A few years later, the genre hasn't found the popularity in Indian kids that it has in some other parts of the world. The popularity of anime has suffered owing to parental restrictions because of the adult themes in some of the content, relatively low promotions and the lack of merchandising.
Indian Parents think that animated shows and movies are just for kids because in their time animated clips were only made for children.
Although the depiction of children is illegal in most of the world and in India, it is protected by the Constitution under Article 39 and the POSCO Act.
Believe it or not our Entertainment Industry feels insecure about Anime,that is why they don't want Anime to come in Indian Market.It is common in Indian Entertainment Industry, that there will be only some number of people who will run whole thing by themselves and won't allow any other person to even enter.
'Naruto Shippuden' is among India's top-10 streamed shows since November! 'Naruto Shippuden' is among India's top-10 streamed shows since November!
Japanese cartoons have extraordinary depth unlike most Bollywood movies. So if you are an imaginative person, cartoons won't faze you and you will enjoy a good story. If you are the realistic type, who cannot appreciate fantasy, then the drawings in the anime will get to you.
Both Naruto and Naruto Shippuden (for a time and later was discontinued) were aired in India.
The most prominent anime cartoon show Shin-chan was banned in India in 2008. It was said that the Japanese cartoon show was banned because Indian parents protested that it was showing vulgar content, inappropriate language and even suggestive nudity.
No, it's not banned. First season was aired in Hindi dub on CN but was later took off due to ratings. Dragon Ball was more popular among the audience. As of now, Animax airs the episodes of Naruto Shippuden in Japanese with English sub titles.
Probably because DBZ was a teen (13+) show and CN at that time was losing it's target demographics (13- years). It was in that period that CN reoriented itself to more childish shows that would appeal to it's target demo.
India is second, after China, in the list of countries where anime is enjoyed the most. On an average, 73 per cent of Indians watched anime in 2020.
Top 10 Countries where Anime is Most Popular and Why!RankTop X countries where Anime is most popularCountry's population as of January 20224France67,929,5763Phillipines112,390,1042US335,124,9411Japan126,362,8537 more rows•Oct 22, 2020