. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "History of anime in the United States"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "24615"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "279609"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The history of anime in the United States is traced back to 1961, when Magic Boy and The Tale of the White Serpent became the first and second Japanese animations to receive documented releases in the region. Anime has since found success with a growing audience in the region, with Astro Boy often being noted as the first anime to receive widespread syndication, especially in the United States. Additionally, anime's growth in popularity in the US during the 1990s, commonly referred to as the \"anime boom,\" is credited with much of anime's enduring relevance to popular culture outside Japan. While anime has commonly been distributed illegally by pirates and fansubbers in the past via bootleg releases, especially in the 1990s and early 2000s, and continues to be on torrent sites and bootleg s"@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "1124265535"^^ . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . "The history of anime in the United States is traced back to 1961, when Magic Boy and The Tale of the White Serpent became the first and second Japanese animations to receive documented releases in the region. Anime has since found success with a growing audience in the region, with Astro Boy often being noted as the first anime to receive widespread syndication, especially in the United States. Additionally, anime's growth in popularity in the US during the 1990s, commonly referred to as the \"anime boom,\" is credited with much of anime's enduring relevance to popular culture outside Japan. While anime has commonly been distributed illegally by pirates and fansubbers in the past via bootleg releases, especially in the 1990s and early 2000s, and continues to be on torrent sites and bootleg streaming avenues, the popularity of such practices has drastically decreased due to the advent of legal streaming services such as Crunchyroll which simulcast new anime series, often within a few hours of their domestic release."@en . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .