I need an opininon on Japanese Manga for an English project. Any volenteers?!
Question: Any opnions, information, or simply a statement would be appriciated! Thanx!
Answers: Any opnions, information, or simply a statement would be appriciated! Thanx!
Anime is the Japanese shortened word for 'animation'.
In Japan, 'anime' would be any animated production, from Disney to Legend of the Overfiend. Anything that is animated, be it Japanese, English or French. Outside Japan, though, 'anime' tends to refer, specifically, to Japanese animation.
In Japan, anime is a rather popular form of entertainment. It comes in the form of tv shows, movies at the cinema as well as direct to video releases (OVA - Original Video Animation). Unlike in the west, anime has a huge variety of genres - it is not only for children. Nor, on the other hand, is it just violence for adults! Anime is for everybody!
Most of the time, anime comes from a manga - Japanese comics. Occasionally, though, you'll get an anime first, and the manga will follow... but as a general rule, anime comes from a popular manga series. The manga are sold in anthologies, either weekly or monthly, and have a huge number of readers! Even more, if you consider that these anthologies are read once, and left on the train (often by businessmen and office ladies on their way to work - manga, you see, doesn't have the same stigma as comics tend to have in the west) for someone else to read. (They are cheap throw-away items - the Japanese version of graphic novels follow, and these are more likely to be collected.) As with anime, manga comes in many genres for all age groups - manga for businessmen, women, boys, girls, romance, fashion, sports and more. It's a huge industry in Japan, and very, very popular.
Anime for children would include Pokemon, Minky Momo ('Gigi' in English), Dragon Ball, Card Captor Sakura and Sailor Moon. If you see the original versions, you'll probably notice there is a lot that has been edited for the western releases. From the anime I have seen, the Japanese version do not try to protect children from death - it actually happens in anime. For instance, in Sailor Moon, the senshi (scouts) die in the end of the first season. (In the American version, they were 'trapped' but got away.) This is not to say that Japanese children are happy with the concept of death - it's just that it is not a 'no-no' topic for even children's anime.
Anime for teenagers would include Ranma 1/2, Urusei Yatsura (Lum), Marmalade Boy and Fushigi Yugi. Again, the 'no-no' subjects of the west are found in these anime. Fushigi Yugi introduces subjects like rape, and Ranma 1/2 has some nudity (though this is definitely not porn - the nudity is mostly kept to places like the bathroom, or as a laugh when the male Ranma changes into a woman and he's still acting like a male.) The different values tend to clash - if this sort of anime was to be put on television, it would probably only make it to pay tv (cable), or on a foreign language channel. But one can hope...!!!
There are also a multitude of anime for young adults and adults - Tenchi Muyo, Cowboy Beebop, Dirty Pair (not what you think!!), Dragon Half, Evangelion, DNA^2, Maison Ikkoku, Legend of the Overfiend, Dark City, Gundam, and Mononoke-hime to name a few. A number of these probably fit into the teenage category, as some of them tend to be fine for all ages.
These anime mentioned above are ones that are (or have been) popular in the west, not only in Japan. There are anime in all genres - romance, fantasy, science fiction, comedy, drama, action... just about any genre you find in the west, you'll find in anime! As you can clearly see, anime is not just for children!
Recently, though, the foreign movie channel here (SBS) has been showing anime... dubbed, because that's what the Australian anime sellers have been giving them, but anime none the less! Most of the films, though, were Manga Video movies, but they have been showing Patlabour, Porco Rosso and the tv series of Evangelion. It was great to see Eva on regular tv! It's a step in the right direction - anime on tv, uncut and uncensored! (When showing things on tv, the American censors cut out or edit some of the silliest things, IMO!)
Anime is growing in popularity, down here. I hope it continues, and one day, we might see subtitled anime on SBS, and regular anime showings on the commercial networks!
So, Watch, and enjoy!
Mermaid Melody.
Well I think that Mangas (also anime) are the best type of cartoons and comics.I have watched these cartoons since I was four and I still watch them.I hope I helped with this answer.
Manga is so awesome! There's such a diversity of genres and art styles. It's so different from Western cartoons, the art and the storylines. Manga is pretty much like any book just illustrated, I mean every scenario you read in a book you'll most likely find in manga. It's entertaining, funny, sad, romantic, scary, gruesome, and so much more.
P.S. I soo wish I could've done an assignment on manga! You're luckyyy.
Good luck =)
I wish I was you. i'd love to make a report or project on manga.
Japanese manga is just comics in japan. They have different drawings though even throughout the manga. Some eyes may be bigger and bubblier than others. The eyes in manga basically represent the soul of the person.
Manga is normally put into anime or anime into manga. Anime is just the animated version.
The story line is normally full of action and actually goes somewhere. It has a plot and teh enemies sometimes do triumph and when they set up for teh diabolical plan, they don't stay around and act like idiots. They actually go through with what they want. Just look at the Akatsuki in Naruto. They went through with getting Gaara's demon for those who watch this show.
Manga/anime normally holds more gore, crude humor, and in the japanese version, swearing.
The dubbed version basically sucks for any type of anime. So if you watch anime, watch the english subbed version with them speaking japanese.
Right now, the most popular mangas have to be Bleach, Death Note, and Naruto.
Dragon Ball Z was the original manga that started it all basically and is the inspiration for many manga-ka (or artists who draw manga)
There are two types. Shoujo or Shounen. Here's a copy and paste of one of my answers for these two on the differences:
Naruto is definately Shonen thus Shonen jump. That is who publicates Naruto in Japan and here. shonen is more gory and action. Bleach, FMA, Naruto, DBZ, all of those are more Shonen type.
Shoujo is more for girls and is like Sailor moon and Mew Mew. They have more girlish colors like pink and purple and baby type colors. They don't have much fighting either. These also have big bubbly eyes. Well... better chance then Shonen.
They are two different genres and also drawing styles.They are both aimed for the different sexes too.
here is teh question I got it from if you want more on it:
http://answers.yahoo.com/question/index;...
Hopefully I've helped.
I think manga/anime are awesome!
They have great artwork and story lines.
My favorite is Full Moon wo Sagashite
I AM MORE THAN WILLING TO HELP YOU! I AM A LITTLE OLDER HAN MOST OF THE PEOPLE ON HERE( I'M 27) I HAVE WATCHED ANIME AND HAVE BEEN READING MANGA FOR OVER 12 YEARS. IF YOU'D LIKE TO GET IN TOUCH JUST EMAIL ME AND I'LL GET BACK TO YOU. JUST LET ME KNOW WHAT YOU NEED!