umm well this question goes for those who never imagine liking japanese music/manga/anime or such..
So what made you start liking what you like now?
for example: i came here when i was 12 and didn't know anything about japanese music/anime/manga/nothing and now here i am, with hundreds of mangas in my hard drive and my mp3 player only has japanese/rock/instrumental music..
lol yes, really i was in a closed off environment, didn't have computer when i was back in my country. so what influenced you into the japanese culture, their music and such?

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honestly it was pokemon the show influenced me so much that i've seen every episode so far, ok fine i havent seen the last 20 episodes thats only because i mass watch it during spring break every year.

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honestly it was pokemon the show influenced me so much that i've seen every episode so far, ok fine i havent seen the last 20 episodes thats only because i mass watch it during spring break every year.

same with me...but i don't watch pokemon anymore^^ stilll...were good times...

I think.. it's the language. I really like the sound of the Japanese language..
Then again, I like the sound of all Asian languages..
is Asian myself <--- haha.

But yeah, the culture is cool. ^^ Really.. admire it.

Sailor moon and then I kinda got introduced into the anime world like that and soon i liked the japanese language and even music 😀

Hmm...A number of years back...like 5 years ago or something like that, I was browsing youtube and saw "Naruto Episode xx" So I thought, "Huh I have nothing better to do." And after I got hooked to that I saw "Bleach Episode xx" And thought, "I want to check this out!" So yeah. It started a domino effect.

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haha o yeah, cartoons like Dragon ball z and sailor moon are put into the t.v so that might make people more curious to see japanese!><XD

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DragonBall manga, it defined my youth.

I started watching anime at a young age, so it's only natural for me to have eventually gotten into other aspects of the culture.

watched a taiwanese drama,then read manga version of it.then i suddenly started liking japanese manga and later followed by japanese music,etc. and maybe because i'm 1/4 japanese...

having a japanese sibling. while he was at home, he was very much an otaku

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having a japanese sibling. while he was at home, he was very much an otaku

thanks a ton. im not an otaku

My childhood was all Dragonball/Z, Pokemon, and the Miyazaki movies. All of these influenced my liking to anything from Japan.

ohh miyazaki amazing movies. he/or she?? well it influenced me alot 2. specially Howl's moving castle and naruto ..=D

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It was my fourth grade art teacher. She went to Japan and came back and we did all kinds of Japanese themed things. I fell in love then and still am in love with them.