>>86775747More or less equal, but in different ways,
Manga and shit: same thing, probably more different styles in the West, although this is partially unfair because you are counting a greater net population and more cultures, of course it's gonna be different. You have to have different discussions about Franco-Belgian Comics, and Italian Comics, and British ones, and Murrican stuff, etc.
Film: probably an edge to Hollywood, but Hollywood has been dominant for years. There is just more money being thrown at the issue and a bigger acting pool to draw from, whereas Japanese production is domestic, smaller audience, etc. That being said Kurosawa is pretty boss, and the Magnificent Seven was so similar to the Seven Samurai that it got the western studio a big fat lawsuit, which they lost.
Lit: smaller pool to draw from, still arguably very good, and I mean big boy, adult novels, not light novels. Light novels are shit paper. I mean like Murakami and stuff.
Sculpture: smaller pool, holds it's own in many cases, I actually really like the pottery they do with gold myself, some of the naturalistic stuff of fishermen and people is really charming and well made.
Architecture: many historical and modern Japanese buildings are functional and aesthetically pleasing to varying degrees. It's kind of subjective really.
I mean, yeah, a lot of it's very nationalistic and/or parochial and sort of focused on Japan, but a lot of stuff every where is. A lot of French people fucking hate everything that's not French, and aren't interested in things outside of France.
