Interesting facts about anime. Dobutsu - an anime about humanoid "fluffy" creatures Sazae-san is the longest anime series that runs to this day

Anime originally started out as an adaptation of comics aka manga for those who can't/won't read. Over time, all this grew into something grandiose, large-scale and became a whole layer of animation culture. Anime is liked by people regardless of their gender and age. Japanese animation is, if you like, a boundless world with its own history. Catch a mind-expanding infopost about him.

1.
60 percent of all animation that exists on our planet is Japanese anime.

2.
The first anime to become famous outside of Japan was the 1963 Astro Boy series.

3.
The first anime that was shown in the USSR was "The Flying Ghost Ship".

4.
The drawing of the hair and body in the anime was invented by the Japanese, and the style of the eyes was copied from Walt Disney, which the Japanese, by the way, do not deny.

5.
According to the unspoken law of anime, the more important the hero is, the more detailed his eyes are drawn.

6.
In Japan, comics use more paper than toilet rolls.

7.
Unlike American and European comics, which are mostly read by teenagers and nerds, manga is created for people of all ages.

8.
"Ghost in the Shell" has had a huge impact on cinema. He inspired the Wachowskis to create The Matrix, gave a great push to the development of sci-fi, and Cameron and Spielberg do not hide the fact that they are not childish fans of the film and would rather revise it than waste time on some expected blockbuster.

9.
In Japan, the term "otaku" is used in a negative way to describe people who are obsessed with something. Not only anime, as is customary in Russia.

10.
Evangelion was created to test what is acceptable for anime and what is not. And everything would be ok - but the final ...

11.
The longest anime series is Sazae-san, which has been running since 1969 to this day. It has over 7,000 episodes. The vaunted "Santa Barbara", for comparison, is almost 3.5 times shorter.

12.
In 1814, the first manifestations of this genre began to appear. A Japanese artist drew a couple of prints to create a comic. These engravings were called "manga", which translates as "funny pictures". The pictures captured the readers so much that they began to copy this artist. This is how a genre such as "manga-eyga", which means "movie comics", was born.

The word "anime" itself is nothing more than a Japaneseized abbreviation for English animation, and the term itself appeared relatively recently. Before that, the expression "manga-eiga" ("movie comic") was used, which is still used by older anime lovers.

The first cartoons - anime began to be released in 1917.

13.
Pokémon was originally a game for the GameBoy (if you don't know what that is, don't forget to pack your briefcase and do your homework for tomorrow). Only then did the manga and anime catch up.

14.
There is a rule to which there has not yet been an exception: if an anime is based on a manga, the sales of the first one increase by at least 10 percent. On average - by 30-40, and in the case of "Attack on Titan" and even by 70. That is, you can release a shitty manga, make a shitty series based on it and - profit! - swim in gold.

16.
Soviet "The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin" filmed in collaboration with Japanese animation studios. That is, technically, this cartoon can be considered a Russian anime.

17.
"Death Note" was banned in China as local anime fans started buying notebooks en masse and writing down the names of everyone they hated in the hope that they would die.

18.
The highest grossing anime ever is Hayao Miyazaki's Spirited Away. The film grossed $275 million worldwide.

19.
The publisher of "Big Jackpot" was afraid that the series would not live even 5 years. Meanwhile, outside the window 2016 - the 19th year of the existence of the manga.

Anime hair color is not chosen randomly. Everything is cunning and thoughtful here: hair color indicates certain personality traits of the hero. There is even a certain conspiracy theory.

Red - love adventure, passionate;
Green - tolerant, quiet, soft, sometimes envious, but not aggressive;
White - the most iconic, embodies a connection with the cosmos, maturity, the character exists, as it were, outside the world of people;
Violet - often means a threat, basically - secretive, withdrawn, often suffer from narcissism, stingy with the manifestation of emotions;
Blue - intellectually developed, mind dominates feelings, polite, calm, shy;
Pink - always stand out from the crowd in some way, are hot in battle, have not heard about the rules and conventions;
Red - cunning, temperamental, demonic;
Brown - soft, touching, incapable of offending, often with a tragic past;
Blue - iron disciplined, persistent, calm, restrain feelings.

21.
This genre is developing very quickly. It is enough just to pay attention to how often anime began to be released on the screens, for example, by Korean directors or American ones. However, the leaders have always been and remain at the moment precisely the Japanese paintings.

22. Audience.

According to the age of the audience, anime are divided into: Kodomo - manga and anime intended for children (under 12 years old). A distinctive feature of this genre is its "childhood", there is no (sometimes simply greatly simplified) ideological content.

Shounen - anime for older boys and young men (from 12 to 16-18 years old). The main features of the genre are rapid development and pronounced dynamism of the plot (especially in comparison with shojo).

