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Questions regarding the history of anime and not for identification requests.

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Are anime more popular in terms of viewership and revenue than Western cartoons?

I was wondering if anime are more popular than Western cartoons - in terms of viewership and revenue - as I couldn't find any information on this. I don't think there has been any significantly larg …
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Is the age restriction lower in Japan than in western countries?

For instance, the anime Darker than Black is R-17+ (violence & profanity) in the West, but is it higher or lower in Japan?
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3 votes
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Is anime popularity growing outside of Japan despite declining profits? [closed]

http://www.japantimes.co.jp/news/2013/03/23/national/to-survive-anime-must-adapt-but-not-too-much/ I thought that they would make more money now that many streaming sites buy licenses from anime prod …
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Why are many anime characters blond?

There are a lot of blond-haired characters in anime, especially the old ones, like super saiyans, naruto, gundam series, fma, etc.
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