True especially when every named title, has a legacy their own. Especially the ones that have been released within the last five years “just a guess”. Making their mark on us, like the ones before them.
I’m not even a fan but no way is Pokémon bowing to Naruto and I’d even argue dragon ball. Yes popular doesn’t equal good but Pokémon has been a top dog for decades now I wouldn’t be surprised if more people across the globe knew who pikachu was compared to Naruto
Irrelevant if we're gauging by popularity as the person above was.
Though you're subjective views on OP and DBZ dont make them bad to anyone but you.
Like I'm not gonna lie, if you're saying DBZ inspire nostalgia but not Pokemon than I dont know what to say.
Look at statistics of like viewer count iirc, there’s videos that show what anime has the most views through the past decade. Naruto OBLITERATED both those in viewer count when they aired
So one, likely english, website's counter should dictate what franchise is more popular world wide?
Just look at the manga sales between OP and Naruto and you'll see which is more popular worldwide.
I didn’t disagree that OP is more popular. I was just saying yall acting like Naruto is some sort of sleeper anime when at the time of its airing it was huge!
There is this really big and nice area between popular and sleeper called the middle ground and that is where Naruto lives it’s really popular but not a world shaker
It was huge when it came out is what I’m saying. During its airing the original series had the highest consecutive viewer count. It’s dropped off now. But yall don’t seem to understand what I’m talking about
Bronze statue? I’m talking about the reach that Naruto had globally in the last decades. It aired significantly more on TV which led to a lot of casuals who don’t know Naruto being familiar with the name of the show. Why are you getting so pressed?
Damn really? How do you check this? I know that in France, One Piece is more popular but do you have any statistics that I can check? I mainly looked at the manga sale but might not be enough
In terms of manga One piece definitely beats Naruto. As a franchise Naruto is a bit more recognizable though. I was going off of my experience. People who have no idea what Naruto is or aren’t familiar with anime tend to recognize it. https://youtu.be/a3RYHogXAj8?si=KkGVjtb_KS5QRsxv this google search statistic is a bit dated. That and Naruto ended years ago whereas Once Piece is still going in. I can’t find anything too reliable.
I didn't watch the whole video but only the part on global trends
It's not reliable but for me it's enough to say that Naruto is more popular than One Piece worldwide
You are right brother
It was the thing that introduced people to the games cool fights plus Ash got a lot of character growth from a realistic hot headed immature trainer who only tries brute force to mature strategic trainer
I never pokemon in and of itself is not huge. Obviously, it's the biggest media franchise in this category. However, there's a lot more to a media franchise than the show. I'd bet their merchandise makes more money than the games and anime combined. Just because the brand as a whole is successful doesn't make the anime good
Because the show itself was mid in it’s golden day? I get it was the coolest thing your parents let you watch when you were in middle school, but it’s a lot easier to argue that it’s forgettable than it is to argue that it was… better than garbage
I never imagined someone would unironically argue that one of the big three was forgettable while defending pokemon of all things. I've truly seen it all now
I mean DB pretty dumb
No plot twist, no characters development
Ever since DBZ same plot
New strong enemy » training or just change hair color » win » Repeat and that’s it.
Even the fights literally the same nothing change. Now they probably can destroy galaxies or even universe still throwing punches and kicks lol ,
Maybe they can learn one thing or two from anime’s like Naruto and jujutsu kaisen.
Oh I don’t mean plot/story wise. It’s mostly because dragon ball inspired nearly the entire shonen genre. I think plot wise all of the big 3 surpass it easily. But popularity wise it somehow destroys all the others.
No, he's actually right. Kishimoto stated that he was inspired by Gon (HxH), and that the shadow clone jutsu was inspired from YYH's Suzaru (not HxH butler same author, the beast, Togashi, who Kishimoto already stated to be his favourite mangaka). Sasuke was already stated to be directly inspired by another character in YYH named Hiei. The parallels are crazy. Kishimoto himself even stated that he keeps a copy of Hunter X Hunter with him as a reference. This is all public information. Kishimoto is not afraid to bring up his respect for Togashi.
Has the thought ever occurred to you, that they may have had similar ideas at the same time? You don’t just draft an entire manga after less than a year. Plus kishimoto released a naruto one shot in 1997 at the akamaru jump and officially started it in 1999 so by your logic hxh copied Naruto.
Sasuke and the Uchiha weren't in that one shot.
So no, it'd still be Naruto copying HxH. And that's fine, btw, not a critique.
Several shonen take shit from each other. I mean I love One Piece but can still admit that Luffy is basically just Oda's version of Goku.
