＞I can't speak for the popularity of Mortal Kombat, as I know very little of the fighting games scene. So I will stick to answering your other questions.
＞American media aren't often made into animes for a variety of reasons. The biggest of which is indeed probably the fact that the source material is often unknown or unpopular. That being said, many American TV shows are often more known than one might expect. Prison Break and 24 were massively popular. South Park is gaining prominence. And many people look back fondly with nostalgia at Full House. For these kinds of shows though, there really isn't any "need" to make them into anime. Animes are often adapted from manga or light novels, both of which are "still" mediums, and rely in part on the reader's imagination for depicting scenes. TV shows on the other hand don't need to be animated, as they already fully depict the scenes.
＞Bethesda's games are indeed quite popular. As are games like Minecraft, Terraria, etc. There are also many Japanese gamers using Steam.
I will just answer to your question coz I don't know how popular Mortal Combat is; I don't know so much about what's going on in the fighting action games.
One thing I'm sure is that they hardly make amine from those [media? NOT SURE AMBIGUOUS -5point] in the United States for various reasons.
The biggest reason I assume is the lack of popularily of the contents.
Compared with that, TV shows are much well known to the public more than you expect. Prison Break and 24 are the good examples of which are very popular. South Park is getting more famous.
And, Full House has many fans who enjoy the time back in the year it was released.
I don' t see any reasons why they need to make anime out of these programs.
I think animes are made out of contents which often need readers to fill and strengthen the worlds with their imaginations.
Since characters and scenes aren't static in TV programs, these kinds don't need people's hands to get animated.
Games by Bethesda are popular here, as much as Minecraft, Terraria, and etc. Many of the Japanese gamers are using Steam.
CasualConversation 内の winnershnitzel によるリンク What are some subreddits you browse as an alternative to default subs? Why do you go there instead of the defaults?
[–]MushroomMountain123 1ポイント 4日前
I frequently browse /r/newsokur, /r/newsokunomoral, /r/rakugakicho, etc. since most of the people there are Japanese. It's nice being away from the West-centered default subs. So if you guys can get a unique userbase that's different from the rest of Reddit I'd be interested in joining.
newsokur 内の tamano_ によるリンク 水曜日はアニメの日！！皆で雑談しましょう！（Welcome to Anime Wednesday megathread!! Come and join us!!）
[–]MushroomMountain123 1ポイント 12日前
Most people in Japan watch anime in it's original Japanese. Very few will go as far as watching a Japanese anime's English dub. I have never heard of anyone doing that to learn English. It would be simpler to watch American movies/tv shows with Japanese subs.
Your second question depends on just how widespread you think English in Japan is, which you haven't made clear, so I can't answer that. Movies and some TV shows are fairly popular, cartoons not so much.
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