Something interesting about anime. Interesting Anime and Manga Facts You Didn't Know

One of the most mysterious and isolated cultures in the world is Japanese. Despite the fact that after the Second World War, Japan made a giant leap in technological development and integration into the world community, this nation remains one of the most mysterious in the world. We offer you a selection of anime that will help you understand the history and culture of this country.

Grave of the Fireflies, 1988

Grave of the Fireflies is considered one of the best war films. It is based on the autobiographical novel by Akiyuki Nosaki, who buried two sisters one after the other in the spring and summer of 1945. According to the plot of the novel, a boy and his younger sister are trying to survive in a war-weakened, hungry Japan.

Nobody needs children; Four-year-old Setsuko eats rocks while her older brother Seita tries to get some food. After Setsuko's death, 14-year-old Seita realizes that he has nothing more to live for and soon dies in Kobe from exhaustion. The novel on which Grave of the Fireflies is based is an important attempt to make sense of Japanese militarism in the first half of the 20th century and its dire consequences for the nation.

Grave of the Fireflies Trailer

Ghost in the shell, 1995

In Japan, a huge number of anime are being shot on dystopian stories about the near future - which is worth at least the Animatrix series associated with the blockbuster Lana and Lilly Wachowski. But the classic of the genre is deservedly considered "Ghost in the Shell" in 1995.

The film is about Major Motoko Kusanagi, who works in the Cyber ​​Terrorism Unit and has doubts about her human nature. The editorial office of find out.rf also notes that in 2017, Scarlett Johansson played the role of Motoko in the film adaptation of Ghost in the Shell.

"Ghost in the Shell" filmed several times

Spring and chaos, 1996

This film is an animated declaration of love to Japanese children's writer Kenji Miyazawa, who would have turned 100 years old the year Spring and Chaos was released. Miyazawa worked as a school teacher and wrote poetry and short stories. He was a follower of Buddhism and died early from tuberculosis. A significant part of his works was published after his death.

In the film "Spring and Chaos", all the characters are presented in the form of cats, like the character of Miyazawa himself. The film tells the story of an eccentric teacher in a small Japanese town who tries to instill a Buddhist view of the world in his students and teach them to see beauty everywhere.

Trailer of the cartoon "Spring and Chaos"

My Neighbors Yamada, 1999

Despite the fact that the comedy about a Japanese family is filled with a specific Japanese flavor, the situations are recognizable to people who are not familiar with this culture. Yamada is represented by four generations, and the stories that are told in the cartoon give a more or less complete picture of how a modern Japanese family lives.

Interestingly, in "My Neighbors Yamada" there are references to Japanese mythology; for example, the head of the family finds his son in a giant peach - this is a quote from a fairy tale about Momotaro, a hero who resembles a European Thumb Boy; Yamada's father finds a girl in a bamboo stalk - this is from the myth of Princess Kaguya.

My Neighbors Yamada Trailer

Spirited Away, 2001

The editors of the site believe that in a story about anime, one cannot fail to mention the patriarch of Japanese animation, Hayao Miyazaki. The founder of Studio Ghibli has made many masterpieces over the years. "Spirited Away" is one of them that won an Oscar.

There is an opinion that the story of Chihiro is an allegorical satire on the Japanese sex industry, which does not disdain child labor. It's no secret that Japanese men have specific sexual tastes, and most "adult films" in the country are made involuntarily.

Spirited Away is one of the most famous anime in the world.

Aoi Bungaku, 2009

The series Aoi Bungaku is based on the works of Japanese writers, among which are the texts of recognized classics of the 20th century - for example, the 1914 novel "Heart" by Natsume Soseki. This is a novel about the growing up of a young man and his dialogues with an unnamed Master. There is a short story, based on the novel, and a love conflict.

Aoi Bungaku includes two short stories based on the texts of Ryunosuke Akutagawa, the strongest Japanese author who gained recognition in the country and then abroad quite early, wrote dozens of short stories and short stories. Akutagawa committed suicide at the age of 35 in 1927.

