As a Sudanese person from north africa and who lives in Saudi, Anime is appealing...and I kinda wanna make an anime myself, Anyway this video dives into some information, If you want to learn more about anime and middle east you really have to translate alot of stuff and ask people who had a first hand account and experience from seeing anime in middle east It has a long history to a degree
I’m going to cover everything to do with manga/anime which you have not covered/mentioned a little on so this is basically just about Saudi I actually live in Saudi Arabia and these days people aren’t forced to wear hijabs or thobes but are worn during prayer. In terms of anime and manga just recently we have like this weekly magazine (like shounen) with chapters of many manga (the most popular ones In every magazine are aot,Vinland,haikyuu and the promised neverland) And those are all in an Arabic translation bcs in many bookstores you always find that one manga section with a giant selection of franchises like all of aot,lots of one piece, demon slayer, death note and my personal favorite hells paradise Mainly located in virgin megastore. Overall it’s as open to anime as so many other countries and there acually was a anime convention last year in the city I live in Saudi Arabia As well Arab Netflix and other sites often have many anime to watch like hunter hunter, saiki k And Vinland saga with others like monster and death note Thank you for your time reading this have a good day! Edit: forgot to add that a week or two ago in Saudi book fair (I went just for manga purposes and wow I found a lot) Basically the manga section was the most built up thing with many vendors talking about anime and me and a few friends walking up to people and asking about their fav manga/anime, I heard lots of one piece and death note. Again thank you for reading!
Great video! I wish I could find manga translated into Arabic, but that's hard to find outside of the Middle East. I want to get my hands on manga in Arabic mainly because I'm trying to learn Arabic and manga would be a good way to learn at an intermediate level (beyond what I already know).
There's no option besides piracy I'm afraid , as someone who lives in Morocco I haven't found any Manga translated into Arabic , heck I never seen one in English, all is French here , that's why if you don't live in a gulf country the only available option would be piracy
Chuokoron-sha's manga was a big hit success since 1962 and the anime and manga was popular in Japan and outside of Japan and released in Portugal, Spain, Greece, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Middle East and Quebec in Canada
Anime popular in west like MHA not as much, but TV anime like Doraemon and Captain Tsubasa have very big following. Also touhou project might become really popular too if it got an TV show like Inuyasha.
One Piece and anime is extremely popular here in Lebanon, even airing on TV (MBC Action) subbed of course as well as French channels like TFX and Mangas
Also kinkonya anime and manga is theri biggest seller they sale manga in japnese English and Arabic same with virgen source their employees manga is the only section that's filled with people
To add one the middle east is one the msot popular places for anime and manga having anime village in sa anime expo being the biggest geek convention bigger then comic con the uae saudi and lots of arabic governments investing in anime and manga not to mention the biggest section when it comes to fiction is the manga section in most bookstores in the mena and its filled with people like to the max even when it's days were its not to busy not to mention anime subs and manga translation are in full Arabic also comic con amd events likes these are a majorty of anime and manga and fans and gamers and I can go and and fourth about anime and manga is very mainstream in the middle east
One you probably did not get those statistics from bigger countries like Algeria or Egypt but from the Gulf states (which combined is only half of Egypt’s population). The other is you really think youth culture from Lebanon to Tunisia to Jordan to Saudi Arabia.
@@thunderbrospeaks9573 Well, they are to your usual stuff like Pokémon, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z. They also love some anime like Lupin the 3rd and City Hunter.
I know this is from a year ago but I always wondered if sanctions and the fact most American cartoons had anything to do with how popular anime is in the Middle East. I always wondered why three animes seem to be popular across both the millennial/zoomer generations in the Middle East being HxH (which given its social commentary can only be a good thing), Bleach, and One Piece. I only have lebanese references to go off of so my speculation is mainly for places like Syria and Iraq prior to their invasions.
