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Why is it always Japan and anime? It'd be nice to see articles like "32 Telenovelas for 32 States of Mexico" or "16 Home Renovation Shows for 16 Bundesländer of

Why is it always Japan and anime? It'd be nice to see articles like "32 Telenovelas for 32 States of Mexico" or "16 Home Renovation Shows for 16 Bundesländer of Germany" every once in a while.

langsoul-com 3y ago
Cultural invasion from another country is why. Ever play Civ 5 and get the message how another country is annoyed that their citizens are all wearing blue jeans? Anime is popular, subculture wise, and people who like it would most likely grew up on the internet. Thus more news about Japan would spread online. We see the same thing with Korea now with kpop, kdrama. Compare that to Mexico or Germany, where is their cultural influence? Food yes, drinks yes. But there's virtually no media being published on the same scale as Japan. Nor is it constantly talked about. Japan and anime are a bit special as well, because they tend to always animate their home country or include it in some manner.
Tade0 3y ago
Because Rome and Greece. The Greek states lost militarily, but ultimately won culturally. Also (still) the third largest economy in the world, and for a decently long time, second. That necessarily leaves its mark on the rest of the world. Why doesn't China enjoy the same sort of influence? Because they erased much of their culture during communism.
- kbelder 3y ago
  I'd say Japan also lost much of their culture during a process of westernization, before and after WWII, but the resulting amalgamation was much more potent (especially memetically) than the mess that China ended up with after Mao.
whymauri 3y ago
These lists exist but they are usually not in English. There's countless memes or listicles of Colombian departments on Spanish-speaking websites.
Klonoar 3y ago
You have stumbled on to “the tech community idolizes Japan”. It gets old pretty quickly.
tehnub 3y ago
Find, write or translate these articles and post them.

Why is it always Japan and anime? It'd be nice to see articles like "32 Telenovelas for 32 States of Mexico" or "16 Home Renovation Shows for 16 Bundesländer of Germany" every once in a while.

langsoul-com 3y ago

Cultural invasion from another country is why. Ever play Civ 5 and get the message how another country is annoyed that their citizens are all wearing blue jeans? Anime is popular, subculture wise, and people who like it would most likely grew up on the internet. Thus more news about Japan would spread online. We see the same thing with Korea now with kpop, kdrama. Compare that to Mexico or Germany, where is their cultural influence? Food yes, drinks yes. But there's virtually no media being published on the same scale as Japan. Nor is it constantly talked about. Japan and anime are a bit special as well, because they tend to always animate their home country or include it in some manner.

Tade0 3y ago

Because Rome and Greece. The Greek states lost militarily, but ultimately won culturally. Also (still) the third largest economy in the world, and for a decently long time, second. That necessarily leaves its mark on the rest of the world. Why doesn't China enjoy the same sort of influence? Because they erased much of their culture during communism.

kbelder 3y ago
I'd say Japan also lost much of their culture during a process of westernization, before and after WWII, but the resulting amalgamation was much more potent (especially memetically) than the mess that China ended up with after Mao.

whymauri 3y ago

These lists exist but they are usually not in English. There's countless memes or listicles of Colombian departments on Spanish-speaking websites.

Klonoar 3y ago

You have stumbled on to “the tech community idolizes Japan”. It gets old pretty quickly.

tehnub 3y ago

Find, write or translate these articles and post them.