"Anime has been widespread in Japan for over a century, and its TV shows and movies are now exported across the world. Here is a breakdown of what it is and why it's so popular." --zoe deetz, 7th grade
WHAT IS ANIME?
Anime refers to a remarkably distinctive style of a cartoon created or inspired by Japanese animation. Although a lot of anime watchers highly prefer it to be called anime and not a cartoon. (Because they are two separate things.) There are many different genres of anime, there is sci-fi, realistic fiction—among others..
A very popular genre of anime is Mecha anime. Mecha anime is a genre of manga and anime that really focuses on mechanical innovation, such as robots, cyborgs, androids, and space stations. It all falls under the wide umbrella of mecha—however, robots are usually the primary focus.
HISTORY OF ANIME
Jan 1, 1907, The first anime: The earliest motion picture anime was found in Kyoto, Japan. It depicts a sailor removing his hat and saluting. This film was only three seconds long. It was also the earliest recording of anime until now.
Jan 1, 1930, World War Two: Japanese government would urge animators to produce animations that enforced the Japanese spirit and national affiliation. The military would also hire animators to make films showing the sly, quick Japanese forces winning against enemy troops. Most anime in this time period was propaganda.
Apr 12, 1945, Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei: The first feature-length anime film, in English the film is known as Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors. It was funded by the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Jan 4, 1946, the first work of "The Father of Manga and Anime": Osamu Tezuka created his first work at the age of 17, "Diary of Ma-chan," inspired by the creations of Walt Disney.
May 1, 1961, Otogi Manga Calendar: Otogi Manga Calendar, the first televised anime series, was an educational program where the main characters would talk about what happened on that day in history.
Jan 1, 1962, One of the best works from "The Father of Manga and Anime": Astro Boy, a manga written by Osamu Tezuka, was the creation that sent Osamu Tezuka into the history books as "The Father of Manga and Anime".
Oct 20, 1963, the First super robot anime series: Tetsujin 28-go, was the first Japanese anime to feature a giant robot. In hopes of winning wars, the creator makes a three-story remote control robot, but when he finishes it the war is over. After the creator dies of a heart attack the robot is given to his ten-year-old son, who uses it to fight crime.
Oct 6, 1974, First Anime Space Opera Series: Space Battleship Yamato was a special anime because it was the first anime space opera series. This anime was inspired by the success of the Star Wars movies.
Apr 7, 1979, The First Real Robot Anime: Mobile Suit Gundam, was the first anime in the real robot genre. Real robot is an anime-style where mecha robots are powered by conventional power sources and weapons explainable by real-world science, and that use ranged weapons and speed to survive battle situations.
Feb 26, 1986, The Dragon Ball Series: This anime was originally a manga series until it hit the air and became one of the most famous anime in Japan, coming out with three sequels to the original anime.
Apr 1, 1999, Pokemon: Pokemon was created by Satoshi Tajiri and went from a Japanese video game to an anime, manga, card game, and so much more. It became one of the most popular anime in America.
Mar 1, 2008, Doraemon, the First Anime Ambassador: In 2008, Japan created the position of Anime Ambassador and appointed Doraemon, a popular mice-fearing anime robot, as the first Anime Ambassador to promote anime worldwide in diplomacy.
All of this information was found in the history of Anime. Timeline by pielover719.
INTERVIEWEEB
Intervieweeb stands for an interview with a weeb, and a weeb is basically a person who really likes anime.
What do you like most about anime?
Heera Murray, a 7th grader in Vocal Music responded, “I love the diverse characters because there are so many types of personalities, and for each one there’s an amazing backstory. Because it seems all good but then you go into the backstory and you’re like, oh my god.” Murray continued “I love how you really get attached to the characters, and like really get to know them. And the style man, it's gorgeous.”
How did you start watching anime?
“I was inspired by a friend who recommended it highly and then I started watching it a lot,” Murray said.
What is your favorite anime you’ve watched?
“That’s a really hard question but I’m going to have to say the movie A Silent Voice. That one made me cry. My other favorite is definitely Naruto,” Murray replied.
If you could go to an anime world, which one would you go to?
“Okay, so most of the anime worlds are not really…desirable? I don’t think I want to go to the Demon Slayer world, that’s not really…I don’t wanna die. But I would go to, OH! My Hero Academia! Because I get my own quirk, also everyone there is really nice and I can see other people's quirks,” Murray responded.
