1) Sorta (not much)
2) Yes
3) Yes, if the contents were interesting
I have no loyalty to anime/manga simply because a Japanese person(s) created it. I enjoy them as I enjoy anything else; the contents (i.e. story, characters, material, etc.) appeal to me and draw me in.
What I *don't* like is when someone tries too hard to mimic a certain type of media and looses themselves in it. They end up with something that is trying to appeal to simply that aspect of media instead of really trying to create something worth a lick but is also of said media.
That last paragraph didn't make much sense, did it? Heh... in short, I could care less who created it, as long as I find it enjoyable. Of course, some (or much) of the little nuances of say, manga, are culture based; if you did not grow up in that culture, those little nuances may not come across properly (or at least, as intended). This applies to any media that has strong cultural ties in its content.
Ehhh... I suppose my answers have been rather generic. I guess I can't give any specifics since, as seen from my answer to the first question, I haven't immersed myself in many OELs and the like. Should I find one that draws me in, I will not disregard it simply because it was not created in Japan.
On a side note, manga is simply Japanese comics. Many nations have their variant of comic books and I'm sure many other countries have mimic-ed them as is done with manga. As long as the intention is to create something appealing and not to purely copy, I can foresee plenty of interesting works in the future... maybe further than one would hope since I'm certain there are far more people that do NOT think like me than those that do.
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