The few time this question came up here (or on reddit), it was often suggested that animations and manga were industries that already were well under development even before WW2. So anime definitely would be a thing atleast. How similar would it develop to be compared to what we know is hard to tell however. From what I can tell, there are no obvious obstacles to Walt Disney's and Tezuka Osamu's carriers progressing similar to how they IOTL did, but nothing is certain.How about Animation like Western cartoon and Anime? How will change in this Scenario?
I could see Germany or France developed a robust comic/animation industry that could rival both alternatively Russia thought it would be much harder to developed into a major powerhouse if there problems they experience OTL aren't resolve thought I think one areas that they could flourish is stop motion as even before the war there are the pioneers of stop motion animation .The few time this question came up here (or on reddit), it was often suggested that animations and manga were industries that already were well under development even before WW2. So anime definitely would be a thing atleast. How similar would it develop to be compared to what we know is hard to tell however. From what I can tell, there are no obvious obstacles to Walt Disney's and Tezuka Osamu's carriers progressing similar to how they IOTL did, but nothing is certain.
What I'm curious about though is wether another nation could develop a comic/animation culture rivaling OTL USA and Japan or not?
H.G Wells optimistic? Not in any of his most famous books, the Time machine, War of the worlds, invisible man, island of doctor Moreau. No, he already predicted several times that technology was not making us better human beings. With the developments in psychology, i can even see Aldous Huxley writing his Brave New World on time, despite the lack of WW 1.How about science fiction? Before WW1 early SF was dominated by optimistic futurism a la H.G. Wells along with the occasional "future war" story. Assuming future war tales die out, then futurism would continue to dominate SF along the lines of Campbell and Heinlein. Bradbury might be more of a fantasy writer and Asimov would probably stick with nonfiction books.
IMO Star Wars is the end of the Roman Republic with all its' civil wars and the beginning of the Principate set in space, so it could still be a topic in a world with no World Wars.I guess the dogfights in Star Wars evoke those in WW2, although given that aviation technology predated WW1, I expect that aerial combat would become a bigger part of warfare ITTL as well, and given the constraints of aerial warfare I expect dogfights would also occur for George Lucas to get inspiration from. Other than that, the set-up and course of the Galactic Civil War isn't really similar to either World War, so there's no reason for the Original Trilogy to have a particularly different plot. Without the example of Hitler, though, it's possible Lucas or whoever wouldn't have the idea of an ambitious strongman getting elected and then using a crisis to vote himself unlimited powers, so the plot of the Prequel Trilogy might be rather different. Perhaps instead of being Space Hitler, the Emperor could be Space Napoleon, a successful military leader who seizes power in an armed coup.
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That would depend, i mean without the first world war the second world war is delayed or butterflies, which would impact the development of transistors and the development of computer and information technology. Assuming the rate of development remains steady we would have the internet in the 2010s and social media explosion in the 2030s, unless because of bigger population results in greater technological development.What will a social media be like?
I'd guess not. Wars have usually generated a period of social conservatism after them. Barring WW1 or any other major conflict I imagine things will develop more steadily.Just think about it. Do we still have violence, Sex and other Taboos topic in TV shows because Religious people would have more Control to Censored in Media than Our OTL