You know despite being such a phenomenon that has been around for some hundred(s) of years, I hear the majority of Japan does not look at anime as a medium well and especially do not appreciate foreign tourism solely for its sake. At all. This is mainly because I read Japanese citizens are generally very hard working and expect the same standard of effort out of others around them, so naturally those overenthusiasts of anime and video games that would be seen as "nerds" elsewhere are actually frowned upon very, very badly there by general society.