Shojo - anime and manga for older girls and girls (from 12 to 16-18 years old). In the plot of shojo anime, as a rule, there are love relationships of varying degrees of intimacy, depending on the age of the target audience, and much attention is paid to the development of character images.

Seinen - anime for adult men (from 18 to 25-40 years old). Characteristic features of this genre are elements of psychology, satire, eroticism, more attention is paid to the development of characters.

23.
Division by genre: in addition to the standard Comedy, Action, History, Martial Arts, Drama, Detective, Science Fiction, there are also:

Furs are complex mechanisms, as a rule, self-propelled, which do not have real prototypes. Usually this term refers to "giant combat humanoid robots", huge human-controlled combat vehicles. Cyberpunk is the world of the future, whose life is completely determined by computer technology.

Dobutsu is an anime about humanoid "fluffy" creatures.

Idols is an anime set around pop stars and the music business.

Hentai/Ecchi - pornographic or erotic anime Yaoi - a genre of anime that describes male homosexual relationships, usually intended for women and girls.

Yuri is a genre of anime that depicts female lesbian relationships, usually aimed at women and girls.

Shotakon is a genre of anime that describes sexual relationships involving young men of primary school and preschool age.

Lolicon is a genre of anime that describes a sexual relationship involving little girls.

Shojo-ai is a genre of anime that describes a girl's love for a girl.

24.
Anime cartoon characters always have expressive hairstyles and beautiful figures. All the characters have very big eyes - this idea was taken by the Japanese from Walt Disney cartoons. In anime, so much attention is paid to the eyes, because the eyes are the mirror of the soul, and with the help of them you can convey various feelings and emotions of the character. That is why the eyes are so well drawn compared to other facial features. But remembering the rest of the facial features of the characters is almost impossible, since they are not expressive.

1. 60 percent of all animation that exists on our planet is Japanese anime.

2. The first anime to become famous outside of Japan was the 1963 Astro Boy series.

3. The first anime that was shown in the USSR was "The Flying Ghost Ship".

4. Drawing hair and body in the anime was invented by the Japanese, and the style of the eyes was copied from Walt Disney, which the Japanese, by the way, do not deny.

5. According to the unspoken law of anime, the more important the hero is, the more detailed his eyes are drawn.

6. In Japan, comics use more paper than toilet rolls.

7. Unlike American and European comics, which are mostly read by teenagers and nerds, manga is created for people of all ages.

8. In Japan, the term "otaku" is used in a negative way to describe people who are obsessed with something. Not only anime, as is customary in Russia.

9. There is a rule to which there have not yet been exceptions: if an anime is based on a manga, the sales of the first increase by at least 10 percent. On average - by 30-40, and in the case of "Attack on Titan" and even by 70. That is, you can release a shitty manga, make a shitty series based on it and - profit! - swim in gold.

10. Hair color in anime is not chosen randomly. Everything is cunning and thoughtful here: hair color indicates certain personality traits of the hero. There is even a certain conspiracy theory.

Red - love adventure, passionate;
Green - tolerant, quiet, soft, sometimes envious, but not aggressive;
White - the most iconic, embodies a connection with the cosmos, maturity, the character exists, as it were, outside the world of people;
Violet - often means a threat, basically - secretive, withdrawn, often suffer from narcissism, stingy with the manifestation of emotions;
Blue - intellectually developed, mind dominates feelings, polite, calm, shy;
Pink - always stand out from the crowd in some way, are hot in battle, have not heard about the rules and conventions;
Red - cunning, temperamental, demonic;
Brown - soft, touching, incapable of offending, often with a tragic past;
Blue - iron disciplined, persistent, calm, restrain feelings.

11. "Ghost in the Shell" has a very strong influence on the cinema. He inspired the Wachowskis to create The Matrix, gave a great push to the development of sci-fi, and Cameron and Spielberg do not hide the fact that they are not childish fans of the film and would rather revise it than waste time on some expected blockbuster.

12. Pokémon was originally a game for the GameBoy (if you don't know what it is, don't forget to pack your briefcase and do your homework for tomorrow). Only then did the manga and anime catch up.

13. "Evangelion" was created to test what is acceptable for anime and what is not. And everything would be ok - but the final ...

14. The longest anime series is Sazae-san, which has been running since 1969 to this day. It has over 7,000 episodes. The vaunted "Santa Barbara", for comparison, is almost 3.5 times shorter.

15. Soviet "The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin" filmed in collaboration with Japanese animation studios. That is, technically, this cartoon can be considered a Russian anime.

16. "Death Note" was banned in China as local fans of this anime began to massively buy notebooks and write in the names of everyone they hated in the hope that they would die.

18. The publisher of "Snatch" was afraid that the series would not live even 5 years. Meanwhile, outside the window 2016 - the 19th year of the existence of the manga.

