Japanese Anime

Although the artwork is cartoon style, Anime is much more than just a “cartoon” to its fans. While traditional cartoons in the United States are either humorous, or simplistic “good versus evil” storylines, the typical Japanese anime series offers characters who evolve as the series moves along and deals with complex real-life issues, such as friendship, love, loss, even the reality and acceptance of death.

Japanese Anime truely is an art, with its wonderful plots and beautifully drawn pictures. Anime is entirely about movement between states of being, whether fast or slow. The ‘being’ of a person, which can be one’s soul, mind, blood-line, weapon, limb or organ, is always caught in various stages of transition.

I love the anime characters and their development, particularly, the way each of them possesses multiple personalities, motivations and attitudes. It creates what comes close to the complexity of true human relationships, very touching and memorable.

Anime provides an escape to a wonderous world so beautiful and amazing you wonder how the artist created such a place and conceived the charaters that capture our hearts and keep us impatiently awaiting the next episode\’s release.

Anime is doing what every artistic medium strives to achieve, move you. Anime characters with their spiky hair and huge expressive eyes hold our attention, we cannot help but respond to the language and expression conveyed through their eyes.

Japanese anime artists are eternally searching for the cutest little creature they can possible come up with, and one of the newer characters is Mamegoma, a “bean seal.” I have no idea what that means but he is an adorable little critter!

Anime may also be adapted into live action television programs, available on media such as movies, DVD, video games, soundtracks, music, MP3, and all audio formats for mobile devices.

Anime is often influenced by Japanese comics known as “manga”.

Japanese Manga

Manga is a type of Japanese story usually presented in black-and-white, comic-book form. The books are most often produced in Japan, but artists and writers from many other countries create their own manga as well. Manga is in still form (books) and Anime is animated (moving). You can\’t read anime and you can\’t watch manga..

Japanese Manga is quite different from American comic books in many ways, which is why it is sometimes translated as graphic novels. Comic books in America tend to be in color, sold in thin booklets, and written for a teenage male audience.

Japanese Manga is gender-based from its creation to its marketing. Titles are created for children (kodomo manga), for tween and teen girls (shojo manga), for tween and teen boys (shonen manga), for women (josei manga), and for men (seinen manga).

Manga is well respected as an art form. Japanese manga comics have developed an entirely fresh approach to sequential artwork and have given new inspiration to artists. The influence of manga can now be seen in films, animation and comics the world over.

The overwhelming approval of Hayao Miyazaki\’s anime and manga are changing the perception of anime and manga, placing them closer to the status of “higher” arts (Top of box office charts of all-time in Japan is “Spirited Away” by Hayao Miyzaki, 30.4 billion yen).

Manga is actually a medium which can encompass different genres of stories, from action to romance, comedy to sci-fi, there is a little something for everyone. Manga is a multi-billion dollar industry worldwide and it is rapidly growing in western nations.

Anime and Manga fans and collectors have discovered that buying or renting their episodes, movies and DVD\’s locally can rapidly become quite costly, and availability is often limited. The internet has spawned a tremendous growth in the availability of Anime and Manga episodes, movies and DVD\’s that is escalating exponentially each year.

More and more Anime and Manga fans are flocking to the internet to find their favorite Japanese Anime and Manga episode downloads, movie downloads, DVD\’s, anime games, anime soundtracks, amine music, and even wallpaper and MP3\’s are available at a fraction of the cost as buying them locally.

To avoid pay per download costs, which can add up rapidly, anime membership sites with unlimited downloads offer the best option.

However, some membeship sites are inferior to others with limited anime databases and/or hidden costs etc. I recommend you do your due diligence and go to: ReviewExpose.com/AnimeAndManga/ for revealing information about Anime and Manga websites.

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Animation, Computer Game Design and Comic Art are three of the most wonderful expressions of art that speak to the child in all of us. They can tell stories so simple or so rich and complex that they can engage an audience no matter how old or young.

With technology the way it is animation, game design and comic art education is accessible like never before. You don’t need to do a sixty thousand dollar arts course to be inspired and educated by the best in the world and make something of your own to share with the world.

If you are interested in any of these creative pursuits or would like to encourage someone you know who is interested here are a few mind-blowing resources to inspire and guide creation.

1. Instructional DVDs From Gnomon Workshop

These DVDs have been professionally put together by artists who work in the fields of traditional and computer generated art, and the range of subjects and tutors increases every year. You can learn all about animation, digital painting, storyboarding, game design, character modelling, conceptual art and more from noted contributors that will teach and inspire you to create.

2. Drawn To Life

This book is a compilation of class notes written by Walt Stanchfield and distributed to animators in training at Disney’s CALARTS college during a thirty year period. Hands down it is the most inspiring book on not only the technique of animation but an artistic approach to life. Volume one is essential and leads into volume two which I would recommend if you can afford.

