A Short History of Anime
Nov 6th, 2010 by Aldouspi

A Short History of Anime

In 1854, Japan opened its ports to foreign trade. The technologies developed in the West were introduced to and quickly adopted by many in Japan. This included the inventions of Alva Edison and included the moving picture…

Thus began the era of Japanese animation, ushered in, in 1914, with the earliest anime being first screened in 1917 ‒ a two minute clip which featured a comedic folk tale about a samurai warrior.

By the 1930s, the anime industry had gained a significant amount of interest in Japan. Unfortunately, the local Japanese animators had to deal with a lot of competition, both from foreign and amongst local animators. As a result, Japanese animators had to work cheaply and were forced to optfor the animation technique called cutout animation, instead of the more expensive cel animation.

However, with cutout animation, Japanese animators such as Noburō Ōfuji and Yasuji Murata were still able to create wonders. Later on, animators such as Kenzō Masaoka and Mitsuyo Seo improved the Japanese animation industry, among others, by using cel animation and by introducing sound. In 1933, Masaoka produced the first talkie anime called “Chikara to Onna no Yo no Naka” or “The World of Power and Women”.

This was succeeded in 1945, by Seo’s direction of “Momotaro’s Devine Sea Warriors”, which was the first anime film at feature length.

The achievement of these Japanese animators was even more commendable because it was difficult to survive commercially. They also had to rely heavily on the support of the government, which entailed an obligation to include educational and militaristic propaganda. 

Additionally, Japanese animation was greatly influenced by the success of the 1937 feature film by the Walt Disney Company, called “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”. For instance, Osamu Tezuka started to mimic American style cartoons to reduce costs and limit the number of frames in production and with that created the popular graphic novel known as “Shin Takarajima” or “New Treasure Island” in 1947.

In the 1970s, the Japanese film market shrunk due to the increased competition from television which eventually led to the bankruptcy of Mushi Productions. However, the work of Osamu Tezuka was able to survive this competition. In fact, his work was so impressive that he was often credited as the “god of manga”. His distinctive “large eyes” style in animation still remains as one of the fundamental elements of anime today.

During this difficult era, a genre known as Mecha has also been introduced whose animation films include “Mazinger Z” (1972–74), “Science Ninja Team Gatchaman” (1972–74), “Space Battleship Yamato” (1974–75) and “Mobile Suit Gundam” (1979–80).

Other notable milestones for the Japanese animation industry include the release of “Akira” in the 1980s that has found huge success in both the Japanese and foreign market, and the boom in production in the 1990s due to the release of “Ghost in the Shell”. Furthermore, in 2008, Doraemon has been officially appointed as the first Anime Ambassador by Japanese government in order to promote anime worldwide. All these led to the success of the animation industry of Japan that we know today.

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Anime.com: Anime and their Different Services
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Anime.com: Anime and their Different Services – A Review

Anime services:

At Anime.com you will find some of the best anime and manga themed wallpapers and desktop backgrounds online. When you browse the site, you will discover a great variety of anime artworks, that you can use for your desktop wallpaper. If you have some suggestions, they are always welcome.

If you have some graphic related talent, your submissions are more than welcome as well.

Fun stuff at Anime.com: When you are exploring a particular series of anime artwork, you can now play a Memory game with the wallpapers in that section. Or when viewing a wallpaper, you can make a Jigsaw puzzle out of it. Both are fun ways to take a break and relax and play a little bit.

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If you are looking for something in the Philippines  or have some difficulties importing the item from our Philippines online shop, please let us know the details of the item using our forms. We will research the item and send you the estimate for purchase.

If you accept the estimate, we will contact the seller, make an order, and ship it to you. The estimate service is free. Please feel free to make requests, their service is open to serve you.

Other Thing Which are Offered by Anime.com

Anime.com is recognized as the largest online auction in the Philippines, it has millions of hot items – such as collectibles, toys, anime cels, video games, electronics, comics, J-POPs, DVDs and anything else.

However, it might take an awful lot of effort to find the item you are looking for due to the language barrier. Even if you do find the item you want, most of Filipino sellers will not deal with the people outside of the Philippines. But there is nothing to worry about. That’s what they are readdy to help you with!

Because “Anime.com will solve all of the problems.” Their Search Engine and translate tool will assist you to find the item you want. We will contact the seller on your behalf and ship the item to you. All you have to do is just bid on the item in English using our automated system in real time. So check out Anime.com, you just might find smething you arelooking for and they weill help you get it.

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