Japanese pop culture was never even on my radar before this year. Sure, I'm a huge nerd, but I had still never been interested in manga, anime, or j-pop. Japanese pop culture would've been on the top ten list of things I didn't care about, right between Olympic curling, and the grand duke of Luxembourg.
It turns out anime is pretty cool. Kelli and I are watching a show called One Piece. It has been running since the '90s. There are nearly 500 episodes. We've watched about 30. It's difficult to describe (a) without making it sound weird and (b) without making me sound weird. Think Pirates of the Caribbean and you'll have a good idea.
We'll start watching Fullmetal Alchemist soon. I'm reading the manga right now and I'm hooked. I wouldn't recommend either show or manga for kids. They both deal with pretty difficult themes and are violent.
Little did I know that moving to Japan would feed my nerdy-ness. I'm picking up whole new genres of nerd obsession. It's always good to try new things.
Just what I aspired my son to be...a super nerd ;0).
ReplyDeleteThat's funny: anime, manga, j-pop, and olymic curling were already on my top ten list. I'm with you on the Duke of Luxembourg though. I've never read the manga for Full Metal Alchemist, but I do believe you will enjoy the anime. I enjoyed it when it was on Adult Swim.
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