What the heck is Anime?!


Question: What the heck is Anime!?
I hear this and read it in questions!. What the heck is it!?Www@Enter-QA@Com


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Anime is like cartoons, only better!. Depending on the series it can have more details, better plot, ect!. than American cartoons(anime is Japanese)!. It is NOT the same as manga which are comic books that are traditionally read right to left!. Some examples of anime are Naruto, Inu Yasha, One piece, Hikaru no go, and so on!. Anime can be seen on toonami and adult swim on cartoon network!. You can watch some here!. http://www!.toonamijetstream!.com/Www@Enter-QA@Com

Anime is a specific form of animation created by the Japanese!. Many popular Anime are: Naruto, Bleach, and one that many may know Card Captor Sakura!. Anime is usually a "cartooned" version of the manga (japanese comic books) they are based upon!. Card Captor Sakura was originally a manga drawn by CLAMP until it was created into an Anime show and was aired in the US!.

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It's a certain style of Japanese comic books / animated shows (i!.e!., cartoons)!. Examples of anime that are popular with U!.S!. audiences include Dragonball Z, Bleach, and Naruto!. You can find episodes of all these on YouTube if you want to check it out, make sure you watch the first episode of the show though or you'll be totaly confused!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Anime (sometime called "Japanimation") is a specific sytle of Japanese cartoons!. Manga is the print counterpart!.

it embraces certain sensibilities that make it different than their US counterparts (and not just the art style)Www@Enter-QA@Com

Anime is pretty much just jap!. cartoons that have more action, romance, drama, and magic than the ones in the US haveWww@Enter-QA@Com

Anime is Japanese Cartoons and Manga (Japanese Comics)

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its basically japanese cartoons that originated from japanese manga (japanese comics)
edit: oh its also short for animation(if you didnt pick that up)
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anime is japanese cartoons!. alike ANIMation get it!?!?!? its different from manga though!. manga is the comics, anime is the shows!.Www@Enter-QA@Com

Its just the name given to the kind of animation in which u always know wats gonna happen nextWww@Enter-QA@Com

I got all of this from wikipedia so!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.!.

"Animé" redirects here!. For the oleo-resin, see Animé (oleo-resin)!.

Moe-style illustration of a character combining design elements of Mahoro Andou from Mahoromatic and Haruhi Suzumiya from The Melancholy of Haruhi Suzumiya!.Anime (アニメ, Anime!?) (pronounced [anime] listen (help·info) in Japanese, but typically pronounced /??n?me?/ or /??n?m?/ in English) is an abbreviation of the English word "animation", originating in Japan through the roots of manga!.[1][2] Although the term is used in Japan to refer to animation in general, in English usage the term most popularly refers to material originating from Japan, a subset of animation!.

Anime is traditionally hand drawn, but computer assisted techniques have become quite common in recent years!. It is used in television series, films, video, video games, and internet-based releases, and
Main article: History of anime

Screenshot from Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors (1944), the first feature-length anime film!.The history of anime begins at the start of the 20th century, when Japanese filmmakers experimented with the animation techniques that were being explored in France, Germany, the United States, and Russia!.[3] The oldest known anime produced was screened on 1917; it was a two minute clip of a samurai trying to test a new sword on his target, only to suffer defeat!.[4]

By the 1930s, animation became an alternative format of storytelling compared to the underdeveloped live-action industry in Japan!. Unlike America, the live-action industry in Japan remained a small market and suffered from budgeting, location, and casting restrictions!. The lack of Western-looking actors, for example, made it next to impossible to shoot films set in Europe, America, or fantasy worlds that do not naturally involve Japan!. Animation allowed artists to create any characters and settings!.[5]

The success of Disney's 1937 feature film Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs influenced Japanese animators!.[6] Osamu Tezuka adapted and simplified many Disney animation techniques to reduce the costs and number of frames in the production!. This was intended to be a temporary measure to allow him to produce material on a tight schedule with an inexperienced animation staff!.

During the 1970s, there was a surge of growth in the popularity of manga—which were often later animated—especially those of Osamu Tezuka, who has been called a "legend"[7] and the "god of manga"!.[8][9] His work and that of other pioneers in the field, inspired characteristics and genres that are fundamental elements of anime today!. The giant robot genre (known as "Mecha" outside Japan), for instance, took shape under Tezuka, developed into the Super Robot genre under Go Nagai and others, and was revolutionized at the end of the decade by Yoshiyuki Tomino who developed the Real Robot genre!. Robot anime like the Gundam and Macross series became instant classics in the 1980s, and the robot genre of anime is still one of the most common in Japan and worldwide today!. In the 1980s, anime became more accepted in the mainstream in Japan (although less than manga), and experienced a boom in production!. Following a few successful adaptations of anime in overseas markets in the 1980s, anime gained increased acceptance in those markets in the 1990s and even more in the 2000s!.


Terminology
In Japanese, the English term animation is written in katakana as アニメーション (animēshon, pronounced [ɑnime??o?])!. The shortened term, anime (アニメ), emerged in the 1970s!.[10] Both the original and abbreviated forms are valid and interchangeable in Japanese, but the shorter form is more commonly used!.

