User blog comment:Joekido/Archetypes in One Piece/@comment-53507-20140106225238/@comment-972068-20140107041730

Its popularity in America is growing. It's not really as big here yet, but then again anime in general isn't quite as popular here anymore anyways. As far as mainstream anime goes, it's only really seen one night a week; late at night. Adult Swim's Toonami.

Except for that, where else is anime even played? Is the 4kids network even still on TV?

I blame the growing popularity of superheroes. Japanese comics had its fame, but American comics are overshadowing it now.