Shuya in Battle Royale, also Endou is a woman for some reason
>>279999372
The "Don't forget Bocchi" meme helps people bring it up every once in a while, but I still don't feel Bocchi gets the love she deserves

>>279996348 (OP)
>amazing composer
>composer got arrested
>now retired from professional composing

Now THIS is the real crime here.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=p1bgS8oYnQM
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1vv_u00Yk6w
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQCNA4nsK50
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=srDmw7kSjik

>>279996348 (OP)

>>279999463
Akagi is a series that shouldn't work but it does, in anime (I'd say even in pretty much every work of fiction), the dude that's cooler than the protagonist but isn't the protagonist always looks like he'd be a good lead, but actually isn't; they generally have this mysterious aura that disappears if you try to elaborate on it.
He also just shows up, tells people he's gonna blow them the fuck out, and does. Again, on the surface, this seems like it'd be boring, but his methods are so interesting that you're on the edge of your seat not despite knowing he'll win, but BECAUSE you know he'll win, you're just wondering how

Why aren't you reading Foreman?

>>279999678
Because you're not really following him, you don't hear his thoughts or anything. You're an onlooker, just like the people around him.
He's basically that same cool side character, except we just keep seeing the scenes he's in or scenes from others talking about how awesome he is.
In a way, he's a bit like Superman too, since we see other more vulnerable characters in trouble and we're waiting for Akagi to swoop in and save them. He's effectively invulnerable and unstoppable, but he makes change happen around him and affects others in fun and interesting ways.
Then you add on the mystery of how he plans to win or how he won and it all comes together pretty well.

>>279999678
>>280000026
I think it only applies to some parts of the anime, not the manga generally.

>>279999463
It's so fucked. If only Hideki had the same respect in the industry as Watsuki did for his crimes to get overlooked.

>>279996348 (OP)
They didn't adapt what was left of Toriko in the anime.
Toriko was charming, even if it had retarded levels of power-scaling and sizes.

It got 3 video games for handhelds,
and then Toriko appeared in J-Stars Victory Vs,
but J-Stars was only relevant when it was new.

J-stars was a stiff as fuck arena fighter,
and it seems they've been using it as a base for many arena fighters.

It was cool to play as Toriko and Zebra even if the game was trash.

Toriko Gourmet survival 1 was an awesome game,
I played it when I was kind getting the hang of learning Japanese.
So if I made progress it felt good.

It doesn't have an English patch like the One Piece PSP game,
so you can only find relevant info about it in Japanese.

The author got arrested for having sex with a prostitute, but she was underage.
He has done some one-shot mangas since, I think, but not series with enough length to care.

>>280000327
I meant to post this image.

>>279999733
>every chapter of Kaiji is him fighting for his life
>all the Kaiji villain spinoffs are peak comedy
How does he do it?

>>279999733
I am, but the translations have stopped at chapter 150.

>>280000456
They're life lessons

>>280000688
Why don't you read it in Japanese?

>>279996348 (OP)
Everyone knows the meme, but nobody has ever watched her series.

>>279996348 (OP)
My favourite series got cancelled because the magazine it was in switched to publishing porn. Get on my level, you fucking pleb.

>>279996348 (OP)
I know this is basically just an FKMT appreciation thread, but I’ll throw in Usogui
Its kind of funny, because even tho stuff like Kaiji is definitely way more niche in the presentation and story telling than Usogui, someone could argue that Kaiji is more for normies solely based on the fact it has an actual English distribution.
I think I read once that it’s something like how the industry isn’t oblivious to online scanlation sites, and because Usogui was never translated the only place to read it was online. But now, since it’s been so long, there’s no value in making English volumes since everyone who might have wanted to read it in English already has!

>>280002142
Maybe Usogui's length plays against it? Kaiji is more neatly divided into parts.

I'd see Usogui sell a lot more than Kaiji though, anime aside. Kaiji part 1 looks VERY rough, it's the old school FKMT style.

Texhnolyze is my favorite. Maybe most normalfags get filtered but it's quite respected among the people that care about this kind of stuff.

>>279999337
She said no to getting in the onsen with producer-san and voice director-san and suddenly she didn't have a career anymore
Many such cases

>>279996348 (OP)
It ruined my sense of humor forever but I could never hate it

>>279996348 (OP)
>kaiji fan immediately outs himself as a retarded tourist

>>279996348 (OP)
How can it be unloved when i rewatched it 6 times already?

>>279996348 (OP)
sad