I was into anime as a high school student (back in the days before the interwebs, when the only way to see stuff was to have connections that could bring over 2nd or 3rd generation VHS copies, or see stuff at Cons…), so the anime culture/alt-right connection is doubly weird to me. It seemed like a real mis-match, but then, I’ve never known what the Western anime culture was like - it didn’t even exist when I was watching the stuff, and I’ve never even seen 4chan - so I really don’t understand how that happened. But it sure did.
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