Yes, some normies are watching anime, but you still will be looked at as a creep if you are incel and watch it. I don't think anime is very NT even today, in my experience you still can't walk around a rural town with your anime gear on without catching trouble. Same thing in the hood, you will probably by robbed by Tyrone if he see you with anime gear on.
I'm not in school though, I am only looking at adult reactions. Maybe it is different for people in school but when I was in school well....you just didn't admit openly to watching anime. In fact even on this very forum being a weeb (or as I like to say occidental otaku
) is seen as a negative so I have a hard time believing it has totally become normal and acceptable to be into it.