There is a lot of crossing between Fantasy and Sci-fi in the early stories.
The John Carter of Mars stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs have some weird technology with sword and sorcery tropes, IIRC.
The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey transitioned from one genre to the other.
And, of course, we have Star Wars. Would you characterize as sci-fi or Fantasy.
I believe Western culture has the tendency to specialization, while japanese blend a mish mash of tropes together. That's one of the things that attracted me to japanese anime, manga and games.
The John Carter of Mars stories by Edgar Rice Burroughs have some weird technology with sword and sorcery tropes, IIRC.
The Dragonriders of Pern by Anne McCaffrey transitioned from one genre to the other.
And, of course, we have Star Wars. Would you characterize as sci-fi or Fantasy.
I believe Western culture has the tendency to specialization, while japanese blend a mish mash of tropes together. That's one of the things that attracted me to japanese anime, manga and games.