It's one of the reasons I used to watch fan translations of anime and read scan-lations of mangas. They would often have footnotes, inserted explanations, or ev

It's one of the reasons I used to watch fan translations of anime and read scan-lations of mangas. They would often have footnotes, inserted explanations, or even additional text documents with background on colloquialisms and commentary on things that may not be clear from someone from outside the culture. Even as one of those "dumb US of A morons", I felt the commercial "localizations" left so much unsaid or just cut and dropped on the cutting room floor because the culture was different. However, the purpose of those companies is not to faithfully reproduce the experience, but to make money, like many businesses. Which is why artists often have to go to extreme lengths to defend the artistic integrity of their works. Luckily, plenty of us are truly interested in other cultures and would be more than willing to do the extra reading and research to better understand. I will qualify to say that I'm sure there are plenty of people who would rather not do the extra work and would rather be spoon-fed easy content, but I'm sure those kinds of people aren't exclusive to USA, and plenty exist in other cultures around the world.