Every fandom eventually gets big enough that someone inside it decides it's ruined. Then they leave and build a smaller one. Then that one gets ruined too. We are living inside an infinite recursion of niche.
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Somewhere between a niche Discord server and an algorithm rabbit hole, a generation of anime fans is discovering titles that never made it to American shores — and loving them fiercely. Here's your guide to the obscure '90s anime renaissance, why it's happening right now, and where you can actually watch these things without hunting down a bootleg VHS.
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