A bit better? Hmm... Not really. Anyway, let's start. Oh, quite
forgotting: DON'T sue me, I'm trying very hard, okay ? This is
also my first attempt in HTML.What's ANIME ?
*giggles* So you don't know what's anime ? And you REALLY expect ME to explain it to you ? BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH !!! *Darth Vader voice* You will suffer under my explanation of anime !
Well, let's clear any doubt. First, we need some light ! This page is so dark !
A bit better? Hmm... Not really. Anyway, let's start. Oh, quite
forgotting: DON'T sue me, I'm trying very hard, okay ? This is
also my first attempt in HTML.
In a short definition, anime means the japanese cartoon. What I'm trying to say is the DRAWING style, did you understand ? So you can have anime OUT of Japan (a bit difficult though) and cartoon made in Japan that are NOT anime (in my humble opinion).
Basically, anime consists from charas with BIG eyes (I REALLY mean BIG eyes), most of them have a chara that lost a relative or is looking for one. Also in ANY anime you find great musics and songs (this one, if you are listening is NOT anime, it's from Spice Girls).
Most of the charas in the anime world develops his/her personality during it. Oh ! OAVs (Original Animation Videos) are also anime, but they are a kind of extension from the serie (a TV serie, that mostly comes from manga. Manga is the japanese comics). As most of the episodes are made to teenagers and children, the main charas obviously have the same age (most of them can't grow more than 13-16 years-old).
Talking about anime is quite the same thing to talk about cinema. You have a wide range of generes. There are romantics, comedies, adventures, horror, sci-fi, ... But seems that the ones who people most like are the mixed ones, as Ranma 1/2 (that marvelous mix to a romantic comedy with martial arts), Ah! Megami-sama (another romantic comedy, but without the martial arts and with car races), Vampire Princess Miyu (a sad horror romance), Yuu*Yuu Hakusho (mostly adventure), Evangelion (mixing romantic comedy with sci-fi), and then you go on.
Many of the animes have a deep concerning about feelings. Also, don't expect to watch a single anime and like it. With so many kinds of anime, most of them people doesn't like since they don't understand. (as Akira... geez ! I'm still trying to understand that OAV a friend(?) of mine lent me. (^_^);;
You need to watch some more anime and THEN you decide if you like it or not. Since their main subject are the feelings (with some comedy or fights), a lot of people like it, even if they are NOT more teenagers (well, I only know some, but you can find a lot through the 'Net).
Oh! Quite forgotting. There's something REALLY cute from anime: the SD charas! Hmm... I don't know where SD came from, but I like those drawings. The charas are even more disproportional. The head grow, the eyes become bigger, the body is VERY small and legs and arms are VERY, VERY small. Well, you need to SEE one to understand me. Go to my YYH page, in this same anime-host, in this same anime-homepage!
I hope I could help you (but I think you get even more puzzled after this...), anyway, the best way to explain what is anime is to wacth some of them. Any questions or doubts ? I would be pleasured to receive a e-mail of yours then (I can try to puzzle even more - if it's possible - or explain it the best I can).
See ya!
Dohko
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