Aoi Bungaku Trailer

House of Five Leaves, 2010

The twenty-episode film is dedicated to the end of the Edo era (early to mid-19th century), when the number of ronin - samurai without overlord - in Japan increased dramatically. Many of them became robbers or wanderers.

The "House of Five Leaves" tells the story of ronin Akitsu Masanotsuke, who cannot be hired and joins a semi-bandit group. This series is one of the easy and enjoyable ways to get acquainted with the history of Japan during the decline of the Edo era.

"House of Five Leaves" is one of the most unusual anime

The Tale of Princess Kaguya, 2013

The film is based on the oldest national legend of the 10th century about the Princess of the Moon, which the peasants found in a bamboo stalk. "The Tale of Princess Kaguya" received an Oscar nomination and was for good reason - it is a stunningly beautiful and convincing cartoon.

The best thing about the story is the rhythm and the change of manner of the image depending on the mood. In the scene where Kaguya runs away from the palace in dismay, neat watercolor strokes are replaced by sweeping charcoal strokes; in addition, it is impossible not to note the typical Japanese minimalism, when a huge story is hidden under one or two strokes.

So, in the initiation episode (they want to turn Princess Kaguya into a beauty with blackened teeth and without eyebrows), an older woman brings tweezers to her eyebrow and pulls out the first hair - and in the frame we see a tear rolling down the princess’s cheek.

"The Tale of Princess Kaguya" - an anime of amazing beauty

In addition to the fact that Japan is one of the most beautiful countries in the world with a carefully cultivated attitude towards ecology and nature, it is also an amazing place where reserved places of marvelous beauty have been preserved on several islands. We invite you to read about the most beautiful islands in the world.
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In the vastness of the great and mighty Runet, any avid anime fan can find gigabytes of anime. But what do we know about this amazingly colorful and eventful (including fillers) world?
Let's start with a batch of six of the most delicious facts about anime. Bend the fingers of your right hand if you knew about the fact, left - you did not know. If the fingers of your own right or left hand are not enough, involve friends, younger brothers / sisters and other helpers, because finding out your anime skill is the main task of this evening (or what do you have now?). Well, let's get started!

1. The word " Anime is a Japanese animation. The word itself is a Japaneseized abbreviation for the English word "Animation" (playing a cartoon, inspiration, liveliness). The English word is old, but the term "anime", which was formed from it, appeared quite recently. Prior to that, the phrase "manga-eiga" ("movie comic") was used, which to this day is used by fans of old-school anime.

2. The word " Manga”was invented by the famous artist Katsushika Hokusai already in 1814 for a series of his engravings. This artist was one of the most famous Japanese engravers in the West, a real master of Japanese woodcuts (what a word, but these are just pictures on a tree). The word "mango" means "weird (or funny) pictures" and is used only for the title of Japanese comics.

3. And who? Tell me who doesn't know a great anime director Hayao Miyadaki? Find this person and send his photo! We'll figure out where... ahem ahem... Miyazaki is the only anime director to win an Oscar. At the 62nd Venice Film Festival, he even received the Golden Lion for his contribution to world cinema.

4. Another great cartoonist of all time left his mark on the world of anime. Don't believe it is Walt Disney! The author of Mickey Mouse, Bambi and the Most Beautiful Princesses has played almost the most important role in anime culture. The Japanese themselves guessed how to draw the hair and bodies of their characters, and the style of the eyes was copied from the characters of Walt Disney. By the way, none of the inhabitants of the island of Japan hides this fact. I propose at the same time to shake the old days and guess the Disney princesses in the eyes.

5. " Pokemon" was originally a game for the GameBoy (something like prehistoric Tetris. Well, do you know Tetris?). Even more interesting is the fact that Pokemon has become the second most popular computer game in the world after Mario. Only later did the virtual adventure become a manga and an anime. Hmm… What game would you make into an anime?

6. Ask your moms and dads about a simple Soviet cartoon " The Adventures of Lolo the Penguin”, full of kindness and cuteness. Did they know that the Soviet adventures of the penguins were filmed jointly with Japanese animation studios (in the beginning, you can even peep - which ones). Of course, the cartoon is Russian, and everyone speaks Russian, and there are no Japanese words at all, but this wonderful cartoon can be considered one of the first Russian anime.

