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Plus there being a ton of opportunities for artist thanks to manga popularity. There's actual drive to become an artist. There's schools and competitions.
Im Russia kids are good at maths for the same reason, there's competition, clubs, schools.
In Brazil and Argentina there's tons of soccer schools and clubs. Of course you are gonna get a few very talented people on their field when there's so many trying. It's a matter of throwing bodies at the problem.