>>49484281Not particularly. For example, as long as I've been following Pokemon, even into Gen 8, I have heard exactly jack and shit about any new cards, even if they're being put out like hotcakes. Hell, even if you're into card games, you could feasibly not know about a new game coming out, since most people kind of follow their own singular card game, such as Yu-Gi-Oh, or Magic the Gathering, rather than multiple at the same time. I only enjoy the video game facet of the series (except for when I occasionally read the Pokemon Adventure manga).
Besides the fact that the card game and the anime are niche, they're also more intently marketed in Japan, rather than internationally. There hasn't even been an announcement for dub in the latter's case, since there's gonna be some real pain with localizing stuff like that one episode where people are fermented into alcohol, and other shit that's racy to FCC but nobody else.
