why didnt the 99 anime become mainstream popular like the 2011 one did
>>287314229The 99 anime was mainstream popular in most countries except for burgerland and the reason it's popularity waned was because of the remake and fact it was never remastered in Blu-ray
>>287314229It did. You just weren't born yet.
Because it was good.
>>287314229its was aa worldwhile hit in the 2000s. it was broadcasted in all animax internacional channels. only in usa there was an distribuitor interested on that anime
>>287314653Neither were you
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>>287314604>>287314653>>287314680i get what youre trying to say but you cant reall argue that it was as popular as the 2011 version so can america really be the reason ?
>>287314680>worldwhileHow do you even fuck this up?
>>287315216hes esl
>>287314229It was big wherever it was actually released in a timely manner. The manga was a decent hit in the US too, but 99 didn't get a dub until the late 00s that was half-assed and didn't even dub the OVAs.
>>2873142292011 came out the same year as Madoka Magica and they did the same 'twist' by branding it for children and having it get progressively darker. This made redditors view it as a masterpieceThe 99 adaptation is more loyal to the tone of the manga despite having filler
>>287314229Multiple reasons>#1: Pacing & PresentationThe HxH99 anime is far closer to a WMT series than it is to most other battle anime. Gon's first real fight doesn't even happen until around Episode 40, which is near the end of the series, and the list of real fights (see: not beatdowns) is pretty thin before that point. It's like>Kurapika vs Hisoka...That's it.Hard to count Gon vs Hanzo or Killua vs that other guy when they're purely one sided. >#2: Time & Visual QualityIn a lot of arabic countries it succeeded, but everywhere else it was kinda late to the party. When Europe got HxH99, it was now competing with Naruto, Bleach, One Piece, Fullmetal Alchemist, etc., and it looked like shit. Simple as.For America, it was even worse. It only got released when Naruto and Bleach were in their peak fandom moments (with the upcoming Pain arc and the ongoing Aizen stuff in Bleach), right in 2008-09. Plus the limited DVD release and it just looking like low rent trash that would sit alongside shit like Gokudo, and nobody gave a shit.>#3: ContentSimple fact is that its content isn't as immediately interesting as most other shounen anime or the later 2011 anime. It takes like six episodes to even get to the Hunter Exams, and they don't end until the literal halfway point of the series.The reason the 2011 anime is successful is because it avoided all three of these issues.
