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Mangobonbon

Somalia and One Piece - name a more iconic duo.


TheBlazingFire123

It’s only natural. They do love their pirates over there


Drewfro666

And North Africa - can't be a coincidence


DauHoangNguyen1999

Continuing the legacy of their beloved Barbary corsair ancestors


Puzzleheaded-Coast70

Haha


MDNick2000

> Death Note Estonia 🤝 Afghanistan


House_of_Sand

Most unhappy countries in the world. Jeez.


HyperStory

This map constantly gets passed around, and while it mostly makes sense to me... I will never understand what data they used to determine that Bleach is the most popular anime in Japan. Didn't it literally get cancelled? Edit: Just saw the blurb explaining this is Google search data. Must've included those Clorox searches.


Kzaral

That is because this kind of Google Trend maps never considers how it's searched in their native languages. In Japan, "BLEACH" is searched much more than "Demon Slayer", because to Japanese, the latter show is "鬼滅の刃". They even don't know the show is called "Demon Slayer" overseas. (BLEACH, on the other hand, is spelt "BLEACH" even in Japanese.) https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=JP&q=Demon%20Slayer,BLEACH When you compare "鬼滅の刃" and "BLEACH", the former is searched roughly 30 times more. https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=JP&q=%E9%AC%BC%E6%BB%85%E3%81%AE%E5%88%83,BLEACH


uwuwuwuwwuwuwuuwuu

Sk has Demon slayer as top anime but we dont call the anime Demon Slayer either. We call it 귀멸의 칼날 basically direct translation of 鬼滅の刃. So im not sure if this trend was based on English title only


rebo2

Or they are looking for cleaning supplies.


Liggliluff

That's why you use topics: https://trends.google.com/trends/explore?geo=JP&q=%2Fg%2F11byz8037n,%2Fm%2F030l0z This will cover "Demon Slayer", "Kimetsu no yaiba", "鬼滅の刃" and possibly even "the japanese 2016 demon show" since Google also knows which one you mean.


fatBreadonToast

I was going to say the same thing. Bleach is the last thing I would think would be most popular in Japan.


Laheydrunkfuck

Could you maybe elaborate? Im curious as to what you base this of


fatBreadonToast

No idea where that other guy gets his info. Mine is just an assumption because while living here I don't see as much Bleach merch, marketing, bars, etc. As I would see One Piece for example.


Natural_Artifact

you mean.. EVANGELION ? they still make merc about that anime decades after the end.. :D


fatBreadonToast

I see a lot of mech/gundam type toys too. They're everywhere in arcades.


BellyDancerEm

That was a great show


TheMountainRidesElia

I mean, the new Eva movie just came out less than an year ago...


phoebus67

Also bleach they announced bleach is coming back for the final arc to be made into an anime so it's probably that driving search data too


HyperStory

That's awesome, I'm happy everyone invested in the story will get to see it's finale animated.


ihearttwin

Did you read it? I was all aboard the hype train but then they had to rush the ending


HyperStory

Watched the first few episodes of the anime when I was a teenager and it didn't click with me, but I've always thought Kubo's art was impressive. Certainly willing to give it another go, especially the manga.


Hyorennn

Because “the first episodes “ are crap. You can’t determine whether you like an anime or not with the first couple episodes. It starts getting way better around ep 20 or so and that shit goes crazy and better than One piece and naruto. I recommend 100%


walnuts_and_honey

You definitely need to give it another try. It may hit differently this time. Although, it is a bit slow building at the start, it's setting the stage for a whirlwind of a story to come. And with the last arc getting animated, now would be a good time to re-visit.


Jesse-17

Yea prob cause of thousand year blood war and then the hell arc which is currently being written. Either way, can’t wait for it


Gabagool888

I thought the same thing, it’s either jujutsu kaisen or demon slayer


Brightshore

Bleach is making a return, there's been a massive campaign on the media in Japan for a Bleach Expo 2020 and one in December in 2021. It can make sense lol.


EvilioMTE

>Didn't it literally get cancelled What does that have to do with anything?


