How did anime get so popular overseas, when Japanese companies did not care?

<p>Meet Roland Kelts, an author known for his book Japanamerica: How Japanese Pop Culture Has Invaded the U.S. He sits down to talk to us about the anime industry and the spread of Japanese pop culture overseas, as well as his work on the upcoming documentary Tezuka: God of Manga.</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>0:00 Intro</p><p>0:50 Meet Roland</p><p>4:29 Building a stronger connection to Japan</p><p>8:55 Joining the JET Programme to write about Japan</p><p>15:20 Living alone in Japan</p><p>24:04 Leaving Japan to build a career</p><p>29:43 Writing Japanamerica</p><p>36:40 Studying Tezuka and anime</p><p>40:22 How otaku brought anime overseas</p><p>45:34 The 4Kids incident</p><p>47:49 Has the anime industry changed over 20 years?</p><p>55:58 The Tezuka documentary</p><p>1:00:14 Why Tezuka was so influential</p><p>1:03:27 How Tezuka came to be</p><p>1:06:44 Challenges of producing a documentary</p><p>1:11:08 Looking back</p><p>1:21:39 The power of pop culture</p><p>1:26:03 The world viewed from Japan</p><p><br></p><p>--</p><p>Follow Roland:</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/rolandkelts/</p><p>https://x.com/rolandkelts</p><p>https://www.japanamericabook.com/</p><p><br></p><p><br></p><p>Follow us:</p><p>https://unpacking.jp/</p><p>https://www.instagram.com/unpacking_japan</p><p>https://www.tiktok.com/@unpackingjapan</p><p>https://www.facebook.com/unpackingjapan</p><p>https://www.youtube.com/@unpackingjapanshorts</p><p>https://www.x.com/unpacking_japan</p><p>https://creators.spotify.com/pod/profile/unpackingjapan</p><p><br></p><p>Subscribe for more in-depth discussions about life in Japan! </p><p><br></p><p>Interested in working at a global e-commerce company in Osaka? Our parent company ZenGroup is hiring! To learn more, check out https://careers.zen.group/en/</p>