3. Imaginative Realism: How To Paint What Doesn’t Exist

James Gurney is most famous for his Dinotopia series of books. He has also been contributing to the world of art knowledge regularly on his Blog The Gurney Journey for some years now. This book is a compilation of the best of that Blog and also a few extras. It is a rich book filled with insight on the artistic process of creating worlds and characters that only exist in our minds and bringing them to life, based on the lessons of the masters.

4. Directing the Story: Professional Storytelling & Storyboarding Techniques for Live Action & Animation

Covers the process of putting a story together by a professional film-maker and highly regarded teacher. A Comprehensive how-to textbook by one of the most highly regarded teachers in the field.

5 The Art Of… Books

Take your pick. For each major film in animation, Sci-Fi or fantasy there is generally a book released called “The Art Of… [insert film name]“. Each book generally is light on word sand heavy on images. The images are a balance of sketches, paintings and other artworks that the designers of the film created to help the words of the script come to life in images. They are invaluable insight in to the design process. And also once you buy one…they are highly addictive!

This is, of course, just a starting list. You also need life drawing resources and information on how to use the specific tools you choose to create with. But the inspiration and basic artistic background for animation, gaming and comic art all stem from writing and constructing a good story and being able to bring it to visual life with style and these resources will help inspire and guide you towards that goal.

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Fantasy Art – Unraveling the Mysterious World
By Annette Labedzki

‘Fantasy Art’ is a genre of art, conveying the mystery of unseen forces and the mysteries of life. This form of art has its roots spreading to centuries old history, and has its presence in mythologies, folklore, and religions from all over the world. The use of magical and supernatural themes, ideas, creatures, and settings forms the basic element of ‘Fantasy Art.’

‘Fantasy Art’ emerged from Greek mythology, African magic, Chinese folklore, and several other holy traditions. Having some folding over with science fiction, horror, and other speculative fiction art, it nevertheless, has some unique elements, absent in the other forms of art. Some distinguishing features of ‘Fantasy Art’ include the illustrations of ancient myths and legends as well as the thematic representations of divine interventions and supernatural forces, such as angels, gods, demons, dragons, and spirits. In addition to generously employing their imaginative faculties, the ‘Fantasy’ artists drew inspiration from their immediate surroundings with most commonly occurring themes like wild visionary fancy and illusionary dreams.

One of the most famous ‘Fantasy’ painters of the 15th Century, a Dutch artist, Hieronomous Bosch is still commemorated for his masterpiece, “The Garden of Earthly Delights.” It is a triptych of the Garden of Eden brimming over with nude people, giant fruits, and animals. The three part magnificent work in oil portrays a chronological saga. The first part depicts God introducing Eve to Adam, the central part depicts Eden, where people are shown moving in and out of the glass domes, and bird winged houses. The third part is interpreted as an indicative of the fallouts of overindulgence. There is a vivid characterization of innocence and haunting poetic beauty in this matchless piece of art. Some of the other greats of this genre were Boris Vallejo, George Grie, Michael Parkes, and Heinz Zander.

‘Fantasy Art’ is quite dependent on ‘fanart’ that involves the delineation of specific characteristics or the recreation of scenes from the works of fantasy literature. The art began getting wider acceptance as a legitimate style of art making only in the 20th Century. During this time, several artists came under the spotlight simultaneously. The popularization and the ramifications of ‘Fantasy Art’ can be attributed to various factors, including:

- Modernization and Invention of Photography – With its modernization, photography began to rule the world of ‘Realism’ and the ‘Realists’ started losing their direction and purpose, paving way for ‘Fantasy Art’ to gain widespread popularity.

- Inspirations from Modern Physics and Psychology – In late 1800s, artists drew inspiration from these two subjects, reproducing them in the form of ‘Expressionism,’ ‘Abstraction,’ ‘Cubism,’ ‘Surrealism,’ and ‘Fantasy’ as a way to the newer vistas to the world of art.

Despite the use of technical skills, ‘Fantasy Art’ was not considered a part of the canon or fine art. This discrimination is evident from the fact that the Fantasy Artworks were not hung in galleries, and could never find a place in the curriculum of art studies. Still it has managed to maintain its appeal with the popular masses. With its embodiment of dark fantasy, it remains a challenge for both, artists and connoisseurs, to unravel their deepest fears and the darkest desires.

Annette Labedzki received her BFA at the Emily Carr College of Art and Design in Vancouver, B.C. Canada. She has more than 25 years experience. She is the founder and developer of an online art gallery featuring original art from all over the world. It is a great site for art collectors to buy original art. Is is also a venue for artists to display and sell their art . Artists can join for free and their image upload is unlimited. Please visit the website at http://www.labedzki-art.com

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