Dan Rempel wrote:
> John W. wrote:
> > Eric Takabayashi wrote:
> >
> >>"John W." wrote:
> >>
> >>
> >>>You will see, however, many examples of
> >>>young
> >>>
> >>>>women or girls of sex objects in American live action movies,
> >>>
> >>>magazines or
> >>>
> >>>>online pay sites such as those with a girl's first name and age
> >
> > plus
> >
> >>>dot
> >>>
> >>>>com. This month I read the claim that 60%? of child porn online
> >>>
> >>>originates
> >>>
> >>>>in the US. A far cry from the time maybe 80% was claimed to
> >
> > originate
> >
> >>>in
> >>>
> >>>>Japan.
> >>>
> >>>I certainly agree it's a problem here. Lately it seems to be
> >
> > getting
> >
> >>>worse, and I can't help but wonder if the anime influence isn't
> >
> > part of
> >
> >>>that.
> >>
> >>You believe that entertainment, and from a foreign source at that,
> >>resulted in what we see? Wow.
> >
> >
> > In part, yes. Don't read too much into what I said, though; I said
> > influence, and I sincerely believe that's true. It does work that
way,
> > you know; the entertainment industry (of whatever country) is going
to
> > give audiences stuff that makes said industry more money, and the
anime
> > trend has been strong for quite some time now. You're probably not
> > aware of it since you're not here, but there are even US-made
> > anime-style shows. And I do believe this trend has influenced the
> > broader spectrum somewhat. (I also believe our reality shows are
> > influenced by Japanese shows; some stuff I've seen on Fear Factor,
for
> > example, is reminiscent of stuff on prime time Japanese shows.)
>
> FWIW, a whole pile of translated manga are showing up in the
bookstores
> around here, and there's always a couple of teenagers clustered
around
> intently purusing same. And yes, a couple of teenagers can cluster.
>
> Dan
If my son wants ramune (a drink) or poki we go to Media Play (a
CD/DVD/Entertainment chain store); they have quite a decent selection
of Japanese snacks right next to their large anime section.

I think folks that live in Japan don't understand truly how big the
anime culture is.

John W.