Attitudes to anime movies among adults the United States as of January 2020, by ethnicityCharacteristicVery favorableVery unfavorableWhite9%24%Hispanic16%22%African American15%20%Other22%18%Feb 4, 2020
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Easily topping this list with 0.95 Demand Expressions per 100 capita (DEX/c), the USA is the world's most enthusiastic international market for anime. The USA has more than double the demand of the country with the next highest demand for anime titles, the Philippines.
'” Weeaboo is generally considered a derogatory term for people who love anime, manga, and other aspects of Japanese culture to a point of obsession. However, in true Millennial/Gen-Z style, people have ironically reclaimed the word to refer to themselves, and Ebony is one of them.
While in the past, some anime relied on stereotypes and racism when portraying Black characters, there are some great anime with Black protagonists. Netflix's recent anime series, Yasuke, is notable for featuring a Black character as a ninja in Japan of the 16th century.
On average, African Americans are of West/Central African with some European descent; some also have Native American and other ancestry. According to U.S. Census Bureau data, African immigrants generally do not self-identify as African American.
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It's more popular in Japan by a country mile, made by the Japanese for the Japanese. That's the way most Japanese things work, they're very focussed on what their own country's consumers want first, everyone else comes a very distant second.
Anime/manga target all ages and social groups. They encompass all genres: science fiction, action adventure, romance, historical drama, erotic, literary, information, humor, and sports.
A weeb is a derisive term for a non-Japanese person who is so obsessed with Japanese culture that they wish they were actually Japanese.
The art director of Afro Samurai: Resurrection, Shigemi Ikeda, won an Emmy for his work on Resurrection, which is the first ever awarded for work on a Japanese-animated production. Afro Samurai: Resurrection was the first Japanese anime to be nominated for and win an Emmy.