http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/japan-explained-faqs-and-saqs-part-nine/ Wed, 19 Nov 2008 13:15:21 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/tesol/japan-explained-faqs-and-saqs-part-nine/#comment-322 Laurent Fri, 17 Aug 2007 03:00:34 +0000 http://www.tefl.net/alexcase/archives/202#comment-322 One funny thing I've found increasingly with manga and anime, is the fact that while it's ok for a lot of adults to still read manga (whether it be salaryman or women reading romance/adult manga or others) as soon as you start telling Japanese people that you (a foreign adult) still watch Anime, you're seen as a bit weird (or downright freaky depending on the person). Which personally I find quite funny. As in Europe, it's often the other way round - it's ok to watch animation/cartoons as an adult (to an extent) while still reading comics is a sure sign that you're a no life having geek, for most people anyway. I find their attitude to childlike entertainment (or entertainment primarily designed for children say) pretty interesting - it definitely varies on who you talk to, what generation they're from etc..., but by and large i get the feeling that manga is still ok as an adult and anime is not really, lest you're an otaku. One funny thing I’ve found increasingly with manga and anime, is the fact that while it’s ok for a lot of adults to still read manga (whether it be salaryman or women reading romance/adult manga or others) as soon as you start telling Japanese people that you (a foreign adult) still watch Anime, you’re seen as a bit weird (or downright freaky depending on the person).
Which personally I find quite funny. As in Europe, it’s often the other way round - it’s ok to watch animation/cartoons as an adult (to an extent) while still reading comics is a sure sign that you’re a no life having geek, for most people anyway.
I find their attitude to childlike entertainment (or entertainment primarily designed for children say) pretty interesting - it definitely varies on who you talk to, what generation they’re from etc…, but by and large i get the feeling that manga is still ok as an adult and anime is not really, lest you’re an otaku.

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