Japanese Cartoons Influence On American Culture

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Japanese cartoons have a completely different voice compared to Western cartoons. Some students in America who are going to be some of the next animators, illustrators, writers, etc. are starting to follow the Japanese style, showing that the Japanese have impacted the culture of Americans. In an interview, Toshio talks about how “some of the students showed me anime they had created themselves. I got the impression that they might end up influencing America's animation industry in the future.” (Toshio, 2003, para. 41). Toshio was saying that Japanese cartoons must be impacting some people in America to make them start to follow the Japanese art style. Another way to look at it is the artistic voice used in the show. Japanese cartoons use these

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