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Originally Posted by jeppy325

Hello, everyone!
I'm a Japanese student working on my master's thesis on Anime.

I would like to know few things from American anime fans:

I'm British but I really wanted to answer, so I hope you don't mind

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1) Do you like anime more than live-action films? If yes (or no), why?

Hmm that depends, I do like alot of Anime more in comparison to live action, I like hoe you are escaping into another world that does or may not be real, it allows your mind to wonder and escape from this world, but Live action is more real and you can't get lost in the story so easily.

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2) When you watch anime, does that encourage you to like Japan?
(*never mind the fact that I'm Japanese You can say whatever you want.)

I've always loved Japan, anime or no anime

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3) Do you find anime characters look like Western people or Asians, or something else? Do you identify yourself with anime characters?

I think some characters have a western influence towards them, to make them appealing to us, but I would prefer them more Japanese looking

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4) If there is any, what do you learn from anime?

now that I'm not sure of myself, I think I get too engrossed in it to learn much really

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5) Have you ever talked to any Japanese people about anime, and found something different in your understanding of anime and theirs?

I spoke to my Ex about it a few times, but we were pretty similar in our thoughts on subjects raised in animes

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If it's too much, you don't have to answer them all. I just wanna know little more how American people are perceiveing Japanese pop-culture.

Thanks!

I hope you really don't mind me being a brit, but I am half American, so maybe I can count


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Does any one of you consider yourself Otaku?

I do

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What do you think of being one, or being considered to be one??

I find it an honor really

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What do you think of people called Otaku?

Well there meant to be quite well like my Japanese people, so I like em, there interesting to talk to cus we have similar interests

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After you find yourself so drawn (if you are) to the world of anime, do you find the reality as boring??

hmm tough question really, I'm not too sure on that one