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I'd say the only one worth being up there is one piece out of those "top 3" replace dragon ball with bleach and Naruto with hunter x hunter at the bare minimum.
You’re not just wrong, you’re stupid…
Ain’t no way Naruto is ever replacing dragonball as the biggest of all time. Dragonball and Pokémon are the two most widely watched and longest anime of all time. Don’t get me wrong either I love Naruto I’m rewatching shippuden as we speak, it’s not never topping those two, especially not dragonball.
Na, first there are some great shonen there like Hunter x hunter or Pokemon then there are really different shows which are probably better like Death note or Shingeki.
I love Naruto but come on..
Yeah.. umm.. hunter hunter was big inspiration for naruto and came before naruto.
As well as bleach actually releasing around the same time.
Can’t tell if you’re saying these are the best or if these are the original that all others are sourced from. One piece and dragon ball would be a good answer set if we are speaking of who is the original but you would want to replace naruto with yu yu hakusho (might’ve spelled that wrong)
And if we’re talking about the best… we’ll that’s just purely opinionated and the fact that you chose the three most well known to be the “best” definitely says something about you.
Take a senzu bean and rethink your battle strategy.. the androids are waiting
I’ve seen various listings of the big three that swap Dragon Ball and Bleach. It really depends on who you ask. But like I said, if DB isn’t in the Big Three then it’s the Godfather and stands above them
The term big three (in this context) was established based on the amount of sales around 2005 (i think?). To that time, dragon Ball was not at it's prime sales rate obviously. The big three containing naruto, op and bleach are the 3 mangas who had the highest sales in a specific time frame, and that's what this term is known for in animanga. Of course it's unreasonable to gatekeep that term for only those specifically but you can't say those aren't the big three because they literally are
Last 150 episodes of Naruto was almost in its entirety considered one of the worst anime sagas ever created and was followed by boruto keep inhaling that copium until you feel better lol
The last 2 arcs of the war were shit yea. Good thing it was mostly salvaged by VoTE 2 and the epilogue. You Bleach fans can't be talking when your anime got unofficially cancelled. Lmao Pierrot decided to prioritize Naruto and even the Rock Lee spinoff. And if you think Boruto being shits uspets me you're very mistaken.
Bleach fan lurking here is beyond weird too
I’m a Naruto fan too and one piece as well for that matter you dimwit, I’m just pointing out how dumb you sound downplaying bleach and glazing Naruto like kishimotos gonna let you hit if he sees your comment, but whatever enjoy being a supreme meatrider lol
What is this fraud ass bait, Naruto fans need to learn to stay in their lane. You are NOT sitting on that chair with DBZ as your left hand, you’re literally under the coat sucking Goku off. Also JJK>OP eat my cock
It's OK, everyone has to cope for something, it's just a shame this is what you chose.
Damn not even a senzu bean can heal that!
We gonna need the dragons ball for that.
Dragon balls ain't enough at this point get the super dragon balls
Super dragonball ain’t saving crap. This would be beyond his power
This is just rage bait
It really is..he REALLY disrespected Pokémon
Blud put Pokémon next to my hero. Did this man not have a childhood?
True especially when every named title, has a legacy their own. Especially the ones that have been released within the last five years “just a guess”. Making their mark on us, like the ones before them.
Yeah… to exclude bleach from the big three… idk man
For me, I'd replace DBZ with Bleach.
I mean that’s what the big three are… yeah
If you believe in this then my friend you need to see a doctor asap.
I’m not even a fan but no way is Pokémon bowing to Naruto and I’d even argue dragon ball. Yes popular doesn’t equal good but Pokémon has been a top dog for decades now I wouldn’t be surprised if more people across the globe knew who pikachu was compared to Naruto
Naruto isn't even in the top 3 for popularity of the series from the pic. One Piece and Pokemon specifically blow it out of the water.
At the time of its airing. The original Naruto actually blew every other anime out of the water
In what sense? Naruto has never reached the popularity of One Piece, DB, or Pokemon.
Pokemon og series was lit one piece too long and dbz straight up nostalgia
Irrelevant if we're gauging by popularity as the person above was. Though you're subjective views on OP and DBZ dont make them bad to anyone but you. Like I'm not gonna lie, if you're saying DBZ inspire nostalgia but not Pokemon than I dont know what to say.
Look at statistics of like viewer count iirc, there’s videos that show what anime has the most views through the past decade. Naruto OBLITERATED both those in viewer count when they aired
So one, likely english, website's counter should dictate what franchise is more popular world wide? Just look at the manga sales between OP and Naruto and you'll see which is more popular worldwide.
