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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Merlion" data-source="post: 3765706" data-attributes="member: 10397">I love stories. And I love magic. And anime has an abundance of both.I love many cultures, and I consider all of them to be "mine." I love Grim's fairy tales. I love Tolkien. I study many belief systems, religions, cultures and mythologies, and enjoy stories...especially stories about magic, from more or less all cultures. That includes Japanese, and other east-asian cultures.  For many of us life long lovers of fantasy, a lot of it is simply a change of pace. The Asian mode(s) of storytelling are very different in many ways from the Western, and that makes them refreshing. I find the stories of many anime to be original and different, or at least presented in very different ways. I like the fact that many asian stories/anime/movies take a more stream of conciousness aproach, some times with less emphasis on perfectly crafted plots and more on symbolism feeling and atmosphere. Although some times the reverse is true. I like the fact that anime is often willing to confront and explore things rarely done so in Western cinema, in powerful and exacting ways.   Also remember, many Americans dont really feel they have much of a cultural heritage, especially from a fantasy/mythology perspective. Modern America doesnt really have its own mythology, being a modern nation composed mainly of immigrants. My heritage, as far as where my family traces back too, is English, Scots, Welsh and Austrian mostly. And I love the folklore and stories of those places as well. So is that betraying my "heritage" as someone born in America?  Also, its not all youth. Many people I know who enjoy anime are well into their 30s and beyond. Theres a lot more of it now, but there was plenty of anime in the US in the 70s and 80s.    Well, I think "contaminated" is rather to pejorative of a term here. As I said in an earlier post 1) I dont really feel that the aesthetic of anime as a whole fits very well with D&D either and 2) I dont really see where Anime is having any real influence on D&D.</blockquote>

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