| 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. |
| If Norway has been represented in anime, I've either never seen it or forgotten about it. |
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| Yeah, I'm not a murican so I wouldn't care. Of course they are stereotyped, that's what anime is. |
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| I've never seen my country (Chile) represented in any anime. I'm sure I have seen moa'i, the Rapa Nui (Easter Island) statues depicted in anime, but I don't know if that counts. |
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AndreaIsASeal said: Yep, forgot about it :pEriconator said: If Norway has been represented in anime, I've either never seen it or forgotten about it. Nakiri Alice went to Norway to learn to cook better in Food Wars. Also in Saga of Tanya the evil there were Norwegians fighting with the allied. I recall that happening after you mentioned it though. |
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yup, it's a spot on depiction of where i'm from |
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| The few brazilian characters I remember being in animes are heavily stereotyped. They are black and play capoeira. Not all brazilians are black, and to be honest, most of the people here are not black and don't even know what capoeira is. And me ? I'm whiter than most europeans. |
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| The first anime that comes to mind is the K-On Movie. Not sure how believable the characters were but KyoAni did a great job at portraying locations across the city. There are plenty of British anime characters but I don't really pay attention to stereotypes. |
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| Never have seen something which has offended me, so I'm fine. |
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| Well, I doubt my country will ever get a single mention in anime. And yes, I'm satisfied with that, as it doesn't deserve one. |
| I wish old anime weren't the only ones that represent france |
| Well, i never seen my country in anime. |
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| How Charlotte featured Philippines is quite good in my opinion... Well, we can always get rid of those who doesn't like how it was viewed by ignoring their opinion, in which I do most cases. And I ask you all, are you satisfied with how Japan is represented in anime?! Of course you are! The waifus are there and the fappable lolis are there! |
| Plenty of depictions of Britain, so it varies quite a lot. The ones which emphasise stuff like monarchy or Christianity like Hellsing tend to irritate me, the K-ON movie has got to be objectively the best, shot with all of KyoAni's verisimilitude and attention to detail. But my favourite has to be Read or Die etc. precisely for its complete lack of accuracy. The British Library as a superhero/supervillainous organisation? I'm in. |
| This is the most accurate representation of America in anime. |
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| Don't remember many animes where Spain has been protrayed (though I heard some animes where it has been actually feautured). Last I remember is Shoukoku no Altair, where the equivalent of Spain is presented as a bunch of city-states inhabited by mercenaries ruled by two crippled twin old dudes. It was quite amusing, tbh. |
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| I guess I am satisfied. They do show stereotypes, but they are good stereotypes (whatever that is). A good example would be my signature. I loved that scene from the Kobayashi-san special episode so much that I made it my signature to represent my country. |
Manyaa_-Nov 13, 2017 10:18 AM
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| Several german words spoken Several opening songs with german language Several characters with german names well. germany and nippon are best buddies i guess |
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 I'm totally okay with it. I mean, it is not that Japan is not stereotyped as well in a lot of western media, so XD |
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| Dont care that much. I only remember hetalia doing it but it is a decent anime. |
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| Australia was really well represented in Free! Eternal Summer. |
| 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 |
| Although there are not many anime which mention india or had indian characters but those who has.They have mostly shown india or indians in a stereotypical way associated with curry,hinduism,poverty,caste system,Rajas,yoga etc and so far i am satisfied with whatever role indian appears. Anime which mention or had Indian characters are PRINCE SOMA ASMAN KADAR and MINA(Kuroshitsuji) INDIA (Hetalia) AKIRA AGARKAR YAMADA (Tsuritama) MINA KANDASWAMY (Darker than Black) KRISHNA RAMESH (Baby Steps) Amanti Patel(Space Brothers) Dr. Rakshata Chawla (Code Geass) Apart from them India has been mentioned quite a few times in Shokugeki no soma. I still wish that animes show india more frequently and in a less stereotypical way |
| lots of stuff in german for some reason, it uses the language a lot more than most foreign media i've seen probably has something to do with this though anime also has laura bodewig who i am immensely grateful for |
