The History of Anime: To what
extent is your knowledge about it?
What is Anime?
Anime
(ah-NIH-may) is a term for Japanese animation. Anime often covers more serious
topics than the typical cartoon. In America, cartoons are considered a form of
entertainment meant for children. In Japan, people of all ages watch anime.
Most shows and movies are centered for kids, adolescents, or young adults, but
there are also many anime that are made for the older crowd, even businessmen.
There are many genres in anime with basic categories like comedy, romance,
action, drama, and pornography (hentai). There are also
anime with content meant specifically for boys (shounen), girls (shoujo),
and businessmen. For more detailed explanations of the types of anime, take a
look at our Genres
section and hopefully you will learn something while viewing some great
pictures.
Probably
the most readily apparent differences between Japanese animation and other
places is the artwork. Huge eyes, brightly colored hair, well-endowed female
characters, and exaggerated emotional expressions and gestures are typical of
anime style. Early anime artists were largely influenced by early Disney
characters like the Seven Dwarves from Snow White, Mickey Mouse, and the
non-Disney Betty Boop.
(Note
that "anime" in Japan technically means any animated film, and
"manga" is any printed cartoon, but people in the rest of the world
take them to mean animated films or comics from Japan.) http://www.umich.edu/~anime/intro.html
How did anime started?
During
World War II the entire Japanese nation was mobilized. The people were
forced to conform to the government's demands or pay the ultimate price.
According to Frederik Schodt's book, Manga Manga: The World of Japanese
Comics, those who failed to cooperate were punished by "preventive
detention, bans on writing, and social ostracism, while those who recanted were
rewarded with rehabilitation programs and support from the community...artists
who had spent most of their lives criticizing the government did an about-face
and offered wholehearted support to the militarists" (Schodt,
55). After World War II, a young aspiring artist named Osamu Tezuka
became a cartoonist and released his first work Shintakarajima (known in
English as "New Treasure Island"). 
When Tezuka made a name for himself
in the industry, he managed to establish his own production company in
1962. He formed Mushi Productions, where he released his best work, Astro
Boy. With Astro Boy, Many recognized Tezuka's original style
and approach that was new to the entire industry. By 1963, Astro Boy
crossed international borders and was premiered on NBC stations all over the US
and was still successful with American audiences.
After the success of Astro Boy, Tezuka
released another work, Jungle Taitei (Kimba the White Lion). There
was much controversy in the past about this anime after Disney released a
similar version with the movie The Lion King with Simba as the main
character. Although Disney denies this, many believe that Disney stole
the anime and recreated it with their own version. (To learn more about
the conflict between Disney and Tezuka visit Tezuka's "Jungle King" and Disney's
"Lion King").
Later on, other artists came to take
some of the spotlight such as Akira Toriyama, Rumiko Takashi, Hayao Miyazaki,
Isao Takahata, and many others. Miyazaki, who works for Studio Ghibli (or www.onlineghibli.com/), is one of the most famous and most
respected anime artists of today. Some of Miyazaki's works are Kiki's
Delivery Service, Heidi, Nausicaa of the Valley of the Wind, and his recent
masterpiece Princess Mononoke.
1914
- Cartoonists were among the first Japanese artists to experiment with animated motion pictures.
1918 - Momotaro
by Kitayama Seitaro became Japan's first world wide success. However, the manga industry was still growing
slowly and had a long way to go.
1932 - Before the
WWII, Seitaro released the anime, Chikara To Onna No Yononoka.
1941- The Japanese
government used cartoonist to make comic strips with propaganda to use against their enemies.
1947 - After World
War II, Osamu Tezuka became a cartoonist and released his first work Shintakarajima (known in
English as New Treasure Island).
1951 - Osamu
Tezuka created the milestone manga, Tetsuwan Atom or Astro Boy,
as it was known in the US. As a
result, years later he became a pioneer in anime, and was the man responsible for the success of anime and
manga worldwide.
1956 - The
production company, Toei Animation, was founded by Hiroshi Okawa and released its first feature, The
Tale of the White Serpent.
1958 - Tezuka
furthers his talents entering the anime world.
1961 - Tezuka
founded the Osamu Tezuka Production Animation Department, which eventually became Mushi Productions.
1962 - Manga
Calendar was the very first anime to be aired on television.
1963 - Tezuka's Astro
Boy premiered on NBC stations.
1970's- Various
"mecha" anime (anime with giant robots) took over. Among them were G-Force, Battle of the
Planets, Great Mazinger, and Star Blazers.
1979 - Mobile
Suit Gundam, the originial version of the current anime Gundam Wing premiered and was a huge success which
turned into a nation wide obsession.
As a result, the series was released into three theatrical films.
