History of Anime

Anime was created by Japan, in the year 1917, which introduced a new, entertaining and exciting commodity for the Japanese community to experience and witness. Japan had finally experienced its very own cartoons, which would indulge the Japanese culture that every Japanese citizen is proud of and admires. However, the early years of Anime wasn't its most successful, in fact it was by far its worst. Anime could not keep up with the Western cartoons, to the extent that even the Japanese would prefer Western cartoons over Anime. This proposed a tremendous problem for Anime industries, and action needed to be taken for Anime to be on the map. The industry was facing competition from legendary shows such as Batman, Superman, and Disney's very own Mickey Mouse. The hype and passion around those Western shows was so extreme to the extent that no one can compete. But, if you can't beat them, join them. Anime started incorporating those Western features into their very own animations, the characteristics, the plot, the landscape, and the animation, basically everything that helped, was taken and mixed within the old and unwanted Japanese Animations. This caused the massive explosion of Anime popularity in the late 1960's, as Anime no longer only represented a culture that the Japanese already know, and the West aren't interested in, but has now introduced a new era of ingenuity and brilliance. So what caused Anime to change over the years, and suddenly blossom in the 1960's? How

Some problems are solved over a cup of coffee and some go on for decades without any sign of resolution. The reason may be that a solution can not be found or possibly that too many solutions are established. The ongoing argument of whether video games are good or bad for society is a clear example. Opponents believe they are a bad contribution to society while proponents believe they are a necessary and supportive addition to society.

Animation varies greatly between Japanese culture and that of the United States. While animation is usually revered as entertainment for children in the United States, Japanese animation, or “anime” as it is referred to both in Japan and in the West, is a form of media that is enjoyed by people of all ages. Unlike the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles and Spongebob Squarepants, both popular American animations in their times, anime focuses more on drama and varying genres with some even being pornographic in nature. The differing cultures of the United States and Japan can be

As any cliché artist would say, “I started drawing a lot when I was younger;” but not me –I can’t remember when I started to enjoy the arts. I have always been driven to create and express myself. I painted scenery to calm my nerves, draw intricate objects to focus on details, and draw dynamic poses to allow development of my eye. The mountain of used sketchbooks fills its’ own bookcase, dating back to early elementary years when I would create little stories much like a comic book. Despite my deep love for the arts, I always loved animation much more. Animation is the perfect blend of drawing and creating visual aid, while elaborately designing a storyline and plot to engage the audience –animation lets the average audience member to feel

Since its independence from the constraints of commercial production mode, a lot of animation artists join the creation work of experimental animation. They convey their artistic philosophy to the audience by using a unique perspective and new forms of expression. Because it is primarily the creation of individual, and does not involve commercial factors, the production mode is also different with the mainstream commercial animation film.

Manga and anime are a huge part in American and the Japanese culture. Anime and Manga were once used for war, propaganda, and recruitment, but is now used for entertainment and leisure. Anime was not just created by one man but by many working together. Anime has had a long line of history causing it to become more and more loved throughout the years. It not only caused Japan a great deal of money and working jobs but it also influenced more people to see the brighter things in life. Manga was not only just important in anime’s history but it was the cause of it. The time line of huge success in anime started in 1914 with the first manga being created.

The National Film Board of Canada had a great amount of cinema and theoretical productions, but they are also well known for their use of animation. Norman Mclauren an animator

After a stressful week of school and work, it is finally the weekend. People often do many activities to have fun or feel productive during the weekend. Similar to myself, I watched an anime over the weekend. Animes are animated TV shows produced by Japanese companies. Watching animes on my weekends relieves the stress from school, but also can change the point of my views seen in society. A prime example of an anime I watched this weekend was Your Lie In April. Its Japanese name is Shigatsu wa Kimi no Uso. Your Lie In April is a story about a young boy name Kousei Arima, who is a prodigy pianist and what lies ahead is his path to his future. In this journey, Arima faces the death of his mother, which shakes Arima’s world,

In 2007, I found an animation titled Haloid. It featured the protagonists from the Halo and Metroid video game series fighting off against a horde of aliens. Looking back at it now, that action scene was outrageous, even paralleling the quality of a high-budget blockbuster, with crazy flips and jumps no human could ever hope to replicate. All of the animation was done by one person, Monty Oum. I remember laughing at how most of the credits were only to him, but I had an incredible respect for him. How could one person think of all of that? How could one person animate all of that? Those questions stuck with me in the back of my head in the coming years.

As I entered high school and the time of deciding a legitimate career path neared, I was unsure which job I should pick. I still wanted to be both an author and an actress. It wasn’t until my junior year that I was introduced to the art of animation. I had finally found a career path that allowed me to channel both my love for creating characters and writing stories through drawings.

Everyone knows each project has a process no matter how long or short it may be, with that said this will be a deep analysis on my project: Anime in America. I chose a topic revolving around anime mainly because I watch it and I wanted to do my project on something I found interesting. Another reason for my choice in topics is because I already knew about some of the things revolving around my thesis, my thesis being how America’s encounter resulted in a sanitized, non-stereotyped and easily accessible form of media. Even though I had background information on my topic, researching it gave me material I could build upon and use to support the reasons behind my thesis.

Animation developed slowly overtime. Mylearning.org displays that during the nineteenth-century, many people invented contraptions that played with visuals. The most famous being the Phenakistoscope invented by Joseph Plateau. By spinning his contraptions, the multiple pictures he had taken looked as if they were moving (My Learning). David Nusair, a Hollywood movie expert, says that during the 1906-1935, smaller animations were being produced. Animators were able to synchronize

Before computers became universally used and accepted motion pictures were made using traditional animation. It was a process that most animated films were created with during the 20th century. Individual frames were typically photographs of drawings. In order to create the illusion of movement, animators created each frame slightly different than the one previous. This process was used to create the treasured classics Pinocchio.

The technological factors in the animation industry are not really favorable. Though there are several supportive technologies, there is constant rapid change, resulting in quickly obsolete technologies. Consequently, keeping up with the dynamism of animation technologies becomes difficult.

Animation has been part of the world for a very long time. Use of animation is becoming more popular each day. Animation can be used for different purpose such as advertisement and education but it’s mainly use for entertainment. Lot of short story and film has been created using animation. Most successful animation company usually comes from United State. For example Pixar which has produce some of the most box-office films which include WALL-E, Toy Story and Inside Out. Animation company from Japan also not left behind in producing high-quality animation and becoming more popular nowadays.