Obsessed? You sure you're watching Anime or something else? Majority of the time it takes place in Japan. There is only a few Anime that takes place in Europe. And one of them is in Clamore? Anime taken place in Japan. Ghost in the shell, Bubble Gum Crisis, Bubble Gum Crash, Ninja Scroll, Lain, Egro Proxy, Clannad, Clannad After Story, Kimi-no-nawa, A Silent voice, School Days, Deadman wounder land, Date Alive, Future Dairy, Zombie Land, Host Club, Death Note, Samuri Shamploon, Kite, Akira I can go on and on. I'm not understanding what you mean Obsession with Europe?

Just to touch on the relationship between German/Japanese cultural exchange during WW2: Actually, there was exchange of cultural ideas, albeit limited. At least two film co-productions between Imperial Japan and Nazi Germany, occured, for example Die Tochter des Samurai/新しき土(The New Earth). It wasn't a great movie, and due to clashing between the directors, they ended up releasing two different versions in each country. It was also received poorly in Japan. So yeah, not a lot of exchange, and the exchange that did occur wasn't great, but it happened!

I have been waiting for someone to do a video on this. Great research! you got yourself another subscriber.

A Big reason for these anime about Europe is, that Broadcasters from Europe like ZDF, ORF or SRF financed them.

I just so basically Europe is considered the exotic past in the same way the Far East is depicted.

not japanese but europe is my favourite fictional place as well

By episode 3 of book 1 it was already talking about genocide, kid show but it never shied away from mature or complexed themes.

Love the ideas at 6:30

I would like to give some nerd precisions on the « art » relationship globally between Japan and France, and it’s relationship with the « Paris syndrome » During the expansion of Japan and it’s opening to the world, Paris was the world’s capital of art, and art is an absolute soft power, so sending your best national artists to Paris academies with money prizes for studies was something highly regarded. For example, a lot of the golden American age illustrators come from such places (Les beaux arts, académie Julien, etc), same as the Finnish movement of « plein air ». And Japan did not derogate to the rule, the artistic techniques of Europe were highly regarded and were veeeeeery different than the one present in asiatic cultures at the time. It’s even still present today, were Europe strayed away from it’s « classicism » when you can find a lot of Korean of Chinese students fighting for their lives in « classical academies » in their countries derived from that. All of that to say that Japanese artist that were « sent » came back with something highly regarded, and such an artistic relationship between the two countries stayed through the ages. France sent the full portrait of Marie Antoinette to Tokyo for an exclusive exhibition a few years ago, something completely unseen before, and the exhibition was a blast. A lot of mangas were also influenced by the Franco-Belgium «bandes dessinées » aswell, and later on during the 70 and 80, when animes and mangas came to distribution in France, it created a whole new wave of young French consumers and fan, and future artists (comic books, animators, etc) influenced by these works. Not convinced ? France is the second biggest consumer of mangas and anime’s behind Japan itself, and the occidental premier of the boy and the heron, the last Miyazaki movie when I write these lines was displayed at Le Grand Rex, a huge 2700 places historical theatre in Paris, it was filled to the roof. In the end France and Japan have a high regard of each other culture and are huge consumers as well, many French people can have a « Tokyo syndrome » as well, tho not as strong as the Paris one.

to get wider audience rather than romanticizing european culture

Great video SVB! Glad to see you popping off!

Europe dominated the world militarily for 400 years, and 100 years ago most of the world was a European colony. Japan escaped this ineptitude through there amazing ability to adapt to foreign powers military prowess, as seen in the 17th, 19th, and 20th centuries. The extent of European domination was unseen before in history, and will obviously result in admiration from other countries, even with a far less decadent society then Western Europe like 日本❤. Us westerners talk ourselves down and destroy ourselves constantly, but it doesnt have to be that way. the actions of your anscestors, are not your fault! And additionally, you should not only aclnowledge the bad, but also amazing things the Eurpeans accomplished; first society to willingly end slavery, invented the pressumption of innocence, invented the modern scientific method, arguebly the first society to use the individual as the primary level of analysis, consistently the society since 1550 where the highest percentage of the population could vote, caused the industrial revolution, which initially was hard on society, but eventually birthed the richest and most equitable society in human history by 1900. Think of the amazing things your ancestors accomplished; whether it be Fredrick the 2nd, Napoleon Bonaparte, Peter the Great, Charles the 12th, Charlamange, Queen Elizabeth, or Harald Haldrada. All of these people did morally questionionable things, but they used there intelligence, honor, and values to make the best decision they could, and thats what makes them remarkable people, and you can absolutley do the same. So act in honor of your society and the remarkable things it's done, instead of destroying it out of resentment and shame. Europe and Japan are my favourite societies in history to study, and frankly, i wouldn't have it any other way.

remembering that Anime series where the capital of the world government was in Dakar Senegal and their biggest military base was in south america and the main characters had middle eastern sounding names in 1979.

