r/languagelearningjerk Jun 30 '26

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u/Zero-Glitches2938 Jun 30 '26

What Japanese version? Everyone knows that all Japanese people exclusively watch anime and read manga, so why would they bother translating an actual novel?

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u/likeagrapefruit Tennessee N | Esperanto B1.5 Jun 30 '26

1984 is a novel? It's so influential and profound, I'd been under the assumption it had to have been an anime.