Most weddings in anime are Western-style (i.e., Christian or Christian-influenced) ceremonies, with Fairytale Wedding Dresses, tuxedos, and rings.

In Japan, the civil or religious ceremony of a wedding has no legal status — the actual marriage is enacted by filing the proper paperwork with the government and is all that is needed; anything else is simply an occasion for a party. Given that most Japanese do little more than give lip service to religion for most of their lives, it should not come as a surprise that they do not feel any particular need to have Shinto or Buddhist ceremonies. In fact, in many Asian cultures (including Japanese culture), traditional weddings are very long, very elaborate and (even compared to the most excessive American weddings) very expensive.