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From 22:00 I feel you are right. I hope the studios keep in mind that, at the end of the day your movie/series has to be well written and must contain multiple layers to stay in a lasting interest of the people.

so this anime is the origin of isekai worlds looking like European countries

Same reason all the kids think Jap cartoons are "kewl". Grass/greener for both Teaboos and Weaboos.

because it was a mono culture, like Japan

I got into anime I think about 2 years ago now. I definitely noticed the heavy European inserting and it is a bit baffling. It’s hard not to notice the blonde haired blue eyed mass of characters if you start as an outsider. Outside of howl’s moving castle the anime that tell Japanese stories are typically a thousand times more interesting to me. Like mushi shi, or Natsume yuujin cho

just clicked on the video so let me guess before i watch: western imperialism

Amazing research and pleasant structure/presentation! I love your Overwatch-related content, but this channel is a gem; Svb, I hope it grows so that you can keep delighting us with simple questions and elaborated answers ❤

As a Japanese who happened to stumble upon this video unexpectedly, I'd like to say, Please return to the Europe we dream of. What is happening there?

Actually kiki delicery. Is very much same the city of stockholm and the island of sweden call gotland! ( iam from sweden) BUT again it is very northen europen look too it!

Now that I think about it, I don't think I've ever heard of any Anime based in or has Poland as a key focus.

So heidi made the company bankrupt? I thought it was a good anime

Holy fuck someone knows about this show

I am from Austria

I don’t know if this is covered and I can't wait. Why does the Rose of Versailles look SO much like Voltron?

For the same reason we like Japan as a setting so much, an appriciation for the aethstetic.

You should really clarify that this is idealized WESTERN Europe :D These are just as whimsical and fantastical for Eastern Europeans as for sb in Japan. Now I have to imagine a Ghibli movie in Eastern Europe - the protagonist is fighting in a revolution/rebellion for independence from a big Empire or something like it; maybe through in some impressive nature and mountain shots :D

Marie-Antoinette was not the last queen of France. Even from a republican, only-if-the-husband-actually-rules, point of view.

Summary: Miyazaki hates America, and loves Europe.

Europe is a place with varying art styles, languages, cultures, and hair colors; and some of them eventually learned how to get along.

I hate to be that person but didn’t steampunk always have that vague fantasy timeline look to it? It’s always been a mishmash of European garb (specifically Victorian era) and futuristic steam powered gizmos.

Bro started to yap about sodomy out of nowhere

Dog of Flanders, Princess Sara etc. These are Japanese anime shows based on European literature that shaped a generation. 😍

I completely forgot Heidi is an anime. Watched it as kid in germany and never knew the difference of course. Now I see this again and think to myself "Damm I watched Anime this early".

Wow great video and explanation ❤

*And now the perspective of the drawer* If i can criticise one thing about Heidi then it's the childs camera perspective and that you often see the girl from a low set point of view, i guess it was unintentional by him but in my humble opinion it has been abused, and i guess it is exactly what i have read what he regret about Heidi, that he introduced something not quite good but it's not his fault that this has been abused later (i assume). In other terms: Why do i always have to see the underwear of little girls?

