Chinese Children Prefer Japanese Cartoons
Submitted by Bill Belew on Wednesday, 8 November 2006No Comment
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?
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