This like people saying they wouldn't recognize Tanjiro from demon slayer or Midoriya from my hero academia today.
That shit is in stores, pop culture, tiktok, youtube ads. Shit is legit everywhere but I swear to god people are prolly gonna reply to this and be like..man I've never even heard of the concept of anime before.
I guess I shouldn't be surprised though the amount of knowledge retained by the average person is abysmally low.