This document provides an overview of anime, including what anime is, common misconceptions, its history and origins in early 20th century Japan, character design techniques, popular genres like drama, romance, and sci-fi, its basis in manga comics, and influences on Western animation. It notes that anime is animation from Japan, encompassing many genres from drama to action to fantasy. The history discusses early experimentation in the 1900s, the rise of animation as an alternative to the underdeveloped live-action film industry in Japan, and major influential works and periods from the 1970s to 1990s.

1. Anime!

2. Outline
• What is Anime?
• Common Misconceptions
• History of Anime
• Character Design
• Genres
• Basis on Manga
• Influences in Western Animation

3. What is Anime?
• Put simply, anime is animation from Japan.
• Anime is a medium, not a genre. Saying “I
like anime” is akin to saying “I like movies.” It
includes the same genres as every other
medium: drama, romance, comedy, sports,
action, horror, sci-fi, fantasy, erotica and so
on.
• So basically, Anime could be seen as
Japan’s “Hollywood.”

4. Common Misconceptions
• Anime is for kids
• Anime = violent / pornographic / big
eyes / big breasts / big robots

5. (Brief) History of Anime

6. Early 1900s
• At the start of the 20th century, Japanese
filmmakers experimented with the animation
techniques that were being explored in other
countries, especially in the U.S. (Disney).
• By the 1930s, animation became an alternative
format of storytelling compared to the
underdeveloped live-action industry in Japan. Two
reasons:
– Unlike America, the live-action industry in Japan
remained a small market and suffered from
budgeting, location, and casting restrictions.
– The lack of Western-looking actors, in addition,
made it next to impossible to shoot films set in
Europe, America, or fantasy worlds that do not
naturally involve Japan. The varied use of
animation allowed artists to create any
characters and settings.

7. Early 1900’s
1907

8. 1970s
World Masterpiece Theatre

9. 1980s
Rise of Sci-fi superhero & “Mecha”
genre coincided with the commercial
success of Star Wars

10. 1980s
Hayao Miyazaki & Ghibli Studio

11. 1990s
• Neon Genesis Evangelion- revived
anime TV industry
• Pokemon series
• Dragon Ball series
• Sailormoon
Extremely popular and heavily
commercialized throughout
the world

12. Character Design

13. Character Design

14. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anime

16. http://naruto224.deviantart.com/

17. An example of exaggeration…
• Clip from “Get Backers”

18. Genre

19. Drama

20. Romance / Comedy

21. Sports

22. Action

23. Sci-fi

24. Fantasy

25. Basis on Manga

26. Basis on Manga
Anime Manga

27. Basis on Manga

28. Influences in Western Animation

29. Teen Titans

30. Do we have time for some more
clips?

31. Sources
• http://wikipedia.org
• http://anime-source.com
• www.awn.com/mag/issue1.5/articles/patten1.5.