>>5171366Japanese normalfags will know about basic stuff like Urusei Yatsura, K-On or Dragon Ball, but watching anime as a main hobby is generally seed as a nerdy thing much like how normalfags in the West will know entry-level games, but people who make it a main hobby to play a lot of games are seen as nerdy.
Rumiko manga and shows have the same status in Japan something like Simpsons has in the West