Hello, everyone!
I'm a Japanese student working on my master's thesis on Anime.
I would like to know few things from American anime fans:
1) Do you like anime more than live-action films? If yes (or no), why?
2) When you watch anime, does that encourage you to like Japan?
(*never mind the fact that I'm Japanese
You can say whatever you want.)
3) Do you find anime characters look like Western people or Asians, or something else? Do you identify yourself with anime characters?
4) If there is any, what do you learn from anime?
5) Have you ever talked to any Japanese people about anime, and found something different in your understanding of anime and theirs?
If it's too much, you don't have to answer them all. I just wanna know little more how American people are perceiveing Japanese pop-culture.
Thanks!