Avid fans of anime often wonder how similar lives portrayed in virtual stories are to real life in Japan. Although some things are certainly beyond the realm of reality altogether, when it comes to the core of anime compared to reality in Japan, the similarities can be quite vivid, but not always.
Every year, many students and potential workers come to Japan for a variety of reasons: new opportunities, adventure, travel and exploration of one of the most intriguing countries on Earth. However, among these new arrivals, there are many who come with an anime image embedded in their minds, who expect to see a near perfect representation in real life Japan as they do on the fictional screen. Although they may be disappointed on some levels (when they are not immediately greeted by the fantastical elements of anime), on others they will often see glimpses of anime in real life in Japan.
Unsurprisingly perhaps, the scenery, food and festivals that are shown in anime are very much identical to real life in Japan. This also includes the atmosphere that surrounds them. While rural Japan has gorgeous valleys, bamboo forests and tiny temples in very high places, big cities like Osaka and Tokyo are covered in kawaii advertisements, neon lights and
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In Japan, being able to taste the delicious foods of anime is also a wonderful treat! The okonomiyaki shown below is a famous food from Osaka that looks just as good in real life as it does in the anime Shirobako.
In terms of the humour in anime, it is very much tailored to the Japanese audience. Although the facial expressions and body movements are of course exaggerated in anime (I've seen a few Japanese comedians who could pull it off though), the insults, naughty humour, and light smacks on the head are quite frequent among friends. Christmas is a big deal, Valentine's Day is a
Although the idea of friendship being able to solve everything in anime has become quite the cliché, when it comes to Japan... well, the motive is still pretty strong. Perhaps not friendship as much as 'teamwork'. As a society, Japan focuses a lot of its attention on teamwork and the importance of everyone sticking together, whether it's at work, sports, school, etc. Receiving compliments is usually automatically transferred to other people who were also a part of someone's success. This is definitely the case when it comes to the dream team from Haikyuu!! shown below.
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Bigger cities are much more adventurous when it comes to fashion than other parts of Japan. Dyed hair, eye-catching fashion, and creative make-up are much more likely to be seen in Tokyo and Osaka than in any other part of Japan. Although I have seen cosplayers in Tokyo on a daily basis, in other parts of Japan, the anime extreme is not so extreme. Super short school uniform skirts are highly unlikely in an actual school setting, panties don't flash out of nowhere, and overall people are very fashionable, but not in a shocking manner. The girls from K-On! would probably fit into the city girl genre.
Wouldn't you be able to say all of these things in similar manner for the stereotypes that are made towards your current country? People are people. Although the excitement of the environment in Japan will hold you for the first few months (the attraction towards everything that is cute and bright and bordered by neon lights), after a while you will set into the routine of being a student or an employee the same way as you would in any other country. And what you will realize is that you will still go back to anime for the fantastic and over-the-top elements to satisfy your fan desires, because you will not find them in real life Japan to such an extreme. Japan is an amazing place to visit, to live in and to explore, but you have to remember that anime is only one part of their culture, and one that many Japanese people aren't even particularly interested in. If you are coming to Japan to see it for what it really is and to enjoy it in all of its positive and negative lights, then you will surely have a great time. But if you are coming to Japan to live in an anime, you will soon find yourself back in front of the TV screen in order to fill those particular fantasies.
Sure, you might love some of the more poorly received anime in this article, and you might not understand the fervor around the latest big hits. But this is what the general consensus is around the latest hits and misses of the Spring 2016 anime season for western anime fans.
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There are tons of anime out there featuring teenage characters and naturally, we have tons of anime about school-life or related to school-life. Although this depends on different anime, generally schools in anime are depicted in colorful and merry way. We can see tons of gorgeous and beautiful stories about friends, love stories, and more… But is it the same in real life? Well, it’s time to see how different between schools in anime vs real life!
Before getting into certain differences between Japanese school in anime and real life, let’s take a look at how school system in Japan works, shall we? And luckily, the school system is pretty the same between anime and real-life version, so let’s go!
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Elementary School and Junior High School are classified as compulsory education and therefore, children from 7 to 15 years old have to participate. On the other hand, High School is kind of optional. But frankly speaking, most children still go to High School nonetheless.
Now that we have taken a brief look about Japanese school system, what are the differences between schools from anime vs real life?
In anime, we can see students have tons of colorful (and sometimes wacky) uniforms with various styles. But in reality, there is only one staple uniform design:
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Unlike the colorful anime’s version, real-life school uniform mostly features dark blue or black tone, along with white color of the shirt. Necktie and ribbon are the only thing we may see in more colorful tone. So if you are looking for bright “
During hot weathers, students are allow not to wear the jackets and only need to wear the white shirt instead. But for the boys, the white shirt is somehow “
In terms of skirt, Japanese schools have quite strict rule in which skirt’s length needs to be a bit above knees, OR, even cover the knees. So again, sorry, there is no such skirt with short length like the one Rin often wears in Fate Stay Night. But of course, girl students often find way to “
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” of wearing skirts are not rare nowadays. Yet, one thing we can sure though: teachers will definitely pay attention to those kinds of short skirt.
” clothes, and hair dye. So yeah, there is no such colorful hair style in real life, except for pure black hair. And since all of these options are literally forbidden, students seek other way to show their characteristics or interests via other means like bag accessories. Sounds different than anime version isn’t it? But that’s why artists always include various “
Okay, there are lots of anime nowadays featuring main protagonists living alone at home like Rei Kiriyama from 3-Gatsu no Lion anime or Rito from To-Love Ru anime (his parents are literally never at home). But let’s be real! Such situation does not really exist in real life. And even if it does, it is extremely rare. Real-life students always stay with their family (or in some cases, school dormitory) we mean like… how else can they live?
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That said; we see an interesting notion in which more and more anime nowadays featuring main protagonists living alone. Personally we don’t see this as coincidence. If you have lived in Japan, or at least known about life in Japan, you will see that student’s life is quite stressful unlike the happy vibe in anime (which we will talk about later). There seem to have many things binding a student and therefore, the trend of “
Many anime sticks quite close to the real life in this regard. In reality, Japanese students have to get to school by themselves without getting drop off by family. The common means of travel are bicycle or go-on-foot. Students who live far away from school choose to travel via buses and trains. In anime, we may also see imposing teacher “
” school gate to ensure that students coming to school on time and checking students’ uniform. That also does happen in real life.
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In anime, many students are seen to come to the
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