By Amelia
Anime
5JC
Anime Introduction..................... pg 1 History of Anime......................... pg 2-3 Anime Production Process........ pg 4-5 Popular Anime 2013...................... pg 6 Sponsors....................................... pg 7 Glossary........................................ pg 8 About the Author....................... pg 9
Anime (ah-nii-meh) is a Japanese animation product. The word anime is the abbreviated pronunciation of “animation� in Japanese. The biggest difference from anime and cartoon are the eyes. In anime, the eyes are much bigger than the eyes in cartoons. To make an anime, a manga artist has to first draw a manga series that people will buy and would want to read. Anime is known for the artwork and the stories.
Introduction
Background Picture: To Aru Kagaku No Railgun
History
Anime has a long history. It started during the early 20th century. One of the first anime’s is Katsudo Shahin’s Namakura Gatana. It is also one of the longest surviving films. Japan has experimented using a lot of different techniques from France, Germany and USA. The first few animes were only about 2 minutes long. The Japanese have made a huge progress toward the anime history.
Did  you  know? The  5  longest  running  manga  are  still  being  published  even  though  its  over  1,000  volumes!!!
Background Picture: One Piece(A very old but still popular anime)
Toei Animation is a huge animation company. In 1948, Toei (toh-ehyi)Animation produced one of the first colored anime, Hakujaden(hah-kooo-jya-denn). It was widely considered as the “first� anime ever, since it was in color, not black and white. Toei Animation eventually produced three of the most well known anime series, Dragon Ball in 1986, Sailer Moon in 1992 and On Piece in 1999. One Piece is very popular, and is still being produced. Toei Animation is a great animation company due to the techniques and amazing special effects.
Background Picture: Toei Animation Logo
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Production Process
Background Picture: A staff member drawing background details.
The production process of anime is very specific and also complicated. First of all, the author/manga artist first draws the story board(Which includes the character settings). Then, the producer from the animation company will take the manga and story board. This is the first half of the production.
Background Picture: Two Copies of a story board.
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The second half of the production cost a lot of money. The art director(s) will copy the drawing onto the computer. The animation process now starts. The digital painters will clean up small errors or messes. Now, the voice actor/actress will record the character voices. Afterwards, the recording director will add the music/sound effects. Anime takes a lot of energy and money to produce.
Popular Anime-2013
Background Picture: Collage of 2013 Popular Animes
An anime has to be popular in order to earn money from it. These are some popular anime’s in 2013. SummerDuring the summer, there is a lot of new animes that has premiered. Some summer hit animes are: Blood Lad, Rozen Maiden, and Sunday Without God. My favorite out of the anime above is Sunday Without God. This story is about a girl whose mom and dad got murdered. She takes over her mothers job but one day she meets a mystery man. Autumn/FallBeyond the Boundary, Freezing Vibration, Miss Monochrome, Kuroko No Basuke. I think the manga artist that came up with these ideas are very talented.
Sponsors
Background Picture: Collage of Sponsor’s Logo Credits- Isabella Amelia Jasmine
If an anime makes it to top ten anime of 2013, they can earn a lot of money and sponsors. An anime needs a lot of sponsors to produce. In order to do that, the author needs to create a story thats interesting, and will attract readers. That way, when it becomes popular, the sponsors will eventually sponsor the anime. Sponsors are a very big part of animation production.
Glossary abbreviated: To shorten a word or phrase
manga: A Japanese genre of comic books
story board: A plan for the story and a rough draft of the story, manga
voice actors/actresses: The people that records the voices of cartoon/ animes
About the Author Amelia Wang was born in Toronto, Canada in 2003. Her hobbies are drawing manga, designing, singing, and reading. She really respects the Japanese anime. Amelia now lives in Shanghai, China with her parents and grandparents. She once had 6 turtles and
15
goldfishes until
they all died when she was 7. Her future dream is to become a world known fashion designer. For more information, please go to Amelia’s Blog.
Really good images, and very precise , clear information. If you don’t know anything about anime, read this book and you’ll find out more. -Jasmine I liked how you used juicy words to connect to your story. It really made a difference than just writing plain words. Isabelle
I am a fan of animate too. I really like the images and it gives a lot of information. It will let people become a pro at animate.
-Isabella