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The term anime refers to a certain tradition of Japanese animation that is recognizable by its artistic quality. Also it’s somewhat mannered artistic conventions anime artists show, such as the liking for child-like, large eyes. But it's not just the art that gets ones attention. |
| In contrast to the flat, Good vs. Evil plots in U.S. cartoons, many anime stories deal with complex, thought-provoking themes, presenting complex characters that change as the stories progress. There's a ready acceptance of the reality of death. In some anime, even those intended for kids, main characters sometimes die. Although there's as much silliness and trash in anime as in any other popular cartoon, it's a fair overview to say that it's a more intelligent genre than American cartoons. |
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Anime also provides a window into another culture. In ways that many anime fans never guess, anime draws strongly from Japanese and wider Asian mythology and symbolism generally. It specifically comes from the rich Japanese traditions of Shinto and the martial arts. Shinto is a Japanese religion. |
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Responsible for some of the world's best technology at present, the Japanese seem to be out in front in another way too, thinking about the ways of advanced technology. Some of the most interesting anime explore the link of technology that blurs the contrasts between device and people, male and female, ending descriptions, anime deeply looks into the moral and spiritual ways of life and good and evil, leaving the characters unseeing to find their moorings. In difference to American discoveries of advanced technology, of which include all the issues under the "absolute good vs. absolute evil" and "happy culture in a world pushed over the edge by rampaging hi-tech development. |
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Anime is closely related to Japanese comics, called manga. Many anime series got their start as popular manga. An industry with $3 billion yearly sales in Japan, manga account for as much as 60 percent of all printed materials sold in that country, and is very avidly read, so much though, in fact, that addiction can be of a problem. Japanese smile unevenly when they refer offensively of otaku (collector or enthusiast), over-the-top manga fans whose filthy, cluttered homes are stacked to the rooftop with manga. The popularity of manga helps to explain why anime productions values are so high, it's a huge, profitable market. Some popular manga graphic novels today are One Piece, Naruto, Inyuahsa, or Dragonball Z. |
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