Will Anime ever rise back up in American TV?

As someone who's been following anime for 20 some odd years, I think they'll have a mini surge again in a decade or so. In the 70s there was a surge of anime on US TV before levelling off. In the 80s, there was a spike in anime on US TV before levelling off for a few years, and in the 90s there was a big surge late in the decade and it's levelled off now (after a longer than expected honeymoon period). I would not be surprised if some anime in, say, 2015 becomes something of a phenomenon and anime starts appearing in nurabers again. And then it will level off, and rinse and repeat.

Of course, this is predicated on the future of "traditional" TV, which may change within the next few years.

People have been freaking out over anime being a "fad" and going in a downturn recently, but they wouldn't be if they've been following anime for longer than 6 years.
 
Well it obvious anime dosen't have the same impact as it did so many years ago, but I don't think anime will leave the Western entertainment industry and gradually some networks will pick a few more up.
 
The fate of anime on American TV rests on three things: 1) if the FUNi Channel becomes widely available rather than falling off the face of the earth like ADV's attempt did, 2) SGT Frog and what's happening with that (it could be bigger than Pokemon if handled right, though anime hasn't been handled all that right lately by most) and 3) Samuel L. Jackson and whatever anime block he's currently organizing. I'm particular excited about that last one. A three-hour block on, say, Spike or TNT (basically, some widely available channel with a 14-34 focus), maybe Saturday primetime where Toonami used to air, as partners with FUNi and a line-up of Basquash, Case Closed, One Piece, Black Lagoon, Michiko to Hatchin, and Baccano would be a nice variety and could do wonders for anime in the mainstream.
 
Let's put it this way, Naruto was predicted to be the next big hit ala Pokemon and DBZ, and for the most part....it didn't happen.

I don't think anime will ever be on American TV as much as it was in the past. The lack of marketable anime that doesn't focus on little schoolgirls doesn't help matters.
 
Why do people always act like US TV was flooded with anime just a few years ago? Face it, it never was. CN liked anime, so they showed some. Now they don't. I think that sucks, but it's not the point. The point is, anime is about as popular now as it was back in, say, 2001 or 2002, regardless of what CN does or does not do.

But to answer the OP's question, yes anime will come back. Just not on CN. Either Funimation Channel, Animax, or something else we don't know about yet. Heck, I'm more worried about US animation dying out.
 
I agree with hippo somewhat, Animewill always be on TV be it in small or large amounts, so im not that worried anymore, even if it means I;ll be wathcing mostly DVRAB for the next 3-5 years, LULZ. But US 2d animtion really is dying, I don't think it'll ever completly go away but it is sad to see US animatiors take the cheaper easier way out & choose 3d over 2d.
 
Considering the rise of online viewing, I think anime will be shown on television less and less as the years progress. People just want to see what they want, when they want, and how they want it.

Plus, network executives won't even look at anime unless it's a sure ratings grabber for them and a money grabber for the merchandisers involved. We've seen quite a surge of it with the popularity of Naruto but now the surge has waned. I could argue that Pretty Cure could be the next big hit but it's still too early for that.

He's probably just kidding.
 
Once we can stream Hi-Definition video from the Internet to our TVs in a relatively expedient amount of time, I think that Cable will be all but dead.
 
You still need a really fast, stable internet connection for that, and unless the government begins a program similar to Digital TV where every house practically has to have one, it won't happen.
 
50 years ago, very few people had phones (much less, their own phone line). I'd liken fast Internet connections to that. In 50 years, people are going to have lightning fast, cheap Internet. Fiber-Optics technology will improve, and prices will go down for Internet service until it becomes a necessity, like a phone.
 
I agree with you. While I do obviously like some anime series, I never thought that it was really that popular to begin with, especially with airing on TV. Sure, CN did air some more anime series a few years ago and now they're content with airing Pokemon and Bakugan. That's pretty much the main difference I see between anime airing on US channels now and how it was about six or seven years ago.

As for the question, I do think that anime series will eventually be on more TV channels in the future. Obviously, it isn't going to happen overnight. I think that they'll try to develop a couple of blocks, hopefully get the FUNimation channel into cable, and pitch different shows to other channels that are interested in them. Those are just my guesses though.

I'm sure that on-line streaming will also become more popular in the near future, considering that's how many anime licensors are trying to prevent fansubs, but I don't think that those will take over TV airings altogether. Perhaps they would use legal on-line airings as a means to promote the series that will go straight to DVD or before the dub lanRAB on some channel. Again, this is just a guess on my part and I don't have that much knowledge regarding how these kind of situations work out.
 
We already can. Hulu can broadcast in 480i HD and if you have a newer computer with an HDMI port, you can hook that right up to an HDTV.

Not to mention Western Digital released WDTV which allows you to watch movies from your hard drive on an HDTV in HD.
 
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