Mass and personal transportation made commuting possible and helped cities grow. Japan's post-war era saw furious physical reconstruction and economic growth. Television's proliferation in Japanese households provided the access anime needed to reach its audience.
Anime's Success Ingredient 1: Television Source: Always Sanchōme no Yūhi Mushi Pro's ingenuity created a controversial style of animation that lacked animation and this deceptive style and marketing tradition continues today.
By ignoring the era's animation standards, animation studio Mushi Pro revolutionized the medium.Īnd by taking advantage of two factors – television's access to Japanese households and the popular manga series Astro Boy – Mushi Pro created both Japan's first anime as well as its first anime boom. In reality, what set anime apart from other styles is its deliberate lack of fluidity and use of limited-animation. Fans laud anime for its detailed art, style and fluid animation. Of course anime's visuals fuel its purported pedigree. Cartoons are "kids' stuff." With complicated stories, deep character development and themes fit for adults, anime eschews the label of cartoon and makes claims on being a higher art-form. Back then anime fans would tell you, Japanese anime is better. I didn't know that one day I'd become a fan of the medium, a style of cartoon called anime.Īnime differed from standard Western cartoons. Something was different, though I couldn't put my finger on it.Īt the time I didn't know these cartoons came from Japan, where they had different titles, and occasionally different narratives.
The straight-lined art affected me me in a way other cartoons' softer, rounded styles never did. Each episode contributed to a longer narrative and when something changed, it remained that way for the rest of the series. Compared to other shows, they struck me as serious, dramatic and stylish. Even as a child, I sensed something different about cartoons like Robotech and Voltron.
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