Anime is the Japanese animation of Manga. The history of Anime begun when Japanese filmmakers started to experiment with the animation techniques which was being explored in the West. The animation started in Europe until it appeared in Japan and produced 40% animated films which is based on manga. Manga caught the attention of the all age groups and the more manga was published, the more animated film were created. The first huge animated series in terms of popularity was Osamu Tezuka’s “Tetsuwan Atom” or what is known today as “Astroboy”. As time passes, the Anime also develops which gave rise to other anime genres. The anime became widely accepted not only in Japan but also in other countries.
According to the article Brief Overview of Anime, Anime is the Japanese animation of manga and is now widely accepted even in other countries. Anime also lets us learn about another culture because the stories are based on Japanese symbolisms, Asian mythology and Japanese traditions of Shinto which is the martial arts and the Zen. It also stated that it may help one to become artistic and get ideas which may help one’s life.
In my point of view, turning manga into an animated film is really a good idea because as a fan, reading a very long manga will make me bored unlike when it is animated. Also in manga, the characters are not moving so there is less thrill unlike when it is animated wherein you could still imagine every scene even on your sleep.“Japanimation” or anime was really a big boom because it does not only spanned and stopped in Japan but also made its name and popularity all over the world. Anime really let us know about their culture like their language, clothes, and foods which are now in fact becoming a culture of another country. As an individual and a fan who does not live in Japan also felt it because sometimes I find myself saying some Japanese words such as “arigatou” which means “thank you” whenever I want to thank someone and “senpai” which is a term used to call a person older than you which I sometimes used when I’m calling my brother instead of just calling him by his name(LOL). Another thing that makes me feel of their culture is their food which is very usual nowadays here in the Philippines. People tend to eat Japanese foods in order to experience the feeling of being a Japanese which makes one almost forget to eat Filipino cuisines. It seems to like Japan uses Anime as a medium to influence and not just to give a background of their culture.
Anime helps one to be artistic in the sense that it serves as a model to those people who loves to create characters and all forms of arts because anime were made by great artisans. It may inspire one to become a better artist. Anime may also inspire one because of the good ideals being depicted by the characters. A big applause to all the anime artists! Keep it up!
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