Chatter that Michael B. Jordan was a secret anime fan has been making the rounds on social media for the last few days based on speculation and old Tweets. We at Anime Mojo tracked the discussion but wanted to wait for more definitive proof. After all, the cornerstone of the discussion was a 2011 Tweet where Jordan was reaching out to illegal fan-translators about a delayed Naruto manga chapter.
But seven years ago, the actor was 24-years-old and had disappeared from the Hollywood spotlight for a few years following his stint on HBO's The Wire. However, that old Tweet led to someone else remembering an old 2014 PopSugar interview Jodan did where he was asked what his guilty pleasure was. It seems he initially wrote "anime" before scribbling it out and going with "women."
Now there's a bit of smoke with this fire. Fans have now become convinced that the initial armor won by Jordan's Killmonger in Black Panther took inspiration from Vegeta's Saiyan armor.
But again, this evidence is a few years ago. Well, when a fan took to Twitter to chide women for suddenly being okay with men being short, liking anime and living with their parents because of Jordan, he quickly responded to set the record straight and confirm that he's still a big fan of the genre.
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