Or at least the good kind of niche stuff that I'm into (for the most part).
But before I explain what exactly these things are within the meme, this comment right here gave me the inspiration as to why I made this meme (that I've tried to restate their comment within the first panel):
Like, really? You think Animaniacs is niche?! To me, I really don't think so. And I get it it's not as very popular as it is today compared back in the 90's, but it's still a show that some people (including me) tend to talk about to this very day. And that's also like saying "This [insert popular 90's cartoon here like Rugrats, Tiny Toon Adventures, Ren & Stimpy and etc.] is a niche thing!" compared to other cartoons that also came out during the 90's that weren't as popular or were just forgotten about.
As for the 2020 reboot, though... I think it's starting to age like milk ever since it came out and the more it aged rottenly in my brain (despite wanting to like the reboot at some point). And recently, one of the VAs spoke about it in a negative light:
Man, if this is actually true, then please give me that video footage! Because I so wanna see it if that's really the case.
Plus, there's also this right here:
Yeah, not a great sight to see whenever you have people on a platform that I don't like complain about the reboot to this day.
With that said, let's get on to the rest of the meme starting off...
1. Punirunes and other virtual pets that aren't from Tamagotchi.
Keep in mind that I'm not talking about the Tamagotchi knock-offs that are the low-quality types, but to focus more of the unique kind of virtual pets like Punirunes as I think it's starting to become less niche than how it was in the early 2020's. But still people would likely find Punirunes to be niche, I guess? Or heck, stuff like back in the late 2000's there was "My Meebas" that's actually more niche than Punirunes as for it's own unique feature out of it was, once it becomes an adult that's too big to fit on the screen, a "surprise plush" will come out as if you help to pull it up on the tube so your friend/pet can get out of there as if it was greeting you in the real world.
And if you want more info about My Meebas, than here's this blog post about 'em done by this guy! 👇
Anyway, onto the next section!
2. MC Skat Kat & his Stray Mob
Well, if you're already familiar with the whole "Opposites Attract" song done by Paula Abdul, there's no introduction to be needed there! But what not many people talk about is MC Skat Kat's own crew AKA the "Stray Mob". As MC Skat Kat was getting more popular back in the early 90's, he had more of a crew than just the three members appearing in the OA MV as only Taboo [the cat wearing the yellow shirt], Fatz [the cat wearing the glasses] and Micetro who was the silent one that never sung until the "Skat Strut" music video came out as he was lip-syncing a part of the sampled "Let's Groove" bit as that was Earth, Wind & Fire's song).
As for the other members of the group, there was Leo (the big guy) and the two girls out of the group that are Katleen and Silk.
And if you wanna know more about 'em, well here's this site to guide you as I can move on to the next section!
3. Obscure or "Unpopular" anime from the 2010's!
Believe it or not, I actually got a few of them on DVD as they're "Nurse Witch Komugi R" and just recently "Seiyu's Life!"... As for NWKR, I think it was an alright reboot for what it was (and it was much better than Animaniacs 2020 imo) and as for Seiyu's Life, I haven't gotten able to watch it yet as I was writing this out, but I've heard the songs were good! Aside from watching a few clips as well. And as for the other two things that are also shown in the fourth panel are Hacka Doll and Etotama! As for Etotama, I just realized that all the episodes are up on YouTube as of October 2024! And no one ever told me that. As for Hacka Doll, though... I was able to watch all the episodes once back like in the 2010's that I thought it was decent. Still gotta watch it again someday! Even I don't have to buy any of the expensive Etotama physical media out there (especially on Amazon).
Note: This is my first time talking about Hacka Doll and Seiyu's Life on my blog.
4. Luminary Tears (AKA Mahou no Lumitear)
As for this one, I already explained a bit of it in my "Top 3 Niche Things That I'm Into" post. And like the other anime being previously mentioned, this also had one too! But I didn't get to watch all of them (as I was writing this out), though... At least I find it okay.
5. Lady Unicorn (by Marco Albireo)
Oh yeah, if you want a magical girl who's an adult that also goes by solo, then this is something for you! And hopefully, this can get an English translation someday! Well, if not, if not. Still a great concept, though.
6. Finally, Susumu FREAKIN' Matsushita!
OH YEEEAAAHHH! If you're into characters that aren't in the style of today's cartoons (especially American ones), then take these American-inspired Japanese toons done by this guy! And if you can tell from my blog by now, you can tell who my favorite is. Even I also mentioned his stuff in that one post that I previously mentioned (you know, "Top 3 Niche Things That I'm Into").
P.S. I know I haven't talked about some of the stuff like the anime much that you can probably look that up on your own like on my blog or from other websites. And as for the My Meebas thing, I think the concept was cool, but never owned one at all... Speaking of MM again, I think I saw a commercial on it back in the day (but I dunno on how many times when I saw it as my memory being much younger back then isn't the best at times). Plus, as to why the post's title has the "AGAIN!" part, as I made another version to this prior.
Other sources:
(I know I think I already stated that I wasn't gonna post anymore Twitter links on my blog, but here we are in a rare case that probably I'm not gonna post anymore Twitter links again... Until another rare moment again).
2. The one fanart made by Annalise Becerra (that you gotta go down to the comment section to see on where I screenshotted).
