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Ahead of Japan’s July 20 elections, a populist opposition party called Sanseito has garnered much confusion and criticism from Japanese people online over proposed political measures related to video games, anime and manga. While Sanseito is a minority party, based on current forecasts, it is expected to capture a significant number of seats in Japan’s House of Councillors.

On its official homepage, Sanseito highlights Japan’s entertainment industry (specifically anime, manga and video games) as a “core industry,” that generates yearly revenue comparable to the country’s semiconductor exports. Sanseito says that these forms of media “go beyond entertainment, becoming important tools for Japan’s cultural diplomacy and international influence.” As such, the party intends to support the industry’s expansion through several measures.

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[–] frustrated_phagocytosis@fedia.io 82 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Suggest looking into the personal lives of the party members to find the most depraved shit imaginable IRL

[–] ogeist@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

Bruh, they are just humans living the Life in an Island, from the guy of the list if you catch my drift. Not like those nerds watching cartoons.

[–] NoneOfUrBusiness@fedia.io 39 points 1 day ago (1 children)

For context, this is the Japanese version of Reform UK or AfD.

[–] kadaverin0@lemmy.dbzer0.com 17 points 1 day ago

Are these those crackpots who ride around Tokyo in those decorated soccer mom vans and scream nationalist slogans and slurs against "foreigners" out of loudspeakers?

[–] mriswith@lemmy.world 21 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago)

Put away your pitchforks. It's just a right wing populist/idiot party trying to garner attention.

Trying to push this in Japan is literally how you get the quiet guy in the office to go postal. They'd need 24/7 police protection.

[–] anonymous_in_atl@ani.social 14 points 1 day ago

Right wing, you say?

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 16 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Yeah, nah. If you want wholesome Disney shit, create it yourselves (something like PBS, idk if Japan has something similar). Don't expect others to change their creations to look better to the rest of the world. The violence and "unwholesomeness" is what a lot of us like about certain projects. Sure, the cutesy family friendly stuff is okay, but c'mon.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 7 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Im not 100% sure but it feels like they do. cells at work, this one about excersize and nutrition, and even doctor stone all have a pbs type feel to them.

[–] FerretyFever0@fedia.io 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It's called the NHK. Pretty similar to PBS. Makes documentaries, kids shows, apparently some anime. I hadn't heard of most of it, but I don't really watch anime. They apparently aired seasons 3 and 4 of Attack on Titan though. They also made one called "Welcome to the N.H.K" about mental health. If this party is so concerned with foreign perception (it's already extremely good, at least in the US), they should just invest more into the NHK. And make the stuff not dogshit. That's the most important part. Don't make it feel like it was created by the government.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago

I actually liked all the ones I mentioned although the excersise one I thought was funny because it seemed so american in method. Talking about avoiding carbs and getting protein and weight training.

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 5 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Cells at work is decently wholesome. Some blood and violence, not much, comparable to Osmosis Jones. Now cells at work: code black on the other hand…

[–] Hugin@lemmy.world 4 points 1 day ago

Red blood cell is the main character so yeah lots of blood.

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 3 points 1 day ago (1 children)

did it get really violent or something?

[–] Rolder@reddthat.com 6 points 1 day ago

Regular cells at work takes place in a decently average body and handles things like colds, scrapes, fever, etc. Run of the mill things

Code black is a spinoff where the body is a really unhealthy middle aged man and handles things like smoking, high cholesterol, STDs, etc. Much more adult topics. And also quite a bit grittier and more violent in presentation

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 15 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Do they know why anime is popular??? Sure some things like Frieren is about the animation style and plot for sure but others have a certain quality that I just can't put my finger on but if I could im sure I would like it that much more like high school double D's.

[–] G@piefed.world 4 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I don’t wanna google if high school double d’s is a real show

[–] HubertManne@piefed.social 12 points 1 day ago

It is but its not called that by anyone but me. Its high school DxD.

[–] logicbomb@lemmy.world 10 points 1 day ago

I don't know that anime is so profitable that they can afford to stop making popular content in order to make propaganda.