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The history of anime can be traced back to the start of the 20th century, with the earliest verifiable films dating from 1917. [1] Before the advent of film, Japan already had a rich tradition of entertainment with colourful painted figures moving across the projection screen in utsushi-e (写し絵), a particular Japanese type of magic lantern show popular in the 19th century.
As a type of animation, anime is an art form that comprises many genres found in other mediums; it is sometimes mistakenly classified as a genre itself. [8] In Japanese, the term anime is used to refer to all animated works, regardless of style or origin. [9]
Osamu Tezuka (手塚 治虫, born 手塚 治, Tezuka Osamu, () 3 November 1928 – 9 February 1989) was a Japanese manga artist, cartoonist and animator. Born in Osaka Prefecture, his prolific output, pioneering techniques and innovative redefinitions of genres earned him such titles as "the Father of Manga" (マンガの父, Manga no Chichi), "the Godfather of Manga" (マンガの教父 ...
Anime and manga or animanga[a] for short are forms of mass media produced by the content industry of Japan. [2][3][4] The anime and manga industry forms an integral part of Japan's soft power as one of its most prominent cultural exports. [4] Anime are Japanese animated shows with a distinctive artstyle. Anime storylines can include fantasy or ...
The history of Indonesia has been shaped by its geographic position, natural resources, a series of human migrations and contacts, wars and conquests, as well as by trade, economics and politics. Indonesia is an archipelagic country of 17,000 to 18,000 islands stretching along the equator in Southeast Asia .
v. t. e. Chōjū-giga (12th century), traditionally attributed to a monk-artist Kakuyū (Toba Sōjo) Image of bathers from the Hokusai manga. Manga, in the sense of narrative multi-panel cartoons made in Japan, originated from Euro-American-style cartoons featured in late 19th-century Japanese publications. [1]
Shōnen manga. Shōnen manga refers to manga aimed at an audience of adolescent boys, with the primary target audience alternately defined as 9 to 18 years old [5] and as 12 to 18 years old. [6] It is the most popular category in the Japanese market of the four primary demographic categories of manga (shōnen, shōjo, seinen, and josei). [7][8]
t. e. Manga (漫画, IPA: [maŋga] ⓘ [ a ]) are comics or graphic novels originating from Japan. [ 1 ] Most manga conform to a style developed in Japan in the late 19th century, [ 2 ] and the form has a long history in earlier Japanese art. [ 3 ] The term manga is used in Japan to refer to both comics and cartooning.