1986 - The artist,
Akira Toriyama, released the series Dragon Ball, which became one of Japan's most popular anime
shows. Later, the series went on forming Dragon Ball Z and Dragon Ball GT.
1988 - The world receives a blast with
the graphically violent and gruesome anime, Akira, which was an
international hit.
1995 - The girls
anime, Sailor Moon, was aired in the US.
1997- Cartoon Network launched Toonami, a segment
that showed non-American cartoons
which later on proved themselves to be more than worthy of watching
in the US.
1999 - Pokemon
was released in the US and it hit the country by storm! Sometime during the same year, Miyazaki released the
movie, Princess Mononoke with help
from Disney.
2000 - Gundam
Wing, the anime descended from Mobile Suit Gundam, was
released. Along with it
came Tenchi Muyo, Card Captors, Blue Submarine 6, and the short lived Vision of Escaflowne.
2001 - Outlaw
Star, the most current anime to be aired in the US, is showing on Cartoon Netwrok's Toonami.
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People like to watch anime
because it is interesting to watch and have lots of genre. The personality of
each character is perfect for each genre and for the storyline of the anime.
Anime is referred as “Japanese Animation”. Anime can cause an effect to people.
The effect can be bad or good. Some example of the negative effect is people
withdrawn from social life, become an obsessive person, and they make the
personality of the character to be their personality.
People can be a hikikomori (people choose to withdraw from social life) if they watch too much anime. They said watch anime is an outlet for those who do not have an opportunity to express themselves and also for those who want to escape reality even just for a short period of time. They become shut to other people and spend more time in the bedroom. Anime can make people want to watch more anime. For example, my friend did not like anime at all, but after he watching anime for the first time, he can not stop watching anime anymore.
People
who spend most time to watch anime can become an obsessive person. For example,
my friend watching anime almost all the time he have. He likes the personality
of character named Yui in anime K-ON, then he bought a collection figures of
that character. The worse is they looking for partnership based on the
character personality.
People
like to imitate the whole behavior of the character that they like the most in
that anime. In other word, they want to become the character of that anime. If
the character they like is an antagonist or the villains in that anime, they
can start to act like that character in real world or they create their
personality to match the character (2011,
07). Cause and Effect Anime. StudyMode.com. Retrieved 02, 2013, from http://www.studymode.com/essays/Cause-And-Effect-Anime-737637.html
Literally,
when people start to mimic the anime character, they are dressing up and
pretending to be a fictional character (usually a sci-fi, comic book, or anime
character).It is called cosplaying.
Cosplay
is
a word that has it's root in costume play. It is both a noun and a verb. Cosplay can mean the actual costume, as well as the action of wearing it
Contrary to popular belief, many cosplayers (well over 98%) do not believe they are the characters they are "cosplaying" as. Cosplays are typically worn to anime conventions.
a word that has it's root in costume play. It is both a noun and a verb. Cosplay can mean the actual costume, as well as the action of wearing it
Contrary to popular belief, many cosplayers (well over 98%) do not believe they are the characters they are "cosplaying" as. Cosplays are typically worn to anime conventions.
Cosplays are made for the following
reasons.
1.) To recreate a 2 dimensional art form into 3-D.
1.) To recreate a 2 dimensional art form into 3-D.
2.) To challenge one's self to create a cosplay. Many of which don’t seem possible to physically create, but somehow are.
3.) To show appreciation and/or interest in a certain anime/manga/videogame.
4.) To take pride in a cosplay that looks well done.
5.) Because normal cloth that is shitted out for everyone via mass factories and little kids in china are dull. Cosplays are much more interesting to wear. And each cosplay is one of a kind unique considering the wearer most likely made it him/herself.
6.) It's a Hobby
Reasons why cosplays are worn:
1.) To take pride in ones own creation
2.) To wear something out of the ordinary (societies restrictions on what is allowable to be worn everyday is bland)
3.) To show support and/or interest in an anime/manga/videogame
4.) Self expression. Often the character that is choosen to be cosplayed mirrors the actual person wearing the cosplay. The person's personality is like the character Not the other way around (the person wants to be the character).
5.) To get into the spirit of the son
6.) To have fun.
Cosplayers cosplay for the same reasons that...
1.) Sports fans wear jersies and paint themselves for games.
2.) Goths wear all black, punk wear punk cloth, Preps wear tight cloth, "gangstas" wear baggy cloth.... But for cosplayers....A cosplay is worn for 1-3 days out of the year. A limited and restrained form of self expression.
Cosplay is a "HOBBY". Much like a model builder builds models, a person modifies their car, a hunter hunts (when they can buy food instead), a gamer plays games, a sports fan watches sports. A cosplayer cosplays (makes costumes). Definition by Iwachiten http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=cosplay
