In Japan anime may be given the rating of PG-13 however that same anima in the United States may be considered mature. It is evident though this genre has proven to be popular and continues to grow there are discrepancies between the perceptions of American and Japanese parents alike. It is evident through research that there is and will continue to be a fine line between parenting cultures in Japan and in the United States. It becomes easy to say that though anime may be more that American parents have bargained for the material is not beyond what can be seen as usual in Japan. The parental issues in Evangelion are not directly dealt with; this is congruent with some aspects to Japanese cultures where these issues are seen as weakness and therefore are hidden and dealt with internally or in private. Work Cited

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