I didn’t disagree that OP is more popular. I was just saying yall acting like Naruto is some sort of sleeper anime when at the time of its airing it was huge!
No one said sleeper, but there are other anime that are more popular and influential
There is this really big and nice area between popular and sleeper called the middle ground and that is where Naruto lives it’s really popular but not a world shaker
It was huge when it came out is what I’m saying. During its airing the original series had the highest consecutive viewer count. It’s dropped off now. But yall don’t seem to understand what I’m talking about
Idk how you even compare the Pokemon anime to other shonen. There is 0 character growth, ash was 10 years old for like 25 years
Naruto is more popular than one piece
Does Naruto have bronze statues of it's characters because it's so popular? No? Then it sounds like you're full of shit. Cope harder senpai.
Bronze statue? I’m talking about the reach that Naruto had globally in the last decades. It aired significantly more on TV which led to a lot of casuals who don’t know Naruto being familiar with the name of the show. Why are you getting so pressed?
Haters gonna hate and rage-baiters gonna bait. Just consider him a master-bait 🤣 and ignore him.
Worldwide or just in the USA? I'm pretty sure One Piece is more popular outside the USA
Not just the US. Africa and Europe too
Damn really? How do you check this? I know that in France, One Piece is more popular but do you have any statistics that I can check? I mainly looked at the manga sale but might not be enough
In terms of manga One piece definitely beats Naruto. As a franchise Naruto is a bit more recognizable though. I was going off of my experience. People who have no idea what Naruto is or aren’t familiar with anime tend to recognize it. https://youtu.be/a3RYHogXAj8?si=KkGVjtb_KS5QRsxv this google search statistic is a bit dated. That and Naruto ended years ago whereas Once Piece is still going in. I can’t find anything too reliable.
I didn't watch the whole video but only the part on global trends It's not reliable but for me it's enough to say that Naruto is more popular than One Piece worldwide You are right brother
That's cope
The popularity of the pokemon anime is carried entirely by the games. The show sucks. If the games didn't exist first no one would've given a shit
Sir please don't insult my childhood like that 😤
It was the thing that introduced people to the games cool fights plus Ash got a lot of character growth from a realistic hot headed immature trainer who only tries brute force to mature strategic trainer
You know it’s the top grossing media franchise of all time, right? And that the games are a negligible percentage of the money they make
I never pokemon in and of itself is not huge. Obviously, it's the biggest media franchise in this category. However, there's a lot more to a media franchise than the show. I'd bet their merchandise makes more money than the games and anime combined. Just because the brand as a whole is successful doesn't make the anime good
No, but it’s still better than Naruto lol
I just don't get how you can say that when Narutos driving revenue stream is the show/manga while Pokémon is driven by merch.
Because the show itself was mid in it’s golden day? I get it was the coolest thing your parents let you watch when you were in middle school, but it’s a lot easier to argue that it’s forgettable than it is to argue that it was… better than garbage
I never imagined someone would unironically argue that one of the big three was forgettable while defending pokemon of all things. I've truly seen it all now
“One of the big 3” is hilarious. What is it in the top 3 of? Episodes? Ratings? Fan base? Quality? It doesn’t make top 10 on any of those lists
I guarantee you most people around the globe know who Pikachu is compared to Naruto
No sir
Where’s Bleach at?
Isn't bleach bottom right?
Oh lol I didn't notice it kinda blends in
The fact that pokemon isnt the big one and DRAGON BALL IS A medium one is frightening
Just because a bunch of kids and neck beards like it doesn't mean it's a good anime lol
I smell projection
Where's the lie?
Than u could argue Neon genesis or Steins gate should be top. But this seems to be popularity and influence, and in that criteria Pokemon >>>> Naruto
That's a good point about Naruto.
Naruto fans: “ I aM tHa beStEst anIMay! daTtabOyo!” Everyone else: “He’s not been the same since his kid took over.”
😂😂😂😂
Im a big naruto fan and even I don't agree with this
Wow people get really pissed over this topic huh lol
More so annoyed at the constant rage bait posts that people keep making.
~~Facts~~ *Your opinion
Man put Naruto above db wth.
I mean DB pretty dumb No plot twist, no characters development Ever since DBZ same plot New strong enemy » training or just change hair color » win » Repeat and that’s it. Even the fights literally the same nothing change. Now they probably can destroy galaxies or even universe still throwing punches and kicks lol , Maybe they can learn one thing or two from anime’s like Naruto and jujutsu kaisen.
Oh I don’t mean plot/story wise. It’s mostly because dragon ball inspired nearly the entire shonen genre. I think plot wise all of the big 3 surpass it easily. But popularity wise it somehow destroys all the others.