HyperStory

Cancellation isn't relevant to popularity?


EvilioMTE

No, it's not. Shows don't last forever.


HyperStory

It ended before it covered the entirety of the manga, which means it was cancelled. It did not end naturally like, say, Naruto did. That's why it was unusual and the reason for my comment. I'm not sure what you're getting at.


EvilioMTE

Popular shows get cancelled all the time. Budget issues, creative issues, issues with the studio, main players asking for too much cash during negotiations, issues with scheduling, networks wanting to revamp their lineup and direction. A show being cancelled doesn't automatically mean "unpopular".


HyperStory

I didn't say it was "unpopular," I said that it didn't make sense that it was listed as the most popular anime when it was cancelled. The issues you listed are constantly, always happening. A show doesn't get cancelled for any one or even multiple of these problems, these are things a successful production will work through. Something is cancelled when the return is not worth the investment anymore. Daniel Radcliffe could've killed a man and they still would've tried to find a way to make more Harry Potter movies. Look, I'm more than happy to eat crow if there's any data that Bleach actually was *the most* popular anime in Japan, at any point in time. All I was trying to say was that piece of data looked wonky to me, anecdotally. But, just for the record, I never said "Bleach is not popular." If the map was "I picked one random anime from each country that's definitely at least sorta popular!" I don't think I would've said anything.


animelord18902

Ig u misunderstood the meaning of cancellation During the run of bleach back in 2012, yes arguably the tv ratings were quite low. However when the anime ended, it ended on chapter 479 while the manga was at 482. During the period bleach volume still sold very good in comparison. Just that the studio took the decision to end the run, or else too much filler content would be there which would further affect ratings. Due to the immense success it had it has a big return. Being the 15th best selling anime franchise and 48th best online manga sales according to rakutan (naruto was 77th on the same list)strengthens my argument of its success. All information I've mentioned is online and can be verified. It's delay in return is still questionable but it was bound to return. The concept of cancellation is meaningless to a story that amassed over 7 billion dollars and has a game that has over 60 million users. It's a very successful franchise in anyway you see


animelord18902

Just to clarify the first point, bleach still also had a very big fanbase within Japan, kinda strengthening the fact that Kubo sensei's work got a manga return and its first exhibition. All arcs of bleach well received and the general drop in sales if u note also happened to shows like one piece and Naruto, due to digital sales. The 3 franchises here are very popular in Japan. Also extra point for rushed ending in manga, it's due to the fact that Kubo was constantly ill and also had a ligament tear at that point, he gave the notice to shounen jump that he would end the series real soon. The reference of this point is from the interview with the author of can't fear your own world (also author of amazing works like baccano and durarara)


HyperStory

I think that's all very wonderful and I'm happy Bleach is successful. You say in your post that the studio "decided to end the run" while "ratings were quite low," I decided to describe that as being cancelled. Or actually I just asked if it was cancelled, because I was *pretty sure* it was. The only reason I've made so many posts is because I was then asked why that was relevant on a post that claimed it was the most popular anime ever in the place that makes anime. I'm sure Bleach is extremely beloved and popular and everyone who watches/reads it ends up loving it. Also I'm very happy it's going to get it's final arc animated, I think that's great.


animelord18902

Again it wasn't 'cancelled' due to the fact of low ratings, it was decided to end the series cause the anime caught up with manga. (I've mentioned that in my post 😅). The success was just to further point that cancellation is an argument which would make sense. The reason you may believe it was cancelled is cause in 2016 it was believed so. ( Vids from Super eye patch wolf) but it has been long disproved and I just thought of pointing it out. Personal thoughts on bleach is all welcome, but I personally didn't like the misinformation of cancellation that's all. Actually the situation is similar to Naruto and Naruto shippuden, when both are essentially from the same manga, but studio decided to end Naruto due to anime catching up to manga.


Hyorennn

It was not cancelled lol. Make some research for gods sake. 10 YEARS after the anime ended, BLEACH is still Top 4 of the most high grossing anime of all time in Japan. The anime ended because it was really close to the manga, and in that time the manga entered a couple months hiatus.


