MMDs, crappy AMV’s with low quality nightcore blasting in the background, unhinged youtube comments that were always horny, vocaloid was thriving, forum boards, people would bully the shit out of u if u liked anime irl , also people cosplaying and making music videos of their fav ship, hetalia fandom was still alive reply
hatsune miku was on the news due to controversy about "Are robots taking over the world?!", no one imagined anime or comics from a place that wasn’t japan, nyan cat everywhere 1 reply