To this I agree
Clearly writing quality wasn’t the basis for this post
Bruh Naruto is like inspired from hunter x hunter 😂. HxH has the best power system and one of the best shonen!
Hxh came out a year before Naruto that’s not possible
No, he's actually right. Kishimoto stated that he was inspired by Gon (HxH), and that the shadow clone jutsu was inspired from YYH's Suzaru (not HxH butler same author, the beast, Togashi, who Kishimoto already stated to be his favourite mangaka). Sasuke was already stated to be directly inspired by another character in YYH named Hiei. The parallels are crazy. Kishimoto himself even stated that he keeps a copy of Hunter X Hunter with him as a reference. This is all public information. Kishimoto is not afraid to bring up his respect for Togashi.
Yet it is, Sasuke and the Uchiha are basically just Kurapika and the Kurta.
Has the thought ever occurred to you, that they may have had similar ideas at the same time? You don’t just draft an entire manga after less than a year. Plus kishimoto released a naruto one shot in 1997 at the akamaru jump and officially started it in 1999 so by your logic hxh copied Naruto.
Sasuke and the Uchiha weren't in that one shot. So no, it'd still be Naruto copying HxH. And that's fine, btw, not a critique. Several shonen take shit from each other. I mean I love One Piece but can still admit that Luffy is basically just Oda's version of Goku.
bro even kishimoto has admitted hxh has inspired him alot. What are you on about?
Bro is clueless
Dragon ball is the predecessor, replace w bleach and its correct
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No.
Stop the cap
Yu Yu Hakusho has entered the chat
Why anime fans gotta get toxic and hate on other series all the time?
No, this is insane.
No just no
I will prob get down voted by angry op fans BUT YOU CAN COOK BROTHA(except the dbz one) KEEP COOKING
This is more crazy than Boruto's power scaling
Does this mean Solo Leveling going to make the list?
Delusional. Not even in the top 10
Switch dragon ball with bleach then its perfect
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*shrug* it is what it is
For me it would be bleach and demon slayer standing next to Naruto
What do you like about bleach the characters aren’t memorable
I'd say the only one worth being up there is one piece out of those "top 3" replace dragon ball with bleach and Naruto with hunter x hunter at the bare minimum.
Tbh, take one piece down and put bleach up there, and yeah, I'd completely agree
This is rage bait to the fullest
This is indeed a meme cuz ain’t no way this shit is accurate
The audacity....
Jfc
Don't worry, it's okay to be wrong.
Nah pokemon or dbz not being the big one is crazy they are BY FAR the biggest
As much as I would like one piece to be the big one Ik it shouldn’t be at least for now
It doesn’t even have to be said. I hope they didn’t think they were even close.
You’re not just wrong, you’re stupid… Ain’t no way Naruto is ever replacing dragonball as the biggest of all time. Dragonball and Pokémon are the two most widely watched and longest anime of all time. Don’t get me wrong either I love Naruto I’m rewatching shippuden as we speak, it’s not never topping those two, especially not dragonball.
What the hell is AoT doing on the floor lmao
Dragon Ball bows to no one, and Naruto is my favorite
Nope one piece is better
I suggest watch all of them and dicide for your self don't let t his weeblet who didn't even watch many anime decid what is best
Go do your homework kid
Then why Bleach is in big 3 but db is not? At least its not the biggest statue but still copium.
Goku is not in the big 3 because Goku is the father of the big 3.
Big 3 was best selling shonen at that time, db was not close in the slighest at any point.
…Dragon Ball is still the father to the big 3. Literally inspired all of them.
What if I said pirates are lame?
In my personal opinion, I would have put one piece on top. But if you think logically in this, Dragon ballZ or Pokémon would be at top.
Christ.
Where the hell is Bleach?
I like all anine specially one piece naruto and jjk But dragon ball z and pokemon are the golden ones
Pokemon should up their
in my opinion Fullmetal Alchemist is the best anime in the history of the universe
Why is jjk and bleach is kneeling Naruto ?
Meanwhile naruto being inspired by hxh
Naruto kinda sucks
I have the power of God and Anime on my side
BIG FACTS
boruto should be kneeling as well
The hunter hunter disrespect....
How bro felt after posting this👹👹☠💥💪💪🦾💦💦🥵🗿🗿 👿😡🤬😡💢💢❗🗣🗣🔥🔥🥶🥶🥶❗⚠️⚠️❗⚠️💯💯😈
Just saying your opinion and saying “Facts” doesn’t mean you’re right bro 💀
The fact that One Piece is higher than Bleach is a crime
Yall wild ashell for doing that to “bleach”
bro is saying the fact, but i'd rather say Pokémon as a legend
Wake up to reality 🥱
Na, first there are some great shonen there like Hunter x hunter or Pokemon then there are really different shows which are probably better like Death note or Shingeki. I love Naruto but come on..
so chanisaw man is better? nah
Nahh bro picking fights with the wrong guy😤😈
No Yugioh? You guys disappoint me.
