History of Japanese Animation

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Brian Corral Mr. Silva English 114 December 18, 2013 History of Japanimation In the history of Japanimation, this began to reach a high popularity during the 1970’s and the early 2000’s, with some of the well-known animators, such as Osamu Tezuka, Hayao Miyazaki, and Isao Takahata. The meaning of Japanimation is actually a style in which an animated series is based on a futuristic theme and has robot-like features; also called anime. Anime is the Japanese style of motion-picture with colorful art with futuristic setting, violence and sexuality. As the new genre called mecha came into being during these times, which came with some new anime series such as Space Battleship Yamato and Mobile Suit Gundam. Thus, I will provide a basic understanding of Japanimation and classify the history in three sections, History of Japanimation, famous animators, and famous films from the three Japanese animators. Back in the 1960’s many of the television series that aired in Japan were made strictly made for children, but there were a few exceptions. For example, one such series, 8-Man featured one of the main characters being murdered and later being reborn into a robot. Later, the Japanimation style of animation started to be used more often in the 1970’s because it had a different approach to the audience. The science fiction and mecha genres are what began to excite the audience with great robot and spaceship designs. For example, Space Battleship Yamato (1974) was a series about a team trying to save the universe from an alien invasion. It was a very popular space opera followed by another famous space movie called Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) aired on theaters in America. Another Japanese animated series that presents the world of humanoid mobile suits, this series is called Kido Senshi Gundam (Japanese for Mobile Suit Gundam). This series is about a space war that

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