You may already be familiar with Japan's high-quality cars, sushi, modern culture, and unique fashion. There is one other aspect that people of all ages around the world can appreciate: anime.
Anime may be linguistically the abbreviation of Animation. But around the world, anime is always associated with Japanese Cartoons. Anime has special features that whenever people see the cartoons, they always recognize them to be Japanese.
In the early 1900s, cartoonists in Japan started drawing their own cartoons based on a fusion of their own culture and North American cartoons. Osamu Tezuka created a kind of Japanese animation called manga in the 1970s. These "whimsical pictures" (as the term is translated) became very popular. Manga is a fusion of traditional Japanese woodblock art that show images of floating worlds and 1950s Western animation. The strongest features of manga evolved into the basic elements of Anime. Some of these key elements include the giant robots genre ("mecha") and the complex and mature stories of the gegika, also known as Dramatic Pictures.
Anime is characterized by its genres and its styles. The thematic elements include both complex and simple storylines. These stories range from funny to romantic to serious and about social commentary. They also include lots of action, violence, horror, super heroes and sometimes even racier, suggestion pornography. With so much range in style and theme, hardly any two characters are alike.
While the variety in characters, action and storylines may be what holds your attention with manga, it's likely the constant elements that first hooks people. As soon as you hear the word "manga," you probably imagine the large eyes and distinct body type (smaller body in proportion to the head) of the characters. The large eyes are cute, plus they show the emotions of the characters very well. It's not uncommon for the artists to draw overflowing tears to represent any strong emotion in manga.
If you haven't already read or watched a manga cartoon, there are many places to look for them. Manga appears in comic books, on the web, and on TV and in movies. If you become a true fan, you can also find collectible items of your favorite characters.
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