However, in the end of the story, there would be a turning event for them to ensure their relationship. Late in the story, the female character would be mad at the boy, always try to fight against with him, disagree with him. But the situation will not be as romantic as people think, because this is the first time two main characters meet. – Kiss from a stranger – The female main character meets the male main character when he randomly grabs her and kisses her. The most famous male charactersin the stories always loves the new transfer student in Shōjo manga. Sometimes the new student is a student does not fit in the school society then become well-known by students and it can also be the return of a former childhood friend. – New transfer student - many Shōjo manga stories begin with the arrival of a new student. – Cross Dressing – a girl cross dresses as a boy secretly, once the boy realizes he falls in love with a “boy”, the funny situations start. In this kind of manga there are several elements can lead plots keeps going to romantic relationship between main characters. Shōjo, the Japanese term describes romance animation, Shōjo manga usually take place in schools (see figure 14). Why Japanese anime became so popular, influence all the people no matter what are their nations and play an important role on impacting other countries’ culture are because the most distinctive features of Japanese anime – “internationalztion (the incorporation of non-Japanese or “universal” elements) and the multi-faceted cultural politics at work behind its international popularity.” (5) One reason that Japanese anime has its capacity to let universe feel like watching it is that the Japanese animation plots focus on universal themes of love. (4)įigure 13 – astro boy-irst Japanese science fiction anime film
(3) Therefore, individuals considered the “mechanical uncanny” as a symbol of Japanese anime, and it provided the first opportunity popularize Japanese anime to the screen to the Asian countries like China. Moreover, people called this spirit as “the spirit of the nineteenth century”. In this kind of Japanese animation stories, characters are friendly with those out space robots and computer-brain invaders rather than fight against them. As second generation of Japanese science fiction anime, stories became like human beings use robots as scientific experiments, try to fit them into realities. Japanese science fiction anime are not stories like people refuse to accept those uncanny mechanical invaders, surprisingly, plots in this kind animation are about characters leap forward into the future, travel into space, or imagine the future technologies. Audience express themselves with confusion and surprising while they first time watch the first Japanese science fiction anime work. (see figure 13)By this time, male characters with big muscle faded out from the marketing. Since the very beginning of Japanese anime, the plots and significance were usually be sending hope and peace to the audience, however, the themes of Japanese anime recently are brain-computer interfacing, heterosexuality and homosexuality.īrain-computer interfacing in Japanese animeĭuring the 1930s, Japanese animators imported science fiction literatures from Western then added mechanical and superpower elements into Japanese anime plots. Although the styles of character design are getting similar among Japanese anime creators, there are a variety of genres and themes occur.įigure 11 – Male Japanese anime character ( ) Male characters usually have huge muscles and powerful bodies (See figure 11). Instead of realism, Japanese anime accentuates a female character with incredibly beautiful big eyes and gorgeous physique (See figure 10). People find out Japanese anime is special because it has distinct drawing style in its character design. (1) Since Japanese anime over spread all over the world, many people probably heard of Japanese anime like Sailor Moon, Dragon ball Z, Speed Racer and so on. While people in Western countries were attracting by the wonderful world of Disney animation that no one dies and bleeds, Japanese people confronted anime themes like death and divorce.
The unique point of Japanese anime that make it different from other country anime is that the targeting audience is not only kids but also all age groups people.įigure 9 - The Roots of Japanese Anime - Untill the End of WWII As time goes by, creators of Japanese anime evolve the way they design characters and the themes of animation due to achieve the needs of marketing and audience. The animation industry in Japan is undergoing impressive growth. Japanese anime had a long way to reach the way it recently is(see figure 9).
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