Hrybami said: Are the references to your country in anime even accurate to the local geography or are the anime characters from your country believable or are they actually stereotyped? I've not seen much reference to Canada in anime, but some of them include: A scene inside a building in Canada in Grisaia no Meikyuu. An ad on a Beaver's tail (A pastry from Canada) in the background in Tsuki ga kirei when they were in the amusement park. A character was said transferred to Canada in Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu. There aren't much reference to the poutine's nation in anime and it's quite surprising considering that there are actually a lot of native Japanese currently living in Canada. I'm curious if the other country or other nationality are accurately referenced in anime. To add to your list : Motherheckin KING JJ from Yuri On Ice is canadian Also if i remember correctly the start of Super Lovers happen in Canada (havent watched it tho) |
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DatRandomDude said: Hrybami said: Are the references to your country in anime even accurate to the local geography or are the anime characters from your country believable or are they actually stereotyped? I've not seen much reference to Canada in anime, but some of them include: A scene inside a building in Canada in Grisaia no Meikyuu. An ad on a Beaver's tail (A pastry from Canada) in the background in Tsuki ga kirei when they were in the amusement park. A character was said transferred to Canada in Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu. There aren't much reference to the poutine's nation in anime and it's quite surprising considering that there are actually a lot of native Japanese currently living in Canada. I'm curious if the other country or other nationality are accurately referenced in anime. To add to your list : Motherheckin KING JJ from Yuri On Ice is canadian Also if i remember correctly the start of Super Lovers happen in Canada (havent watched it tho) I also just remembered that in the interlude of the episode 09 of Kemono Friend, the animal information part was given by a woman who was literally speaking French Canadian. I couldn't believe my ears when I heard that. |
Hrybami said: DatRandomDude said: To add to your list : Motherheckin KING JJ from Yuri On Ice is canadian Also if i remember correctly the start of Super Lovers happen in Canada (havent watched it tho) I also just remembered that in the interlude of the episode 09 of Kemono Friend, the animal information part was given by a woman who was literally speaking French Canadian. I couldn't believe my ears when I heard that. Nani the fuck ? Thats pretty amazing. |
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jal90 said: OP, you will probably be familiar with the source story, but check Takahata's Anne of Green Gables. Anime in Spain... uhm, there was a short by Kenji Kamiyama called Xi Avant which was a nice visual but kind of meh sociocultural portrayal of Barcelona. Nasu: Andalusia no natsu is a similar one except probably a little more on point. The arc of Dressrosa in One Piece is based on Spain, and some other shows where characters travel here for an episode or a special... all of these have in common that they are very interesting and accurate portrayals of the places they are based on, but obviously the Japanese point of view of how Spanish society works is quite weird to me. But the representation itself is fine. A lot of folklore stuff that is always the first thing tourists are driven to so I guess it's understandable. But sorry, Japan, we don't usually dance sevillanas in the middle of the street and bullfighting is kind of not a thing currently. Sora no Woto is a special case because the scenarios are based on the Spanish town of Cuenca but the society it portrays does not intend to resemble the original. omg why is this so accurate Thanks for the input. I had absolutely no idea of the existence of that. Glad to see the spanish reference in Tari Tari accurate. It was one of my favourite gag from the anime. "I don't money" XD |
| For Croatia, the only anime I can think of that represents it is Porco Rosso (he spends most of the time on the Croatian side of the Adriatic). Aside from the sea plane pirates, it's mostly spot on, at least for the era it was depicting. When Miyazaki does something, he does it well. |
ChRonicCorneria said: Probably the same this as South Park xDNo-one ever mentions Canada... :\ What do Japanese people even think about Canadians? |
| Not really, but it's not like I'm losing sleep over it. Me being from the United States, I gotta say that the American portrayal in the Samurai Champloo ep.23 was downright hilarious. |
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Hrybami said: Glad to see the spanish reference in Tari Tari accurate. It was one of my favourite gag from the anime. "I don't money" XD I was only half-serious there, eh! The pronunciation is very good, the attitude is... well, I know guys like these, but the delivery is quite off. But I guess it's a fine representation. |