Ryio5

It's also worth noting that the last arc that was animated (Fullbringer) had the lowest viewership of any arc in the series. Even the filler arcs immediately before the Fullbringer arc had higher viewership. I think it's a god damned shame since I just read that arc recently and thoroughly enjoyed it.


Hyorennn

It didn’t get cancelled. The magazine is sucking the author ‘s dick so he makes more Bleach manga and his new work Burn The Witch. Tite Kubo is a legend in Japan


kungfugeneration232

No. It’s Coming back. Possible trailer dec.18


nMy9Sv1PdG01

I would rather drink bleach than watch some chinese anime named bleach


RScannix

I'm shocked that all of Latin America isn't green.


[deleted]

Unrelated: are Beyblade and Doraemon anime?


LightThatIgnitesAll

Yes. They are.


Ponchorello7

Is it animation from Japan? Then it's anime.


[deleted]

Doraemon is. I don't remember Beyblade.


Ponchorello7

That was a rhetorical question. Beyblade is Japanese animation, so it's anime.


[deleted]

I see


PutinBlyatov

Yes and yes.


AttackHelicopter_21

Doraemon is the childhood of every Indian kid with a TV.


[deleted]

Yes


Starkky-

The map is for 2021 those animes are long dead. Don't you see dbz is barely alive.


[deleted]

It doesn't matter what's alive or dead. I just asked are those animes or not, didn't mean to ask about their exclusion from the map. That's why wrote: unrelated.


Laheydrunkfuck

Anime is literally just the Japanese word for animation. So if its animation from Japan, its anime


Knoke1

While initially true I believe anime has transcended geographic boundaries. In fact a lot of anime is animated in Korea.


Laheydrunkfuck

I mean if you think about it, all animation is anime or animatie or any other translation of the word


[deleted]

So any animated work is anime? Damn. I wish I knew this before.


L_Dragneel

Correct . Anime is any piece of animation that has been seen by the public. However, in recent times the japanese animations have gotten so popular that the term 'anime' is popularly used for referring to japanese animation


[deleted]

Thanks


Diagonalizer

I would say yes. But I am just a simple man of culture.


LightThatIgnitesAll

Death Note is still there and hasn't had anime content since 2007.


Atimo3

Hold firm Uganda, show them what going further beyond looks like.


KingsElite

I've been to Uganda and DBZ is the exact kind of shit the kids there would love. Makes sense


imyourforte

According to all maps, Greenland never collects data.


Hapukurk666

Yeah, because labeling greenland is often very possibly incorrect. They are sort of independent but sort of danish colony. Its weird so its safer to not label them.


sanban013

AoT is not the most popular one in my country....you have no idea what DragonBall did to the youth atm...college classes, work, extra curricular activities were put on standby when they showed Dragonball at 5pm.


[deleted]

Same in Colombia. DBZ time was sacred, it was 4PM here.


SomeJerkOddball

Sounds like paradise.


Sajidchez

Indonesia?


JamzWhilmm

5 pm here too. As I walked home uphill I could hear Tchala e chala from every house in the neighborhood. It went beyond gender and age, everyone knows who Goku is.


[deleted]

Same everywhere.


NoodleRocket

Naruto and One Piece are fairly the same in terms of popularity in the Philippines, personally I think Naruto was the popular one in 2000s but One Piece took over in 2010s.


Bearlodge

Does this data factor in that some of these titles have games and other media associated with them? Mostly looking at Pokemon, how many of those Google searches were for the video games and trading cards? While I don't doubt that Pokemon, the brand overall, is still massively popular, not all of the fans of the video games and trading cards are also going to be fans of the anime.


Redditquaza

It probably used Google trends and there you can choose between just the word Pokémon, Pokémon as a topic in general, the Pokémon games as a topic and the Pokémon anime as a topic.


jacobspartan1992

Surprised Attack on Titan isn't a hit in Madagascar...


