11 May 2008, 4:09 AM
Who said people don't like it? This is kind of like what happened to Super Dimension Fortress Macross. It's a great anime in so many ways, but the only thing people know about Macross is Robotech. The reason isn't because people don't like Macross. I'm sure if they were actually aware of the series, they'd end up liking it. The problem is that most people are only aware of Robotech and haven't even heard of Macross as a stand alone anime series in the first place.
It is a shame that more people don't acknowledge great works like Tesujin 28 and Macross, but this kind of battle of the mainstream vs the niche goes on with pretty much everything. If all you're doing is looking for acknowledge for a niche anime in a mainstream environment, you're not going to find much success.
In this forum, we have a lot of Bubblegum Crisis fans... and Bubblegum Crisis is not a mainstream anime. I started a website long ago that got a bunch of people together who all had the same interest and we realised there are more of us than we actually thought.
It is a shame that more people don't acknowledge great works like Tesujin 28 and Macross, but this kind of battle of the mainstream vs the niche goes on with pretty much everything. If all you're doing is looking for acknowledge for a niche anime in a mainstream environment, you're not going to find much success.
In this forum, we have a lot of Bubblegum Crisis fans... and Bubblegum Crisis is not a mainstream anime. I started a website long ago that got a bunch of people together who all had the same interest and we realised there are more of us than we actually thought.
You've read it! You can't unread it!