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For some reason Japanese culture is quite popular among nerdy types (be it anime? games? sushi?). I was also fascinated by Japan, even tried to learn the langua

For some reason Japanese culture is quite popular among nerdy types (be it anime? games? sushi?). I was also fascinated by Japan, even tried to learn the language but got discouraged early on by having to learn 3 different "writing systems". The grammar was also not quite easy to grok (definitely not easy as the presented code-like example). Now I am more fascinated by contemporary China than contemporary Japan. I see that Japanese culture is based on much more ancient and broad Chinese culture. I also see a pick up in interests to learn Mandarin among my friends/coworkers. I watched a few Chinese movies and I have to say they bring a breath of fresh air. I think whenever we want it or not we will see more Chinese media in the future, simply because they are different from what a typical person is used too. That makes them more interesting at least in the beginning.

MrOwnPut 4y ago
> For some reason Japanese culture is quite popular among nerdy types (be it anime? games? sushi?). It's popular among all types, very much so in the states and France due to anime. But they export A LOT of culture. and they are very good at streamlining that export. Fashion, video games, anime, food, etc. It's really no surprise it's popular. If you end up consuming the culture (as many of us did as kids) you will be attracted to the origins of it as it contains many elements of the culture you consumed. But yes, there's a lot of cross over between "nerds" or "otaku" and Japanese culture exports. I assume because they didn't fit into their home culture fully, so they found escape in another foreign one that was adapted for them, and thus found a community to share common interests with, which reinforces that "obsession". tldr: you can nerd/otaku out on anything, but Japan makes some good stuff to nerd out on, so you get hardcore fans.

MrOwnPut 4y ago

> For some reason Japanese culture is quite popular among nerdy types (be it anime? games? sushi?). It's popular among all types, very much so in the states and France due to anime. But they export A LOT of culture. and they are very good at streamlining that export. Fashion, video games, anime, food, etc. It's really no surprise it's popular. If you end up consuming the culture (as many of us did as kids) you will be attracted to the origins of it as it contains many elements of the culture you consumed. But yes, there's a lot of cross over between "nerds" or "otaku" and Japanese culture exports. I assume because they didn't fit into their home culture fully, so they found escape in another foreign one that was adapted for them, and thus found a community to share common interests with, which reinforces that "obsession". tldr: you can nerd/otaku out on anything, but Japan makes some good stuff to nerd out on, so you get hardcore fans.