Do you prefer to watch anime in Sub anime in Japanese or Dub anime voices over in English?
“Don’t even, Sub 100 percent”
Why?
“Because Japanese voice actors are so passionate, and I’m trying to learn Japanese so that helps. It’s also just more fun but I do like Dub because I don’t have to go back and forth to subtitles to the anime because I don’t know which one to look at. But still definitely Sub,” Murray concluded.
WHY ANIME IS POPULAR
Anime has been widespread in Japan for over a century, and its TV shows and movies are now exported across the world. America has been enjoying anime since the ‘60s with the anime Speed Racer, a popular anime among kids at the time. In the ‘90s, Studio Ghibli had a lot of hits such as Kiki's Delivery Service. Spirited Away even won an Oscar for the best foreign-language film at the 2001 Academy Awards.
Anime is also very popular among teens and preteens with series such as Sword Art Online, often referred to as SAO, a show about being trapped inside a video game. Another anime that is very popular at this time is Demon Slayer: Kimetsuno Yaiba, more specifically season 2. Anime is also popular in other countries all across the world. This is because of the many languages anime tends to be dubbed in.
POPULAR AND UNDERRATED ANIMES TO WATCH
There are a lot of popular animes to watch, but there are also underrated animes.
Here is a list of great animes and where to watch them.
My Hero Academia: Hulu / Funimation / Crunchyroll / VRV
Attack On Titan: Hulu / Netflix / Crunchyroll
Horimiya: Hulu / Funimation
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba: Hulu / Netflix / Funimation / Crunchyroll
Hunter x Hunter: Hulu / Netflix / HBO Max / Peacock / VRV
Kakegurui: Netflix
Inuyasha: Hulu / Netflix
Toilet Bound Hanako Kun: Hulu
Arte: Hulu
Vampire Knight: Netflix / Hulu
Lost Song: Netflix
A Lull in the sea: Netflix
Anohana: Netflix
Toradora: Netflix
Yona of the Dawn: Hulu / Funimation / Crunchyroll
Snow White With the Red Hair: Hulu
Fairy Tail: Hulu / Crunchyroll / Funimation
Fruits Basket: Hulu / Funimation
Sword Art Online: Hulu / Netflix
Naruto: Hulu / Netflix / Crunchyroll / Funimation
Anime refers to a remarkably distinctive style of a cartoon created or inspired by Japanese animation. Although a lot of anime watchers highly prefer it to be called anime and not a cartoon. (Because they are two separate things.) There are many different genres of anime, there is sci-fi, realistic fiction—among others..
A very popular genre of anime is Mecha anime. Mecha anime is a genre of manga and anime that really focuses on mechanical innovation, such as robots, cyborgs, androids, and space stations. It all falls under the wide umbrella of mecha—however, robots are usually the primary focus.
HISTORY OF ANIME
Jan 1, 1907, The first anime: The earliest motion picture anime was found in Kyoto, Japan. It depicts a sailor removing his hat and saluting. This film was only three seconds long. It was also the earliest recording of anime until now.
Jan 1, 1930, World War Two: Japanese government would urge animators to produce animations that enforced the Japanese spirit and national affiliation. The military would also hire animators to make films showing the sly, quick Japanese forces winning against enemy troops. Most anime in this time period was propaganda.
Apr 12, 1945, Momotarō: Umi no Shinpei: The first feature-length anime film, in English the film is known as Momotaro's Divine Sea Warriors. It was funded by the Imperial Japanese Navy.
Jan 4, 1946, the first work of "The Father of Manga and Anime": Osamu Tezuka created his first work at the age of 17, "Diary of Ma-chan," inspired by the creations of Walt Disney.
May 1, 1961, Otogi Manga Calendar: Otogi Manga Calendar, the first televised anime series, was an educational program where the main characters would talk about what happened on that day in history.
Jan 1, 1962, One of the best works from "The Father of Manga and Anime": Astro Boy, a manga written by Osamu Tezuka, was the creation that sent Osamu Tezuka into the history books as "The Father of Manga and Anime".
Oct 20, 1963, the First super robot anime series: Tetsujin 28-go, was the first Japanese anime to feature a giant robot. In hopes of winning wars, the creator makes a three-story remote control robot, but when he finishes it the war is over. After the creator dies of a heart attack the robot is given to his ten-year-old son, who uses it to fight crime.
Oct 6, 1974, First Anime Space Opera Series: Space Battleship Yamato was a special anime because it was the first anime space opera series. This anime was inspired by the success of the Star Wars movies.