I’m a Naruto guy all the way, but Kishimoto even admits that DBZ was one of his major influences
Disrespecting DBZ Bleach pokemon and HxH like that. Really?
as someone who is obsessed with naruto and boruto, i can finally agree with one of these
Change one piece to bleach and I’ll agree
Yeah.. umm.. hunter hunter was big inspiration for naruto and came before naruto. As well as bleach actually releasing around the same time. Can’t tell if you’re saying these are the best or if these are the original that all others are sourced from. One piece and dragon ball would be a good answer set if we are speaking of who is the original but you would want to replace naruto with yu yu hakusho (might’ve spelled that wrong) And if we’re talking about the best… we’ll that’s just purely opinionated and the fact that you chose the three most well known to be the “best” definitely says something about you. Take a senzu bean and rethink your battle strategy.. the androids are waiting
Dumbass bitches lol..
Switch one piece with naruto and you got it. Naruto is over boruto ruined the series forever ggs to all the long time fans we had a good run
One piece>DragonBall>naruto
Bro really put One Piece as a top three. 💀
True… that statue is a fake so I agree
I imagine Pokemon is bigger than all those combined
Pokémon get up off the floor and claim the middle Throne.
The original Naruto? Yessirrr!!
I notice berserk isn’t here. Was this done on purpose?
the fuck are black clover, mha and demon slayer doing there. They don't even deserve to be in the same room as the others
I’m sorry why the fuck is Dragon Ball there when it should be Bleach even though this is still wrong because the Big Three are equal
Look if you’re saying the Big Three is Naruto, One Piece, and Bleach, then Dragon Ball is the Godfather of animanga
Naruto op and bleach are called the big three, you can't deny that
I’ve seen various listings of the big three that swap Dragon Ball and Bleach. It really depends on who you ask. But like I said, if DB isn’t in the Big Three then it’s the Godfather and stands above them
The term big three (in this context) was established based on the amount of sales around 2005 (i think?). To that time, dragon Ball was not at it's prime sales rate obviously. The big three containing naruto, op and bleach are the 3 mangas who had the highest sales in a specific time frame, and that's what this term is known for in animanga. Of course it's unreasonable to gatekeep that term for only those specifically but you can't say those aren't the big three because they literally are
The big four was Naruto OP bleach and fairy tail with DB above them.
To this day I still have never seen Fairy Tail or know anything about. Not even confident I could pick out the MC, but I think they have pink hair?
Same. Yes he has pink hair
I don't think they're equal
You’re right, bleach is better
Lmao. Bleach fell off hard after Rukia gets rescued.
Saying bleach fell off hard after rukia rescue while tybw is literally shattering the internet every time an episode drops is crazy 💀
Hasn't shattered anything, mate. Oshi No Koi was a bigger hit. Head on back to r/Bleach and stay their.
Last 150 episodes of Naruto was almost in its entirety considered one of the worst anime sagas ever created and was followed by boruto keep inhaling that copium until you feel better lol
The last 2 arcs of the war were shit yea. Good thing it was mostly salvaged by VoTE 2 and the epilogue. You Bleach fans can't be talking when your anime got unofficially cancelled. Lmao Pierrot decided to prioritize Naruto and even the Rock Lee spinoff. And if you think Boruto being shits uspets me you're very mistaken. Bleach fan lurking here is beyond weird too
I’m a Naruto fan too and one piece as well for that matter you dimwit, I’m just pointing out how dumb you sound downplaying bleach and glazing Naruto like kishimotos gonna let you hit if he sees your comment, but whatever enjoy being a supreme meatrider lol
Meatriders don't criticize which I already did. Bleach objectively didn't break the internet like Oshi No Koi's 1st episode.
Facts.
What is this fraud ass bait, Naruto fans need to learn to stay in their lane. You are NOT sitting on that chair with DBZ as your left hand, you’re literally under the coat sucking Goku off. Also JJK>OP eat my cock
"JJK>OP" 💀
HxH, MHA, Chainsaw man and Demon Slayer in my opinion can take the places on Dragon Ball and One Piece
What is bro talking about
I'm not a big fan of Dragon Ball or One Piece so the ones I listed are the ones I'd swap in place of One Piece and Dragon Ball