I've had more than one Japanese person react with shock when I've told them KFC isn't from Japan. McDonald's and seven-eleven too. One person I met asked if foreigners celebrate Christmas.
As I have said multiple times on this forum, Japan is the only country I know of where the average citizen is more self referential and up their own ass than the U.S. The only reason anime is at all interesting is because of it's strict unyielding adherence to Japanese cultural tropes and references, the more obscure and odd the better. It is one of the few entertainment markets that is heavily marketed to the U.S. but with the U.S. as an afterthought.
Truely baffling how it has gained so much cultural clout rather than say, Telemundo.
I've had more than one Japanese person react with shock when I've told them KFC isn't from Japan. McDonald's and seven-eleven too. One person I met asked if foreigners celebrate Christmas.
As I have said multiple times on this forum, Japan is the only country I know of where the average citizen is more self referential and up their own ass than the U.S. The only reason anime is at all interesting is because of it's strict unyielding adherence to Japanese cultural tropes and references, the more obscure and odd the better. It is one of the few entertainment markets that is heavily marketed to the U.S. but with the U.S. as an afterthought.
Truely baffling how it has gained so much cultural clout rather than say, Telemundo.