*☆What makes Anime★Anime~!♪*
I don't know about you, but I have seen several comments online say that “Avatar” “Legend of Korra” and “She-Ra and The Princess of Power” and several other shows are anime. WRONG!!! They are heavily inspired by anime, but not the same thing!
Some people say the “Animes” made by Korea and China are anime. For the most part, WRONG!!! They are heavily inspired by anime, but not the same thing!
I am going to fix some common misconceptions about that here.
*Anime is not exclusively Japanese, but is most common from Japan because they use it the most.
*What Anime actually means. In America, the meaning usually refers to a Japanese show with a large-eyed protagonist. In Japan, the term “Anime Style” not only refers to the genre, but also the animation style used in it.
~Now I am going to say how you can tell if it is an anime.~
*You can tell,...by the eyes! KIDDING! JK!
The eyes have nothing to do with it. The eyes are like that because of a cultural thing that I’ll talk about later. You can tell if you put it in slow motion and it looks weird. You will likely notice that poses are clear and beautiful and in high definition. You may notice movements before or after said position or pose were not as pretty and were really short. This is because anime was kind of modeled after manga. The idea was it would sort of look like a comic. They pulled it off by making a high emphasis on positions and posing, but very little emphasis on the movements embetween.
*The humor(usually) Anime is heavily reflective of Japanses culture,..because it is a parody of it. By that, I mean that Japanese culture puts heavy emphasis on conformity, meaning only balck/brown hair, people mostly stay in line, and a general essence of peace and hard work. Characters are loud, exciting and have colorful outfits. Or the other way around. Everyone does really silly stuff because in their culture, you shouldn't be doing it. All the characters stand out far from each other because it's against conformity. Anime is sort of Japan’s outlet for what is not normal in their culture (A LOT of things) They eyes are so big because first off, asian people generally have a smaller eye shape than, say,...European people. Also because a VERY common phrase is that eyes are where a lot of emotion is shown.
*Was there a manga first? Usually in addition to the 2 things above, it is not uncommon for anime to stem from some kind of maga, or at least be accompanied by it. Have you ever seen Naruto and Sailor Moon? Originally, they were popular manga.
Do you know Inuyasha? Popular manga.
Welcome to Demon School Iruma-Kun? Popular manga. Even Pretty Cure was accompanied by a manga to promote it. But not all anime are from manga. Kill La Kill wasn't a manga, but because the two things above apply, it still is an anime.
