I believe that was the point I was trying to make. That most "japanophiles" and you must admit that anime is a huge subset of that, don't actually live here or have first-hand knowledge of the culture. The number of people interested in Japan because of the medieval culture (not derived from anime, which takes place within that culture, often) is much smaller than the hentai and pocky crowd. That's the way it always is, history is for geeks. I'm a geek. But I'm a classics geek, so this is very strange water for me.
My husband loves zen philosophy and medieval Japanese culture. That's why we're here. I certainly was not insulting that.
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Date: 2004-08-23 02:03 pm (UTC)My husband loves zen philosophy and medieval Japanese culture. That's why we're here. I certainly was not insulting that.