Manga+&+Anime

=Manga & Anime （まんが　と　アニメ）=

まんが

 * ====Manga are Japanese comics and means whimsical drawings.====
 * ====In 1798, the first manga was created by Santou Kyouden.====
 * ====In 2007 there was a $3.6 billion market for manga in Japan.====
 * ====It's read from top to bottom and right to left and is usually black and white.====
 * ====The front page is often in color to pull in the readers attention.====
 * ====A popular magazine for it is Shonen Jump the has multiple manga volumes in it.====
 * ====There's a voting system for the readers so that the more popular ones are in the front.====
 * ====Manga creators are called mangaka(まんがか）.====
 * ====Doujinshi(同人誌) are self published.====
 * ====Usually around 16-30 pages long.====

アニメ

 * ====Anime is an abbreviated form of "animation" and is also known as animated cartoons.====
 * ====It was first known to be created in 1914.====
 * ====It later got influenced by Walt Disney's creations.====
 * ====It developed throughout the years into what it is now in the 1960s.====
 * ====Osamu Tezuka was famous for his various works====
 * ====In the 1970s television was becoming popular made a big impact on the Japan film industryIn the 1980s, Hayao Miyazaki, a former animator from Toei animator and Isao Takahata, his colleague, started Studio Ghibli.====
 * Mecha was developed which is a genre that involves giant robots or vehicles.
 * ====Many anime series start off as manga, or video games (visual novels), but there are the odd ones that do it backwards====
 * ====There are also some that come from novels.====
 * ====There are also some that come from novels.====

Characteristics of Anime / Manga

 * ====Each art style in anime or manga differs from artist to artist====
 * very wild styles, more realistic, realistic with slight exaggerations,etc.
 * Can also differ depending on the anime
 * ====Character Style/Design====
 * For the most part anime and manga characters will follow **human** proportions
 * Eyes are often large to show emotions better
 * Expressions are exaggerated
 * ====Camera Angles, Panning====
 * ====Used to create tension====

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