19. The highest grossing anime ever - "Spirited Away" by Hayao Miyazaki. The film grossed $275 million worldwide.

The word "manga" was coined by the famous artist Katsushika Hokusai in 1814 for a series of his prints. It means "grotesque", "weird (or funny) pictures", so the term "manga" refers exclusively to Japanese comics. And in 1917, the first anime cartoons began to be produced.

"Anime" is Japanese animation. The word "anime" itself is nothing more than a Japaneseized abbreviation for English animation, and the term itself appeared relatively recently. Before that, the expression "manga-eiga" ("movie comic") was used, which is still used by older anime lovers.

As you know, in Japan they read from right to left. Manga is read from right to left all over the world.

Using the big eyes of characters to convey emotions was not invented at all in Japan. Osamu Tezuka, the man considered the founder of the anime tradition, did not deny the fact that he borrowed this technique from Walt Disney. By the way, according to the canons of anime, it is believed that the more significant the hero, the better the artists draw his eyes. The exception is the villains - sometimes they can just attach black "pits".

Actors who voice roles in anime are referred to by the Japanese word "seiyu". The seiyuu profession is popular and developed in Japan, thanks to which the voice acting of anime series compares favorably with similar works in other countries. Many part-time seiyuu are also pop performers.

The longest anime series "Sazae-san" began to appear in 1969 based on the manga by Matiko Hasegawa and its show has not been completed to this day. generations of Japanese have grown up watching the adventures of Sazae and her family.

According to the age of the audience, anime are divided into:

Kodomo is a manga and anime intended for children (up to 12 years old). A distinctive feature of this genre is its "childhood", there is no (sometimes simply greatly simplified) ideological content. Here you can add a characteristic pattern. Often kodomo anime is very close to the European or American animation school and is very different from other types of anime, not only in drawing but also in series construction.

Shounen - anime for older boys and young men (from 12 to 16-18 years old). The main features of the genre are rapid development and pronounced dynamism of the plot (especially in comparison with shojo). The works contain many humorous scenes, based on the themes of strong male friendship, any kind of rivalry in life, sports or martial arts.

Shojo - anime and manga for older girls and girls (from 12 to 16-18 years old). In the plot of shojo anime, as a rule, there are love relationships of varying degrees of intimacy, depending on the age of the target audience, and much attention is paid to the development of character images.

Seinen - anime for adult men (from 18 to 25-40 years old). Characteristic features of this genre are elements of psychology, satire, eroticism, more attention is paid to the development of characters.

Josei is an anime or manga for women. The plot most often describes the daily life of a woman living in Japan.

By genre: in addition to the standard Comedy, Action, History, Martial Arts, Drama, Detective, Science Fiction, there are also...

Furs are complex mechanisms, as a rule, self-propelled, which do not have real prototypes. Usually this term refers to "giant combat humanoid robots", huge human-controlled combat vehicles.

Cyberpunk is the world of the future, whose life is completely determined by computer technology. Pictures of the future at the same time seem gloomy and dystopian.

Dobutsu is an anime about humanoid "fluffy" creatures. It comes from the Japanese word "dobutsu" (doubutsu), which means "animal". Dobutsu includes anime with neko (feline), kitsune (fox), usagi (hare) creatures, etc.
Idols is an anime set around pop stars and the music business.

Hentai/Etty - pornographic or erotic anime or manga, respectively. Works can also be at the intersection between hentai and other genres and have a well-developed plot.

Yaoi is a genre of anime depicting male homosexual relationships, usually aimed at women and girls.

Yuri is a genre of anime that depicts female lesbian relationships, usually aimed at women and girls.

Shotakon is a genre of anime that describes sexual relationships involving young men of primary school and preschool age.

Lolicon is a genre of anime that describes a sexual relationship involving little girls.

Shojo-ai is a genre of anime that describes a girl's love for a girl. It differs from yuri in the absence of explicit scenes.

Shounen-ai is an anime genre that describes the love of a young man for a young man. It differs from yaoi in the absence of explicit scenes.

Anime lovers in all countries are becoming more and more every year. This is due to the growing popularity of magical and mysterious stories with amazing characters. But do we know everything about our favorite genre? Maybe, after all, there are some facts that no one even knows about?

1. When the 1917 imperial regime change began, animators in Japan were working to create their original films, which later became known as anime.

2. Interestingly, long before the revolution, famous in the world art scene Katsushika Hokusai coined the term "manga" in 1814. Then this word was used for a line of engravings created by the artist. Literally, the term means "strange pictures". Since then, the word "manga" has been applied to comics created by the Japanese.

3. Now we have reached such a beloved anime. It means animation, i.e. in fact, anime is just an abbreviation. Since it was born relatively recently, its progenitor was the term "manga-eyga", which means the comic book reflected in the film. The latter concept is closer to older anime fans.

