I've been an anime fan since 1976, and I've been completely unable to tell the differences in dialect even when they're supposed to be screamingly obvious such as the Hiroshima and Osaka dialects in "Hand Maid May" and "Azumanga Daioh!"
I have been told by Japanese from outside Tokyo that they resent the Tokyo dialect being presented as the "correct" dialect, and anything else as "hick" Japanese, strictly for laughs.
I've been an anime fan since 1976, and I've been completely unable to tell the differences in dialect even when they're supposed to be screamingly obvious such as the Hiroshima and Osaka dialects in "Hand Maid May" and "Azumanga Daioh!"
I have been told by Japanese from outside Tokyo that they resent the Tokyo dialect being presented as the "correct" dialect, and anything else as "hick" Japanese, strictly for laughs.
Fred Patten