#actually the FMA fans aren't like that. i guess my experience of Tumblr weebdom is two camps: FMA fans and Anno fans

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I mean, I've heard of (and watched most of) Gunbuster and without being even slightly into mecha. But that's because the weebs I hung out with when I got into anime in 2020 were really into Anime History and Hideaki Anno's body of work in particular. I guess I don't know how common that is, maybe my special talent is that I keep running into them.

I am pretty surprised that OP has been an Influential Anime Poster here on tumblr for years without anyone mentioning Gunbuster to her.

"How have you, a european girl in her 20s who just got into mecha last year, never heard of this obscure mecha OVA from 1988"