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Post by astropoug on Jul 29, 2021 13:00:42 GMT 10
And Southern culture after the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. I distinctly remember around the time the Olympics happened was when Outkast really blew up in popularity. The 1984 LA Olympics also deserve a mention. Los Angeles and Miami are the two cities I most strongly associate with the 80s. The Olympics happened around the time the Sunset Strip hair metal scene was rapidly expanding in popularity. I don't remember something like that happening with rio during the 2016 Olympics tho. I do remember people making fun of the city and calling it the "Apocalympics" (oh, the irony). The 2008 Olympics were great for China's image They also happened the same year this iconic film came out In theaters THE SAME SUMMER the Olympics were on 
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Post by astropoug on Jul 29, 2021 13:02:24 GMT 10
I don't remember something like that happening with rio during the 2016 Olympics tho. I do remember people making fun of the city and calling it the "Apocalympics" (oh, the irony). The 2008 Olympics were great for China's image They also happened the same year this iconic film came out In theaters THE SAME SUMMER the Olympics were on SIDE NOTE: Even though the title sounds stupid, it's unironically one of the greatest animated movies ever made. The 2D animated sequence at the beginning is beautiful.
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Post by astropoug on May 6, 2022 18:16:11 GMT 10
Wasn't there an anime adaptation of the power puff girls?  I think Japan was at the peak of it's cultural power in the 2000s, more specifically late 90s to 2006. But specially during the mid 00s. It depends on what aspect you look at. In terms of gaming I’d say the Y2K era between 1997 to 2002 was the peak of Japanese influence, especially since it was the golden age of JRPGs (Final Fantasy, Pokémon, Kingdom Hearts). Anime entered its golden age in the US between roughly 1998 and 2003, and then immediately after that, you had the anime cartoon boom from 2003 to 2006, as previously mentioned. Some shows like ATLA for example remained popular throughout their run, and that show didn’t end until mid 2008. There was a second and rather short-lived anime boom between 2005 and 2007. Naruto and Death Note were the main series of this era, and as you can probably guess by the date span, were also huge among the emo subculture and on early YouTube. The reason it was so short-lived was that in 2008, Toonami shut down. So when did Japanese influence reach its peak? It depends. If you want the peak of the whole Pokémon/Final Fantasy/Dragon Ball Z/Sony era, I’d say 2000 was the peak. But if you want the peak of the Kingdom Hearts/anime cartoon/Naruto/Death Note era, I’d say 2006. It certainly helps Tokyo Drift came out in 2006. I think both years were especially strongly influenced by Japanese culture.
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Post by John Titor on May 7, 2022 1:04:13 GMT 10
Wasn't there an anime adaptation of the power puff girls? I think Japan was at the peak of it's cultural power in the 2000s, more specifically late 90s to 2006. But specially during the mid 00s. It depends on what aspect you look at. In terms of gaming I’d say the Y2K era between 1997 to 2002 was the peak of Japanese influence, especially since it was the golden age of JRPGs (Final Fantasy, Pokémon, Kingdom Hearts). Anime entered its golden age in the US between roughly 1998 and 2003, and then immediately after that, you had the anime cartoon boom from 2003 to 2006, as previously mentioned. Some shows like ATLA for example remained popular throughout their run, and that show didn’t end until mid 2008. There was a second and rather short-lived anime boom between 2005 and 2007. Naruto and Death Note were the main series of this era, and as you can probably guess by the date span, were also huge among the emo subculture and on early YouTube. The reason it was so short-lived was that in 2008, Toonami shut down. So when did Japanese influence reach its peak? It depends. If you want the peak of the whole Pokémon/Final Fantasy/Dragon Ball Z/Sony era, I’d say 2000 was the peak. But if you want the peak of the Kingdom Hearts/anime cartoon/Naruto/Death Note era, I’d say 2006. It certainly helps Tokyo Drift came out in 2006. I think both years were especially strongly influenced by Japanese culture. The y2k era did not continue in 2002, teen pop was pretty much gone and y2k aesthetic commercials were off tv in favor of more post 9/11 looking ones. If we talking about Anime it had 2 waves in America, the 97-2000 was the peak with it peaking at the Cell Saga of Dragon Ball Z ( also when Kids WB rebranded to Toonami 2 for a year) and the second wave is when Teen Titans came out and lasted until Summer 2006.
