the current prime minister is not the best, but if it were truly something that would make you an outcast as an adult to like anime he would not have said it. And there are politicians that also want to protect anime/manga freedoms from feminists that want to attack it in Japan.
Maybe he was trying to broaden his appeal with young people, or maybe the cultural stigma regarding anime has loosened in the years since I was there. All I can speak to is what I personally experienced.
the current prime minister is not the best, but if it were truly something that would make you an outcast as an adult to like anime he would not have said it. And there are politicians that also want to protect anime/manga freedoms from feminists that want to attack it in Japan.
Maybe he was trying to broaden his appeal with young people, or maybe the cultural stigma regarding anime has loosened in the years since I was there. All I can speak to is what I personally experienced.