Manga and Anime Project | Проект Манга и Аниме

Manga is the Japanese word for comics and print cartoons. Outside of Japan, it usually refers specifically to "Japanese comics". Manga developed from a mixture of ukiyo-e and "Western styles" of drawing, and took its form shortly after World War II.

Anime is a style of animation originating in Japan. It is characterized by character and background cartoon. styles which may be created by hand or be assisted by computers.

Popular manga is often adapted into anime, once a market interest has been established. Stories are often modified to appeal to a more mainstream market. Although not as common, original anime (such as Neon Genesis Evangelion) is sometimes adapted into manga.

Storylines of common anime may feature a variety of characters and may be set in different eras and in different locations. Usually, anime is aimed at a wide range of audiences because there are a lot of different genres that any series may be categorised under.

Though roughly equivalent to comic art, manga holds more importance in Japanese culture than comics do in American culture. For example, a weekly sales of comics in Japan outsell entire annual output of the American comic industry. The major manga magazines sell several million copies per week.

Anime may be distributed on media, such as DVDs, broadcast on television, or published as console and computer games. The anime music is often composed and performed by 'Fist-rate' studios, composers, musicians and stars.

Manga is well respected both as an art form and as a form of popular literature though it has not reached acceptance of "higher" art genre like film or music. Like its American counterpart, some manga has been criticized for being violent and sexual. For example, a number of film adaptation such as Ichi the Killer.

Much like western live-action cinema, anime uses music as an important artistic tool. Anime soundtracks are big business in Japan, and are often times met with similar demand as chart topping pop albums.

There have been no official inquiries or laws trying to limit what can be drawn in manga, except for vague decency laws applying to all published materials, stating that "overly indecent materials should not be sold." This freedom has allowed artists to draw manga for every age group and for about every topic.

The most frequent use of music in Anime is background music or BGM. BGM is used to set the tone of a given scene, for example Neon Genesis Evangelion 's "Decisive Battle" is played when the characters are making battle preparations and it features heavy drum beats and a militaristic style which highlights the tension of the scene.

Manga has long had an influence on international comics and animation the world over. American alternative comics artists such as Frank Miller and Scott McCloud were somewhat influenced by manga in a few of their works.

Although it is a violation of copyright laws in many countries, some fans watch fansubs, recordings of anime series that have been subtitled by fans. Watching subtitled Japanese versions is usually seen as the intended method of watching anime by enthusiasts