2. Style of Japanese film, gaming and television animation, typically aimed at Adults and Children

3. The earliest Japanese animation was by individual film hobbyists inspired by American and European pioneer animators. The first three Japanese cartoons were one-reelers of one to five minutes each, in 1917. Animation of the 1920s ran from one-to-three reels. A few were imitations of foreign cartoons, such as the Felix the Cat series, but most were dramatizations of Oriental folk tales in traditional Japanese art styles. Notable silent-era animators include Oten Shimokawa, Junichi Kouchi, Seitaro Kitayama, Sanae Yamamoto (whose 1924 The Mountain Where Old Women Are Abandoned seems to be the earliest anime title still extant), Yasuji Murata, and the master of paper silhouette animation, Noboru Ofuji. Most of them worked in small home studios, though they came to be financed by Japanese theatrical companies which provided production money in exchange for distribution rights.

5. Anime is presented in many things, with anime their id different ways you can catoragize them. By Genre: 1. Action/adventure: martial arts, weapons, battles,etc. 2. Drama: character developments, emotional, relationships 3.Game Based: based on game, card game, or board game such as yu gi oh 4. Horror: darker or supernatural themes 5.Sci Fi: futuristic, science, technology 6. Progressive: extremely stylized art films

6. Anime also has a younger animation for a much younger generation Or by their Demographic, Who they are towards: 1.Shojo- young girls 2.Shonen-- young boys 3.Seinen--teenage boys or young male 4.Josei-- young women 5.Kodomo-- children, little kids (hello kitty) (Pokémon)

8. Pikachu from Pokémon:

9. Code Geass Tom and Jerry Neon Genesis Evangelion Cowboy Bebop Dragon Ball Z Mobile Suit Gundam Free Gurren Lagann Pokemon The Legend of Korra Naruto Shippuden Bakugan Battle Brawlers Yu-Gi-Oh! Zexal Yu-Gi-Oh GX Bleach Samuari

11. Anime also as a much more detailed scenery for adults Or by the themes in the story: 1) Bishojo--beautiful girls 2) Bishonen--pretty guys with girlish beauty. 3)Sentai-- fighting teams 4)Robot/Mecha-- robots machines (gundam) 5)Post-Apocalyptic-- post apocalyptic world 6)Maho Shojo-- magical girl stories 7)Maho Shonen--magical boy stories 8)) Moe--perky, cute, weak, or naive characters 9))Expertise-- sports, arts, cooking, etc. 10))Lolicon-- sexualization of underaged female 11))Shotacon- sexualization of underaged male 12)Harem--- men with lots of women romance 13)Reverse Harem -- female character with lots of men 14)Magical Girlfriend--- one man and a inhuman GF. alien or supernatural