at my university, manga and anime are overly common among the people that study japanese.
it's a cliché, but it's a common truth too.
I actually dare to bet that more than half of the people that study japanese just do so to be able to read and understand anime, i don't think a lot of them are actually planning to go there in the future to actually work.
i have live witnessed a few guys from that class discussing drawings saying "oh look, this picture clearly shows more emotion than the previous one, i copied this from a Magic Card".
i might be generalising this in a way, i won't deny, but nevertheless, japanese is a hype in the west, and for over 50% solely for the hype of anime.
there are also a few emo's in the japanese class, but i'm not aware wether they watch anime or not. (i don't think the girl does)
i would link anime more to the common japanese lifestyle hype rather than to emo lifestyle
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