If you’re on VuTales, you don’t represent the average American. It’s an animated movie, originally in Japanese. Most Americans don’t consider watching anything close to that. With online gaming comes more openness to Asian cultures (since lots of our games come from there). It’s no coincidence you see more anime watchers/manga readers on video game sites than anywhere else on the web (aside from anime/manga forums themselves).
I don’t online game, or read very much manga. The closet I come to online gaming is things like OMGPOP.com :/
Anime I refuse to watch, because of crappy subtitles/voice subbing.
And I’m Canadian xD
I assumed you played online games because this site is the successor of MMOTales.com, a website based around MMO game blogging. I apologize. Still, I stand behind my point. The great majority of people haven’t seen any of those movies. Conduct a random poll if you want (don’t ask your friends, as they share similar interests). Also, Nasuicaa is technically anime.
Quality subtitles just take a bit of looking for. It’s very rare I can’t find a good sub.
@Reve: Yeah, most of it sucks, but that’s how it’s always been. Typically there are 1-2 amazing shows each season (this last season it was Bakemonogatori and Tokyo Magnitude 8.0; the season before that it was Eden of the East; the season before that it was Casshern Sins and ToraDora). There are always a few diamonds buried in the rough.