The word "anime" in English refers to an animation style popular in Japan. The word comes from the Japanese name for animation.
Anime is heavily influenced by Japanese comics, manga, and features characters with enlarged eyes, big hair, long limbs, exaggerated expressions, limited motion, and brush-stroke outlines. Anime has a large audience both in and outside of Japan.
Anime is also considered a visual art form as it displays a wide range of drawing styles. Typically, anime and manga feature characters with large eyes so they can display emotions. Osamu Tezuka, who is believed to have been the first one to use this feature, was inspired by American characters such as Betty Poop, Bambi, and Mickey Mouse.
Not only has anime drawn special interest toward the culture of Japan, it has also made significant impacts on the Western culture. Many Westerners have expressed an interest in the Japanese language to better understand the Japanese culture, art, and technology of anime.
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Anime, a popular style of Japanese animation and visual art, uses distinct features to show a character's emotions, and has renewed the West's interest in Japan.
Because of anime, many Westerners have begun to be more interested in and have better understood Japan's language and culture
Anime and manga feature characters with large eyes, use brush-stroke outlines, and have become famous in Japan as well as the Western world.
The use of large eyes, a distinct feature of anime, was inspired by American characters such as Betty Poop, Bambi, and Mickey Mouse.