How many fingers were bent on the right hand "I knew"?

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 a boundless world with its own history. Catch a mind-expanding infopost about him.

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Anime is an exclusively Japanese genre of cartoon animation, which is calculated mainly for an adult audience. Anime series like Pokémon and a couple of others are an exception.

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

The first anime to become famous outside of Japan was Astro Boy in 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.

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.

"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 review it than spend time on some expected blockbuster.

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.

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

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

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.

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

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 first cartoons - anime began to be released in 1917.

The only person to win an Academy Award in an anime genre is Hayao Miyazaki, the lead creator of anime.

An interesting fact: anime in comics is usually read from right to left. It is important to know that it is this way of reading that is characteristic of all the inhabitants of Japan, regardless of the text.

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.

Someone still continues to think that anime is something not very useful for children, alien and devoid of moral value. This point of view arises from a lack of information, and the editors of Tlum.Ru decided to try to correct this. We tell in a short and understandable format to parents about what Japanese animation is, how it appeared and developed, whether it is so alien and what is worth watching before making any statements on the topic “anime is ...”.

Fact #1: Not Before Anywhere

The very first cartoon in Japan dates back to 1907. A short sketch about a boy drawing hieroglyphs came out almost ten years later than the pioneering American puppet cartoon Lilliputian Circus (1898), and although ancient folk motifs are used in anime with might and main, this genre as a whole developed later than Western animation.

Fact #2: No further thanDisney

Fact #7: Miyazaki is so cool from the start

And Isao Takahata too. The great masters created The Prince of the North, a very experimental cartoon from 1968. It was the beginning of all the great full-length Japanese films that you love so much. - this is a complete alienation from the canons of Disney, purely "anime" provocative moments and a little Scandinavian boy who defeated the great evil sorcerer.

Fact #8: The golden age of anime is long over

Because it was in the 80s. This was preceded by the active 70s with their emergence of such key genres as mecha (about robots), shojo (for girls) and the beginning of a modest penetration into the West. Prior to this, Japanese animation in general almost never crossed the border, and even if it did, it was in a very castrated version.

This is a frame from the American adaptation of "Robotech", which was collected from three completely different anime and reworked all the dialogue.

Well, the “golden age” is a truly revolutionary one, with which the legendary Studio Ghibli began, the cult “Akira” with an extremely complex plot and 24 frames per second against the usual 8-12, the progenitor of the Dragon Ball shonen genre.

Here it is worth mentioning the emergence of the otaku culture, which in Japan means fans of anything, and in the rest of the world anime fans, and the birth of the OVA format, that is, what went straight to the video. Bypassing censorship, directly to viewers who are hungry for different content.

Fact #9: Pokemon and Sailor Moon are not the mega hits we think they are

This is especially true for Sailor Moon. No, of course, this is a recognized representative of the popular maho-shojo genre, but for the Japanese - not much more than that, but for our compatriots - a great avant-garde revelation, which began the procession of anime across Russia. And "Pokemon" there, of course, although they confidently captured the whole world.

But what is really considered a bomb is Evangelion, released in 1995. An icon of the fur genre, the "Bible" of anime people and an incredibly vast cultural phenomenon, about which our ancestors in two hundred years will speak of something decisive in the development of animation.

Fact #10: Anime has every genre in existence

Today, you can remember any cultural (and not so) direction and find anime on it. A lot of. A very simple and important conclusion follows from this: Japanese animation is a diverse cultural layer, in which there are purely children's works, and purely adult materials, and epic-heroic series with incredible catchy plots, and uncomplicated light school romance on the back of the desk. For every taste.

Separately, we list the main specific genres for children and adolescents:

Kodomo- anime for viewers up to 12 years of both sexes. Lovely, gentle and very useful.
Shounen- works for boys aged 12-16, with the same main character, endowed with special abilities and a great goal.
Sozde- purely for girls 12-16. In the latter, the already mentioned maho-shojo stands out, where the magical girl is in the center of attention. Wow, what a typical and important sub-genre.