In advance: would you think an anime about the child labour in fabrics industry back then in Switzerland would be a good topic for children? Better let's stay with an imagination. Something we germans (i am, but raised in Switzerland) and the japanese have in common is that we both started with copying industrial goods and evolved beyond our paragons. My dad respected them much, he worked in switzerland in the machine industry and they cooperated with sumitomo. Netstal Maschinen was in the sixties and seventies groundbereaking, they made the first plastic injected clean looking glass (no bubbles), or a boomerang which works out of the machine. They also cooperated with LEGO to refine the bricks, i had countless rejects to play with. And a certain believe in dilligence, while i guess the roots for this differ, germans did this because of understatement and i guess japanese more because of cultural reasons (correct me if i'm wrong), a sort of dogma, the simple mans philosophy is no dogma but unfortunatly also got lost in the germans. On the other hand i guess it was neither meant as dogma. There are parallels as i.e. the love for crafting. I like the pre WWII japanese animated shorts very much, in all i like and respect their art much, and it is still alive and you can see that well in the exposeé for Heidi. It's switzerland nonetheless the mountains look japanese but no critics it suits, it's suits as well as northern Japan looks exactly like Glarus Switzerland in Winter (i.e. Braunwald), even the wooden snow topped houses look similar. Perhaps it's a bit to wide, the valleys in Switzerland are very tight. Originally the region it is set is the Rheintal, or upper Rhine south of Vaduz, it's a relatively broad valley but in opposite the mountains in Heidi look more like bernese Alps instead of eastern Alps, but never mind it suits nonetheless. *He really captured it good even the century, poorness and simplicity of the country* As a swiss i cannot agree to the critics about Heidi, not only because i liked it as a child an that i'm biased, he doesn't makes a Disneyland out of Switzerland else i wouldn't have liked it. Sure it all looks happy and it wasn't such a happy world around them. But to close with words of "Näppis" Ulrich Brägger (Der arme Mann aus dem Tockenburg -> archive org) *"I wish i could be the poor goatsherder again i was as a child, poor but free of all sorrows and pain of this world"* If you are raised in ths simplicity you don't mind it. The practical teacher or master i had (a drop out from pharma, pre ww2 gen), was still raised this poor, cars he never had seen as child and neither a five Swiss Franks coin, which was a lot of money back then indeed, money was a reserve and not for daily needs. He was a clever old dude and a goatsherder himself as a child, from the same valley as Ueli, Toggenburg. He still lived that simple when i was educated and said "i'm used to it's not stinginess". Ueli was Geissen Peter and not just in a story, he lived it, he was a poor son of a sulfur cook (for the fabrics industry) and his parents died early as well all of his siblings because of starvation or the poisoning of the work. He even was a soldier in the prussian army for a short while but left soon: "war Is no craft to me". He wrote i guess three books and his patreon was Orell Füssli himself but Ueli hated writing he thought it's a curse and there is only one book is worth to be read, the bible, but he could not stop to express himself after he was teached writing by his pastor. Sure his biography found apart from other a way into Johanna Spyri's novel. Switzerland stayed very poor until the founding of the federation in 1848 which broke the power of the patrician families who controlled the industry, stopped child work and granted common rights (but to be honest seen from my ward the situation is now again pretty the same, just that we have no industry anymore, but never ask a goatsherder, i mean fabrics technician). Just to say, i like Heidi. *We must look at it through a childs eye* Some quotes of Ueli the goatsherder: "There are countless wonders around us one has just take its time to notice them" "Who pretends to be a leader by promises is certainly not a good one"

There was already a popular Japanese folklore animation called 'Nihon Mukashi Banashi', which had a very high level of public awareness and was watched by almost all children. I think the need to differentiate from this was a major factor. In Japan, Grimm's Fairy Tales and Andersen's Fairy Tales have long been popular and well-known as picture books for children.

Cause america culture is shit xdd

最近は日本文化が好きだと言ってくれるヨーロッパの方がとても増えましたが、日本人は200年以上前からからヨーロッパの上品で美しい街並みや洗練された服装、高品質な道具、高い教育水準、礼儀正しい人々に憧れています。 日本人は韓国人や中国人があまり好きでは無いので1800年代には「脱亜論」といってアジアを捨ててヨーロッパの仲間になろうという運動も起こりました。 私たち日本人が憧れたヨーロッパに戻って欲しいです….

to add to the argument of chapter 3: ive heard some interesting analysing of japanese culture that emotional relationships and se.xual relationships are actually seperated. meaning woman could have close emotinoal relationships appart from their marriage- which are more like business relationships: to raise a family. its such a very forign idea as an american. this is coming 2nd hand though as i haven't researched it personally myself.

I say this as an Asian, please make Europe Europeans again.

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Americans actually did become alot more fascinated with French culture as a result of ww1. This is where "flapper" culture of the 1920s comes from.

Omg I loved Heidi! I didn’t know it was anime! Also loved Kimba growing up

Less than a minute in and he is attacking my animes tiddies. like BRUH

Hi, I have a vid idea for u, no offence, you said you were born in India (me too), so can you give us a detailed research and make a vid on the Indian animation industry and what points it needs to surpass anime (basically think ahead of anime), like animation, storytelling, cgi, etc. I think you at your time in India may have seen some of the "classical shows" of Indian animation, ngl back then it was in the right track but now..... like you can suggest a right track for it