From: dareka@inter7NS.jp   
      
   Ping Kuo wrote:   
   > Reading Nodame Cantabile had me starting to think, what are some of the   
   > anime and manga that is popular enough to change the society?  I am not   
   > talking about program that is popular like Doraemon or Gundam, but   
   > actually change how people live their lives, like Top Gun increase the   
   > enrollment of US naval academy, etc.   
   >   
   > Space Cruiser Yamato: the op is the #1 song of Japan karaoke in the   
   > late 70s.  There are probably more people at that time who knew how to   
   > sing that song compare to the national anthem.   
      
   I doubt this. The anime was actually a phenomenon, but it's   
   only among otakus except that the popularity among fans made   
   news even in the mainstream media and many people other than   
   anime fans got to know the title by name. I think the effects   
   this anime had on the society are anime boom then and the   
   emergence of "anime fan"(which is later to be deemed to be   
   identical with anime otaku).   
      
   >   
   > Lost Paradise:  the novel, together w/ the adapted manga and live   
   > movie, increase the Japan suicide rate for a period of times.   
      
   IIRC, the movie featured $BLr=j9-;J(B and the story is about adultery.   
      
   >   
   > Hikaru no Go:  after a steady downward trend of people playing Go in   
   > the 90s due to the explosion of video game and internet, this manga   
   > increase the people playing Go in Japan by millions.   
      
   Actually, Go had become a game only for old people long before   
   the advent of Nintendo and that is one of the aspects which   
   made the reactions of Hikaru and Hikari, or others, when they   
   heard or learned about Go really funny or interesting in the   
   early chapters of the manga. They don't know about Go at all   
   but it's not something you can ignore completely.   
      
   >   
   > Battle Royal:  increase violence among youth, w/ notable crimes   
   > attribute it as a factor.   
      
   Really? It made news for its radical concept, but....   
      
   >   
   > Sea Monkey:  together w/ the live movie increase the Japan coast guard   
   > enrollment.   
   >   
   > Nodame Cantabile:  increase interest in classical music?   
      
   I don't know it's a fact or not but I have read someone wrote   
   that a certain famous archaeology professor said that all   
   female new students of his department say they want to learn   
   archaeology because they have read $B2&2H$NLf>O(B(ouke no monshou)   
   and male students, Indiana Jones.   
      
   >   
   > Any others?   
      
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