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Originally Posted by Anime_Queen
1. What is your favourite type of comic/graphic novels?
2. How do you perceive the Japanese culture?
3. How well do you think manga has contributed to your knowledge of Japanese culture?
4. How do you perceive arabs? ( arab muslims) ( be blunt with this question, and tell me truthfully what you think when you hear the word "arab" =p )
5. Have you ever read a comic feating islamic culture/characters? if so, which?
6. Do you think if arabs created graphic novels/comics to introduce their culture, there'll be less tension?
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1. Mostly webcomics like VGCats and 8 Bit Theatre.
2. Hmmm, that's a toughie. When I think of Japanese culture, I think of codes of honour, the samurais of old, video game companies, Buddhism, Shintoism, and an interesting bland of the two (I once read that the Japanese are 80% Buddhist and 80% Shinto), big pagoda's, and that's all I can come up with right now. Basically, I think of all the stereotypes
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3. No. I've hardly read manga and anime, and none of what few I have read/seen really provided insight in the Japanese culture.
4. Well the first thing to come to mind is the stereotype: Guy in robes, wearing one of those things on his head of which I don't know what they're called, on a camel, going through the desert.
Other then that, I think of a great culture that has made astonishing acomplishements on the areas of architecture, medical science, astronomy, and more. I think of the Islam, a beautiful religion, though often getting the blame for things, because a few misled individuals think they have to commit cruelty in the name of Islam.
As for the actual Arabs, I percieve them the same way I percieve other people: as people
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5. No.
6. Possibly. If the comic were to provide good insight in the Arabic culture while maintaining a mainstream appeal, then possibly it might help, yes. Though I'm not really optimistic about that happening anytime soon.