
The Love Triangle That Exists Between Video Games, Anime, and Esports
23 March 2021
Team Liquid has paved the way towards the cooperation between anime and esports by collaborating with Naruto Shippuden
In Japan, anime are usually based on popular mangas. Popular mangas are sometimes also adapted to other media, such as video games. Dragon Ball is one of the most popular examples in this case. How many anime and video games have been made based on Akira Toriyama’s legendary series? Today, the gaming industry is also closely tied to the completely new esports industry. Given the close relationship between the gaming industry and anime, does that mean there is definitely a place for esports?
Video Games, Anime, and Esports
Last week, Team Liquid announced that they had a new collection of apparel. Unlike their other merchandise, Team Liquid collaborated with Naruto Shippuden in their brand new clothing line. On Twitter, the announcement of Team Liquid’s collaboration with Naruto received a great reception, evident from the 7 thousand retweets and 29 thousand likes the tweet received. By comparison, when LA Thieves announced their new kit on Twitter, they only had 268 retweets and 3.2 thousand likes. This discrepancy may prove that esports fans really like anime.
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