The pronunciation of anime in Japanese, [ɑnime], differs significantly from the Standard English IPA: /??n?me?/ which have different vowels and stress!. (In Japanese each mora carries equal stress!.) As with a few other Japanese words such as saké, Pokémon, and Kobo Abé, anime is sometimes spelled animé in English (as in French), with an acute accent over the final e, to cue the reader that the letter is pronounced, not silent as would be expected in English!. However, this accent does not appear in any commonly used system of romanized Japanese and is not in frequent enough use to be recognised by the Oxford English Dictionary!.


Word usage
In Japan, the term does not specify an animation's nation of origin or style; instead, it is used as a blanket term to refer to all forms of animation from around the world!.[11][12] In English, dictionary sources define anime as "a Japanese style of motion-picture animation" or "a style of animation developed in Japan"!.[13] Non-Japanese works that borrow stylization from anime is commonly referred to as "anime-influenced animation" but it is not unusual for a viewer who doesn't know the country of origin of such material to refer to it as simply "anime"!. Some works are co-productions with non-Japanese companies, such as the Cartoon Network and Production I!.G series IGPX or ōban Star-Racers, which may or may not be considered anime by different viewers!.

In English, anime can be used as a common noun ("Do you watch anime!?") or as a suppletive adjective ("The anime Guyver is different from the movie Guyver")!. It may also be used as a mass noun, as in "How much anime have you collected!?" and therefore is not pluralized as animes!.


Synonyms
Anime is occasionally referred to as Japanimation, but this term has fallen into disuse!.[14] Japanimation saw the most usage during the 1970s and 1980s, but was supplanted by anime in the mid-1990s as the material became more widely known in English-speaking countries!.[15] In general, the term now only appears in nostalgic contexts!.[15] Although the term was coined outside Japan to refer to animation imported from Japan, it is now used primarily in Japan, to refer to domestic animation; since anime does not identify the country of origin in Japanese usage, Japanimation is used to distinguish Japanese work from that of the rest of the world!.[15]

In Japan, manga can additionally refer to both animation and comics (although the use of manga to refer to animation is mostly restricted to non-fans)!.[citation needed] Among English speakers, manga usually has the stricter meaning of "Japanese comics"!.[citation needed] An alternate explanation is that it is due to the prominence of Manga Entertainment, a distributor of anime to the US and UK markets!. Because Manga Entertainment originated in the UK the use of the term is common outside of Japan!.[citation needed] The term "animanga" has been used to collectively refer to anime and manga, though it is also a term used to describe comics produced from animation cels!.
Anime is commonly referred as an art form!.[16] As a visual medium, it naturally places a large emphasis towards visual styles!. The styles can vary from artist to artist or by studio to studio!. Some titles make extensive use of common stylization: FLCL, for example, is known for its wild, exaggerated stylization!. In contrast, titles such as Only Yesterday or Jin-Roh take much more realistic approaches, featuring few stylistic exaggerations!.

While different titles and different artists have their own artistic styles, many stylistic elements have become so common such that they are described as being definitive of anime in general!. However, this does not mean that all modern anime share one strict, common art style!. Many anime have a very different art style from what would commonly be called "anime style", yet fans still use the word "anime" to refer to these titles!. Generally, the most common form of anime drawings are "exaggerated physical features such as large eyes, big hair and elongated limbs!.!.!. and dramatically shaped speech bubbles, speed lines and onomatopoeic, exclamatory typography!."[17]

Another stylistic element is that of the use of lines!. In anime the lines are often influenced more from a stylistic look from brush work, rather than that of the calligrapher's pen!.[3] This may be due to the fact that Japanese was traditionally written with a brush and has had a large influence on Japanese art, thus how the lines are treated tend to be different from the Western art!. Western lettering was done with a calligrapher's pen!. The influences of these things can most influentially be seen in the amount of tapering and thickness of the lines involved!.

Anime also tends to borrow many elements from manga including text in the background, and borrowing panel layouts from the manga as well!. For example, an opening may employ manga panels to tell the story, or to dramatize a point for humorous effect!. This is best demonstrated in the anime Kare Kano!.


Character design
Body proportions emulated in anime come from proportions of the human body!. The height of the head is considered as the base unit of proportion!. Head heights can vary as long as the remainder of the body remains proportional!. Most anime characters are about seven to eight heads tall, and extreme heights are set around nine heads tall!.[18]

Variations to proportion can be modded!. Chibi or super deformed characters feature a non-proportionally small body compared to the head!. Sometimes specific body parts, like legs, are shortened or elongated for added emphasis!. Mostly chibi are two to four heads tall!. Some anime works like Crayon Shin-chan completely disregard these proportions!. It is enough such that it resembles a Western cartoon!. For exaggeration, certain body features are increased in proportion!.[18]

A common approach is the large eyes style drawn on many anime and manga characters!. Osamu Tezuka was inspired by the exaggerated features of American cartoon characters such as Betty Boop, Www@Enter-QA@Com



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