Monday 20 May 2013

Japanese Animation

Japanese cartoonists were experimenting with animation from early as 1914. Japanese cartoonists were influences by the west, they were producing serial newspaper comics. This was developed into a full length manga. Momotaro was the first world wide animation that did success in 1918. A lot of short films and shows came after, but the anime and manga fans were nearly everywhere and everyone have an obligation to one man, Osamu Tezuka.
Tezuka transformed into anime and manga. He had energetic and emotional characters. Hundreds of pages lasted his stories and they were told the story his active picture as well as his words. His characters were inspired from the Disney characters. In the anime/manga the eyes are the most noticeable as they are huge. This design is allowed for a whole range of emotion. The black and white anime Tetsuwam Atom that was published in 1958 or Astro Boy in English were the first anime that were seen regular anime to be have a formal set of characters. A robot boy was the point of attraction who has an atomic heart. He is rejected by his creator and sold to a circus. This robot boy only fights against evil for all the protection.

History of Anime in Japan. 2013. History of Anime in Japan. [ONLINE] Available at: http://www.animesekai.net/history.html. [Accessed 20 May 2013].


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