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Endlosschleife said: uhh you're lucky , Monster's set in Germany , although the characters don't speak German , I guess all Germans speak Japanese :D Several german words spoken Several opening songs with german language Several characters with german names well. germany and nippon are best buddies i guess |
| Never seen Morocco in anime not even hetalia, maybe once referenced but i don't remember the anime |
taynis said: I'm totally okay with it. I mean, it is not that Japan is not stereotyped as well in a lot of western media, so XD I was going to mention this but I was too slow I guess. And yeah I'm totally fine with it. It's stereotyped as fuck but honestly I see no problem with that. And it actually represents a lot of what Japanese people think about Brazil. I remember asking a professor in the unversity I studied in Japan what he thought of when he thought about Brazil and he actually answered Carnival, Soccer and Coffee. So yeah pretty much this scene from Sakamoto. |
| Little Witch Academia had an episode in Finland, though they never called us by name. Too many mountains, names were sort of weird and I've no idea what that yeti was doing there, but the rest felt fine enough for Lapland. Saunas, reindeer, nature and weird food are pretty much what we broadcast of ourselves to the outside world, so you can't really blame them. Seriously, though, every portrayal of Finland in Japanese media I've come across has too many mountains. We don't have any mountains. Stop with those mountains! |
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| There's an entire Black Lagoon episode on Venezuela (the country i was born) It's so freaking realistic that ends up being scary xD    |
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Brazil is exactly like this. |
| I think it's funny how British people in anime seem to be posh, arrogant tea-drinkers...but I kind of think Hetalia got it right. |
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Lalakoboldslayer said: To be fair , Brazilians are always represented like that in almost every animated show I've seen , I mean , look at those episodes where The Simpsons go to Brazil , that shit is insulting imo . The few brazilian characters I remember being in animes are heavily stereotyped. They are black and play capoeira. Not all brazilians are black, and to be honest, most of the people here are not black and don't even know what capoeira is. And me ? I'm whiter than most europeans. |
| Well America is one big stereotype so... I'm pretty satisfied |
Is this a bait ? If it is, sorry but I don't like soccer, actually I don't like most sports. |
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| Idk exactly, but I think this Gundam is a reference to the Netherlands..... I also heard that but I haven't seen it yet. Also Chiisana Ahiru no Ooki na Ai no Monogatari: Ahiru no Kwak and Anne no Nikki takes place in the Netherlands. |
KnotImpNov 13, 2017 12:58 PM
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| For the country I am from (America), it sometimes seems a little cliched and maybe bashing but generally I like the ways their shown. As for where I live, if they didn’t represent it well then I don’t know what they would be representing x3 |
Jare4lopez said: Lalakoboldslayer said: To be fair , Brazilians are always represented like that in almost every animated show I've seen , I mean , look at those episodes where The Simpsons go to Brazil , that shit is insulting imo . The few brazilian characters I remember being in animes are heavily stereotyped. They are black and play capoeira. Not all brazilians are black, and to be honest, most of the people here are not black and don't even know what capoeira is. And me ? I'm whiter than most europeans. Yes they are, but that doesn't mean it's true. To be realistic, that stereotype represents something like 2% of the population here. |
LalakoboldslayerNov 13, 2017 2:21 PM
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| i dont think denmark has ever been refered to except for in hetalia. never seen iraq mentioned anywhere too |
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| As a Brit we are probably the second most common foreigner after the Yanks to be depicted in anime (maybe tied 2nd place with the Germans) so there's quite a variety of characters. Japanese seems to follow the American hollywood stereotype of us where we are society of 50% clever elite aristocrats with the other 50% being cockneys. I'm fine with this stereotype, our characters in anime are usually done in a pretty good light. |
Lalakoboldslayer said: Is this a bait ? If it is, sorry but I don't like soccer, actually I don't like most sports. No it's a JOKE. I don't like soccer too,but almost everyone i know treats soccer as a religion. |
| idk, the japaneses think that the french guys are only good to make cake and "pâtisseries".They use a lot of stereotypes but i find it fun sometimes xD |
| do people actually pay attention to this kind of stuff? |
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ChRonicCorneria said: No-one ever mentions Canada... :\ What do Japanese people even think about Canadians? Well we did get that travel ad and Iron Blood Orphans actually animated my home town Edmonton for the finale of the first season. So guess that was cool though considering that series is in the future I am surprised that it pretty much looks how Edmonton does today though I don't know that much about the Gundam universe so maybe that makes sense. http://www.metronews.ca/news/edmonton/2016/03/23/famous-anime-series-models-city-on-edmonton.html |
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