Anime, in the last 30 or so years, has grown to immense levels of popularity, going from a niche hobby to a country-wide phenomenon. While there are plenty of reasons why this happened, it seems unlikely that something like this would have happened without the help of the Anime Big 3: One Piece, Naruto, and Bleach. These anime have forever changed the landscape of the anime world, as well as how other cultures view the genre itself.