28/10/2016
Yesterday, Harald and Katarina, the current interns at Obei Business Center, hold a presentation about the differences in the Anime and Gaming industry between Germany and Japan.
The event at SUiTO started in front of seven interested guests at 7 pm with the introduction of the topic. After the half-an-hour-long presentation that covered the four parts: video games, eSports, anime, and manga in both Germany and Japan, the guests and the presenters discussed questions regarding the topic. As two guests even came from Korea and Thailand respectively, we also got an inside view of how the situation is in other countries. Especially the questions why Germany does censor the broadcasted anime so severely and what would need to happen to make eSports successful in Japan were eagerly discussed. According to some guests’ opinions, the latter needed a change in the current Japanese gambling law. This could happen someday as there are plans to open a casino in Japan (which is not allowed at the moment) that would require a change in the law, too. Regarding the heavy censorship in Germany, there does not seem to be much one can do, since the reason behind this is that Germans think anime are made for children. So they censor them to make them suitable for children. Here a change in the minds needs to happen first.
As the time ran by rather quickly, some attendants continued the conversation in a near-by restaurant.
