The Japanese fascination with English-speaking fans...
Why are Japanese fans so fascinated with what anime fans in the West (or any country outside of Japan) think about anime or its culture?
For those of you who understand a little Japanese and have scoured the Japanese web, you may have stumbled upon one of the following sites or something similar: http://japancool.sblo.jp/ (Via the dated links at the top.) http://animeng.blog5.fc2.com/ http://asnyaro.blog129.fc2.com/ http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6YV4PNVpJCg (From Niconico Douga.) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qYRAe87L_DI (Or do a Google search with the kanji "海外の反応".) What they all seem to do is translate comments of English-speaking users from various sites/forums on the net (Animesuki being one of them), and basically comment on our comments. I just find it interesting that they would take the time to do something like this, especially since the majority of their topics focus on anime culture. Sad that there aren't many resources that lets the English-speaking world know what the Japanese think of our stuff. :) |
It's not nearly as fascinating if you stop to think that we have sites that do just the same. :)
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I'm not sure whether the comments or the fact that they translated a joke article, was funnier.
Well, they don't seem to be taking it seriously, at any rate. |
Now I want to see if I'm on there. It's the overseas equivalent of Googling myself.
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I actually saw a screenshot of one of my posts from this forum on one of those sites a couple years ago. Was pretty surreal. Not sure exactly what the comments about it were but I think it was being used to promote a character in one of those moe tournaments.:heh:
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What would be really amusing would be commenting on other peoples comments about your comments.
Really go full circle. |
I think we're more interested in what Japanese fans think than what Japanese fans think we think.
Although some of that is admittedly because only shows that do well in Japan get continuations. |
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Oh my god it really is like googling yourself.
http://blog.livedoor.jp/anime_trans/search?q=animesuki http://shirouto.seesaa.net/pages/use...e_id=170694346 There are a whole bunch of us on here. |
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No other country in the world (except America) gets this kind of attention. Plus, here's the thing. Think about how far anime has gone to becoming a cultural export. And look at the history of discussion - particularly in Sub vs Dub threads. |
I remember hearing Japanese otaku developed a mild fascination with the western fanbase of Madoka because we predicted the entire plot up to episode ten almost perfectly. Although in that case, an accurate prediction was often like hitting a bullseye with a shotgun, but whatever. Seeing that they go through the trouble of translating entire conversations on here is pretty surprising whether they take us seriously or not.
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I remember 2chan actualy being impressed by 4chan after the runes were translated,then it wen't full circle when 4chaners started translating threads where 2chaners were translating speculations from 4chan :eyespin: |
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I demand someone translate their translations of us. :heh:
And comments, of course. LOL they took the AS poll of Hana Saku episode 6. :D And the whole thread, lmao Wait a second how does my post get translated from: Quote:
あああああああああ!ふざけんな! :heh: Translation of "favorite tsundere" thread http://blog.livedoor.jp/anime_trans/...s/2679710.html A bit more fun than usual. |
Oh wow. So what do they think of us exactly?
Even with the internationalization of the internet, the language barrier still divides us all. Also, I have to confess that I don't know of any Japanese fansites other then 2chan, and niconicodouga. For instance, is there an equivalent of ANN, or Animesuki? |
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Well, looking at the favorite Tsundere thread and their translation, they're quite liberal with 't.
Not saying that the point doesn't get across, but a lot of wording etc. is changed. |
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