ANIME

Anime:

Japanese animation/cartoons that appeared on television and movies, containing themes and genres like science-fiction, action, comedy, etc. Sometimes they contain violence and explicitly sexual materials.

Anime has been around since the early 90’s and the style of anime developed somewhere in the mid 90’s. Anime and manga (Japanese comics) are known to many people worldwide because of the style that it’s drawn in, especially of how the girls drawn (most of the time). Thin waist, large chest, big hips, and eyes, randomly coloured hair (at times) and has that certain sex appeal. It’s ALL about the sex appeal now-a-these-days. Here are a few examples:

She has BLUE hair.
What's up with that?

Big bewbs. small waist.
Have fun with the backaches.

Her hips. Are HUGE.
(cute though...)

One of the greatest pioneers of anime is the great Osamu Tezuka. 

(3^rd Nov 1928 – 1989).

Osamu Tezuka
(dashing fellow, ain't he?)

Being a cartoonist, manga artstist, producer, animator activist, and a medical doctor (who never practices medicine), he is compared to and called the Japanese version of Walt Disney himself, for having the same ability to inspire and entertain people, both young and old, with their cartoons and animations. Many people gave Osamu the title, the “Godfather (or God) of Anime”. His best known works were Astro Boy, Kimba the White Lion, and Black Jack.

Since then, the style of any has taken many shapes and sizes as well. different artists had different ways of drawing and expressing themselves. I can still remember the first anime (which I didn't what to call it back then besides "cartoon") I watched as a child, and that was 

Pokemon!!

Back then I wished I was like him; going around the world, catching and training Pokemon, and just being the best I could be. The different kinds of Pokemon within the show actually inspired me to draw when I was a kid really. Later, from the year of 2000 onwards, I discovered more anime and most of them were quite an eye-opener :D

Studio Ghibli

Their fiction movies are FREAKING amazing. if you watch their movies (which I recommend VERY much) you will notice how much detail they put and digitalize within every scene. It's so beautiful, it'll make your jaws drop, I swear! The genres they do are mostly science-fiction, romance (with a hint of comedy), action, and fictional (magic, mostly). One of their movies, Princess Mononoke, 

was the first one I watched as a kid. I was horrified by the violence, but was amazed at the storyboard and characters. It's about a banished prince, who seeks to lift a curse he recently caught form a demon, and on the way, meets the Wolf Princess, Mononoke (who is human but thinks she's a wolf). I won't spoil the story for you, I guess you'll have to watch the movie to find out more :D

P.s. I have a collection for most of their movies. That's how much of a fan I am  :P

Metropolis

Directed by Rintaro, written by Osamu Tezuka, etc.
Metropolis is a story of how important emotions are and how they separate humans from everything else. The movie follows a young boy and his uncle (a private investigator). The story is set in the far future where humans and robots live together, unfortunately not in harmony. Many robots are forced underground and are terminated for entering unauthorized areas. They are more or less servants to humankind. The plot starts to unfold when the boy meets a robot named Tima and they get in all kinds of trouble. Never a dull moment when you've got a robot by your side.( http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0293416/ )

This anime is one of the best I've watched so far. I almost cried. So many emotions ran through me...huuhuuu~ AAAANYWAY, the amount of detail was GLORIOUS. The content and character designs were absolutely beautiful, just as beautiful as the storyline :)

(also a recommended movie to watch)

As seen from the pictures above, there are many style as mentioned above and it's about the variety that makes this type of work interesting to both, watch and read.

Have a good day peeps :D

Peace~

- Timothy James Mah (57750)