Informative Essay About Anime - 1642 Words

Anime, is a term that is used to represent Japanese animation (Lamarre 1). It is a combination of both form of content and form of expression. However, there seems to be more emphasis on form of content rather than expression when discussing anime. Form of content includes the genre, story and narrative while form of expression includes the animation and the style. Form of content can be described as what the audience is being shown and the message that is conveyed. On the other hand, form of expression emphasizes how the animation is shown and as a means for the animation to be shown. In this paper, the first episode of the television anime series Pretty Guardian Sailor Moon (also known as BishÃ… jo Senshi SÄ“rÄ mÃ… «n in Japanese), will be†¦show more content†¦When Sailor Moon is being introduced, the camera is moved up gradually from Usagi’s bed to her face. The camera remains on her face until she realizes she’s late for school. Then, there is a sudde n zoom in of her alarm clock, a zoom in of Usagi, and a zoom out of her house. This emphasizes that’s late for school and she suddenly wakes up and runs down the stairs. As she runs down the stairs, a selection process is used where only her legs are shown to be moving. As she speaks to her mom, Usagi is the one moving while her mom remains still throughout most of the scene in the same position, along with the background which is still aswell. However, when she is out the door and running, the background moves along with her. This demonstrates a pull-cels technique since the single image is pulled across the background as Usagi is running towards school. There is also stillness in the background in various scenes. When Usagi is kneeling on the street and contemplating about showing her mother her test, we see people in the background. These people are still and do not move, even when she Usagi walks down the road. During these type of scenes, sound would be the carrier of in formation since the background is still. Thus, Usagi speaking is what conveys the information to us rather than the illustration. Another scene which demonstrates more movement in camera is when Usagi is home to show her mother her test. The dialogue between Usagi andShow MoreRelatedEffects of Reading Comic Books5082 Words   |  21 PagesKoreans favorite pastimes... (From the Korea Herald, March 2000). The younger generation in Taiwan is more accustomed to Hollywood movies, American and British rock stars and Japanese comic books than things Taiwanese according to a news story about teahouses and Starbucks coffee shops. (From an AP story, April 2002). Comics in eastern Asia are more than just a form of popular entertainment. MANGA (in Japan), MAN-HUO (in China), and MANHWA (in Korea) is a part of the cultural life itself. (From