4. Since the eastern country is the parent of manga, it is read from right to left. Representatives of the whole world followed this example. 5. Did you know that large eyes were used for the first time not in Japan to convey any emotions? That's right, the founder of this trend is the famous Walt Disney. But in the circles of anime lovers, it is generally accepted that Osamu Tezuka is the founder of this technique.

6. What do you think, what animated series has been running for half a century and does not end? In the middle of the last century, the Sazae-san series was released, based on the manga, authored by Matiko Hasegawa. It is interesting that the show of the series continues to this day, and millions of Japanese of different generations raised their children, sincerely worrying about the fate of the protagonist Sazae.

7. Who would have thought, but the first anime in the USSR was a story about Puss in Boots.

8. Japanese director Kunio Kato received the prestigious award for best animated picture 6 years ago. His brainchild turned out to be an excellent cartoon, but it was not an anime. The cartoon was called "House of Small Cubes".

9. The Sailor Moon anime series was broadcast by Russian TV channels with one important change from censorship, which was included at the moment a man declared his love to a man. So, the phrase "I love you" was supplemented with the words "... like a father." This was appreciated by the audience in the international arena.

Anime originally started out as an adaptation of comics aka manga for those who can't/won't read. Over time, all this grew into something grandiose, large-scale and became a whole layer of animation culture. Anime is liked by people regardless of their gender and age. Japanese animation is, if you like, a boundless world with its own history. Catch a mind-expanding infopost about him.

60 percent of all animation that exists on our planet is Japanese anime.

The first anime that became famous outside of Japan was the series 1963.


The first anime shown in the USSR was The Flying Ghost Ship.


The drawing of the hair and body in the anime was invented by the Japanese, and the style of the eyes was copied from Walt Disney, which the Japanese, by the way, do not deny.


According to the unspoken law of anime, the more important the hero is, the more detailed his eyes are drawn.


In Japan, comics use more paper than toilet rolls.


Unlike American and European comics, which are mostly read by teenagers and nerds, manga is created for people of all ages.


In Japan, the term "otaku" is used in a negative way to describe people who are obsessed with something. Not only anime, as is customary in Russia.


There is a rule to which there has not yet been an exception: if an anime is based on a manga, the sales of the first one increase by at least 10 percent. On average - by 30-40, and in the case of "Attack on Titan" and even by 70. That is, you can release a shitty manga, make a shitty series based on it and - profit! - swim in gold.


Anime hair color is not chosen randomly. Everything is cunning and thoughtful here: hair color indicates certain personality traits of the hero. There is even a certain conspiracy theory.

• Red- love adventure, passionate;
• Green- tolerant, quiet, soft, sometimes envious, but not aggressive;
• White- the most iconic, embodies a connection with the cosmos, maturity, the character exists, as it were, outside the world of people;
• Violet- often means a threat, basically - secretive, withdrawn, often suffer from narcissism, stingy with the manifestation of emotions;
• Blue- intellectually developed, mind dominates feelings, polite, calm, shy;
• Pink- they always stand out from the crowd in some way, are hot in battle, have not heard about the rules and conventions;
• Ginger- cunning, temperamental, demonic;
• Brown- soft, touching, not able to offend, often with a tragic past;
• Blue- iron disciplined, persistent, calm, restrain feelings.

"Ghost in the Shell" has a very strong influence on cinema. He inspired the Wachowskis to create The Matrix, gave a great boost to the development of sci-fi, and Cameron and Spielberg do not hide the fact that they are not childish fans of the film and would rather revise it than waste time on some expected blockbuster.
"Pokemon" was originally a game for the GameBoy (if you don't know what it is, don't forget to pack a briefcase and do your homework for tomorrow). Only then did the manga and anime catch up.


Evangelion was created to test what is acceptable for anime and what is not. And everything would be ok - but the final ...

The longest anime series is Sazae-san, which has been running since 1969 to this day. It has over 7,000 episodes. The vaunted "Santa Barbara", for comparison, is almost 3.5 times shorter.


Soviet "" filmed jointly with Japanese animation studios. That is, technically, this cartoon can be considered a Russian anime.


" " was banned in China as local anime fans started buying notebooks en masse and writing down the names of everyone they hated in the hope that they would die.


Initially, Masashi Kishimoto, the author of Naruto, did not plan to create Sasuke. He appeared unexpectedly for Masashi himself: the publisher insisted that a mysterious and mysterious bad-ass appear in the story.


The publisher of "Snatch" was afraid that the series would not live even 5 years. Meanwhile, outside the window 2016 - the 19th year of the existence of the manga.


The highest grossing anime ever - "" Hayao Miyazaki. The film grossed $275 million worldwide.