AmericanCartoonsVSJapaneseAnime

America

Animation in America is usually made in a hand drawn, or cel animation, style. Americananimation isusuallyportrayed inawaythatappealsmosttochildrenwithbrightcoloursandchildishcharacters.Thecharactersareoftenexaggeratedwithbodypartsandproportionsthatarenotusualorreal,tomakethemappealtochildrenandappearfarfromreality.Theyareeitherdepictedhumanlikeoroverexaggeratedandnothumanlikeatall.Thecartoonsdon’tusuallyhavedetailslikeshadows,oratleastnotdetailedshadows,butinsteadsimpleshadows.Cartoonsareusuallydrawnframebyframetakingitalongtimetodraw.Theyareusuallydrawnwithawideshot,notfocusingonseveralcameraanglesasthecartoonprogresses.Theplotsarenotverycomplicatedandoftenfeaturecomedyepisodestomaketheseriesverycomical.ExamplesofAmericanAnimation:

AmericanCartoonsVSJapaneseAnime

Japanese

Animeisusuallycolourfulandthedrawninaparticularway.Thecharactersaresimpleinahanddrawnstylewithbigeyesandbigexpressions.Theanimecharactersareoftenportrayedmorehumanlikethancartoonsare.Animecharactersareusuallydrawnwithmanysmalldetailslikethemouth,thehairandeyelasheswhiletheeyesareusuallythefocusofthecharacterswithbigeyesthattakeovertheface.Animeusuallyusesthesameframes,justchangingthepositionoflegs,ormouth,orhairtoshowmovementtoshortenthelengthittakestodraw.Animeusesseveraldifferentcameraanglesandzoominginandouttoshowemphasisonvariousdetails.Animeisdrawninawaythatbothkidsandadultscanenjoythem.Thestoriescanalsofeaturemorematurefeaturesthatmakeittargetedtowardsamoreadultaudience.Animeoftenfeaturehumanissuesratherthanmakingthemcomical.ExamplesoffamousAnime: