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{{quote|''Every Japanese is Shinto when he is born, a Christian when he marries and a Buddhist when he dies.''}}
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Most weddings in anime are Western-style (i.e., Christian or Christian-influenced) ceremonies, with [[Woman in White|white]] "[[Fairytale Wedding Dress|princess]]"-style [[Pimped-Out Dress|gowns]], tuxedos and rings.
In Japan, the civil or religious ceremony of a wedding has no legal
Western-style weddings, like many things Western/American, are considered "[[Rule of Cool|cool]]", and in this case [[Rule of Romantic|romantic]] and [[Rule of Glamorous|elegant]] as well. Combine that with the substantially lower cost of a Western-style wedding (yes, Eastern-style weddings are even more expensive), and it's not surprising that it's a common enough choice that it's not even considered outré or "foreign" any more.
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This isn't a [[Japanese Media Tropes]] so much as a Japanese cultural trope (although the tuxes may be informed by media depictions). Other East Asian countries also prefer a western wedding instead of their respective tradition.
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* The early [[Magical Girl]] show ''[[Wedding Peach]]'' features heroines who fight in Western wedding gowns. The series is centered around wedding themes, and includes lots of information about Japanese weddings. The [[Magical Girl
* One episode of ''[[Sister Princess]]'' is centered around the sisters making wedding dresses out of bedsheets so they can all pretend to be [[Brother-Sister Incest|their brother's bride]].
* Although it has not yet been animated, ''[[Love Hina]]'' ends with {{spoiler|Keitaro and Naru's}} Western-style wedding. Keitaro also fantasizes western-style weddings a couple of
** There's also a brief scene in volume 8 where Keitarou feels like his life slipping away from him, and in particular, imagines Mutsumi (as the groom) and Naru (as the bride) getting married and leaving him in the dust...
* As a counterexample, the last episode of the second ''[[Sakura Taisen]]'' [[OVA]] series depicts a formal Shinto wedding as held by very traditional Japanese family.
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