{"id":66890,"date":"2023-02-07T02:26:34","date_gmt":"2023-02-07T02:26:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essays.homeworkacetutors.com\/2023\/02\/the-birth-and-growth-of-anime-animation-essay\/"},"modified":"2023-02-07T02:26:34","modified_gmt":"2023-02-07T02:26:34","slug":"the-birth-and-growth-of-anime-animation-essay","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/the-birth-and-growth-of-anime-animation-essay\/","title":{"rendered":"The Birth And Growth Of Anime Animation Essay"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Anime, as an art form, has swept the world. It was \u201cborn\u201d early in the 1900\u2019s and has flourished. There are hundreds of series and movies, some of which are famous in their own right, like Pokemon, with world-wide recognition when it is mentioned.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anime is actually taken from the word\u00a0animation and has become the\u00a0word used by the majority of the world.\u00a0 In Japan this art form is\u00a0called Japanamation, and it refers solely to what is produced in Japan by Japanese Manga-kas (A \u201cka\u201d is the writer of a Manga, which is a Japanese comic book). The story from the comic book is then produced in animated form for movies and television.<\/p>\n

\u00a0 The world-wide popularity of Disney\u2019s first animated film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, sparked an interest in Japan\u2019s cartoonists to create their own version of animated stories.\u00a0 Shimokawa Oten was one of the first animators in Japan, being responsible for five movies back in the early 1900\u2019s.\u00a0 Unfortunately, ill health prevented him from continuing and he returned to working as a cartoonist instead of producing movies.\u00a0 Jun\u2019ichi Kouchi did caricatures and some painting.\u00a0 In 1916, he was hired by Kobayashi Shokai as a cartoonist.\u00a0 His work was considered to be more technically advanced than any other Japanese animator and he is credited with at least 15 movies.<\/p>\n

It is generally accepted that the first Anime-type cartooning began being produced in the very early 1900\u2019s.\u00a0 However,<\/p>\n

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In July, 2005, an old animation film was found in Kyoto.\u00a0 This undated 3 seconds film, plainly titled Moving Picture, consists of fifty frames drawn directly onto a strip of celluloid.\u00a0 The discoverer, Naoki Matsumoto, has speculated it could be \u201cup to 10 years older\u201d than the previously first known Japanese animation, Imokawa Mukuzo Genkanban no Maki, released in 1917.\u00a0\u00a0 (B 2)<\/p>\n

This earlier date is a distinct\u00a0possibility, but cannot be proven.<\/p>\n

Japanese animators had many difficulties, including competition with producers such as Disney.\u00a0They found it difficult to work in small companies with only a few employees, and still produce quality films. High costs and lack of\u00a0adequate materials made it hard for the Japanese animators to produce work that could compete in the world market.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anime was seen as\u00a0a means to provide more inexpensive entertainment than live action films.\u00a0 It is much easier to draw\u00a0special effects than to create them in real life, since there is not the expense of a large human cast and\u00a0possibly\u00a0highly- trained animals that are all waiting around while other scenes are being shot.<\/p>\n

The idea for the big eyes\u00a0that are an Anime trademark came from Disney\u2019s style of animation in several of his original films, most notably Bambi with his large, expressive eyes.<\/p>\n

(F)<\/p>\n

There was a war on at the time, and producing animated entertainment was much cheaper than live action films. When the animated part was finished, actors were called in\u00a0to do the voice-overs which did not require so many retakes, and if retakes were necessary, not so many people were involved at each stage.\u00a0 Each actor could be called in to record their parts completely separate from each other, or a few at a time, but it wasn\u2019t necessary to have everyone there at once<\/p>\n

Anime has\u00a0become a cohesive influence between the Asian\u00a0people and the rest of the world.\u00a0 It is amazing how this form of entertainment is embraced by so many people from such diverse cultures.\u00a0<\/p>\n

During the war the Japanese military commissioned\u00a0propaganda films, showing \u201cthe sly, quick Japanese people winning against enemy forces\u201d (C 3).\u00a0<\/p>\n

When compared to other forms of animation, Anime is seen by many viewers as the best.\u00a0 Case in point, the various incarnations of Transformers. That is just one story done many different ways. Anime has many different stories within the main category of giant machines.\u00a0Some of these stories are Zoids, Evangelion, and the various series of Gundam.\u00a0Mickey Mouse, for example, is a series of individual stories with only the characters in common; there is no timeline. The Zoids series is a clearly ongoing story that has evolved over the years. As in Chaotic Century (Series 1) the main character, Van Flyheight, was\u00a0the pilot of a blue Blade Liger.\u00a0 In Zoids New Century Zero (Series 3) the Blade Liger has now become Liger Zero, a much more advanced machine with a great deal more power.\u00a0It is widely accepted that this pilot, Bit Cloud, is the descendant of the original pilot, Van.\u00a0Clearly these stories continue on through generations. Transformers is a story that remains static and does not evolve through time.\u00a0The designs have changed a lot over time, but the story characters are still the same as in the beginning.\u00a0<\/p>\n