| I think it's fine, pretty much. (United States of America) Although there is some shots fired on occasion. Think I remember like two small ones in Shirobako. Don't remember both, but one was a jab at american celebrities. It was true though, so I just kinda laughed at it. I think the other was also true, just don't remember what it was. Something I do notice also is that we do tend to kinda come up often when there's like outside military to be involved. Not bad though, just I've noticed like say for instance -- when they're talking about getting reinforcements from outside military or some other related stuff it's usually America. We may not have technological prowess but I guess we got firepower? Idk. I don't keep up/look into the stuff. Although I don't remember said military ever actually showing up in any of them, just mentioned plot wise. Doesn't bother me though and I haven't ran into that often, just America came up often enough for me to note it. I don't read into the stuff, so it's whatever. On another note though, ThatCynicalOtaku makes a good point about races... always caucasian despite the realistic diversity. |
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| I saw my country (morocco) in Cowboy bebop and I was both happy and surprised |
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| They have made anime adaptations of Finnish books so yeah we're represented. Nature looks pretty on point every time (maybe because tourists), but goddamn nippon peeps stop wearing towel in sauna. And why the fuck you would add surströmming to karjalanpiirakka, that's nasty stay away from me. Only offense I take is Hetalia's Finland, we ain't motherfucking nice. We drink alcohol to drown our sorrow, swear on TV, beat and kill each other while queuing some grill food, don't talk and we ain't friends with a Swede. That's the correct stereotype. R-kioski was nice surprise, I have to admit. |
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| Never seen Belgium in anime but Flanders no Inu is in my PTW list so that's going to change soon. |
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| South Korea engages in making high quality anime such as Golden Batman, Golden iron Man, Super Kid, Diatron 5, etc. So I think my country is well represented. |
| The twin vampire killers from Black Lagoon were romanian, Alucard from Hellsing is the immortal vampire Dracula who apparently fought the turks as the king of Wallachia. So all romanians are vampires which is pretty accurate. |
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| I only really saw my country represented in Hetalia and there it's more like our country 100 years ago and it was a parody. It had nothing to do with our country right now and mostly parodied the monarchy times. And I believe in Nodame Cantabile there was one episode where they were in Vienna and everything looked pretty nice and authentic as far as I remember. And that's literally it in almost 4k anime that I've seen. |
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| Puerto Rico doesn't even appear in anime, ever. Welp. |
Catalano said: there is also this gem from LOGHThe twin vampire killers from Black Lagoon were romanian, Alucard from Hellsing is the immortal vampire Dracula who apparently fought the turks as the king of Wallachia. So all romanians are vampires which is pretty accurate. https://myanimelist.net/character/112351/Marinescu?q=marinescu edit: and this though it's not particularly romanian other than the name https://myanimelist.net/anime/32790/Urm%C4%83_Zanzou |
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| For Indonesia i forgot which episode of Chunibyou bla bla bla it showing about Jakarta (our capital city) traffic jam |
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Aside from one of the main characters in Hetalia that is a walking stereotype, i don't know any other one. |
| Well as a german - the Nazi thing hits it sometimes lmfao j.k. |
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I'm satisfied, this is actually exactly how I pictured myself my country. There is also this season of Nodame cantabile taking place in Paris. |
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| I'm also from the free land of the maple. I don't see Canada mentioned a lot, but the representation of Canada in Hetalia is pretty amusing. They made that anime ad for Canada just a little while ago, and while I thought it was cute and nice, not ALL of Canada is a snowy wonderland. |
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Meryeme-Mery said: Never seen Morocco in anime not even hetalia, maybe once referenced but i don't remember the anime you probably didn't see Cowboy Bebop Movie |
| I didn't see any anime that represents UK so I have no idea. |
