Wdym by “it begins”? 😭 Take away indian culture and religion (Hindu and Buddhist) influences from anime and you’re deleting half the lore. Chakra, mantras, karma, reincarnation… anime Naruto and JJK would’ve looked VERY different without Indian mythology
This is the exact sort of thing Azuma writes about in the book on otaku culture, that the audience is interested in a configuration of character attributes more than narrative
The thing about “WandaVision” is that it is textually and visually about the idea that it is the destiny of all art, no matter the medium, to evolve into the colour-coded blast battle in the third act of a superhero film.