oppressive... to live in saudi arabia??? in the big age of 2024?? it's funny how people outside of our country pretend to know all about us even though they never stepped foot in the country lmao... next time, do proper research instead of believing everything you see in the internet. also some things thay may seem 'oppressive' to foreigners are actually part of the culture/ religion we follow (for example hijab) and I, as a native woman of the country, can resr you assured that im not oppressed into doing something nor do i feel opressed for doing something for my religion first and out of my own record second.. they all say 'it's part of their culture! respect them!' until it comes to a middle eastern country lol
First of all douchebag, i'm Arab, i'm not being disrespectful to any culture, let alone my own. I'm not pretending to know anything, i'm simply stating what is. I don't know what it's like to live in KSA, i'm sure there are tons of amazing people, and some incredible stories, and cultural elements worth sharing with the world. However, and I can't stress this enough, culture is NOT an excuse for harm. Look, I don't want to get you in trouble by discussing specific aspects of your government, since it seems by your comment that you actually live in the KSA. Just discussing these things might get you in hot water. However, since you've come to my video to try and "educate" me, let me tell you something. Saudi Arabia is changing, that's great, I welcome that. However, considering this is a video which talks about decades worth of history, i'm never going to pretend things were just peachy and without issue in KSA prior to the modern reforms. I'm talking decades upon decades of suppression, socially, by gender, politically, religiously. While some of those things have improved in recent years, we don't get to just forget all the suffering caused by the KSA government and its allied clergy just because things are good now. History doesn't work like that, memories don't work like that. Next, and I know you don't care about this, but this goes back to my statement about culture not being an excuse to harm. If you are any sort of LGBT in Saudi Arabia, or any arab nation for that matter, you're life is in danger. This is not a debate, it's written into the laws, the evidence is there, because of all the people who've been maimed or put 6 feet deep because people didn't like their sexual orientation. You can say "oh but our culture doesn't permit yada yada yada" ...I don't give a shit. The second people start getting killed, being tortured, exiled by friends and family, because of their personal choices, I don't give a flying fuck if its ok in your culture or your government says its ok, it's oppression, and it's pure evil, no matter how you try to justify it. In terms of gender, yes, a lot of improvements have been made, that's great, but in quite a few arab countries, discrimination was and is built into the law, via courts, via clergy, via social engineering. You can try and argue semantics, but I don't care, it's written in the laws, in the constitutions, and sanctified by far too many members of clergy. I respect your perspective and opinion as a woman, I am not a woman, and I can't speak to the experiences of being a woman anywhere. However, what is absolute, regardless of gender, is the laws, written and unwritten, that dictate how we go about things, that dictate how our people deal with each other and the outside world. Not all of those laws are good ones, i'm not afraid to say that, there is no such thing as a culture or a people free of issues, that includes us. We are not above being wrong, just as any people are not above being wrong. Don't even get me started on non-Arab residents who bust their ass building your roads, your homes, and do all these labour jobs, and are crucial to gulf nations economies, that either get straight up mistreated, or are not given citizenship after decades of service to those nations. Again, deny it all you want, but the evidence is all there, written into the laws. While yes, many Arabs and Muslims have been unfairly discriminated in the world, and many arab and muslim countries have been hard done by by the international community in different ways. Still, this does not mean we cannot be wrong, that our people and our leaders can't ever make mistakes, or misjudgments, or commit evils. Evil is absolute, it's without race, gender, religion, evil is evil, no matter who's doing it. Now, this was a sensitive conversation we just had, and if you really do live in KSA like you said, if you want to delete your comment to avoid getting in trouble, I welcome you to do so. I just needed to get this out because I get a lot of other arabs telling me how wrong I am, that i'm "westernized," that I don't respect the culture because I call out wrongdoings when I see them. Nobody made me think this was, I MADE ME THINK THIS WAY, this is me. These are nobodies thoughts but my own. If you don't like that, block me, ignore me, leave me alone. Thanks for taking the time to comment, and have a nice day.
@@huss1836 Based on Statsica & world bank So this is fact not opinion Male guardianship not required in Saudi like the majority Cover hair or face or wearing abaya not required in Saudi Jobs in military etc.. So yes SAUDI is better You tell me why you don’t think?
@@totalrecall4289 it is not required in any place in the Middle East outside of Iran (which is more complicated), impoverished war torn Yemen, and the open air prison of Gaza. Hell even during the worst periods of the post-Gaddafi periods of Libya and the 2010s Egypt crisis none of those things were problems in those countries.
I love how we are united by our love with great anime shows, despise our differences and cultures
That's the power of Animé & Manga. Otakus are global. ❤
As a Sudanese person from north africa and who lives in Saudi,
Anime is appealing...and I kinda wanna make an anime myself,
Anyway this video dives into some information, If you want to learn more about anime and middle east you really have to translate alot of stuff and ask people who had a first hand account and experience from seeing anime in middle east
It has a long history to a degree
Thanks for watching man! My family is from Jordan and anime has meant a lot to people there too historically!
7:19 😂
That is so accurate.
I’m going to cover everything to do with manga/anime which you have not covered/mentioned a little on so this is basically just about Saudi
I actually live in Saudi Arabia and these days people aren’t forced to wear hijabs or thobes but are worn during prayer.
In terms of anime and manga just recently we have like this weekly magazine (like shounen) with chapters of many manga (the most popular ones In every magazine are aot,Vinland,haikyuu and the promised neverland)
And those are all in an Arabic translation bcs in many bookstores you always find that one manga section with a giant selection of franchises like all of aot,lots of one piece, demon slayer, death note and my personal favorite hells paradise
Mainly located in virgin megastore.
