>>3415955
>Germany, France, Italy and Spain all get more translations and dubs than anyone else yet

Because they're all in the same western cultural sphere, there's a demand for American and European content because people can relate to the underlying philosophical concepts and cultural references that we're not even conscious of.

That's not to mention that America has a massive population and economic might, which along with the Marshall Plan more or less meant that it was inevitable for the last few generations to be proficient in English, compounded by the internet.

So, naturally, we tend to learn English through cultural osmosis, whereas there's very little opportunity for Japanese people to do so because we're fundamentally different cultures.

They're not aliens, of course, we can still relate on a broad level as empathetic human beings, but there's a reason why the majority of non-capeshit Western media flops there or isn't even released, or why western audiences and Japanese audiences will quite often have almost polar opposite opinions on products from the Japanese subculture (anime, manga, video games, jrock/jpop/denpa music, Murakami).

Why do you think "Japan has shit taste", both ironically and unironically, is such a popular mantra amongst Japanophiles in the West?

>your average person from those countries understands English perfectly

Young people yes, but you're overestimating France, Italy, and Spain.

tl;dr western culture VS japanese culture

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Sorry stranger, must be scary to see a block of text without Reddit spaces breaking up every line. Fixed it to hopefulyl make you feel included!

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