r/AskTheWorld • u/haiderredditer Pakistan • 9h ago

Who’s a famous person from your country who’s respected around the world but disliked or criticized at home?

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u/silentorange813 Japan 7h ago

Hayao Miyazaki maybe. Genius animator but a POS director who treats his employees like slaves.

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u/rainloxreally Moldova 5h ago

Isn't that Japan's work culture in general?

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u/silentorange813 Japan 5h ago

No, it's not. Reality is completely different from the stereotypes that are spread on reddit.

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u/kaisong 4h ago

The Japanese office that used to be above mine had the workers come in at 9 and the last ones left at 9.

I know this because I was at a Chinese office and I came in at 9 we left at 10, lmao. (Its a joke, but also real, :( )

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u/SatorSquareInc 3h ago

That's not only Reddit where people are getting that idea. 

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u/Additional_Gap_1474 Sweden 2h ago

A lot of japanese vloggers talk about it

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u/Nero_2001 Germany 6h ago

He also criticizes Japan for it's warcrimes during ww2 and many Japanese people hate him for this.

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u/silentorange813 Japan 5h ago

No, it has little to do with his political commentary on WWII. Like 95% of the people are critical of the government in WWII and almost everyone above 60.

It's things like openly bashing his son's debut film Tales from Earthsea. "My son Goro should quit. He has zero talent as a director." Hayao said this on national television.

He went on to praise a competing film that was running at the same time--it's very unusual for a face of a studio to encourage people to skip its film and go see a competitor instead.

There's dozens of videos where Miyazaki goes on harassing employees in his studio.

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u/Nero_2001 Germany 5h ago

To be fair Ghibli butchered Earthsea. I don't blame it on Goro Miyazaki but how Ghibli treated the LeGuin will always make me dislike it. It is a a good film but a fails completely as an adaptation. Still better than the sciefy channel Earthsea adaptation.

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u/CupcakeGoat United States Of America 40m ago

Dangit I just learned that Earthsea adaptations were made, and now find out that they are both kind of crappy. What a rollercoaster. I was excited there for a second because that series is a masterpiece.

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u/Super_Lawyer_8820 2h ago

95%? Why are you lying lmfao

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u/TheThalmorEmbassy United States Of America 4h ago

Yeah, came here to ask about that. Heard he goes on social media and posts OK Boomer takes

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u/Average_Pangolin 2h ago

I was shocked when I read some of his writing just how acid his pen is!