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Essay / The Globalization of Anime - 3127
Anime is a form of art because it expresses cultural phenomena about Japan and its people. As in most other countries, cartooning existed in Japan throughout the 20th century and beyond, beginning with traditional drawings and comics dealing with political, social, and historical themes. However, what sets anime apart from the rest is that anime contains a lot of Japanese culture. In each series broadcast, they include special holidays like Natsu Matsuri: summer festival, tea ceremony, traditional clothing like kimono, etc. One might, while watching anime, notice that the characters' behavior is different and that the food and customs are different from American ones. or a western cartoon. Strangely, these differences in anime, characteristic of Eastern media, appeared in the philosophy of Confucius. Confucianism has played an important role in creating and maintaining values and social order such as forgiveness, good manners, respect, loyalty and honesty since the 6th century. Even though Japanese society has become very different since the early post-war period, these same principles are still highly valued, as they are in other forms. Recent shonen anime, aimed at pre-teen and adolescent boys like Naruto and Bleach, hook their viewer with interesting plots and action scenes while Confucian values are propagated. As this cultural value has blended, the anime has become interesting and seems to attract a wider audience every day due to its ability to inspire its audience to see themselves in the series. Anime's success began with famous Japanese artist Osamu Tezuka, one of the founding fathers of Japanese anime and manga. In the 1960s, Tezuka became a famous mangaka and was credited with creating Japan's modern anime...... middle of paper ......r. Ed. Frank J. Lechner and John Boli. 4th ed. New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. 88-94. Print. Focus on the idea that the global and the local affect the world at the same time as the process of globalization continues to spread. Sen, Amartya. “How to judge globalism.” The Globalization Reader. Ed. Frank J. Lechner and John Boli. 4th ed. New York: Wiley-Blackwell, 2012. 17-21. Print. Analyze further to better understand what globalization really is while emphasizing that globalization is also beneficial to the whole world. Wang, Georgette and Yeh, Emilie Yueh-yu. Globalization and hybridization in cultural production: a tale of two films. Hong Kong: David C. Lam Institute for East-West Studies, 2005. LEWI Working Paper Series no 36. Illustrating the processes of hybridization and the conclusion of the debate on the globalization of culture.