Questions about anime and manga in the broader context of Japanese culture. Includes both questions about cultural origins for anime/manga references and questions about the cultural impact of a particular series.
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What are the anime censorship laws in the United States?
I have a similar question to ask. What are the anime censorship laws in the United States? There appears to be major culture difference between United States and Japan and I am not sure if that implies a difference between their respective anime…
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The connection between the deadly sins and the animals in Nanatsu no Taizai
In Nanatsu no Taizai, the main characters are associated with one of the 7 deadly sins, and to each sin is associated with a certain animal:
Wrath - dragon
Envy - snake
Greed - fox
Sloth - grizzly
Lust - goat
Gluttony - boar
Pride - lion
Is there…
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Can Formula One prodigies like Haruka (Sailor Uranus) drive younger than Japan's legal driving age?
Japanese can drive cars from age 18, though many don’t (many who even bother to get their licenses are called “paper drivers” — meaning they can drive on paper but don’t make use of them and don’t have behind-the-wheel experience); they can drive…
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Why is Danbo so popular?
Originally, Danbo was a cardboard box robot from the manga Yotsuba&!.
But most people recognize Danbo from a photo-shot (that's how I knew of Danbo before I finally read the manga) and if you try to google image search it, the result will be…
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How are manhwa and manhua received in Japan?
How popular are Korean manhwa and Chinese manhua in Japan?
Is there a market for them as localized manga?
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Japanese Scoring System on Public High School Examinations: Quintessential Quintuplets season 2
In 5 Toubun no Hanayome, Fuutarou is assigned to help a rich businessman's quintuplet daughters pass their examinations and graduate. Unfortunately, they all suck at academics, or get distracted by other activities and career goals. Fuutarou notices…
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Is Princess Snake based on folklore?
While watching Dragon Ball Z recently I noticed that the premise of the episode Princess Snake is undoubtedly similar to an episode of Boruto (which I don't think has aired in English yet).
Both episodes feature snakes disguised as attractive and…
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Why do they tie their thumbs and don't use handcuffs?
I've seen lots of animes where a character is caught and interrogated by some authority. The captive is usually depicted sitting on the chair in the interrogation room. But instead of being handcuffed, their thumbs are tied with a zip tie.
Why? Is…
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Where do the ethics of Shonen anime come from?
In shonen anime, there's a type of "ethics" that emphasizes on someone reaching their potential, becoming the greatest, trying no matter what, persevering, etc. But, whenever I've heard about modern Japan, it's always as a very business oriented…
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How did manga as we know it today come to be?
While researching my own question How important was the invention of blue towards anime?, I landed relatively quickly on Hokusai. The page states that Hokusai is incorrectly considered the precedent to modern manga.
The largest of Hokusai's works…
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What is that noise when an onsen scene opens up?
Many anime and JRPGs have Hot Spring/Bathhouse/Onsen scenes and in many of these, when it opens up there is this sound of like something hitting hollow wood, an example of which can be heard at the 4 second mark in these video of Gamers
what exactly…
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Does "Evening Get" correspond to a real-life television show?
In chapter 2 of Orange, Hagita tells his friends that he has go home to watch Evening Get. The text outside the speech bubbles explains it as:
Evening Get! It's a Nagano TV show that starts at 4:30. Ryuta Mine's gonna be on today's show.
Ryuta…
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Is the Harbinger of Spring based on a real Japanese legend?
In Episode 2 of Flying Witch, this rather strange looking fellow appears and terrorizes poor Chinatsu at the door.
Makoto explains that he's the Harbinger of Spring, some kind of nature spirit who ushers out the winter and ushers in the spring,…
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What are these people doing in front of a shrine?
In the beginning of the first episode, we see Haru end up (very briefly) at this shrine in Enoshima, in front of which people are singing some song to some actions. Is there any "meaning" to what these people are doing in from of the shrine…
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Are there elite schools or private schools in Japan that teach advanced knowledge for their students' age?
At around 14:00 in the first episode of Puella Magi Madoka Magica, there are 3 math questions in the blackboard. (The following pictures are for the convenience for reference.)
Question: Let p be a prime number, n an arbitrary fixed natural…
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