The impact of Japanese anime on contemporary Chinese youth

Abstract

 Japanese anime is popular globally due to its unique charm and has a significant impact on contemporary Chinese youth. Its advantages include alleviating stress and relaxing the mind, helping adolescents learn about other cultures and expand their knowledge, and fostering positive qualities and mental resilience. However, there are also negative impacts, such as some teenagers becoming addicted to the virtual world, immoral content like violence and pornography in some poor-quality anime leading to moral confusion, and incorrect historical views permeating in some anime that can hurt the national pride of young people. In response, it is essential to support domestic animation and promote excellent traditional culture, combine family and school efforts to guide adolescents, strengthen the supervision of imported animation and purify the online environment, and lead teenagers to play their own active role, improve their ability to identify and control themselves, and promote their healthy growth.