Is anime as big in Japan as anime and manga portray it to be?

No.

Manga is fucking ass huge though.

>portray it to be
Since when?

Watashi wa... CHARISMA MAN... desu

Manga is massive anime is a niche hobby maybe 5% of Japs care about.

Would you guys move to Japan if given the opportunity?

>>121298051
Absolutely. I plan on having a summer home in Japan.

>>121298119
As a young adult though, indefinitely as a permanent residence?

It's not big. It's a society full of people with other interests just like everywhere else. The market is considerably bigger there than anywhere else, certainly, but it's still a niche hobby.
>>121298051
Went over the summer by myself for a little vacation. Loved it so much, I decided that I'll get my degree in English and teach over there. Has nothing to do with anime/manga though. Tokyo is just an unbelievable city.

>>121298148
No. I love America and what it stands for way too much.

>>121298201
What does it stand for to you?

>>121298201
I hope this doesn't take a turn for the /pol/

>>121298051
No.

>>121298051
no

>>121297158
The otaku stuff moe-pandering stuff is really niche, but anime is pretty popular among kids here. I'm teaching junior high over here, and at least a quarter of my kids use anime folders, have anime keychains on their bags, etc.

>>121298234
The epitome of western thought and culture.

Not to say I don't love other cultures, and haven't traveled. America is simply my comfort zone.

What am I suppose to see in your graph? That no one searches amv in news headlines?

what happen in 2012 that created a "meme" boom

>>121298485
Rage comics became popular.

>>121298369
>>121298341
why?

>>121298485
Reddit become more popular. 9gag shit finally hit Facebook I imagine.

>>121298585
IE: Reddit absorbed our old ass memes and brought them to the masses.

>>121298606
Because I don't really like japanese culture

>>121298606
Because I have no interest in anything Japanese besides the fact I read their comics and occasionally watch anime.

>>121298606
Japan is a depressing place to live and work.

>>121297158
Manga in Japan is like TV in America. It's mainstream.

Anime in Japan is like tabletop Roleplaying in America: It's viewed as the domain of smelly, ill-adjusted weirdoes who are probably criminals too.

>>121298051
Unlikely. Their culture is xenophobic, stagnant, and far too demanding.

>>121298234
Hamburgers 9/11 and guns

>>121299598
>Anime in Japan is like tabletop Roleplaying in America

Wait, then how is tabletop games viewed over there? Because D&D is fucking huge in Japan.

>>121297158
When I glanced at your image before reading your post I thought it said "Incest Over Time"

Kind of dissapoint.

>>121299557
This was in the back of my mind when I said America is my comfort zone. I don't care for how Asians socialize. In America, I can make friends on the streets and party with strangers doing all sorts of things that are 'frowned upon' in Japan.

>>121298051

If I had a decent job lined up where I don't have to interact with people much? Yes.

I'd live the same but I wouldn't have to import shit.

>>121299647
>Wait, then how is tabletop games viewed over there?

It's been discussed a couple of times on /tg/ that Japanese roleplaying tends to be oddly railroad-y and like a stage play. They also seem to like Warhammer Fantasy a lot for some reason.

As for how the culture views it, I guess it's just a hobby?

>>121298234

Not him, but the ability to say what you want and believe it whether or not it offends people

>inb4 reaction images and people saying that doesn't exist anymore

Bullshit, my state still has active Klan rallies. You're telling me freedom of speech is dead in a place where a group knowing for hanging people from trees is still around?

>>121299912
known*

>>121299912
Maybe you should move out of Mississippi.

>>121300018

Alabama, but you were close. Either way, I like it here. I just wish the summers weren't so damn unbearable.

>>121298051

I've thought about it. I don't think I'd want to live in Tokyo though. The people are too stuffy and format about everything. I enjoyed when I was in Osaka much more, the people are so much more open. And they don't hate foreigners nearly as much, probably because they were a major port city so they were used to foreign ships coming in.

>>121298051
Not forever. It might be cool to study abroad there or something though.

>>121300187
formal*

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>>121300187
Okinawa would be nice, too.

Super comfy.

>>121300288

Okinawa doesn't take kindly to Americans these days.

Also they hate being associated with Japan.

>>121298051
I would because I really like kimonos and tatami mats and paper sliding doors and shamisen music.

>>121300391

Well aside from the tatami and doors, you're going to have to go to Kyoto if you want to see those with any regularity.

>>121300328
Building my summer home there anyway. Try and stop me, Okinawans.

>>121299718
>making friends

Look at this fucking normalfag. Get off my /a/ and back to your frat house, Chad

>>121300451
>Try and stop me

They'll probably beat the shit out of you with sticks. There's a reason the troops can't leave base there anymore.

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>>121297158
>>121298182
>>121297862
>>121299598
Hate to drop a fucking MAL link but you anons are on crack.
http://myanimelist.net/forum/?topicid=191889

>>121300503
I've studied Wing Chun extensively. Let's see them try.

>>121300288
>Okinawa
>comfy
Only if you're a Marine who likes raping and killing kids, or a Japanese woman who wants to live to 1000

>>121300523
Sorry OP, didn't mean to lump you in with the crackheads.

>>121300449
How would Kyoto take to a 6 foot tall tanned dude with long hair and a mustache?

>>121300328
Okinawa has quieted down about Americans a whole lot since the saber-rattling with China picked up.

>>121298051
I pretty much already feel like a Japanese already.
I am an expat Jap

>>121300614

Wear a fancy suit. They'll think you're rich.

>>121300636

There was shit literally last week
http://www.japantimes.co.jp/community/2015/02/09/issues/injuries-okinawa-anti-base-protesters-laughable-says-u-s-military-spokesman/#.VOBIYvnF_HU

>>121300641
Fuck off. This board is for weaboos.
Actually you're classing the place up.

>>121300614
Kyoto would take you like they would any foreigner. The issue would be finding work. Obviously the height wouldn't matter, but you're not gonna get into a position that you'd call a career with long hair and a mustache. Not one of those "You're a degenerate!" assholes, I promise, I have hair down to my lower back. It's just the unfortunate truth. A looooot of businesses have strict appearance policies, as they see employees as a reflection of themselves, and want them to give off the image they think is appropriate

>>121300676
>On Feb. 2, the Coast Guard introduced a new — and potentially lethal — tactic. According to reports verified by Nago city, after detaining eight canoeists in shallow coastal waters, the Coast Guard took them more than 4 km from land where it released them — forcing them to paddle back to the shore.
That is some abusive gym teacher shit.

>>121300676
It really has quieted down. They are scared shitless of China, which lays a claim to the whole area. Do they love the new base? No. But it's more reflexive opinion plus a vocal minority.