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“Hayao Miyazaki And His Contribution To Japanese Anime”

Hayao Miyazaki began his animating career in 1963. He started as an animator at Toei Douga studio before becoming one of Japan’s greatest anime directors. Miyazaki is known for his fantastic ability to draw anime in a way that transcends the realm of cartoon images and using his ability to create a movie idea that usually includes children who fly. He has become a legend not only in Read the rest of this entry »

While there were many standout anime series in the 2000′s, the one that had everything going for it and rose to the cream of the crop would have to be the series Full Metal Alchemist by studio Bones.

Full Metal Alchemist is the tale of two brothers, Edward and Alphonse Elric who are in search of the fabled “Philosopher’s Stone.” The stone is said to have extraordinary powers, and the boys intend to use the stone in order to correct a tragic accident that happened to them after their failed attempt to bring back their departed mother using the mysterious powers of alchemy.

The accident left Alphonse without a body and Edward without a left leg, but Edward in a desperate attempt to save both his brother and himself from a tragic fate, sacrificed his right arm so that he could place Alphonse’s soul into a vessel of armor.

The anime series ran for a full 51 episodes and was written by Sh Aikawa, and directed by Seiji Mizushima. The series was broadcast on TBS, Mainichi Broadcasting System, and Animax in Japan from October 4, 2003 to October 2, 2004.

The series had everything that makes up an excellent anime series including a good mix of characters that you could actually care about, an interesting premise for a story, and of course the series also had some comedic, light hearted moments.

The 90′s saw an influx of great anime. It was the decade where series after series imported to the US and many other countries, resulting in a new generation of followers. There are dozens to choose from, but a few stand out as the best anime of the 90′s.

• Dragon ball Z

  While it’s production actually spanned 3 decades, the late 90′s saw both Dragon ball and Dragon ball Z dubbed Read the rest of this entry »

The Best New Anime Of 2011

Ao no Exorcist, or Blue Exorcist, is an anime that began airing in late 2010. It is based on a manga by Kazue Kato. The story revolves around a boy named Rin who is the son of Satan and a human woman. Though Satan was hoping to use him as a way to enter the human world, the boy instead becomes an exorcist.

Puella Magi Madoka Magica is a magical girl anime along the lines of Sailor Moon. It revolves around a normal schoolgirl and her friend who are offered one wish by Read the rest of this entry »

The Japanese abbreviated pronunciation of “Animation” is “Anime”. In English-speaking countries, the term refers to Japanese animated cartoons. Japanese makers started to produce animation in 1917 and many original Japanese cartoons were released during the next four decades. But the characteristic ANIME style got a definite shape in the 1960s. The Anime maker, Osamu Tezuka, was the first to be known outside Japan in the 1980s.

Anime may be on so many topics: Sports, Magic, Romance, Adventure, and any other type of fiction Read the rest of this entry »

It can be hard to make such a sweeping statement as “Top Anime Tittles of All Time,” without first establishing some criteria other than personal opinion. For this particular list, we will look at the Anime that has most appealed to western audiences.

One of the first, and most timeless, Anime to ever enjoy tremendous popularity in the West was “Akira”. The movie is set in futuristic Tokyo, and follows a biker named Tetsuo Shima as he Read the rest of this entry »

In the 1960s, NBC started to premier a s how, that was about a scientist who began to build a robot, in the image of his dead son. Once he began to realize that his robot would never grow up, the scientist decides to sell him to a local circus and soon after he is rescued, and becomes apart of his circus family. The show is called Astro Boy, and was the first anime series in American Read the rest of this entry »