Anime Just wondering!

Discussion in 'Manga and Anime' started by kyrie, Jan 8, 2003.

  1. kyrie

    kyrie New Member

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    Lots with the curious here. *cat ears and a tail pop up*

    1. Do you know who originally started anime? And who started calling it anime? And ...

    2. Is it true that Walt Disney got his inspiration for big eyed characters FROM anime?

    Ja Ne,
    Chi-rushi
     
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  2. Shadowbard

    Shadowbard Black-Winged Angel

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    To answer your questions we need to establish a standardized definition of anime for the purpose of discussion. Basically, are we going by the Western definition, or are we using the Japanese definition? By Western standards, anime is anything animated that comes from Japan. However, in Japanese culture, anime is simply anything animated. The tern anime comes from the Japanese pronounciation (and shortening) of the word animation.

    If we're going by the Western definition, one of the first anime brought to the United States was Astro Boy. I don't know if this was the first anime, but it's one of the first.

    But if we're using the Japanese definition of anime....Steamboat Willie is one of the first Disney cartoons ever made, and is thus one of the first (if not the first) anime out there.

    As for your second question....no, Disney did not get his inspiration from Japanese anime. It was the other way around. Japanese animators were inspired by Disney, as Disney was one of the first (if not the first) people to successfully create a feature-length animated film.

    ~Shadrach Anki
     
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  3. BakaMattSu

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    Quite as Shadowbard relates it. Here's an interesting glance on it's history as well.
     
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  4. kyrie

    kyrie New Member

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    thanks a lot!

    YAY! I felt my IQ go up 2 whole points!

    K. so here's another question.

    Is it true that Sailor Moon X is being/has been released in Japan??
    (lol. why bother searching for the info when there's people who can tell me soooo readily. ^_^ )

    Ja Ne
     
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  5. blood_pheonix

    blood_pheonix New Member

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    bleh
    i hate history.

    sailor moon x...
    is that porn or something?
    nah, i dont think so...
    i thought i saw it in this dvd/vcd shop.
    i think...
    it hade a purple cover and had this little girl at the front...
    bah. im lost.
     
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  6. kyrie

    kyrie New Member

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    NAH! LMAO! It's supposed to be the next season of Sailor Moon. ^_^ For those of u who don't know, there has already been an R, S, and SS season. X Is just the letter for the next one. ^_^ It's (as far as i know, which is VERY little) not a porn.
     
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  7. The Jackal

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    Sailormoon
    sailormoon returns
    sailormoon super
    sailormoon super stars
    the 'letters' are the title shortened :catgirl:
    (yay! I KNEW something!!)
    sailormoon X-tra
    sailormoon X-treame
    hmmm.... I Think I heard about it, I'll look and come back k?
     
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  8. kyrie

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    COOL! thanks a lot. ^_^
     
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