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In this episode of Japan 2.0, David and Matt discuss a topic brought to us from podcast listener, Jackcast3000. He had asked if we had any opinions on patronage of the arts in Japan.
Disclaimer, sorry about the wind in this episode. We tried to edit out as much as we could without compromising the episode.
In this episode we discuss:
-Is Japanese media weirder than media from other countries?
-Where did the perception of “weird” Japan come from?
-Do artists in Japan get to make whatever they want?
-Novels, movies, games, and manga, oh my!
-David’s theory on how artist earn creative freedom.
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