Anime has branched out into the sports world and stories have been created involving sports figures in the 1980\u2019s. Other sports series followed, including Slam Dunk, Prince of Tennis and Eyeshield 21.<\/p>\n

Several experimental films were produced in the 1980\u2019s becoming more and more ambitious and trying to outclass other films. However, these lavishly budgeted spectacles were not able to recoup the production costs and many Anime studios failed.<\/p>\n

PICTURE 1<\/p>\n

\u00a0(F)<\/p>\n

During the 1990\u2019s, Pokemon came on the scene.\u00a0 It became wide spread because of the trading card games, toys, Anime movies etc. Currently there are 493 species, about 40 of which are present in Picture 1.\u00a0 Sailor Moon, which started in 1992, became very successful because of its magical girl theme.\u00a0 In the 2000\u2019s, the story plots have changed to be more sexually attractive, involving outrageously handsome or beautiful characters along with nudity. In my opinion, this has compromised the artistic integrity of Anime and Manga.<\/p>\n

Anime has extended its influence into the Western and European markets in the way emotions are expressed. For instance, if the scene includes a \u201cjaw-drop\u201d moment, the character will actually be\u00a0drawn with their jaw\u00a0dropping to the floor and their eyes bugged out in an exaggerated way. This helps convey to the viewer a greater sense of what\u2019s happening without using words. As shown below, Robin\u2019s jaw has hit the floor. He also appears to have been hit in the head by someone else\u2019s jaw.<\/p>\n

PICTURE 2<\/p>\n

(F)\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n

PICTURE 3<\/p>\n

(F)<\/p>\n

(Here, the Roadrunner has gotten away yet again. Wiley needs a new hobby.)<\/p>\n

Anime\u00a0has exerted a\u00a0strong influence in other forms of animation.\u00a0 In France, two shows were produced,\u00a0named Totally Spies and Martin Mystery.\u00a0 In both of these cartoons, there is a lot of facial body-language used, as previously mentioned,\u00a0much of which is inspired by Anime.\u00a0 In America there is Teen Titans which uses a lot of exaggerated expressions to enhance the story, or simply to provide humour.\u00a0<\/p>\n

There are perhaps ten or more conventions\u00a0in the United States\u00a0during any given year.\u00a0 As with Star Trek Trekkies, the fans who attend these \u201ccons\u201d will dress up\u00a0in costumes\u00a0representing their favourite\u00a0character.\u00a0 Many\u00a0Otakus, the\u00a0Anime counterpart of a Trekkie, will\u00a0speak, behave and try to appear as much in character as\u00a0possible. These attendees take this dressing up and character role playing very seriously. They spend a lot of money and time getting their costumes accurate to the tiniest detail.\u00a0 Thousands of people attend these \u201ccons\u201d and some\u00a0will attend as many as they can possibly afford or are able to get to. Available at nearly every con\u00a0are toys, games, posters, CD\u2019s, boxed collections of episodes or movies, jewellery, and any piece of clothing a character\u2019s face can be applied to. Not all of these items will be present at every con.\u00a0Many of the more obsessive\u00a0Otakus will fill their homes with these items, and will\u00a0wear some\u00a0Anime related clothing wherever possible.\u00a0\u00a0Otakus, like anyone who follows some particular fandom, range from the merely\u00a0interested to the addicted person who has no life apart from Anime.<\/p>\n

Japan seems to have only one big convention every year, perhaps because\u00a0Japan is small in size and has a public transportation system which would enable anyone, anywhere in Japan, to\u00a0travel fairly easily to the\u00a0convention location.<\/p>\n

Anime is a controversial type of animation that does not appeal to everyone, but those who like it are utterly loyal and will not stand for insults, defending it vehemently. It is one of the longest lasting world-wide fads. Here\u2019s to seeing it through another century!<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Anime, as an art form, has swept the world. It was \u201cborn\u201d early in the 1900\u2019s and has flourished. There are hundreds of series and movies, some of which are famous in their own right, like Pokemon, with world-wide recognition when it is mentioned.\u00a0 Anime is actually taken from the word\u00a0animation and has become the\u00a0word […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6524,9402],"tags":[8669,8657,6963,8668,6862,8340,1383],"class_list":["post-66890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-animation","category-write-a-word-essay-animation","tag-academic-paper-assistance","tag-affordable-college-homework","tag-custom-essay-writing","tag-dissertation-writing-services","tag-online-homework-help","tag-thesis-help-uk","tag-write-my-essay-online"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66890","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66890\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.colapapers.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}