Apr 7, 1979, The First Real Robot Anime: Mobile Suit Gundam, was the first anime in the real robot genre. Real robot is an anime-style where mecha robots are powered by conventional power sources and weapons explainable by real-world science, and that use ranged weapons and speed to survive battle situations.
Feb 26, 1986, The Dragon Ball Series: This anime was originally a manga series until it hit the air and became one of the most famous anime in Japan, coming out with three sequels to the original anime.
Apr 1, 1999, Pokemon: Pokemon was created by Satoshi Tajiri and went from a Japanese video game to an anime, manga, card game, and so much more. It became one of the most popular anime in America.
Mar 1, 2008, Doraemon, the First Anime Ambassador: In 2008, Japan created the position of Anime Ambassador and appointed Doraemon, a popular mice-fearing anime robot, as the first Anime Ambassador to promote anime worldwide in diplomacy.
All of this information was found in the history of Anime. Timeline by pielover719.
INTERVIEWEEB
Intervieweeb stands for an interview with a weeb, and a weeb is basically a person who really likes anime.
What do you like most about anime?
Heera Murray, a 7th grader in Vocal Music responded, “I love the diverse characters because there are so many types of personalities, and for each one there’s an amazing backstory. Because it seems all good but then you go into the backstory and you’re like, oh my god.” Murray continued “I love how you really get attached to the characters, and like really get to know them. And the style man, it's gorgeous.”
How did you start watching anime?
“I was inspired by a friend who recommended it highly and then I started watching it a lot,” Murray said.
What is your favorite anime you’ve watched?
“That’s a really hard question but I’m going to have to say the movie A Silent Voice. That one made me cry. My other favorite is definitely Naruto,” Murray replied.
If you could go to an anime world, which one would you go to?
“Okay, so most of the anime worlds are not really…desirable? I don’t think I want to go to the Demon Slayer world, that’s not really…I don’t wanna die. But I would go to, OH! My Hero Academia! Because I get my own quirk, also everyone there is really nice and I can see other people's quirks,” Murray responded.
Do you prefer to watch anime in Sub anime in Japanese or Dub anime voices over in English?
“Don’t even, Sub 100 percent”
Why?
“Because Japanese voice actors are so passionate, and I’m trying to learn Japanese so that helps. It’s also just more fun but I do like Dub because I don’t have to go back and forth to subtitles to the anime because I don’t know which one to look at. But still definitely Sub,” Murray concluded.
WHY ANIME IS POPULAR
Anime has been widespread in Japan for over a century, and its TV shows and movies are now exported across the world. America has been enjoying anime since the ‘60s with the anime Speed Racer, a popular anime among kids at the time. In the ‘90s, Studio Ghibli had a lot of hits such as Kiki's Delivery Service. Spirited Away even won an Oscar for the best foreign-language film at the 2001 Academy Awards.
Anime is also very popular among teens and preteens with series such as Sword Art Online, often referred to as SAO, a show about being trapped inside a video game. Another anime that is very popular at this time is Demon Slayer: Kimetsuno Yaiba, more specifically season 2. Anime is also popular in other countries all across the world. This is because of the many languages anime tends to be dubbed in.
POPULAR AND UNDERRATED ANIMES TO WATCH
There are a lot of popular animes to watch, but there are also underrated animes.
Here is a list of great animes and where to watch them.
My Hero Academia: Hulu / Funimation / Crunchyroll / VRV
Attack On Titan: Hulu / Netflix / Crunchyroll
Horimiya: Hulu / Funimation
Demon Slayer: Kimetsu No Yaiba: Hulu / Netflix / Funimation / Crunchyroll
Hunter x Hunter: Hulu / Netflix / HBO Max / Peacock / VRV
Kakegurui: Netflix
Inuyasha: Hulu / Netflix
Toilet Bound Hanako Kun: Hulu
Arte: Hulu
Vampire Knight: Netflix / Hulu
Lost Song: Netflix
A Lull in the sea: Netflix
Anohana: Netflix
Toradora: Netflix
Yona of the Dawn: Hulu / Funimation / Crunchyroll
Snow White With the Red Hair: Hulu
Fairy Tail: Hulu / Crunchyroll / Funimation
Fruits Basket: Hulu / Funimation
Sword Art Online: Hulu / Netflix
Naruto: Hulu / Netflix / Crunchyroll / Funimation