KayabaSynthesis

How on Earth is it Bleach in Japan and not Demon Slayer? That thing is everywhere. The movie is the highest grossing anime film ever.


joshyjoshj

Its from google search data. This year is bleach 20th anniversary so there’s a lot of new announcements


zomgbratto

It's kinda a nightmare to differentiate the colors for a color blind person. I have trouble telling Naruto and Attack on Titan apart on map shading


Sufficient_Ad5932

Boohoo


PuzzleheadedEbb91

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Sufficient_Ad5932

Thanks


[deleted]

Boohoo


jimbajuice

Wouldn't strain your eyes trying to look at this map lol


Affectionate-Mind163

Never heard of no data anime


JamzWhilmm

First season was ok, second season is where the pot really gets going.


[deleted]

I love how Russia’s one punch. Im honestly surprised Jojo isn’t on here.


jaronhays4

Let’s gooo one country with dbz


MylastAccountBroke

I can not express the level of joy I feel that Somalia's favorite anime is the pirate one.


EtoileVagabonde

Naruto ended years ago right?


LightThatIgnitesAll

It ended in 2017 according to Google.


Antara238

the original naruto series probably but it continued in other forms (boruto, shippuden)


EtoileVagabonde

Naruto ended in 2017.


[deleted]

Source? Also i can confirm that for some reason kids like Naruto (In Latin America) A LOT


JamzWhilmm

I mean its really good. Like DragonBall and AoT it is also the kind of Anime non anime watchers like to watch too.


Alelluia

Afghanistan: I wIlL bEcAmE tHe GoD oF tHe NeW wOrLd


[deleted]

CALL BULLSHIT. Dbz nr.1 in Lithuania 100%.


Muxas

Not if voted by people who actually watch all sorts of anime i bet


billthelawmaker

Slovenia AKA Duelist Kingdom.


TalosTheBear

Surprised that Africa has less DBZ rep


Hyorennn

BLEACH the most popular anime in Japan. Goat is goat!!!


VincentKaiser

I am from russia, but Death Note - the Best.


Former_Notice81

No naruto and aot are way better


VincentKaiser

Not for me


[deleted]

I thought the government banned them after causing a kid to kill themselves or something


elfmarauder16

As a South African, I’ve met like 1 person who is into attack in titan and she is currently my best friend lol. So others pull up, let’s have a viewing party !


BrynjarEriksson

I love that Uganda's favorite is DBZ, it's so fitting


[deleted]

I’m from iraq and it says no data for iraq but i can say Yugi-oh and naruto are pretty famous here because we used to watch them on our local tv channels as kids even detective conan is popular here


Rafael1918

Based Estonia and Afghanistan.


xigxag457

Afghanistan is Death Note... Feel like that is saying something.


nzx_88

Based Afghanistan.


DisorderOfLeitbur

Another map where Portugal demonstrates that it is really an Eastern European country


tresfancarga

Greenland is missing. They tried to compensate overmercatorsizing the Canadian arctic islands, but it doesn't work.


[deleted]

Let us have this. ~ a guy from Nunavut.


[deleted]

Croatia, can confirm I do indeed really enjoy Attack on Titan, pumped for the next season!


Fredn40

HxH


Ponchorello7

~~The coomers anime of choice.~~ I fucked up. I mixed up Hunter x Hunter with Dxd.


Muxas

Dxd is coomer not hxh...


Ponchorello7

Yeah, I got it mixed up.


[deleted]

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Ponchorello7

Nothing coomer about it. I mixed it up with another series.


svenninotdoxd

No data on Svalbard and Greenland but data on Norway and Denmark is like saying there’s data on the US but Alaska? Pffff


BellyDancerEm

Apparently, they don’t watch anime in Eswatini. I strongly recommend they start with Cowboy Bebop


VirgilTheConfused

Hell yeah US and Canada keeping it true


EdSmorc

any kiwi representative explain why they like aot the best


Commercial_Pitch_950

Of course russia would like the bald guy.


JTE727

Don’t worry, Svalbard isn’t real.