Overall it’s as open to anime as so many other countries and there acually was a anime convention last year in the city I live in Saudi Arabia
As well Arab Netflix and other sites often have many anime to watch like hunter hunter, saiki k
And Vinland saga with others like monster and death note
Thank you for your time reading this have a good day!
Edit: forgot to add that a week or two ago in Saudi book fair (I went just for manga purposes and wow I found a lot)
Basically the manga section was the most built up thing with many vendors talking about anime and me and a few friends walking up to people and asking about their fav manga/anime, I heard lots of one piece and death note.
Again thank you for reading!
Hey thanks for your input, thank you for watching the video! I would love to check out your video.
Great video! I wish I could find manga translated into Arabic, but that's hard to find outside of the Middle East. I want to get my hands on manga in Arabic mainly because I'm trying to learn Arabic and manga would be a good way to learn at an intermediate level (beyond what I already know).
There's no option besides piracy I'm afraid , as someone who lives in Morocco I haven't found any Manga translated into Arabic , heck I never seen one in English, all is French here , that's why if you don't live in a gulf country the only available option would be piracy
Gulf nations have manga in arabic
Chuokoron-sha's manga was a big hit success since 1962 and the anime and manga was popular in Japan and outside of Japan and released in Portugal, Spain, Greece, France, Netherlands, Belgium, Luxembourg, Ireland, Denmark, Sweden, Finland, Norway, Iceland, Middle East and Quebec in Canada
Good video
However a small correction at 5:53 sonic x didn't air on spacetoon it aired on mbc3
fantastic video! extremly entertaining and intresting!
thanks so much i'm glad u enjoyed!
Anime popular in west like MHA not as much, but TV anime like Doraemon and Captain Tsubasa have very big following. Also touhou project might become really popular too if it got an TV show like Inuyasha.
Hey! Finally someone is talking about us. Thank you!
I hope you enjoyed the video! Feel free to check out the videos on other nations/regions!
One Piece and anime is extremely popular here in Lebanon, even airing on TV (MBC Action) subbed of course as well as French channels like TFX and Mangas
Gotta admit the arabic openings hit HARD.
Please do Turkey aswell
Awesome!!!
Spacetoon started in Syria and in the UAE.
We did the dubs because of our dialect been very close to high standards Arabic
Also kinkonya anime and manga is theri biggest seller they sale manga in japnese English and Arabic same with virgen source their employees manga is the only section that's filled with people
To add one the middle east is one the msot popular places for anime and manga having anime village in sa anime expo being the biggest geek convention bigger then comic con the uae saudi and lots of arabic governments investing in anime and manga not to mention the biggest section when it comes to fiction is the manga section in most bookstores in the mena and its filled with people like to the max even when it's days were its not to busy not to mention anime subs and manga translation are in full Arabic also comic con amd events likes these are a majorty of anime and manga and fans and gamers and I can go and and fourth about anime and manga is very mainstream in the middle east
My Dress Up Darling is huge in the Arab World ? 😮
One you probably did not get those statistics from bigger countries like Algeria or Egypt but from the Gulf states (which combined is only half of Egypt’s population). The other is you really think youth culture from Lebanon to Tunisia to Jordan to Saudi Arabia.
bruh come on bro why do you gotta do morocco like that 0:54
Have you considered anime culture in Italy?
I would be interested for sure if I found enough info!
@@thunderbrospeaks9573 Well, they are to your usual stuff like Pokémon, Sailor Moon, Dragon Ball Z. They also love some anime like Lupin the 3rd and City Hunter.
I know this is from a year ago but I always wondered if sanctions and the fact most American cartoons had anything to do with how popular anime is in the Middle East. I always wondered why three animes seem to be popular across both the millennial/zoomer generations in the Middle East being HxH (which given its social commentary can only be a good thing), Bleach, and One Piece. I only have lebanese references to go off of so my speculation is mainly for places like Syria and Iraq prior to their invasions.
I thought drawing human faces was haram hence Islamic art is abstract geometric patterns.
"Watching" is different from "making". So long as you yourself are not making images, then it's fine InshaAllah
THEY GOT COOL COMICS TOO
Yaaaaaaa!!!!!!
