Looking at Napier and Cavallaro, (2006) discuss how anime is culturally 'located'- in the East or West or somewhere else?
The heart of Anime is still clearly based in Japan, however as the secondary text discusses, Animes popularity has grown to be world wide. Anime is still regarded as a subculture in the West of the world, however the Eastern world regard it as a growing phenomenon and rightly so. Anime is far more than a cartoon, and the comparison some have made to Disney is laughable. Anime is an art in terms of the visual drawings and its content. I believe Anime will always survive most strongly in Japan because as the secondary text describes, Anime is uncompromising. And why should it? Anime is honest, complex, entertaining, engaging and beautiful. Anime has proven it does not need the support of American pop culture so that readers can relate. I believe this is mostly because what makes Anime so engaging to Western viewers is that it is something the West has never experienced- quite original.
I think Anime is very important in popular genre because it represents current Japan. The west has had a hard time letting go of world war two (an idea also in "The Man in the High Castle" by Philip K. Dick). Anime is intelligent and although some may disagree with me, I find it can have a very peaceful nature to it.
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