As for all other areas, these are comedies and detective stories, post-apocalyptic and cyberpunk, action films and sports (“spokon”), and so on, whatever you want. And after reading this paragraph, you should not assume that anime is only “for someone”. For all.

Fact #11: Anime can be watched from 0+

Yes, some Japanese cartoons can be watched from the cradle. Below we have compiled a list of recommended cartoons for different ages. Including for you, dear parents.

Anime for kids 0+

Also check out the following cartoons:

"Unico"- an extremely good anime series about a magical unicorn. A portion of the purest innocence and incredible kindness is provided.

"Night Storm"- a touching story of friendship between a goat and a wolf cub with the right ending. Instills in viewers the values ​​of friendship and fidelity with great effectiveness.

"Puss in Boots"- a classic fairy tale in the embodiment of a classic, time-tested anime. And continuation.

"Ponyo Fish on the Cliff"

Anime for kids 6+

Of course, Miyazaki is at a new level of difficulty: the same . Perhaps for some children it is better to raise the bar a little, but at the age of 10, Spirited Away will definitely be correctly understood.

Also check out these cartoons:

"The Wolf Children of Ame and Yuki"- the most valuable experience for children and parents on high-quality separation and self-acceptance. In addition, it is interesting and very vitally executed.

"Your name"

anime for adults

Without children, but with a twinkle, interesting stories and complete expanse for the imagination of skillful Japanese animators. The best: "Death note" with an incredibly exciting confrontation between two intellects. epic "Gurren Laggan". Delicious bloody "Invasion of the Titans". Dashing "Cowboy Bebop". twisted "Code Geass". Iconic "Ghost in armor".

Seasoned anime fans round out this list to their liking, but one thing we know for sure: if you get involved and drop prejudices like “for kids” and “empty,” you will discover a multifaceted and never-ceasingly amazing world.

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Probably, there is no person who has not heard the word "anime", and some people are devoted fans of Japanese art, as anime gains more and more fans every year and becomes more and more popular.

For those who are still not in the know: anime is a Japanese animation that is of interest not only to children, but also to adults, and even divided into several genres.

Useful and interesting information about anime

1. Anime, as a separate art form, originated back in 1814, when a Japanese painter drew a couple of funny pictures (translated as “manga”), which literally gave rise to a wave of plagiarism. Ordinary Japanese really liked these drawings, and they began to actively copy them, passing off "multiplied" other people's images as their own. This is how comic books gradually appeared.
2. "Anime" is a "clipped" English word for animation, and this term entered the lexicon not so long ago, since a purely Japanese phrase, manga-eiga, was previously used. It is noteworthy that representatives of the older generation still call anime that way.
3. In 1917, there was (in addition to the two most famous) another revolution: the appearance of cartoons-anime.
4. The number of frames is small, and the characters and the background are worked out perfectly.
5. This is a purely Japanese genre of animation, and these animated cartoons are designed for an adult audience, but some cartoons are a pleasant exception.
6. Half-faced eyes, beautiful figures, interesting hairstyles and inexpressive facial features - these are all the hallmarks of characters that are difficult to confuse with someone else. Although, in Disney cartoons, too, all the characters are big-eyed.
7. In comics, anime is read from right to left, like Arabic script and hieroglyphs. There is nothing surprising here, if you remember where this genre of animation came from.
8. American, Korean and European directors also do not shy away from anime, but the most titled is the Japanese director Hayao Miyadaki, who was awarded both the Golden Lion and the Oscar.
9. "Seiyuu" is a term used to refer to voice actors. Often, variety performers act as such specialists, and this profession is quite popular and in demand.
10. All anime are divided not only into genres, but also classified both by age and by gender. The standard genres include: action, fantasy, drama, comedy, detective, martial arts, historical events. In addition to them, there are also “highly specialized” ones: business, erotica, etc.
11. Anime cannot be confused with any other cartoon, for which it is enough to watch it only once.