Currently, China and Japan are collaborating on animation projects, but Fukuhara suspects that this arrangement has no future for Japan.
And if Japan and China do go toe-to-toe in anime, at least Japan has the far better portmanteau.
On 5 December, Yoshitada Fukuhara, producer of the smash hit 2017 anime Kemono Friends, posted a bleak statement on his Twitter account.
Many in the anime industry and fandom see Japan as an invincible god of animation, granting it’s wisdom to China who will forever be its grateful pupil.