The Anime word comes from animation, as abbreviated in Japanese. The English dictionary explains it as a style introduced in Japan. Though, Anime as a whole represents every kind of animation. Therefore, Japanese Anime is used to distinguish it with the animation in the rest of the world. Until recently, anime was called “Manga” in Western and European countries. But in Japan, Manga is referred to comics only!

Anime is normally inspired from novels, manga and local customs and traditions. Anime can be telecasted on television and can also be distributed and published through other media types like video, internet and DVD. Anime earlier also referred to exclusively Japanese animation but is now no longer considered so.

Anime is viewed and loved by children to adults to women. It shows various stories and characters determined by themes in science, fiction, sports, romance and horror, which are most created stuff and is far off reality. But there are several animes which depict a bit of realism like suffering, emotions and death, which raises the value of the content but can make it unfit for children to watch.

Anime is getting popular both in terms of audience and range. The craze for Pokemon among children is more than just the series. They want to possess the video games, collectables, DVDs, t shirts and costumes of their favorite character from the show. Another trend which has been experienced is watching Anime movies originally made in Japanese after dubbing them in English.

Currently, as watching it on CDs and DVDs has gained momentum, most of them include subtitles and dubbed tracks already. Because of growing acceptance and charm of these animations, many colleges, clubs, libraries and high school have started keeping collections of animes in their databases. Fans and appreciation for animes are flooding in everyday.

The Walt Disney’s “Spirited Away”, a Japanese movie, which even grossed more than “Titanic” in Japan revolutionized the animation industry in Western World. Hayao Miyazaki, the much known name in Anime, directed the movie and was praised by fans all around the world for laying stress to every minute detail within the film. The Fox TV network and Walt Disney, the two major Anime Programs and films distributors in the West registered over $2 billion revenue in the industry. Some years before, there have been not many anime TV shows and series, but simply, nearly all kid is aware of the Japanese animation cartoons and films and the count is increasing with every minute.

Bandai Entertainment, A Japanese anime Toy Company, claimed to have produced 75 view free anime shows and films within the preceding year in USA, which explains the rise popular of animes.

Right now, animes are growing fast in DVD sector too. Anime movies possess the good thing about low cost production as all they need is a pen a paper and also a computer to work on. Internet is additionally accountable for bringing anime to the area it’s today!