/jp/ - Japan/Anime

The board would die. There aren't enough people in the world, let alone on this board, that are interested in Japanese culture outside of anime and manga. I would love to be proven wrong though. I adore Japanese film, literature, and cuisine so I would be very welcoming of such a change.

>What does /jp/ - Japan/Anime, think?
I think being so openly cynical and critical of the quality on the content and userbase of the very board you're posting on is rude. If you want to discuss Japanese culture, that's swell and well, but you don't also have to speak ill of the guys who use this board in the very OP.
>having any actual discussion outside of the anime review thread or the cute anime character threads, is basically pointless.
Pointless? No. Learn patience. Many of us have been getting by fine with discussions taking place over the course of years. An antiquated thread isn't just a conversation, it is memory. A time capsule of what anime was years ago, what has changed since, and how we who have taken place in the discussion have changed. To be able to share your opinion on a subject many hold sentimental feelings for, and then to also reflect on the feelings you had about the same things years prior is an incredible luxury you can't find anywhere else besides oldschool forums. We're slow because that's how we like it.

>>37604
Who are you quoting frend?

I don't see the point, the board being slow is kind of a positive thing since it means that you can make threads about whatever Japanese topic you want and they won't get bumped off by people spamming vtubers and idols within a day like on 4chad /jp/. We've had threads on Japanese internet, learning the language, cars, music etc. and some are still up despite being several years old. If you want to discuss something Japanese besides anime just make a new thread for it.

I felt the same way when I realized that 4chad's /jp/ board was really just a Touhou/idolshit/vtuber containment board.

>>38402
It wouldn't be that bad if there was an /a/ containment board, and if we poached obscure posters from reddit. A chan mixes well with Japanese content since it's freer to discuss taboo stuff.

I like anime too and there should be an /a/ containment, provided /jp/ posting itself occurs on a regularly weekly basis.

>>38414
> if we poached obscure posters from reddit
fuck right off

>>38416
Reddit and chans have a lot of overlap, especially with a lot of strong chan posters moving to reddit, after /pol/ spilled everywhere. Disliking reddit purely from stereotypes is pretty midwitted.

>>38417
I've used reddit. The people there are there own kind of insufferable, just like IMAGEBOARD users.
>midwittted
Oh yes, spew more memes, really helps.

>>37604
But Japan isn't just one big animanga factory. Why must we narrowly focus on one aspect of its cultural output?

>>38419
Japan itself takes great pride in anime and actively promotes it globally. You are free to discuss anything japan related here, the onus is on you to do so.

>>38420
You're referring to the "Cool Japan" initiative and that sentiment only applies to things which foreigners find palatable.

>>38421
2. yeah no shit they promote the things foreigners like to foreigners
2. They made the olympic mascots anime themed. The government actively funds anime production. It is clearly something they enjoy and wish to keep prevalent.

>>38422
I wasn't disagreeing with you, in any case. Sorry if that wasn't clear.

Really love Japanese culture especially now I'm in my 30s and appreciate life outside of Port addiction. Always been obsessed with Japanese kickboxing and martial arts. The best organisations were shootboxing, k-1 and pride. Since then I got distracted but want to start following again.

Read only 2 Japanese samurai books: book of 5 rings and the hagakure. Both essential reads. Especially hagakure. It's a collection of short histories and philosophies of the samurai from one area. The blood genealogy brings tears to my eyes everything I read that part. And the level of valour their philosophy led to is so refined to the point one part describes how you should try to get as far into the enemy line in battle because you'll look braver and everyone will respect you and also to always die with your head towards the enemy so there's no doubt you were moving forward.

And the stories giving examples of warriors deeds are awe inspiring. They see courage is the greatest sight humans can behold. Better than any beauty.

I want to study Shintoism and draw from it the core meanings to construct my own way of life and philosophy. It seems closest to pre Christian British religion so hopefully it fills the gaps.

A great source of interesting niche Japanese culture is Japanology on the NHK. They're 30min programs focused on 1 aspect of Japanese life from vending machines to mushrooms, to bonsai etc.

Also learning the language but only up to grade 2 kanji and such at the grammar. Need to quit internet again to spend more time reading and writing when I'm at my best.

