Toilet-bound Hanako-kun
| I was looking back at older seasons and noticed that this became the 2nd most popular Winter 2020 anime after Haikyuu. Thanks to Wayback Machine we can see that it used to be in 6th place. It was also barely part of the 1000 most popular anime of all time when it finished airing and now it's 365th. It seemed pretty niche to me when I watched it so I wonder if something happened that made its popularity skyrocket. Note that I'm not questioning the rankings (which would be against Anime Discussion Rule #2-e) but genuinely looking for info regarding this anime's apparent rise in popularity in the two years since it finished airing. If you think it should be higher/lower, good for you, but I don't need to know that. Edit: Thanks for the answers everyone |
El-MelloiSep 5, 2022 7:43 AM
| I can only speak for myself but I discovered this anime through people constantly posting the covers online. The art was so intriguing I wanted to check it out. So my personal guess is that the initial popularity of the manga spread online and drew a bunch more people in |
IF YOU HAVEN'T WATCHED ODDTAXI OR SAIKI K I'LL BONK YOU IN THE HEAD |
| I got rec’d it on whatever streaming platform, art style probably what got my attention. |
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| it might of got huge in Japan because toilet bound hanako kun is based on a real Japanese legend known ad hanako aka toilet spirit as for the west I'm guessing it's because of the art and animation |
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| I think this Toilet Bound Hanako is a very popular myth in japan or I just often hear it getting mentioned in other places. what really made me watch this tho is the voice acting of the main girl and the artstyle is sick too |
| I saw the art on Tumblr, watched the anime, and genuinely enjoyed it, so I'm sure others did too. It was one of the best of its season |
| i found This Anime cuz of posted gifs |
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| Like everyone else the artstyle drew me in, but personally i really like hanako-kun's personality and i do think part of the anime's popularity is due to him |
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| it's probably because of the manga. I know that the anime wasn't too interesting but the manga is a lot better, as the story is deeper and the art style is better. It could also be the art style because its more unique than most animes. another thing is probably because toilet is in the title, I bet that made some people curious. |
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| Dunno about anyone, but I'm in love so far. The art is beautiful, I love the protagonists, the humor... for its category I'm not surprised it's popular. |
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| The name caught my eye because you don't see toilet in a title every day. The art is gorgeous and has that cozy, spooky-cute vibe you often seen in art or video games. The story's a bit boring but it was also interesting enough I watched it through. |
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