Chinese Children Prefer Japanese Cartoons

At a recent forum on cartoons held in Qingdao, Shandong province it was announced that there are about 500 million cartoon readers in China.

Abt 60% of them are aged 14-17. 30% are over 18 years old. This is usually when Americans stop reading.

I asked a Japanese friend once, "Why do adults in Japan read manga (cartoons)? Aren’t cartoons for kids?"

She asked me,"Why do you still eat sweets? Aren’t sweets for kids?"

I got her point.

Chinese children, of course, have preferences.

Only 11% prefer ‘home-made’ cartoons..including those from Hong Kong and Taiwan.

About 29% prefer cartoons from Europe and the United States.

A whopping 60% prefer cartoons/manga/anime from Japan.

Where do get your cartoon fix?