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by atleastoptimal 899 days ago
Read the end of the sentence after the parenthetical: "more often than Eva". I mean that if you asked any random American to name an anime, I'd wager if they knew any they'd know one of those much more often than Eva, it's about relative awareness, not absolute awareness.

And I'm pretty sure at least Pokemon is well entrenched into popular culture. Death Note and One Piece have had Netflix series, also indicated a good amount of penetration in the average market.
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antonvs 899 days ago
Eva was on Cartoon Network in the 2000s (a censored version, but still.) That's where I first watched it. Other shows I watched around that time included Ghost in the Shell SAC, Trigun, some Cowboy Bebop.

I recognize most of the names you mentioned, but haven't watched any of them other than to check if they interest me.

Obviously Pokemon is better known, but other than that it's going to depend a lot on age group.

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