Cultural Differences: Similarities Between American And Japanese Stereotypes

America and Japan are filled with cultural differences, but one thing we do share is our love for entertainment, specifically cartoons. The earliest ways of showing motion date back to as early as 30,000 B.C.. As long as humans have been able to draw, we have tried to depict motion. Although America and Japan came from basically the same place, the two vary so heavily from one another now.

The demographic we usually associate cartoons with are children and "childish" adults here in America. It seems to be the exact same way in Japan. Although in both countries there are cartoons for every age group, we still associate them with immaturity and childishness. The only thing is in Japan a lot less thing are censored than in America, so in that sense, Americans would probably view them as more mature. Japanese also

The biggest difference is the fact of limited animation, where movement is more static in Japan. America uses more fluid motion. Characters ' movements flow into one another and never disconnect. In Japan it is the complete opposite. The Japanese go for a more disconnected look it may not seem that way, but it does open up more avenues for movement choices. It gives them a chance to show off stronger fights and poses, but it does lose the sense of beauty fluidity brings.

The depth of differences between American and Japanese cartoons is something I could never get to the bottom of. I could talk on a majority of the disconnections, but I have found that if people look in the right cartoons, each culture will have traits of both. The fact that we all come from the same place makes it impossible for our cultures to not have similarities, and cartoons provide a great example for it. This topic that I chose alone shows me that slight differences in histories of countries can throw entire cultural aspects completely