I actually watched it a couple hours ago and it all started with Hayao Miyazaki, the founder of studio Ghibli making the Heidi series set in beautiful Switzerland.
There was also some other series involving homosexuals in France …
Cause we are aesthetically superior.
Yes why aren’t they making anime’s about fat Americans and their 12 lane highways???
Tis the Most beautiful of Continents
Beautiful architecture and culture. Plus I think Japanese in general have some sort of fascination/respect for European people.
To Love Ru
Great video.
Biggest takeaway for me personally was that the series about the Mumin Valley that I grew up with, apparently was a Japanese anime.
Tbh the Howl’s Moving Castle is clearly set in a french type country more than any other euro country
It’s not just Japan, the whole world lusts for us we are simply that good.
Because Japanese are obsessed with Europe? They think only Europe can rival them in terms of history and culture and they don’t want anything to do with the savages elsewhere.
Source: wife is japanese. Lived 7 years there.
I mean where else? Like seriously.
Asian countries kinda don’t like each other (to say mildly) so it’s relatively rare for a story written by a Japanese person to be set or inspired by any other Asian country other than Japan itself, or occasionally China. So you likely won’t find India or central Asia etc.
Australia and Oceania have way too little cultural relevance just in general. Their soft power is just way too weak.
America is often included or used as inspiration but only in modern settings. For obvious reasons.
Africa is just Africa.
So you are left with Europe which has one of the longest continuously well documented history that is still a living part of the continent. It has been the center of art for centuries and it has influenced history more than any other continent. It’s also a far away exotic land for the Japanese. Not to mention that most countries with the strongest soft power are in Europe.
There’s literally no other reasonable option.
Hmmm there are many ancient Chinese elements in anime’s too,also even ancient Egypt or ancient India ,they just use whatever they can find,and Europe is very exotic for Japanese audience
You know why Germany
It’s also a popular tourist destination to. Apparently some Japanese tourist board ranked Conwy as the number 10 best places to visit.
18 comments
Where else ? 😎
https://i.redd.it/ie5amqzik4tc1.gif
Elegant but decadent architecture, that’s it
You watched the full vid?
I actually watched it a couple hours ago and it all started with Hayao Miyazaki, the founder of studio Ghibli making the Heidi series set in beautiful Switzerland.
There was also some other series involving homosexuals in France …
Cause we are aesthetically superior.
Yes why aren’t they making anime’s about fat Americans and their 12 lane highways???
Tis the Most beautiful of Continents
Beautiful architecture and culture. Plus I think Japanese in general have some sort of fascination/respect for European people.
To Love Ru
Great video.
Biggest takeaway for me personally was that the series about the Mumin Valley that I grew up with, apparently was a Japanese anime.
I was shocked!
https://preview.redd.it/xwb3vre3x4tc1.jpeg?width=720&format=pjpg&auto=webp&s=670a8dce4fa0edfe3059f2371e721d9f141a5cd3
Tbh the Howl’s Moving Castle is clearly set in a french type country more than any other euro country
It’s not just Japan, the whole world lusts for us we are simply that good.
Because Japanese are obsessed with Europe? They think only Europe can rival them in terms of history and culture and they don’t want anything to do with the savages elsewhere.
Source: wife is japanese. Lived 7 years there.
I mean where else? Like seriously.
Asian countries kinda don’t like each other (to say mildly) so it’s relatively rare for a story written by a Japanese person to be set or inspired by any other Asian country other than Japan itself, or occasionally China. So you likely won’t find India or central Asia etc.
Australia and Oceania have way too little cultural relevance just in general. Their soft power is just way too weak.
America is often included or used as inspiration but only in modern settings. For obvious reasons.
Africa is just Africa.
So you are left with Europe which has one of the longest continuously well documented history that is still a living part of the continent. It has been the center of art for centuries and it has influenced history more than any other continent. It’s also a far away exotic land for the Japanese. Not to mention that most countries with the strongest soft power are in Europe.
There’s literally no other reasonable option.
Hmmm there are many ancient Chinese elements in anime’s too,also even ancient Egypt or ancient India ,they just use whatever they can find,and Europe is very exotic for Japanese audience
You know why Germany
It’s also a popular tourist destination to. Apparently some Japanese tourist board ranked Conwy as the number 10 best places to visit.