As Japan and India mark 75 years of diplomatic relations, their leaders have formally acknowledged what millions of young people already understood: that manga, anime, and visual storytelling have quietly built one of the most durable cultural bridges between two great civilizations. India, now the world's second-largest anime market with 180 million viewers, represents not a passing trend but a generational shift in how nations come to know one another. In recognizing creative industries within their official summit communiqué, both governments are naming soft power for what it has always bee