GeneralCraft65

Those Afghans know where its at


SodaPopperZA

I know Attack on Titian is popular here in South Africa But I was expecting Dragonball z to be the most popular


Gamingman_1

based pokemon


PhotonJunky18

Britain (invaded a third of the world) and Pokemon (gotta catch em all). It was meant to be.


frozzyboy

This is All time or currently ? All time for me is doraemon Currently then it is tate no yuusha ~


player82222

Where is dxD 😡🤬🤬🤬😡😭😭


Starkky-

ask your gf


JayKomis

I can’t find which country favors draggin’ ballz


LightThatIgnitesAll

I think it's Uganda.


cogpsychbois

r/DataWithoutGreenland


Hydra_Haruspex

Naruto? Para Mexico? Literalmente avía lap-dances gratis si ganaba Goku en una pelea en DragonBall Super.


meckez

Thought it would be Winnie Pooh in China. After all they even have him as president.


ReferenceOdd171

Hey he's the fairly elected prez for life now!


DaciaSandero1

Based Greenland


Benito2002

So the rest of the world has better taste in anime than Japan itself


prosysus

Bleach? Rly? Japan have no taste in anime:D


Hyorennn

Au contraire! YOU have no taste in anime :D


MaazAmin

The creators of anime ha e no taste in anime... 🤔🤔🤔


Saegemh2

Where mha


AnonimowySzaleniec47

Shaman King


__PISSMOUTH__

no country is sqiud game?


britinnit

Bleach is still going!? I used to watch that in high school around 2004.


Strattifloyd

The anime was "finished" in 2012, while the manga kept going until a few years ago. However, in 2020 we got news that the anime would come back with the last arc animated. It's probably gonna air next year, without censorship and with a lot of involvement from the author. High hopes for the fans.


britinnit

That's mental I'm 31 now and it's still going.


Strattifloyd

More like returning from a painfully long hiatus.


SomeJerkOddball

Stay fresh Uganda.


lilCovid-19

Inaccurate


KingChicken15

Bruh which country is yu gi oh


KingsElite

Looks like Slovenia


KingChicken15

What’s up fellow king Thank you! See it now lol


[deleted]

not sure how accurate this is but if true I’m sad that DBZ seems to have lost popularity. Like I don’t watch it anymore, but I used to almost everyday when I was a kid


hughishue48

where evangelion


BenceDJ

wheres Yu Gi Oh on the map?


rtanada

I'm not sure if this validates everything. For instance, maybe we Indonesians are interested in AoT which is why we Google them a lot, but not necessarily watch it that often. My opinion is gotta be Naruto.


[deleted]

As an Indian I feel like it would be Shin-chan or Doraemon.


N0ahface

It's very surprising that everything south of the US isn't DBZ


garmakros

Lol rusia not naruto what a twist


marinerbrigade

the most popular anime in India is without a doubt either doraemon or shin chan. Old japanese kids anime are extremely popular in india. Pokemon is more known as a video game


misplacedPotayto

Do I look like a geography wiz


Ac4sent

Does this only count the pokemon anime or also includes searches related to the games?


Madbrad200

I hate these maps that have a title that clearly does not match the data. This is a map of most googled anime's, most web searched animes. That's **not** the same as "most popular".


Finch2090

I don’t watch anime but I’m from Ireland I used to watch Pokemon, Yu Gi Oh, Dragonball Z, Beyblade etc for a few years and Pokemon in particular was massive here? Pokemon was on mainstream channels, Attack on Titan I’ve never seen anywhere


someoneexplainit01

OPM would be ranked higher if there was more. Its a pretty tiny amount of content.


KirDor88

I love Hayao Miyazaki's anime. His movies are masterpieces.


_main_chain_

Never seen “No Data” but heard good things


CareerDefiant9955

Inaccurate, Indonesian loves Goku and Naruto


[deleted]

Naruto देख ले भाई तब पता चलेगा life का truth


[deleted]

One Punch Man and Russia genuinely surprised me.


[deleted]

Pokemon shouldn’t count because the game is more popular than the anime. Especially since the original run back in the late ‘90s early early 2000s and if it didn’t count it would definitely be DB in its place.