#BYMEspresso ☕️: Anime Wave
The lockdown has onset an Anime wave that has been disrupting the media and entertainment industries.
“It’s Called Anime, And It’s An Art Form.” said the great Dean Winchester, and it is true, anime is considered to be a cartoon by many due to the animated nature of it but the stories are often very deep, well written and have a fair share of gore and death. They also deal with complex emotions and problems like grief and regret.
Having said that, anime used to be consumed by a very small group of people and these were die-hard fans who found it through their own accord and went on to love and get inspired by the stories while the common folk just ridiculed the genre and went about.
The lockdown, however, brought forth a content vacuum where Netflix and the entire movie industry couldn’t produce movies fast enough for the viewers to consume and this is where anime came in to fill the gap. A slew of Instagram posts and stories by people who watched and liked the genre started flooding the platform and soon enough everyone started watching animes like “Attack On Titan” which was airing at that time and “Naruto” which is a classic.
This turned the folks at Netflix to focus more on Anime as well which led to Netflix increasing the number of titles they offered in the genre and most recently, Netflix brought “Naruto Shippuden” to Indian Netflix and Crunchy Roll, an Anime streaming platform that has also widened its reach and come up with plans focused on the Indian market.
Furthermore, Epic Games, the parent company of “Fortnite” has collaborated with anime creators to bring anime characters like Naruto and Goku into the game which also goes to show how the entertainment industry is being influenced by the Anime Wave.