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Anime or "japanimation" in its most basic form is simply an animated feature or short produced in Japan.
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Anime or "japanimation" in its most basic form is simply an animated feature or short produced in Japan1. The word "anime" itself is in popular theory derived or 'loaned' from the English word animation. It should be noted that anime is not a genre but more of a communications media, much like when people use the word "Hollywood". Anime, unlike conventional western animation is not solely for children. This does not mean there isn't anime for children, but more a larger percentage produced for young adults to adulthood. 2It is in popular belief that anime's entrance into the American mainstream was in 1988 with the release of "Akira" and later with the popular release of "Ghost in a Shell". At this point anime had in the western world a very "niche" market. However, anime thanks in part to American globalisation has now far less of a "niche" market. Originally in a western sense,...
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