However, Researcher Takeshi Okamoto has done some studies on anime tourism, and he warns that over-commercialization may have some bad effects.
Over-all, anime tourism has had some huge effects in Japan.
For example, Oarai went from a simple fishing village to an anime tourism hot spot as soon as Girls und Panzer aired.
Anime Tourism is really big in Japan right now, with people from all over the world visiting places in the country that were featured in anime.
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