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To
put it simply, anime is Japanese cartoons. Anime (ah-NIH-may) is a term for
Japanese animation. Anime is sometimes referred to as Japanimation, but this
term has fallen into disuse.
Anime
Anime is a
particular style of animation developed in Japan, characterized by stylized
art, colorful characters, diverse settings, and intriguing plots. Anime often
draws influence from manga, light novels, and other cultures. Anime is, at
all costs, not to be confused with cartoons, those vastly more
unsophisticated products of North American animation. But you have to be
careful, after all everything has its lemons, and anime is no exception.
While some anime is hand drawn, computer assisted animation techniques have
become quite common in recent years. Anime have original stories while others
draw their stories and characters from Japanese comic books (manga). Anime is
closely related to Japanese comics, called manga. Many anime series got their
start as popular manga.
Manga
Manga is what
comics are called in Japan.
The word manga was coined by the artist Hokusai in 1815, usually translated
to mean irresponsible pictures. Anime and manga share many characteristics,
including: "exaggerated physical features such as large eyes, big hair
and elongated limbs.
Anime is an
art form, and as art, it expresses many things about Japan and its people. Anime also
provides a window into another culture. As animation has become fully
integrated with the computer age, only time will tell about where the future
of anime is headed.
For
a complete list of everything anime from A-Z, check
out this anime article.
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