Cultural Crash......whyzit? thread

[Katsuya Ishtar]

In Japan, the legal age a girl can get married is 16.

High school is typically optional, but most go to it to be their friends.

Osamu Tezuka started the idea of drawing large eyes on characters, as he was inspired by Disney.

Often times when a teen goes to high school, yet it is faraway, the parents finds it cheaper to just get their teen an apartment, rather than move the whole family.

Usagi's full name is Tsukino Usagi, with the family name first. The whole thing means rabbit of the moon, her last name has the word "tsuki" in it, meaning Rabbit of the Moon. Her comforter as rabbits and moons on it also, again playing on her name.

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ZeoViolet

There is an old Japanese story about the Monkey King, who had a tail and a Nyoi-bo (sp?), where Dragon Ball and numerous other references comes from!

Neat Idea! We need a tread like this biggrin

I am pretty sure Sun Goku originated from a Chinese novel, the same one that Saiyuki is based off of. And Suikoden the game also came from a Chinese novel. The Japanese had borrowed and adopted many China main land folklores and culture back in the days due to trading and political associations. At the same time, many Japanese folklores are told in China. Like the tale of the crane goddess (Used in shojou manga Ayashi no Ceres).

I would love it if you could list some of the Asian folklores found in Anime. I watched Naruto without knowing them, and boy was I surprised when I found out just on who and what Kishimoto based more than half of the cast on. One misses so much without the cultural backgrounds.

Yes, folklore echoes heavily in their anime and manga series, as well as their culture itself.

Some people are wondering why two people--say, parent and child--who often reunite and run up and greet each other, but never touch, hug, or kiss--this *is* sometimes shown, mind you, butJapanese have very strong feelings about not only touching in public, but they also have the widest personal-space bubbles of anyone else in the world. US people have the second widest, but we often love to see happy emotional reunions, full of hugs, but in Japan this is regarded differently.

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ZeoViolet

Some people are wondering why two people--say, parent and child--who often reunite and run up and greet each other, but never touch, hug, or kiss--this *is* sometimes shown, mind you, butJapanese have very strong feelings about not only touching in public, but they also have the widest personal-space bubbles of anyone else in the world. US people have the second widest, but we often love to see happy emotional reunions, full of hugs, but in Japan this is regarded differently.

hummm, space bubbles. I wonder how Japanese people handle it since the place is pretty populated.

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It would be logical to assume that with all the crowding, personal space and privacy are greatly treasured (nonwithstanding japanese-style bathing) and so consideration for the right to breathe is precedent in the culture. There are likely other reasons, but this *has* to be one of them.

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[Alchemic Orgazim]

....I see........

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Can someone tell me what a Bento Box is?