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Post by astropoug on May 7, 2022 1:35:48 GMT 10
It depends on what aspect you look at. In terms of gaming I’d say the Y2K era between 1997 to 2002 was the peak of Japanese influence, especially since it was the golden age of JRPGs (Final Fantasy, Pokémon, Kingdom Hearts). Anime entered its golden age in the US between roughly 1998 and 2003, and then immediately after that, you had the anime cartoon boom from 2003 to 2006, as previously mentioned. Some shows like ATLA for example remained popular throughout their run, and that show didn’t end until mid 2008. There was a second and rather short-lived anime boom between 2005 and 2007. Naruto and Death Note were the main series of this era, and as you can probably guess by the date span, were also huge among the emo subculture and on early YouTube. The reason it was so short-lived was that in 2008, Toonami shut down. So when did Japanese influence reach its peak? It depends. If you want the peak of the whole Pokémon/Final Fantasy/Dragon Ball Z/Sony era, I’d say 2000 was the peak. But if you want the peak of the Kingdom Hearts/anime cartoon/Naruto/Death Note era, I’d say 2006. It certainly helps Tokyo Drift came out in 2006. I think both years were especially strongly influenced by Japanese culture. The y2k era did not continue in 2002, teen pop was pretty much gone and y2k aesthetic commercials were off tv in favor of more post 9/11 looking ones. If we talking about Anime it had 2 waves in America, the 97-2000 was the peak with it peaking at the Cell Saga of Dragon Ball Z ( also when Kids WB rebranded to Toonami 2 for a year) and the second wave is when Teen Titans came out and lasted until Summer 2006. I was referring more to the JRPG golden age of 1997-2002, not the Y2K era.
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Post by John Titor on May 7, 2022 1:59:37 GMT 10
The y2k era did not continue in 2002, teen pop was pretty much gone and y2k aesthetic commercials were off tv in favor of more post 9/11 looking ones. If we talking about Anime it had 2 waves in America, the 97-2000 was the peak with it peaking at the Cell Saga of Dragon Ball Z ( also when Kids WB rebranded to Toonami 2 for a year) and the second wave is when Teen Titans came out and lasted until Summer 2006. I was referring more to the JRPG golden age of 1997-2002, not the Y2K era. oh gotcha no worries
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Post by astropoug on May 7, 2022 15:16:47 GMT 10
The y2k era did not continue in 2002, teen pop was pretty much gone and y2k aesthetic commercials were off tv in favor of more post 9/11 looking ones. If we talking about Anime it had 2 waves in America, the 97-2000 was the peak with it peaking at the Cell Saga of Dragon Ball Z ( also when Kids WB rebranded to Toonami 2 for a year) and the second wave is when Teen Titans came out and lasted until Summer 2006. I think 1997-2000 was also the peak of Japanese influence in gaming. The 5th gen was probably the most Japanese influenced era in gaming, in fact, a big part of why the PS1 outsold the N64 is because companies like Capcom/Konami/Squaresoft/Namco all went with Sony.
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Post by John Titor on May 8, 2022 0:09:37 GMT 10
The y2k era did not continue in 2002, teen pop was pretty much gone and y2k aesthetic commercials were off tv in favor of more post 9/11 looking ones. If we talking about Anime it had 2 waves in America, the 97-2000 was the peak with it peaking at the Cell Saga of Dragon Ball Z ( also when Kids WB rebranded to Toonami 2 for a year) and the second wave is when Teen Titans came out and lasted until Summer 2006. I think 1997-2000 was also the peak of Japanese influence in gaming. The 5th gen was probably the most Japanese influenced era in gaming, in fact, a big part of why the PS1 outsold the N64 is because companies like Capcom/Konami/Squaresoft/Namco all went with Sony. This right here was peak Anime influence ( well wave 1) the influence had such a stranglehold on culture that The WB network made a second Toonami block just for their network
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