Not All Japanese People Like Anime. So, yes, anime is popular in Japan.
While 31% said Japan "should actively accept" foreign workers, 50% said "I don't like it, but it can't be helped." The younger generation seems more open to foreign workers, with 48% responding that Japan "should actively accept" them.
But mostly, Japanese fans regard Western fans the same way most American fans regard Japanese fans: "oh, yeah, those people exist, don't they?" They might occasionally interact with us online, or share some links to Western cosplay photos (good and bad).
Long before the 1990s, anime was sporadically released in the West, with these old-school classics often being heavily edited for American viewers. Anime is currently at its most popular across the globe, with the medium being more mainstream than ever in the West.
"The majority of Japanese feel that foreigners are foreigners and Japanese are Japanese," said Shigehiko Toyama, a professor of English literature at Showa Women's University in Tokyo. "There are obvious distinctions. Foreigners who speak fluently blur those distinctions and that makes the Japanese feel uneasy."
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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.
By contrast, among many American users at least, otaku refers to a passionate fan of anime and manga exclusively. Otaku is less pejorative than its meaning in Japanese and is sometimes used interchangeably with weeaboo.
Otaku (Japanese: おたく, オタク, or ヲタク) is a Japanese word that describes people with consuming interests, particularly in anime, manga, video games, or computers. Its contemporary use originated with a 1983 essay by Akio Nakamori in Manga Burikko.
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.
The Philippines is a pure example of anime rich culture outside Japan in Asia....Top 10 Countries where Anime is Most Popular and Why!Rank1Top X countries where Anime is most popularJapanCountry's population as of January 2022126,362,853% of people watching anime75.87%Number of people watching anime63,181,42710 more columns•Oct 22, 2020
Attitudes to anime movies among adults the United States as of January 2020, by ethnicityCharacteristicVery favorableNever heard ofWhite9%11%Hispanic16%8%African American15%14%Other22%10%Feb 4, 2020