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 The Big Question?
• When someone starts watching anime,
one of the things that comes to their
minds is that “Is Japan like Anime?”
This video is not mainly about that
question, but it is about a sub-topic
regarding it. But before anything else,
I will briefly answer the question.
 The Obvious Answer (1)
• First of all, the answer depends on
what your perspective is. There is no
definitive answer to such a broad
question. It is just like asking, “Is USA
like Hollywood.” Hollywood varies
from movies such as Star Wars, which
are nothing like USA and movies like
We Bought A Zoo, which are based
on real events.
 The Obvious Answer (2)
• The things in anime that are like Japan
are traditional houses and clothes and
famous places. We can see traditional
architecture and clothes in historical
anime, as well as witness famous
structures of the country from
modern anime.
 Gallery (1)
Tokyo Tower In
Anime

Traditional
Japanese Clothing
In Anime
 The Obvious Answer (3)
• The things in anime that are not like
Japan are way more prominent, like,
the magical powers the characters
use, the cities overrun with monsters,
at least one idiot in every group of
people, guys who can’t talk in full
sentences and get surprised by mild
revelations and people who repeat the
same phrase again and again.
 Gallery (2)
Idiots aren’t
that common in
Japan

Psychics aren’t
that common in
Japan
 The Main Issue (1)
• As I mentioned previously, this isn’t
the main issue for this video, so now
let’s get on to that. Coming back to
the point, almost everyone who watch
anime know that Japan is not only
about anime. The people who tend to
believe the aforementioned are weebs,
frankly speaking.
 The Main Issue (2)
• Weebs are special creatures, so they
can believe all they want, but if
somebody from Japan themselves
believes that, or tries to portray that
via an entertainment medium, that
would be rather strange. Strange as it
may seem, it is definitely true.
 Culprit
• Naruhisa Arakawa, a
Japanese man wrote a
light novel called
Outbreak Company
which becomes an
anime and it basically
stresses on the fact
that Japan is all about
anime.
 Synopsis
• In this series, a young man called
Shinichi Kano ends up as Japan’s
ambassador in a medieval parallel
world. Japanese Government officials
have found the pathway to this world
and they decide to establish good
relations with the land with their
culture as the bridge, to avoid
unnecessary bloodshed in a war.
 Here Come The Problems
• The Japanese government make a
good choice to improve their relations
with the other-worldly country, but
the problem is that they told Shinichi
Kano, a shut-in to preach about
anime, manga, light novels and video
games in a medieval world with magic
and dragons.
 Detailed Problems (1)
• No envoy to another world would be a
shut-in, with almost zero experience
with real people.
• It would be lame to introduce video
games and animation in a world where
there is no technology and is based in
a medieval time period.
 Detailed Problems (2)
• The Japanese people are not only the
envoys from Japan, but from the
whole planet of Earth, itself.
Therefore, they can share all
information about Chinese dragons
because there are dragons in this
world. They are in a medieval world, so
they should share their medieval
culture, like the ninjas and samurais.
 Detailed Problems (3)
• Even if they want to share modern
information about their country, they
should start by introducing technology
as a concept, instead of directly giving
them video games to play. In a world
with no technology, it would not be a
sensible move to introduce animated
TV shows to them.
 Main Problem
• Basically, there are a lot of ways to
promote good relationships between
nations using culture as the method,
but introducing Otaku-culture is one
of the worst ways possible. This fact
is not only a flaw in the story-line, but
it is a problem for the viewers
themselves, who will most probably
disagree with the said idea.
 Possible Problems
• That’s not it, though, as there can be
quite a few serious problems which
this anime can cause. If somebody
who is new with or has just started
watching anime, they will easily tend
to believe that Japan is like anime and
anime is the thing Japan is most
known for. If they tell what they
believe to an experienced Otaku, they
will most likely be called a weeb, which
isn’t good.
 Reviewing The Anime (1)
• Finally, I’d like to point out some
things you should keep in mind if you
ever watch this anime. The anime is
fun and entertaining, but please do
not end up believing that anime is all
there is to Japan. That is the only
major flaw with this anime, otherwise,
it’s actually interesting and fun to
watch, if you like light-hearted
comedies.
 Reviewing The Anime (2)
• While watching this anime, don’t try to
learn anything about Japan, or even
anime. It would be quite interesting
and relatable if you have converted a
non-otaku into an otaku, or are trying
to. If you ignore that fact and try to
focus on the other funny aspects of
the anime, it can be considered pretty
nice.
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