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Most Japanophile nations - 04-02-2010, 09:10 PM

Which countries do you think have the most weeaboos (adjusted for population of course). In my home country Norway, we're starting to get a lot of weeaboos the past years, mostly due to anime, manga, and the fact that there's hardly any culture here.

Norway still is far, far behind France when it comes to Japanophilia though. As a French learner, I'm amazed by the sheer amount of loli worshipping, fansubbed japanese entertainment, and the massive amount of manga they have. There's actually more manga titles in France than in America. Which is quite ironic, when you consider how popular France and French culture is in Japan.
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04-02-2010, 11:46 PM

hum..... that's kinda hard to saaay...
which country has the largest population of teens? o.o'



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04-02-2010, 11:51 PM

Haha :P

Let's hope they actually learn the language instead of just the name add-ons (suffixes?) and know how to use desu!

But here's a point, a question to bring up:

If 4Kids was ruled over by weeaboos and Otakus, would it be as good as Funimation?


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Which countries do you think have the most weeaboos (adjusted for population of course). In my home country Norway, we're starting to get a lot of weeaboos the past years, mostly due to anime, manga, and the fact that there's hardly any culture here.

Norway still is far, far behind France when it comes to Japanophilia though. As a French learner, I'm amazed by the sheer amount of loli worshipping, fansubbed japanese entertainment, and the massive amount of manga they have. There's actually more manga titles in France than in America. Which is quite ironic, when you consider how popular France and French culture is in Japan.
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04-05-2010, 08:42 AM

I'd probably say America.

England is probably rising, but the general population certainly would not know what anime, jrock, manga, lolita, decora blah blah blah is. Let alone like any of it. Our biggest manga convention thingy only has 1200 people at maximum.
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04-05-2010, 12:58 PM

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Haha :P

Let's hope they actually learn the language instead of just the name add-ons (suffixes?) and know how to use desu!

But here's a point, a question to bring up:

If 4Kids was ruled over by weeaboos and Otakus, would it be as good as Funimation?
Weeaboos? No.

Otakus? Yes.


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04-05-2010, 01:50 PM

On a per capita basis, I would have to say Taiwan and Singapore.
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Funny I've never heard of the term weeaboos. I'm guessing it means "fans of Japanese culture"?

Anyways I had no idea that france and norway were populated by people like that! I had thought that only US was like that.

No its not just a fan, its a ignorant fan.

Someone who is ignorant of the culture. Uses the only little bit of language they know "kawaii, desu, ne" and uses it in all the wrong areas and over uses it.

They also seem to belive that Japan is a magical land of pocky, ramune, matcha and anime. And that everyone is a cute little school girl that runs around and giggles.


Some people belive that someone who is over obsessed with anime or manga is a weeaboo but I belive thats just a insult to someone who loves anime and manga. What makes it a weeaboo is the fact that they may be obsessed but are also very ignorant to the culture and language.
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07-17-2010, 04:18 AM

I think a Japanophile are more interested in traditional Japanese culture and willing to learn more of the language than a weeaboo. Daniel is correct on what weeaboos are.
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07-17-2010, 04:55 AM

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When you simply can't express your dismay, there is always facepalm. Know your meme.

Weeaboo developed on 4chan, and was a word filter for Wapanese, itself a play on the fairly offensive Whigger, and referred to those that prefered Japanese culture over their own culture.

The term originally was chosen as a wordfilter in 2003 after appearing in this comic:



I was present for these events under another pseudonym, as it was right in the middle of my college career, and I was most certainly far more weeaboo than I am now, ironically.

Now, it applies to anyone who is more than the most casual of anime viewer. If all you do is watch ghibli films when Disney releases them, you're not a weeaboo. The word is an attempt to answer the "badge of honor" appropriation that otaku has now become (they're both derogatory, which is why people who like the word otaku and dislike the word weeaboo make me lol).

You're involved in a conversation about the definition of weeaboo? You're a weeaboo. Myself included.


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