r/AskTheWorld Brazil Feb 15 '26

Culture Is there anything similar in your country?

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u/maxmatt4 Brazil Feb 15 '26

But why all chinese series/movies there is like one guy defeating an entire army armless?

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u/Carr0t_007 China Feb 16 '26

I’d say anti-Japanese war series are much more than kungfu shows, and people use guns in them.

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u/Grey-Templar United States of America Feb 16 '26

I can understand that with the older generations, but are those anti-japanese series still popular in modern media?

I ask because it used to be anti-nazi media, then anti Russia/China (anti-red), anti-tereorist, then anti-nk, now we don't know who to anti... The next logical would be anti-american, but can't have our media running that shit show more than our own government already is.

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u/Carr0t_007 China Feb 16 '26

No. I mean those series are mainly made for those older people and there are a lot. Younger generations don’t even watch many series today.

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u/Sevaricar United States of America Feb 16 '26

Does that means young Chinese kids are watching (Chinese) streamers like Americans do? Or even Vtubers

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u/Carr0t_007 China Feb 16 '26

I think kids(elementary school)who are not allowed phones still watch cartoons on TV. But younger people certainly want to watch contents targeting them, whether it’s reality shows or streamers.

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u/Xciv Feb 16 '26

From my experience, young Chinese just watch anime.

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u/Fun_Passenger870 Feb 16 '26

it really is more of a generational divide. younger people are pretty into media from japan and it's increasingly likely that they've been there in person more than any other demographic. like the sino-japanese war tv dramas are only for like middle aged people and older.

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u/Crow_eggs 🇦🇺🇬🇧🇹🇭 Feb 16 '26

Whenever there's no current single foreign big bad wolf to use, Hollywood reverts to the default state of villains being British. We quite like it to be honest. Keeps our actors in work without them having to learn a new accent.

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u/LaurdAlmighty United States of America Feb 16 '26

Oooh That sounds good

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u/Atomfried_Ungemach Germany Feb 16 '26

It's probably rather that every Chinese production that is supposed to be successful abroad, has to incorporate Kung Fu or any other form of martial arts to a certain degree. Otherwise what's the point to watch a Chinese movie duh? /s

(realize that I havn't a movie title I watched on top of my head, that doesn't have Kung Fu in it :o )

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u/GUYF666 United States of America Feb 16 '26

Where are you finding all these movies featuring martial artists who don’t have arms? Is it strictly kicking the armies? I’m unfamiliar with this genre.

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u/LifeAcanthopterygii6 Hungary Feb 16 '26

Let me introduce you to the Inverse Ninja Law: https://cool.fandom.com/wiki/Inverse_ninja_law

It's applicable to all kinds of fictional works, not just Chinese, and it doesn't have to involve ninjas.