>An american anime geek does not have more in common with a japanese anime geek than an american evangelical. Race, nation, language, history, etc are far more

>An american anime geek does not have more in common with a japanese anime geek than an american evangelical. Race, nation, language, history, etc are far more potent than what naive utopian people wish it were. Studies on international otaku subcultures show large commonalities between them. Perhaps you just chose a bad example, but I don't think your point is convincing.