>>149311848 (OP)People has to remember that before Netflix become democratised, most normalfags didn't watched shows religiously. You were see as a geek just for that.
The later seasons of Game of Thrones made it more mainstream, then during COVID (and already in 2019), normalfags became aware of anime with the already popular Kimetsu no Yaiba.
>>149311880As an ex-weeb (only watched and listened to japanese/asian media and music), I got interested into western (american and european) comics, cartoons, shows, movies and musics since 2018.
It's really not that different, honestly. Japan wins by numbers ans consistency by releasing series in a specific period; while cartoons, even back in the day, releases were all over the place. Also, there is a bit too much slice of life/adventure cartoons which make them less interesting.