Hi. What anime out there accurately reflects Japanese culture?
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Hi. What anime out there accurately reflects Japanese culture?
I'm not really sure, but I guess Digimon Tamers(Season 3) uses some.
"Naruto". Because of all the Ninja's, and all of the places looked really Kyoto-like. Most of the music was done using Japanese style instruments too which was cool.
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Yeah, However, theres no such thing as Japan or China in Naruto.
Is there any anime about Japanese culture that's normal?
Just about normal people?
THERE ARE MILLIONS OF ANIME about normal people.
I can name so many that it wouldn't even be funny.
Anime though, IS Japanese culture. So you can't really say any particular anime that depicts Japanese Culture.
Then again Lucky Star is something that represents a bit of a Japanese High School girl's life MIGHT be like...
Death Note.
You could always try looking in the Feudal Era Anime and Manga.
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No.Originally Posted by Blue Stone
That's hardly expressive of Japanese culture at all. The most cultural it gets is naming characters after historical or mythological people.Originally Posted by Amray
Lucky Star is a low comedy, with humor targetted an the anime community in general. It just happens to have some schoolgirls in it.Originally Posted by Balance
Deathnote is more...culturally neutral, or rather, reflects a global culture.Originally Posted by Blue Stone
There's no "witchcraft" in it. It uses a fictional after-life, in which a human boy obtains the same means which fictional "death gods" use to preform their duties as "gods of death".Originally Posted by Mavericker
And, the concept of Shinigami, "gods of death", is a part of Japanese mythology, though Deathnote presents it in its own manner.
It's about as realistic as Superman comics.Originally Posted by Amray
If you want something that accurately reflects Japanese culture, I don't believe there is a single anime that will accomplish that. Many anime contain many different bits and pieces of various parts of Japanese culture and mythology. Tactics, for example, deals with the mythological Tengu, and various forest spirits and so forth, which can be found in Shinto, Japan's original religion.
If you want more modern day culture, there are series such as Sayonara Zetsubou Sensei which, more or less subliminally, comment on the state of society in Japan.
Most series that are "realistic" tend to be comedic or romance series.
"The color fades along the intervals I follow."
I got confused for a second, Death Note doesn't use culture and all that, however it does uses the word "Japan". So yeah, that's not the case, so my bad.
They aren't "idols" because they aren't worshipped. Most people in the show aren't even aware of their existance, and believe in the afterlife as people in the real world do. And it isn't witchcraft. You seriously need to look up the definition of witchcraft or something. Witchcraft is the use of dark magic and the like. The way the series set it up, the boy is using a power given to him by the fictional divine rulers created by the show.
Also, fiction is fiction. No need to get so strung out over it. O_o
"The color fades along the intervals I follow."
Onimusha?I'm not sure, i think it looks kinda Japanese.
and I'd like to clarify whether colourcloud palace*saiunkoku monogatari is more about japan or china.
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I think Aishiteruze Baby sort of reflects Japanese culture in some ways. Like the family life and stuff.
You give me names of cartoons that features Americans that LOOK AMERICAN.
Never said it was a fact. Saying that it MIGHT be like Japanese culture. Never said it really was. Hard to really say one specific one.
What about The Grim Adventures of Billy and Mandy?
That makes more sense than most anime.
What in the world are you talking about?
What show are you trying to repent?
Also, don't feel that the world will abide to your beliefs.
If you don't like it, don't complain to the world.
Excuses...you're giving excuses as well.
The only series I could think of is GTO. Great Teacher Onizuka. The main character is an ex-gang member who plans to be the best teacher in Japan. There're many parts showing Japanese street gangs. I don't know about the anime, but the manga was entertaining and interesting.
To put a long story short, culture in fiction reflects what the people in country want to see themselves as. If you want accurate knowledge of a culture, read a book.
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