ANIME

Told By: Lisa (Laine) Diehl

アニメ

アニメがだいすきですよ！

Origins of Anime

• Animation started in 1917 anime style didn’t start till later

• Anime began: 20th century, when Osamu Tezuka (known as the godfather of anime) created Astro Boy in the 1960s

• “Big eye” style; inspired by Walt Disney

• Inspired many animators throughoutthe years including Hayao Miyazaki (Spirited Away)

Kinds of Anime

Shounen Vs. Shoujo

Action vs. romance/splice of life

Chibi

• Chibi is a style of anime in which the bodies are small and the heads are big. Its supposed to make the characters look cute AKA kawaii desu. Usually a plush doll would be made to look like this.

Anime merchandise

Manga

DVD

Key Chains

Pocky

Ramune

Other

CosplayCosplay (short for "costume play“) is a type of performance art in which participants wear costumes and accessories to represent a specific character or idea. Video games has also become a big part of anime culture through cosplay.

Furry/Anthro

Some cosplayers create fur suits for their animal characters. This type of cosplay is VERY expensive. Its usually $250 just to get a head made. (this is without mouth moving technology) and the whole suit could cost $3000.(these are cheaper prices. Some can be up to $10,000)

Anime ConventionsAnime conventions are places where people who like anime and more meet up to hang with others and buy anime merchandise.

There are also panels in which people explain a how-to or put on a skit/ask questions. Conventions are held on weekends Friday-Sunday. Saturdays are the main event days in which the Contest/skits and rave is held.

Character Auction at Anime Milwaukee

COMMON WEBSITES OF AN ANIME FAN

DeviantArt: A place to post fan art, cosplay, or fanfiction to.

YouTube: a place to post anime music videos(amv), episodes, parodies, or cosplay skits to.

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GaiaOnline is a place were you can be a little anime avatar and play games or talk to others who like anime. You can also discuss things that are popular currently in the forums.

Fanfiction.net is a website to write about you’re favorite characters. It mostly has slash about characters that aren’t together in the actual show.Tumblr is where you can post pictures, videos, quotes, or links from shows or other things of stuff you like. A lot of couplings start here. Ex: the pairing Marceline and Princess Bubblegum from AT is on the rage right now.

Mangabullet is a website to post your own original manga/comics on.There are various other

anime/manga viewing websites.

Fangirl/Fanboy Madness

Sadly, there are things in the anime world that just frustrates some of the fans.

•Doujinshi: a fan-made book of an existing show; usually romance

•Fanfiction and Slash

•Pairings with other Characters with other Characters in the showThat the character doesn’tGet along with.(or slash is like making aCharacter gay with Another character becausethere is apparently subtext between them. Mostly this is just wishful thinking)

Weaboos/WapaneseWEABOO: Someone who is obsessed with Japan/Japanese Culture/Anime, etc. and attempts to act as if they were Japanese, even though they're far from it. They use Japanese words but usually end up pronouncing them wrong and sounding like total idiots.

Wapanese is the term used to describe a person of non-japanese descent who is incredibly obsessed with Japanese things. A person who watches anime or majors in Japanese language at university is not counted as wapanese.

Haruhi pic: http://revol.dreamhosters.com/image/Haruhi-1153116596057.pngOasmu Tezuka info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Osamu_Tezuka Astro Boy pic: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTopMm9chsNVSHl2SYlP1rEsSeKfi3kGDdTh4Pic of me in Utena cosplay is mine.Pic of Kayleigh as Axel: http://kayleighloire.deviantart.com/art/DA-ID-73938746Pic of TwinFools as Naruto: http://twinfools.deviantart.com/art/Naruto-Uzumaki-The-Sage-122094551 Pic of Kelly and Jen as Link: http://kellyjane.deviantart.com/art/Blue-Tunic-Link-and-Dark-Link-102633758

Other Merchandise: http://yamino.deviantart.com/art/Weeaboo-Peebles-268064863Ouran Manga: http://www.onemanga.com/Ouran_High_School_Host_Club/Inuyasha Keychain: http://www.toysnjoys.com/inuyasha/ge3675.jpgRamune: http://beautycultureworld.files.wordpress.com/2010/08/ramune_bowling_by_charlesnguyen.jpg

Pocky: http://thejapans.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/pocky.jpgBurst Angel DVD: http://www.dvd-covers.org/d/79309-2/2298Burst_Angel_Vol_1_-_Deaths_Angel.jpg

DeviantArt: www.devianart.comYoutube: www.youtube.comGaiaonline: www.gaiaonline.comAnime Expo: http://i1.squidoocdn.com/resize/squidoo_images/590/draft_lens18007560module150567483photo_1_1307070728anime_expo.jpg

Pic of Pyramid Head is mine.Fanfiction pic: https://lh4.googleusercontent.com/-_WTpmbUfK8Y/TrhdtbEqpLI/AAAAAAAAABU/4wPo2DMcbYk/photo.jpg

Faceplam: http://t0.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQiDdNrY7BB4X0aOWADp5ist5UgJgyL655nYHiEs8BsPF3RSFpnChG6V9axJQChibi Ichigo: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRml-NBAgeE4ax17KDy1VsXLmTH_SztpNIVoRMlbAe7eTdSeXsw_8D7mB7hCHIBI Haruhi: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcQ6TeWNdp-QRG7iodU8nnH4xH2RQB7QmabeY-L6CsUotJZsqZp33j28CMP9Chibi link: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcT4UMrsnCnJFaAIazWe__-z4k4wcajo2x6C4eB2-4VCOfIHfGCv6JZgmopjsauske is my waifu: http://d37nnnqwv9amwr.cloudfront.net/photos/images/masonry/000/039/435/Retarded-Fangirl-SASUKE-IS-MY-WAIFU.jpgType desu: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcTdla69EATzZxXsK6R-3rNIstTmIBjYxBexqZ4h5sLomP-ZUMTudDmmkL4hI speak Japanese: http://t2.gstatic.com/images?q=tbn:ANd9GcRu_hBKHzX7UryjnSXXhca8g3_nokCyAiNQFOCezs0eoavyJNaRdCP-DC0xFurry cosplay pic1: http://sora1992.deviantart.com/art/JacobAndFaru-272687748Furry cosplay2: http://sora1992.deviantart.com/art/JacobBlackReVamped-Ironic-164801959