>>39401
Lone Wolf and Cub makes for great historical fiction…

Just saw Godzila Minus One
Why I watched this was less for entertainment purposes and more for motivational ones. In a nutshell I've been depressed for quite some time, yet I've also been watching stuff like anime and whatnot to help push me forward. And Takeshi Yamazaki happened to be on my radar (given how I've been watching every Doraemon movie ever and three or four Lupin III films). Although he got his start in live action, the dude is one of the few evidences that Japan isn't too bad at working with CG, live action or animated. Returning to what I said about motivational purposes his film "Lupin III: The First" deserves its own documentary detailing the toil he must've gone through to accomplish the whole thing. It just looked like he really put his heart and soul into making it knowing the pseudo international co-production that went into the animation.
So my reaction to seeing he was set to helm Godzilla was a mixed bag. On one hand if anyone should've done it in this CG take it should've been him or Shinji Higuchi (even though I know Mr. Higuchi already worked on Shin Godzilla, which I had already talked about long ago). I think my main concern was just seeing him go from Stand by me Doraemon 2 to G -1 in only 3 years. Eitherway it's as I mentioned with Lupin III: He obviously had a vision worthy of sacrificing most of his comfort zone to make sure the fair albeit considerable budget was not in vain. So yeah, on a basic level Godzilla Minus One is just Godzilla given the Peter Jackson's King Kong treatment (the decades even align given how each movies separate), albeit itsith a more realistically callous lense given the title.
The rest of it though, well, I recall having my jaw dropped all throughout. I will laud Mr. Yamazaki for not only being brave enough to give Goji that CG makeover, but arguably add the most credible scope due to that decision now that we're conscious of how dissimilar it is to the guys in suits we were so atuned to (even though I still enjoy in previous iterations such as Godzilla vs Biollante and that same Shin Goji). Plus, by making it a genrebending period piece, the film even risks making sure you never see the original the same way again. On one hand I don't want to spoil anymore details as this film really did leave me speechless until a week later (not that my words can do any of its James Cameron high set pieces justice). But much like his anime films, Mr. Yamazaki really didn't want to half-ass a single minute of this.
He wanted this to be less of a watch and more of an experience (should you have chosen theaters) for a reason.

(And before you ask the Movies/TV board got too annoyingly sketchy to be worth posting there rn).

If anything I'm not sure if it's necessary for /jp/, /music/ and /games/ to exist, same for /wiz/ and /lounge/ separated. The old three-board division back in wizardchan was better, and that with more movement, not even considering the abomination that is /b/. Maybe increase the amount of pages to 20, but that's it, the topic will keep itself relevant if there's interest. Maybe this thread should even be moved to /meta/, apparently you created little to no thread to discuss a non-anime Japanese topic over the last few years.

>>41521
Maybe i should go to the movies and watch this.

>>39401
>A great source of interesting niche Japanese culture is Japanology on the NHK

NHK is my go to channel to veg out to. The stuff ranges from goofy to really interesting. I liked these eps about a father and son team that restore old pieces of ceramic art.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YTvzUxiqSyI

>>41523
>The old three-board division back in wizardchan was better
what wad it please?

>>41624
>wizardchan
meta, v9k
meta, v9k, b Three Boards Period
meta, v9k, b, hob, wiz, feels
meta, v9k, b, hob, wiz, feels, jp
>wizchan
meta, test, hob, wiz, v9k, jp, b, dep
meta, test, hob, wiz, v9k, jp, b, dep, games
meta, test, hob, wiz, v9k, jp, b, dep, games, lounge
meta, test, hob, wiz, v9k, jp, b, dep, games, lounge, text, lore
meta, test, hob, wiz, v9k, jp, b, dep, games, lounge, text, lore, elder
meta, test, hob, wiz, v9k, jp, b, dep, games, lounge, text, lore, music
meta, test, hob, wiz, v9k, jp, b, dep, games, lounge, music
>legend
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>>41624
I posted a chart outlining that period, but I was banned for some reason because of it!

>>41625
I didn't really count /meta/, since it's, well, meta, but was referring to /wiz/, /v9k/ and /hob/.

>>41625
what's v9k about?

>>41629
It was Wizardchan's /r9k/ refuge, before being changed to /dep/ on Wizchan to disassociate from 4chan