In almost every run I can find that uses a japanese cart, the reset brings the runner directly to the title screen. Problem: when I reset my japanse ROM to do MWE attempts, I have to watch a 15 second famicom booting animation (or whatever it is). Am I doing something wrong/do I have a bad ROM/do runners use a differet cart?

Do a soft reset on your emulator instead of a hard reset.

Thanks Can you soft reset on openemu tho