As the title said, would anime/manga be very different without an imperialist, Axis Japan being defeated and occupied by the Americans? I would assume that some similarities would exist, as American comic books would inevitably come to Japan, but not in the same way that it did in our timeline
If Japan remained a democracy and never joined the Axis, would manga/anime exist in its modern form?
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Modern Manga and anime was inspired by Donald Duck comics. To avert this you need to prevent the birth of Carl Barks.
Oooh now that sounds like a good idea for a thread in and of itself. What would donald duck(or disney in general) be like without Carl barks?
Mickey Mouse wouldn't lose his personality to Donald for one. Disney comics would probably still exist (It was a cash in originally). Carl Barks would continue making porn.
So even without the American occupation of Japan, we would still have anime
No, because during the occupation of Japan American soldiers gave Japanese kids Donald Duck comics. Those kids became future animators and Manga artists. Even then Tezuka was ready a Donald Duck fan. By the way without Donald Duck you wouldn't have Star Wars or Indiana Jones either.
Carl barks did porn? like the cartoons jack Cole drew for playboy or something?
Bite your tongue!
Japan will still have its preWW2 empire, at least until independence movements eventually begin.
How would that affect anime and manga?
How would that affect anime and manga?
He drew softcore porn. He was offered a job at Disney but his cushy job offered him a raise. He chose to work at Disney instead.
That’s a larger change? I don’t really know about the impact of Godzilla, on the part of me not seeing any movies with him.
Chapman
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More sensual instead of sexual. Not quite as dirty as full on porn.
And that’s probably the only contribution I’ll have for this thread.
Garrison
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Well if you allow that others are correct that manga would still be a thing, then yes, and Godzilla has achieved a certain cultural fame beyond Japan.
Given that Tsuburaya was first inspired to make giant monster films when he watched 1933's King Kong, it's not inconceivable for Godzilla and perhaps even Ultraman to still exist in some shape or form.
Kaijus would still exist.
No piv. By the way comedic porn was a big thing back then. Comics he did covered politics, pop culture, and everything else. They would also be considered racist today though. For example black women are succubi and black men are hypersexual orcs.
