Anime is everywhere in Roblox. On any given day, you can look at the popular or top-rated game menus, and you’ll find that almost half of them, if not more, are made up of anime-inspired titles. These experiences range from subtle nods, to full-on copyright-lawyer-bating brazen recreations of popular series such as One Piece, Dragonball, and Demon Slayer. The big question is obvious – why, and how, has this become such common practice?
For a start, anime is more popular than it has ever been. Even with Marvel becoming the media monolith it has in the last decade or so, few genres or styles have gained as much momentum in recent times. This is, in part, thanks to streaming sites like Netflix, having drip-fed Western audiences with approachable anime, Crunchyroll having rolled out and monopolised the anime exclusive streaming service, and publishing houses like Shonen Jump expanding into European and American markets.
The answer to why there are so many Roblox anime games is clear then, because anime is incredibly popular, and, within most anime, there are realms of lore, character backstory, and other crucial world-building elements that usually a developer would have to dream up themselves. Instead, it’s easier to borrow an IP, and rely on that to bring people through the door, with the hope that the gameplay can keep them around long enough to spend some Robux.
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