I'm sure this thread will seem kinda pointless, but this has been on my mind for a while and I can't help but ask.
While I am aware that anime has become more mainstream in recent years, I have always noticed that this fairly niche community has quite a large amount of anime fans (almost all the artists and people I have spoken to with this fetish are into anime), so I am wondering, is there some sort of (and this is a stretch but whatever) connection between our fetish and anime? I can't believe I am asking something that must sound immensely stupid and strange, but I would like to know other's opinions on this matter.
For the record, I love anime.
Not sure if this is the link, but I can't help noticing Anime is mostly about great attention to the internal thoughts and feelings of the characters as they interact, and dramatizing everything in exaggerated fashion. While inflation is about great attention to what inflatee feels and thinks during expansion and challenging his/her limits - not to mention the dramatic experience they undergo. There's an obvious overlap.
I'm still not sure if this matters though, or is it really something else.