I'm not the target audience of this post, and if anyone else is reading, I too am an anime fan. (And also on Akiba Steem)

I tend to believe that animation nowadays can be a country's powerful cultural export. Don't just look only at Japanese animation, look at animation around the world. Like language, animation opens you up to a whole new culture and a new set of ideas. Call me naive, but I think a lot of misunderstandings between countries can be ironed out through the medium.