Is it though? I don't think anime and manga is any more niche than say TCG like MTG. It was at one point but today it is so wide spread that you're bound to find at least one or two who participate in ani,e or manga in a small sample of people at the office. I've been watching this since the late 80s and I've noticed how widely popular it's become. I think it's just that a lot of the people from this era are naturally more level headed from growing up at the "right time in history." Compared to the poor fools who were born in the 90s and later.
Is it though? I don't think anime and manga is any more niche than say TCG like MTG. It was at one point but today it is so wide spread that you're bound to find at least one or two who participate in ani,e or manga in a small sample of people at the office. I've been watching this since the late 80s and I've noticed how widely popular it's become. I think it's just that a lot of the people from this era are naturally more level headed from growing up at the "right time in history." Compared to the poor fools who were born in the 90s and later.