>oppressive to live in Saudi Arabia for women
Uh this is not pre-2013
I assume ur the same person who commented on my reddit post so I'll just let you read that.
oppressive... to live in saudi arabia??? in the big age of 2024?? it's funny how people outside of our country pretend to know all about us even though they never stepped foot in the country lmao... next time, do proper research instead of believing everything you see in the internet. also some things thay may seem 'oppressive' to foreigners are actually part of the culture/ religion we follow (for example hijab) and I, as a native woman of the country, can resr you assured that im not oppressed into doing something nor do i feel opressed for doing something for my religion first and out of my own record second.. they all say 'it's part of their culture! respect them!' until it comes to a middle eastern country lol
First of all douchebag, i'm Arab, i'm not being disrespectful to any culture, let alone my own. I'm not pretending to know anything, i'm simply stating what is. I don't know what it's like to live in KSA, i'm sure there are tons of amazing people, and some incredible stories, and cultural elements worth sharing with the world. However, and I can't stress this enough, culture is NOT an excuse for harm. Look, I don't want to get you in trouble by discussing specific aspects of your government, since it seems by your comment that you actually live in the KSA. Just discussing these things might get you in hot water. However, since you've come to my video to try and "educate" me, let me tell you something. Saudi Arabia is changing, that's great, I welcome that.
However, considering this is a video which talks about decades worth of history, i'm never going to pretend things were just peachy and without issue in KSA prior to the modern reforms. I'm talking decades upon decades of suppression, socially, by gender, politically, religiously. While some of those things have improved in recent years, we don't get to just forget all the suffering caused by the KSA government and its allied clergy just because things are good now. History doesn't work like that, memories don't work like that. Next, and I know you don't care about this, but this goes back to my statement about culture not being an excuse to harm. If you are any sort of LGBT in Saudi Arabia, or any arab nation for that matter, you're life is in danger. This is not a debate, it's written into the laws, the evidence is there, because of all the people who've been maimed or put 6 feet deep because people didn't like their sexual orientation. You can say "oh but our culture doesn't permit yada yada yada" ...I don't give a shit. The second people start getting killed, being tortured, exiled by friends and family, because of their personal choices, I don't give a flying fuck if its ok in your culture or your government says its ok, it's oppression, and it's pure evil, no matter how you try to justify it.
In terms of gender, yes, a lot of improvements have been made, that's great, but in quite a few arab countries, discrimination was and is built into the law, via courts, via clergy, via social engineering. You can try and argue semantics, but I don't care, it's written in the laws, in the constitutions, and sanctified by far too many members of clergy. I respect your perspective and opinion as a woman, I am not a woman, and I can't speak to the experiences of being a woman anywhere. However, what is absolute, regardless of gender, is the laws, written and unwritten, that dictate how we go about things, that dictate how our people deal with each other and the outside world. Not all of those laws are good ones, i'm not afraid to say that, there is no such thing as a culture or a people free of issues, that includes us. We are not above being wrong, just as any people are not above being wrong. Don't even get me started on non-Arab residents who bust their ass building your roads, your homes, and do all these labour jobs, and are crucial to gulf nations economies, that either get straight up mistreated, or are not given citizenship after decades of service to those nations. Again, deny it all you want, but the evidence is all there, written into the laws.
While yes, many Arabs and Muslims have been unfairly discriminated in the world, and many arab and muslim countries have been hard done by by the international community in different ways. Still, this does not mean we cannot be wrong, that our people and our leaders can't ever make mistakes, or misjudgments, or commit evils. Evil is absolute, it's without race, gender, religion, evil is evil, no matter who's doing it. Now, this was a sensitive conversation we just had, and if you really do live in KSA like you said, if you want to delete your comment to avoid getting in trouble, I welcome you to do so. I just needed to get this out because I get a lot of other arabs telling me how wrong I am, that i'm "westernized," that I don't respect the culture because I call out wrongdoings when I see them. Nobody made me think this was, I MADE ME THINK THIS WAY, this is me. These are nobodies thoughts but my own. If you don't like that, block me, ignore me, leave me alone. Thanks for taking the time to comment, and have a nice day.
@@thunderbrospeaks9573 Stick to cartoons
1:23 Not really ..
With changes in few years ago SA became one of the best in term of women rights and gender equality in Arab world
"best"?
Are you sure about that?
I am from sa and i disagree. They became better but not best.
@@huss1836
Based on Statsica & world bank
So this is fact not opinion
Male guardianship not required in Saudi like the majority
Cover hair or face or wearing abaya not required in Saudi
Jobs in military etc..
So yes SAUDI is better
You tell me why you don’t think?
Dude... I'm not even gonna bother discussing this with you.... just.. no
@@thunderbrospeaks9573
no discussion just correction for false info
@@totalrecall4289 it is not required in any place in the Middle East outside of Iran (which is more complicated), impoverished war torn Yemen, and the open air prison of Gaza. Hell even during the worst periods of the post-Gaddafi periods of Libya and the 2010s Egypt crisis none of those things were problems in those countries.