The Animes

Anime sometimes « animé » is the short of « animēshon » Japanese transcription of the word “animation”. It’s a borrowed word designating the animation’s movie which Japan is a big producer.

The term of “manga eiga”, in English, “manga’s movie”, was the original term to designate the cartoon of manga inspiration.

The animation was then a more focused it includes movies volumes or other animations movie which aren’t inspired by mangas.

The “anime” history begins early 20th century, done by pioneers following the footsteps of western. After several experimentations, there was a long period where the production was reduced to a few short films.

It was not until 1963 for that Osamu Tazuka perfomed “Astro, the small robot”, the first big series with character recurring in a story or “The King Leo”, Tetsujin 28-Go went also famous in Japan