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I’m often told that I love movies, but to be precise, I love Japanese movies. If it’s not a Japanese movie, the only other movies I’ll really watch are ones shot by a foreign director in Japan. But don’t get me wrong, I’ve got nothing against movies made in Hollywood in the United States of America. Just like everyone else, I too think that movies made in Hollywood are wonderful. However, I find that Hollywood makes too many superhero movies and makes too many sequels to other movies, therefore I don’t find movies made in Hollywood very appealing. Japan also has a habit of rehashing old ideas and making sequels to movies too, but most countries I find seem to have this bad habit (of what seems like) only rehashing old ideas making sequels to movies, so I don’t really find movies other than ones made in Japan very appealing. When I first started studying Japanese, I knew I’d like to listen to Japanese other than just what was in the textbooks I was using. In other words, I kn

What do you think about Japanese animation? Personally, I’m not a big fan of Japanese animation that’s currently being aired. Japanese animation that’s currently being aired doesn’t seem to have much heart put into it. Take for example the Japanese animation that I love, Dragon Ball . This animation is on the air again for the first time in years. It’s even got a new story and some new characters. When compared with the previous Dragon Ball series that aired, there is a forced number of new characters who are showing up just so that the story can advance, along with events happening that us fans are all sure would never happen. The new series entitled ‘ Dragon Ball Super ’ seems to have a lot of aspects about it that are forced. Despite the fact I’m a huge Dragon Ball fan, this is one series that I want nothing to do with. The amount of Japanese animations that have these ‘forced’ aspects about them seems to be increasing, and the quality of these animations seem to be decreasing.