<input type&equals;"hidden" value&equals;"" data-essbisPostContainer&equals;"" data-essbisPostUrl&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;yodoozy&period;com&sol;how-manga-anime-shaped-the-worlds-perception-of-japan&sol;" data-essbisPostTitle&equals;"How Manga And Anime Shaped Our Perception Of Japan" data-essbisHoverContainer&equals;"">&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Japan&period; So&comma; what is the first thing that comes to your mind when you hear this term&quest; The answers are many&comma; of course&period; From the stunning Mount Fuji to the calming Sakura trees and from beautiful kimonos to the mouth-watering ramen&period; Basically&comma; there are many things that instantly hit us when we hear about this country&period; However&comma; the two inter-related things that take the most space in our minds when talking about Japan are manga and anime&period; Not one can deny that the influence of anime and manga has drastically expanded all over the world in the last few decades&period; Gone are the days when anime and its characters were only a sensation in just Japan&period; As of today&comma; even the people who are not into anime are very much familiar with it outside of the origin country&period; And since manga and anime are heavily based on Japanese culture and revolve around the country&comma; it&&num;8217&semi;s safe to say that they have formed an image of the nation for other countries&period; More like these two are acting as the representative of Japan&excl; Hence&comma; it is obvious that manga &amp&semi; anime have played a huge role in shaping the world&&num;8217&semi;s perspective of Japan&excl;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Familiarizing the culture<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">What does creating an image mean to you&quest; Generally&comma; it is when people are introduced to something unfamiliar&comma; in a manner that they get a gist of the nature of whatever is being introduced&period; The same goes for Japan as well&period; Anime and manga made their debut long back&period; The art style was different&comma; but it had a touch of Japan&comma; of course&period; With the changing times&comma; Japanese artists evolved their animation style and eventually made it into what we see today&period; The changes were&comma; of course&comma; somewhat influenced by the success of other popular animation styles of that time&comma; like Walt Disney&period; However&comma; Japanese artists still incorporated a unique Japanese touch into their animation&period; But the thing that gave detailed imagery of this country through their anime and manga was their stories&comma; plots&comma; and characters&period; All three were heavily influenced by Japan and its culture&period; Hence&comma; something new for the rest of the world&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;yodoozy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;01&sol;2900712&period;jpg" alt&equals;"How Manga And Anime Shaped Our Perception Of Japan" class&equals;"wp-image-38570" width&equals;"800"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">The stories gave an introduction to the world about the things that we now know about Japan&period; Confused&quest; Okay&comma; let&&num;8217&semi;s elaborate through a few examples&period; Did you really know about ramen before watching its craze in Naruto&quest; Or were you really familiar with the cherry blossom season and Sakura trees before they were used in almost every anime to showcase romance or visual ambiance&quest; In fact&comma; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;en&period;m&period;wikipedia&period;org&sol;wiki&sol;Mount&lowbar;Fuji">Mount Fuji<&sol;a> gained popularity because of these anime&period; Not to forget the many festivals and kimono traditions that gave a glimpse of the importance of these two in Japanese culture through manga and anime&period; Do you get it&quest; Basically&comma; almost every beautiful thing that we know about Japan gained far more popularity through this form of entertainment&period; Of course&comma; it might be possible that you knew about them before as well&period; But no one can deny the fact that Japanese culture made a stronger hold on our minds through their manga plots and stories&comma; correct&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Shifting the focus<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Before anime and manga were famous outside Japan&comma; Japan had a different image altogether&period; Especially because of the events of World War&period; Not to forget the invasion in Korea&period; However&comma; that image gradually changed&period; As of now&comma; the current generation sees this country on how to put this&comma; but on a kawaii side&period; Its culture is taken as something very adorable and respectful&period; While the people themselves are considered highly polite and respectful&period; <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;yodoozy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;01&sol;how-to-buy-japanese-manga-online&period;jpg" alt&equals;"How Manga And Anime Shaped Our Perception Of Japan" class&equals;"wp-image-38569" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"400"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Not that this all is just an image&period; Because Japan actually is one of the most polite and beautiful countries&period; However&comma; replacing a violent image with a composed one is not that easy&period; But manga and anime made it possible for Japan&period; From what the world has learned from anime and manga&comma; Japan is all about being respectful and adorable&period; They love their festivals and will never leave an opportunity to flaunt a beautiful kimono&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h3 class&equals;"wp-block-heading">Perceptions&colon; Positive and Negative<&sol;h3>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">Creating an image of an entire nation in the eyes of the world through entertainment has sides of its own&period; The case of Japan is no different&period; Let&&num;8217&semi;s consider the positive perceptions first&period; Of course&comma; the major one that goes without saying is the cute side of the country&period; Not only does the anime style showcase that&comma; but the personalities of every character speaks for the same in volumes&period; The respectful way through which characters address each other is a perfect replica of how Japanese people actually interact&period; They have a lot of ways of addressing others depending upon their relations&period; Japanese Gods and the power of emotions and bonds is also something that plays a major role here&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;yodoozy&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;01&sol;Anime-vs-Manga-1024x576&period;jpg" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-38571" width&equals;"800" height&equals;"420"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify"> Most of the weebs often consider manga and anime bonds as a lesson&period; It is absolutely true since the stories are deeply embedded with serious issues&period; The study culture&comma; along with things like being responsible for hygiene in schools&comma; is also shown in the stories&period; Students being in charge of school cleanness is something that can only be seen in Japan and such countries&period; It gives a gist of how the country considers such important habits as being vital&period; Not to forget the progress the plots have adapted&period; Homosexual relations in anime are increasing and are a perfect boost for the LGBTQ community&period; However&comma; not everything goes with flying colors&period; There are a few disadvantages as well&period; Such as the depiction of overly sexualized women in anime is creating an image for Asian women which is different from how they actually are&period; Terms like senpai&comma; sensei&comma; baka&comma; and many more have taken a different meaning altogether&period; The over exaggerated manner of speech is also not particularly correct for the country&period; Basically&comma; anime and manga have created a positive image of Japan&period; But on the same hand&comma; it has also formed a few misconceptions&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-text-align-justify">So&comma; yes&comma; anime and manga have played a huge role in shaping the world&&num;8217&semi;s perspective of Japan&period; While most of it is true&comma; some sure need a few changes&comma; don&&num;8217&semi;t they&quest; So&comma; what are your thoughts about it&quest; What type of perception have you formed based on the manga and anime that you have read and watched&quest;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p><em><strong>Do you love Japan like the rest of us&quest; <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;yodoozy&period;com&sol;understanding-the-ordinary-everyday-japanese-lifestyle&sol;&quest;v&equals;a98eef2a3105">Take a minute to understand the mundanely magical everyday Japanese lifestyle&period;<&sol;a><&sol;strong><&sol;em><&sol;p>&NewLine;