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| Welp I'm kinda impressed with Philippine representation in the shows I've watched. I'm no national pride kind of guy but I can't help but be kinda giddy. Most obvious here is Emiya Kiritsugu's childhood. The place isn't identified but the setting is clearly a Philippine village. There's also something in the Grisiaia Phantom Trigger vn series(which will become anime anyways) where the setting of an illegal gun manufacturer is Philippines. Danao City to be specific although again it's not specified, it is hinted at and a few research here and there pointed me to the city. Aside from that there isn't really anything major representation of my country. |
| Yeah, the USA has rarely been ragged on in any anime series, or rarely mentioned most of the time anyway. Many anime series are harder on Japan than any other country, I guess because of the familiarity with the government, culture, etc. anyway. |
Omar_Hach said: yeah i didn't see it but i'm planning to, one day, anyway i'm excited to see how it's portrayed.Meryeme-Mery said: Never seen Morocco in anime not even hetalia, maybe once referenced but i don't remember the anime you probably didn't see Cowboy Bebop Movie |
| Well there are a few anime/manga based around greek mythology if that counts But I dont think there is any anime in modern day Greece |
pgmhecateii said: Yup, the Americans in anime use great Engrish. yup, but the way they draw the eyes is hilarious. either weve got huge round eyes that never close or weve got japan level of squinting while jap characters look like brock from pokemon. surely there exists a comfy mid-ground that wouldnt be such a pain to draw? |
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| I Don't Remember any Reference to Mexico in Anime. If Someone has seen any link me to them I Want to see tham. |
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| I don't know if Canada is in much at all the only one I personally know it's in is Hetalia (which I haven't seen really I should check it out). So I can't really say for sure I know in one I have seen they have mentioned Canada but that was it so I really can't say. |
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| Some shows hint anti-American sentiment, but it's not like it's unreasonable and people have the right to express their opinions, so I'm okay with it. And the Engrish is mildly entertaining, as well as the way faces are drawn (but that makes sense, too, since it makes foreigners easier to distinguish). |
Hrybami said: Are the references to your country in anime even accurate to the local geography or are the anime characters from your country believable or are they actually stereotyped? I've not seen much reference to Canada in anime, but some of them include: A scene inside a building in Canada in Grisaia no Meikyuu. An ad on a Beaver's tail (A pastry from Canada) in the background in Tsuki ga kirei when they were in the amusement park. A character was said transferred to Canada in Suzumiya Haruhi no Yuuutsu. There aren't much reference to the poutine's nation in anime and it's quite surprising considering that there are actually a lot of native Japanese currently living in Canada. I'm curious if the other country or other nationality are accurately referenced in anime. Never really cared if my country was represented in a anime. Anime are japanese cartoons.So it makes sense that anime would not focus on countries outside of Japan.I think that Japanese people who are fans of some American cartoons don't really care if Japan is represented or not in those American cartoons. |
| it's a very mixed bag There are some shows that portray my country in a very positive light while others are very disrespectful. That's not necessarily bad though. What I don't like are the American characters portrayed as weebs because it is rude without actually adding to the comedy in any meaningful way. A cultural gap can be really funny or endearing. A few examples of American characters I liked in anime include: all the characters in Baccano! https://myanimelist.net/anime/2251/Baccano Jason Ozuma from Hajime no Ippo https://myanimelist.net/character/21752/Jason_Ozuma What's not funny is when it gets cringey. We're not all loud blondes or bulky black people |
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| I'm satisfied and amazed that Philippines has Charlotte but that's about it. |
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| Well the only references I can think of at the moment are England from Hetalia, and the whole of Black Butler is set in Victorian England. Black Butler is historically accurate for the most part, except for the reapers. And a lot of the jokes about England in Hetalia are pretty common stereotypes. That is the whole point of the anime after all. Personally, I wouldn't really care. It's only anime after all. |
| Considering how Indonesia treats anime... Guess its just fine we don't got any mention, we deserved it. But i forgot one title that mentions Jakarta. I do remember that quote, just the title. |
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