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The Popularity of Japanese Anime

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Nowadays, what is one of the most popular things around the world? The answer will be Japanese culture. In recent years, Japanese culture has swept the world. In Asia, almost everyone knows at least one Japanese traditional culture such as Bushido and tea ceremony. In Europe and America, there are many Sushi bars and Japanese restaurants in cities. Anime, as the most representative Japanese culture also has become popular outside of Japan. First, Japanese Anime TV show has become very popular all over the world. It is easy to watch on TV in many states of the world. Today, American children’s channel has full of a variety of anime. But ten years ago, there are only few Japanese anime TV shows in America. People also can find many anime on the internet. In Cartoon Network.com, there are many anime such as Dragon ball, Gundam and Ham taro. For instance, Gardiner states that in the last year, one Japanese toy and anime Company which called Bandai Entertainment has published 75 anime TV shows and movies in US market and this number is still continue to rise (2). In addition, popularity of anime can also be emerged by ranking. Ten years ago, anime never appeared on the leader board of children’s programming in America. However, anime usually show regularly on the ranking list. For example, according to Faiola Anthony, in Nielsen rating, “Yu-Gi-Oh” is ranked in the third and “Pokemon” is sixth(3). In brief, from these phenomenon, it is clear that anime TV show obtains remarkable success outside of Japan. Furthermore, Japanese anime movie also received many attentions from all over the world. There are more and more anime films offer to audience in theatre. For example, in Asia countries, people can see some anime movie series like Doraemon collection in theatres every year. Hayao Miyazaki is a person which cannot be ignored in anime filmdom. According to “Japan’s Gross National Cool”, a few years ago, “Spirited Away” wh

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