abc.net.au/news/how-anime-conquered-the-world/101373236From dark dystopias to goofball comedy, coming-of-age stories, love, friendship and everything in between, the world of anime has it all.
Japanese Animation Fans of Western Australia provides a forum for like-minded people to gather together. Anime and close relation Manga — graphic novels — have been around for decades, but a big moment came in the 1990s when cyberpunk action film Akira broke out of the underground and became a slow-burning hit in the West.
Madman's anime business was acquired by Aniplex and then Funimation, and was rebranded to Crunchyroll last year. The 2021 film Jujutsu Kaisen 0 — a tale of a high school student haunted by the spirit of his childhood crush — cleaned up across the world and gave The Batman a run for its money at the UK box office."There's a popular misconception that it only appeals to Asian audiences, but it's so much more than that," he said.
But University of Adelaide associate professor Shoko Yoneyama believes there's been a definite shift in recent years to a more Asian influence."The influence of Japanese anime and manga is phenomenal," Dr Yoneyama said. "His work provides a very important image of how we can relate to nature, not in such a way to control nature, but we are just part of nature.
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