Anime $1.69 AUD
Category: The Arts
Super robots to schoolgirls, Astroboy cute to violent realism, Pokemon to pornography.
All of these different images, stories and types of entertainment, in cartoon form, can be called Anime.
The term Anime covers an enormous range of animation. A specific definition of Anime is difficult as the style is vast, steeped in history and ever evolving. Most often it characterizes all animation of Japanese origin – or of the Japanese style. Anime has a long and varied production history in Japan, but principally entered the Western conscience in the 1980’s. Since then it has grown in popularity and international significance. Today it is a major and influential art form, even called a cultural paradigm, produced and consumed the world over.
Interestingly in Japan Anime is a generic term to reference all animation styles and production from around the globe. It is only when the term is used in English that it is specific to Japanese animation, and in turn conjures up a very distinct look and style.
