| actiongrabbingtitlegrabsyourattention Topic: Does engaging in Japanese media (namely, anime and manga) cause us (Westerners) to become more Japanese in our "internal culture"? Namely in holding propriety, family and country as more important than our "home culture"? Or having the "don't rock the boat" mentality. Other point to consider is the lack of racial diversity and lack of LGBTQ prevalence in Japanese media. Have you found your values aligning more with typical Japanese values after engaging in lots of Japanese media? Or has the difference served to strengthen your "home culture"? TL;DR: Has watching jap cartoons and reading jap comic books made your soul more samurai? |
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| I'm part Japanese already but diving into anime makes me hope that what I've seen infect most anime series doesn't really apply to most people of Japan. Being completely honest, as even though I am part Japanese (hell, even my first name is Japanese), I don't necessarily look it, so I don't wish to be part of the crowd that thinks it's cool that one knows a few phrases, or hails anime as superior, or generally just thinks Japan > Western world. Just no. I really don't have a sense of culture to begin with anyway since I'm mixed-race. I simply acknowledge that anime can tell pretty compelling stories, but most of it tends to be things I'd rather avoid. |
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| Not really. I like cartoons and there's not that much more to it |
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| Well for me I feel I've connected with the culture quite a bit, but that was my own doing. But yeah, something definitely comes over. I feel like Asians have a totally different (stronger?) sense of family ties than westerners, and I definitely got a good sense of that home life from watching anime. I've tried to integrate that into my own life. |
| I CELEBRATE myself, And what I assume you shall assume, For every atom belonging to me as good belongs to you. |
| I don't think it has affected me at all, as far as I'm concerned it's nothing beyond an entertainment medium to me. |
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| I don't consider myself any more Japanese now than before I discovered anime. I've never been "Japanese" to begin with - I'm just interested in the country and its culture, and anime is a part of that interest. |
| Watching cheap cartoons =/= race transformation Sorry, it's the truth! |
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| a lack of LGBT? what kinda hentai do you read mate? |
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Mogu-sama said: TL;DR: Has watching jap cartoons and reading jap comic books made your soul more samurai? Let's say- i would be more happier when i could live in japan forever ;) Germany sucks in "here and there" parts. We lost our own culture, we lost our own identity because everything what we do that looks "german", it's called Nazi. We become more and more "new Jerusalem" sooner or later. We build mosque next to churches, lol. Well, i don't have any pride to be german nor i don't know "what is the meaning to be german?", but with animes i got my "own identity" back because of animes and japan. I like their culture, their respect to people, their history and their own acceptance of their true identity :) |
| Nope. As I'm not japanese, never been there and don't speak the language fluently. However, I am very intrigued by japanese culture. In some aspects it's similar to my own in terms of people mostly being non-aggressive, private, not very religious, drinking culture and not brash like americans and spanish people (sorry for cultural stereotypes). On the other hand I really like how our social welfare provides a safety net if something happens, free universities, LGBT rights - and lack of obvious hierarchy and formality - following the norwegian "janteloven" where you are not supposed to think you are anything better than others. |
| "In this world, evil can arise from the best of intentions. And there is good which can come from evil intentions" |
| Not really. At least you aren't a Japanese, right? It's just things like that make you wanted to learn more about the culture of Japanese and its way of life. Other than that, anime, manga and also other things that are related to Japan definitely will make us learn about the new experience of the Japanese. Well, it's good though, to learn something "new" and "different" from another country in our daily lives. |
| Can confirm that anime has made follow bushido. I finish all my sentences with -degozaru. |
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| It may make someone interested in the culture of Japan, but for me, how anime affected me in terms of that was learning some Japanese words and seeing how Japan may be like, but I am not even near emotionally connected to it as I am not Japanese. |
"Stop pitying yourself. Pity yourself, and life will become an endless nightmare." |
| Maybe for some people but not that much for me even though it has some effect. |
| I've always felt like a samurai, but not in the way you're asking. |
"At some point, I stopped hoping." |
| Well not to your type at all but, yeah. Wether I like it or not, technically yes. For anyone depending what anime/manga they watch/read because a lot of stories are based on Japan. To me; I know and understand some words. I'm familiar with the culture to some extent because of anime/manga. And I've become a fan of more Japanese related things ... such as; vocaloid, Japanese light novels, visual novels, hentai, doujinshi, etc. |
| Well I grew up in Japan, so I'm pretty "Japanese" to begin with. I'm not Japanese by ethnicity, but even before I started watching Anime, I was well-accustomed to Japanese culture. Though I've relocated to several places around the world, I still say that Japan is the best place I've ever lived in. |
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| Nah, it has sparked an interest in studying Japanese culture, but my core values haven't changed at all. Liking anime and manga doesn't make you Japanese anymore than liking Black metal makes me Norwegian. |
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Does watching Disney movies make me a faggot? (Don't answer that) |
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