You may have noticed more and more people walking around on the street, in the cinemas, in the malls, all dressed up in strange garb and artfully-styled hair. These people are indulging in the pastime of cosplay. A melding of the words "costume, " and "play, " cosplay is the dressing up like fictional characters. Originating in Japan, it is sweeping the planet. Enthusiasts often select characters from new anime trailers. Anime is another Japanese theme that is enjoying global popularity, with more than 400 active studios.
Anime is a form of cartoon animation based on hand-drawn or computerized images. It is an abbreviation of the Japanese word for animation and is pronounced, "any-may, " with emphasis on the second syllable. The genre is characterized by intense graphics, deep characters and highly imaginative plot lines.
Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), the godfather of the genre, is regarded as Japan's answer to Walt Disney. Tezuka was, in fact, largely inspired by Walt Disney, although it may be difficult to see a an obvious correlation between "Sleeping Beauty" and "Astro Boy." Tezuka's profound influence in Japan is illustrated by the fact that, eight years after he died in 1989 of stomach cancer, stamps were issued in his honor.
Tezuka's stories were frequently based on literature and films of the west. He was also a prolific contributor to the world of manga, a category of Japanese comic books/graphic novels. No matter how old you are in Japan, you read manga. The art encompasses numerous sub-categories, from comedy and romance to the darker worlds of horror and sexuality.
Tezuka also produced 13 experimental films, including "Tale of Street Corner" and "The Genesis." Produced in black and white and directed by John Houston, "The Genesis" tells the story of the Creation, with a different slant from what we read in the Bible. While most of Tezuka's work was aimed at children, he did produce some output for adults, specifically, "Cleopatra, Queen of Sex." Sex and violence are a lot of fun for anime and manga artists, as there is a lot more leeway in terms of what they can get away with graphically, as opposed to the medium of film using live actors.
Manga has been a mainstay of the Japanese publishing industry since the middle of the 20th century. To enable the introduction of manga to the international market, a lot of it is translated into English. In the U. S. And Canada alone, the market for manga was valued at $175,000,000 in 2008. There is a stream of manga that has been originally written in languages apart from Japanese; these are referred to as anime-influenced animation, saving the unadulterated term for work that originates in Japanese.
The anime style of animation is unlike what western consumers of cartoons are accustomed to. Instead of showing the characters in fluid motion, as if in a film, the individual cells that make up the animation are drawn more intensely and shown for a longer interval. Among the most popular titles from 2014 were, "Nobunaga the Fool, " "Witch Craft Works, " and "Space Dandy."
All three art forms, cosplay, Anime and Manga have a basis in Japanese. All three are sweeping the rest of the globe. Not bad, considering the west gave them "Friends, " McDonalds and Justin Bieber!
Anime is a form of cartoon animation based on hand-drawn or computerized images. It is an abbreviation of the Japanese word for animation and is pronounced, "any-may, " with emphasis on the second syllable. The genre is characterized by intense graphics, deep characters and highly imaginative plot lines.
Osamu Tezuka (1928-1989), the godfather of the genre, is regarded as Japan's answer to Walt Disney. Tezuka was, in fact, largely inspired by Walt Disney, although it may be difficult to see a an obvious correlation between "Sleeping Beauty" and "Astro Boy." Tezuka's profound influence in Japan is illustrated by the fact that, eight years after he died in 1989 of stomach cancer, stamps were issued in his honor.
Tezuka's stories were frequently based on literature and films of the west. He was also a prolific contributor to the world of manga, a category of Japanese comic books/graphic novels. No matter how old you are in Japan, you read manga. The art encompasses numerous sub-categories, from comedy and romance to the darker worlds of horror and sexuality.
Tezuka also produced 13 experimental films, including "Tale of Street Corner" and "The Genesis." Produced in black and white and directed by John Houston, "The Genesis" tells the story of the Creation, with a different slant from what we read in the Bible. While most of Tezuka's work was aimed at children, he did produce some output for adults, specifically, "Cleopatra, Queen of Sex." Sex and violence are a lot of fun for anime and manga artists, as there is a lot more leeway in terms of what they can get away with graphically, as opposed to the medium of film using live actors.
Manga has been a mainstay of the Japanese publishing industry since the middle of the 20th century. To enable the introduction of manga to the international market, a lot of it is translated into English. In the U. S. And Canada alone, the market for manga was valued at $175,000,000 in 2008. There is a stream of manga that has been originally written in languages apart from Japanese; these are referred to as anime-influenced animation, saving the unadulterated term for work that originates in Japanese.
The anime style of animation is unlike what western consumers of cartoons are accustomed to. Instead of showing the characters in fluid motion, as if in a film, the individual cells that make up the animation are drawn more intensely and shown for a longer interval. Among the most popular titles from 2014 were, "Nobunaga the Fool, " "Witch Craft Works, " and "Space Dandy."
All three art forms, cosplay, Anime and Manga have a basis in Japanese. All three are sweeping the rest of the globe. Not bad, considering the west gave them "Friends, " McDonalds and Justin Bieber!
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